My small loops on Kaossilator

simonced · Post by **simonced** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:48 pm

Hi everybody,

I have a big fun with my Kaossilator

If you want, I've put few things online here :
http://soundcloud.com/simonced
You can tell me what do you think about it.
The 2 last uploaded ones are the best, and I play better with the loop length right now

Enjoy

Edit : Here is a small video Jam : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0ZAvk6UQ_w

SMK · Post by **SMK** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:22 pm

Dude that is awesome! I was really surprised at how well you did this. This is all Kaosilator pro right? Very well done.

Mr36 · Post by **Mr36** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:57 pm

Going by what he said and the little picture on the page, I'm guessing original Kaossilator.

simonced · Post by **simonced** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:22 pm

Hi Guys,
Thank you for your comments.
as Mr36 guessed, I only own a simple Kaossilator. Not a pro.
But as soon as I have some money, I want the couple KP3 and KaossPro

simonced · Post by **simonced** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:34 pm

For who is interested, a new loop is available :
http://soundcloud.com/simonced/kaossilator-funky01
Enjoy

simonced · Post by **simonced** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:13 am

I tried a scratch technic, quite personnal way.
I plan to make a small vid about it.
It's just for fun

http://soundcloud.com/simonced/kaossila ... ratch-test
Enjoy.

simonced · Post by **simonced** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 2:53 pm

Hi guys,
Here is a small video about a simple (fail?) jam on Kaossilator.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dF1_EDT2IA
Enjoy

keeverw · Post by **keeverw** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:18 pm

simonced -

My wife is getting me a Kaossilator for Christmas, because I have been reading all about it, and it sounds like tons of fun.

I have a question though if you don't mind.

It only loops for like either 8 or 16 beats, I can't remember which. So how do you make those longer songs? And how do you bring in more than one synth at once after a break, etc?

Are you using a DAW to create these songs from loops that you constructed on the Kaossilator? Or is making songs like these possible using just the Kaossilator by its'elf?

Just curious.

Thanks.

simonced · Post by **simonced** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:59 pm

Hi, you're lucky to get one little yellow box, they are amazing.
I only use the kaossilator on this tracks. No Daw involved.
I also play only in 8 beats for instance but practice the 16 beats mode (we call it DLY)

You can layer as many phrases as you want to create your songs, no limit!
But orverdoing it sounds crap, the balance to put a few sounds only at the good beat is what makes the difference.
After, the last part is a bit of jam, where I just play with the loop length, I pass them to 4 or 2 or 1 beat, them fastly pass back to 8 bets.

Did you check my previous post? A jam I video recorded on youtube.
You can see clearly each step to layer different sound and my (fail) jam at the end.
Link again : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dF1_EDT2IA

Enoy

keeverw · Post by **keeverw** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 12:49 pm

simonced wrote:Hi, you're lucky to get one little yellow box, they are amazing.
I only use the kaossilator on this tracks. No Daw involved.
I also play only in 8 beats for instance but practice the 16 beats mode (we call it DLY)

You can layer as many phrases as you want to create your songs, no limit!
But orverdoing it sounds crap, the balance to put a few sounds only at the good beat is what makes the difference.
After, the last part is a bit of jam, where I just play with the loop length, I pass them to 4 or 2 or 1 beat, them fastly pass back to 8 bets.

Did you check my previous post? A jam I video recorded on youtube.
You can see clearly each step to layer different sound and my (fail) jam at the end.
Link again : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dF1_EDT2IA

Enoy

Thanks for the reply.
I can't do youtube at work, but I'll check it out at home when I have time.

That is awesome that you can do all of that with only the KO-1.
I was giving it some serious thought, and I thought well maybe if my parents, and her parents and my wife all buy me a present together I could get the K-Pro instead. But honestly I think I would have more fun with the KO-1 because I can take it to work and play with it on my lunch break. I can sit on the couch and jam on it while the kids are napping. Etc. The portability is a huge plus for me.

I have a Korg X-50 that I just bought recently, and that was my first synth, so I'm pretty new to synths, but I've been playing guitar, drums and piano for many years. And I've even played around with DAW's quite a bit. So I think this thing is right up my ally.

I can plug it in to my mixer, and get a cool drum and bass groove going, and then plug my guitar in and jam over it, or my keyboard, or whatever. I really wish it had an audio input so you could overdub external audio sources along with the KO-1's sounds, but I can always use another looper eventually for that.

But I can just see limitless possibilities for this thing.
I think I'd like to get a K-pro eventually too, but in addition to the KO-1, not to replace it.

simonced · Post by **simonced** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 1:44 pm

I can plug it in to my mixer, and get a cool drum and bass groove going, and then plug my guitar in and jam over it, or my keyboard, or whatever. I really wish it had an audio input so you could overdub external audio sources along with the KO-1's sounds, but I can always use another looper eventually for that.

But I can just see limitless possibilities for this thing.
I think I'd like to get a K-pro eventually too, but in addition to the KO-1, not to replace it.

Yeah, I use the KO1 mainly for inspiration, because the Arpagiator is amazing! The portability is also cool, I bring it in the train or what ever.

If you need an effect processor, the mini-kaos pad or better, the KP3 are what you need.

I was thinking to buy a Kaoss pro too, but I think that mixing up on KP3 is better since I already have the KO1 now.

keeverw · Post by **keeverw** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 12:45 pm

simonced wrote:
I can plug it in to my mixer, and get a cool drum and bass groove going, and then plug my guitar in and jam over it, or my keyboard, or whatever. I really wish it had an audio input so you could overdub external audio sources along with the KO-1's sounds, but I can always use another looper eventually for that.

But I can just see limitless possibilities for this thing.
I think I'd like to get a K-pro eventually too, but in addition to the KO-1, not to replace it.
Yeah, I use the KO1 mainly for inspiration, because the Arpagiator is amazing! The portability is also cool, I bring it in the train or what ever.

If you need an effect processor, the mini-kaos pad or better, the KP3 are what you need.

I was thinking to buy a Kaoss pro too, but I think that mixing up on KP3 is better since I already have the KO1 now.

Yeah, I'll have to look into what the mini-KP and the KP3 are all about. I don't really think I need them just for effects. But if it can sample, and loop and everything, it might be a nice addition to my KO-1.