Kaoss Pad

{{Short description|Audio effects unit}} {{One source|date=July 2024}} {{Redirect|KP3|the album by Katy Perry|Prism (Katy Perry album){{!}}''Prism'' (Katy Perry album)}} {{Infobox synthesizer | image = KAOSS PAD.JPG | image_caption = Korg Kaoss Pad KP3 | synth_name = Kaoss Pad | synth_manufacturer = Korg | synthesis_type = Several preset synth and drum voices; granular synthesis | polyphony = | timbrality = | unison = | oscillator = User Samples; PCM for preset synth voices | filter = Multiple | attenuator = | left_control = FX Release; FX parameter ‘Hold’ | lfo = Multiple LFO options, waveforms and combinations of LFO with other effects | keyboard = none - XY-pad | portamento = | velocity = no | aftertouch = no | memory = 4 Memory Slots and read/write to SD card (2GB Max) | ext_control = Supports multiple configurations as a MIDI Controller for external hardware. MIDI configurations (e.g. X-Y pad configuration) can be stored as Program Files on SD media. | sample = 4 sample slots with unlimited overdub/resampling | fx = 150 | dates = Introduced in 1999. Current Hardware iteration/redesign (“KP3”) released in 2006, VST Software version released in November 2022. | price = ~$400 | Sequencing = Yes, sample/pad sequencing available via MIDI; “Pad Motion” available locally to create brief effect automations. Extensive resampling options also allow for sequencing/resampling (or “bouncing”) different sounds and effect combinations to new sample slots. | Send/Return Capability = Yes, via “Direct”/“Return” slide switch. “Return” allows the Kaoss Pad to be used on a mixer’s Send/Return bus }} The '''Kaoss Pad''' is a sampler and audio effects processor launched by Korg in 1999.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/mar/09/whats-that-sound-kaoss-pad|title=Hey, what's that sound: Kaoss Pad|last=McNamee|first=David|date=9 March 2011|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=22 August 2018}}</ref> It allows users to record and process audio and apply various effects using an X-Y touchscreen. It has been used by artists including Radiohead, Muse and Brian Eno.

== Features == The Kaoss Pad allows users to sample and loop audio and apply effects such as pitch-bending, flange, distortion, and delay using a touchscreen.<ref name=":0" /> According to the ''Guardian,'' while its effects technology was not new, the Kaoss Pad was distinguished by its intuitive design: "Anyone can pick one up and in a matter of seconds get the hang of it."<ref name=":0" />

The British producer and musician Brian Eno, an early adopter of the Kaoss Pad, described it as "a way of taking sounds into the domain of muscular control" as opposed to working with computers: "It takes you into a completely different place, because when working with computers you normally don't use your muscles in that way."<ref name=":0" />

== Users == Radiohead use a Kaoss Pad on performances of their 2000 song "Everything In Its Right Place" to manipulate Thom Yorke's vocals into a "glitching, stuttering collage".<ref name=":0" /> Matt Bellamy of Muse, described by the ''Guardian'' as "undoubtedly the Kaoss rock star", uses touchscreen MIDI controllers built into his guitars to control Kaoss Pads.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Varian |first=Ethan |date=2011-09-13 |title=Manson MB-1 Guitar is Muse Guitarist Matt Bellamy's Secret Weapon |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/manson-mb-1-guitar-muse-guitarist-matt-bellamys-secret-weapon |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Guitar World |language=en}}</ref> Other users include Brian Eno, the singer Bryan Ferry and the beatboxer Beardyman.<ref name=":0" />

==See also== *Korg Kaossilator, a Korg synthesizer with a Kaoss Pad interface

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==External links== *[http://korg.com Korg.com]

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