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so, my girlfriend is like, "hey mr. quoth, since it's our year anniversary of dating and mating... and since you are getting me a nice big fat rock on a ring, and since i don't know what to get you... could you help me out in picking out something for your beat making?" and i was like, "i'm going to have to research." we had spent like two weeks looking for a sexy ring for her. i'm happy that i can say that :) is the kaoss pad that cool, or not? i don't want my lady to see me disappointed. for the price of a new kaoss pad, it looks damn well worth it. just thought i'd ask you peeps. |
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Get a tambourine no no wait two tambourines |
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The KP2 is awesome, I have one. However it might not be for everyone. If you plan on doing live shows or something with video, get the new Kaos Pad Entrancer (yeah very gay name i know). Otherwise stick with the KP2 Pros: - The best thing about the Kaos pad is the touch pad obviously. It's nice to have detailed/live control over your FX. - It also has 2 small memory slots for recording short samples as long as it passes through the KP2 first. Samples than can be altered with certain fx banks. - Tap/BPM button. For finding out those pesky IDM bpms. This will also let your choosen FX sync up to the appropriate rhythm/bpm. Also try entering a different BPM for experimental stuff. - Midi in/out. Use your KP2 as a midi controller, hooray. - 8 save slots to quickly access your favorite effects. Cons: -Fx/Sounds might sound cheesy to some. You can't edit them other than manipulating the touch pad and lowering/raising the wet/dry ratio. -Only 2 slots for samples. Short samples. -You can only use Line/Phono/Mic at different times. Example: You have music comming throught the line but you want to flip it to Mic so you can put a delay on your voice and say something to the crowd. Well as soon as you flip it the music will mute and wont be heard again till you flip the switch back. - Only 8 slots to save your favorite effects. |
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i've already flippin got a drum kit... no tambourines please. |
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Sell your drumkit and get an electronic one!~!!1 |
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I like the KP2. The pad feels better than any other of those touch sensitive control surfaces of the same design. The effects are decent, but the sounds and beats and stuff are absolute shit. As well, the vocoders are pretty useless. However, its almost worth it alone for the live time stretching and sample manipulation effects in the last ten banks. As for the sampler, I kind of wish it stored samples so you can have a couple that you actually just held on to. I have gotten some amazing loops before, and the fact that the sampler has no simple trim or memory after its turned off, kind of makes me bitter about it. It has knobs. I don't see why you can use them to set start and end points. Also, it would kind of be nice to configure the effects a bit more. You have two axeses to play with, but otherwise the effects are presets. In a perfect world, it would come with a more modular setup that you could alter with a computer or something :( But its great as a live effect. And its fun. I have some great sounding instruments, but nothing seems to give me as much joy when I really get down to it interfacewise. I looks nice too, and never fails to impress friends. My girlfriend has no interest in making music, but she always likes playing with it. Its always nice to have an instrument your girlfriend likes to play with. |
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"Its always nice to have an instrument your girlfriend likes to play with." Amen brother! |
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tb-303 |
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I thought the Entrancer was the VJ-oriented video thing and not the follow up to the KP2 (although I might have completely the wrong end of the stick). I've got the Kaoss Pad 1 and it's pretty good. None of the effects can be described as "studio quality", but it is good for live use, particularly when DJing. It's also pretty good (not to mention little-used) as a midi controller. Having the x control resonance and y controlling cutoff on a synth is great for "one handed acid" (rather than needing 2 hands to manipulate 2 rotaries). If they sorted out automatic looping (like a cycloops) for various lengths on the sampler, it'd be a near-perfect "all in one" DJ tool. |
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