Bad Gear - Korg Kaossilator Pro - The Synth of Christmas Past???

[@kaydot6889]

What if the real bad gear was all the friends we made along the way?

[@AudioPilz]

These are certainly Good Gear (da best!!!)

[@7an7ara]

Woah...

[@ezmyrelda]

true story.. it actually was.

[@ricardomilice2470]

🤣🤣 Fuck friends.

[@petermuller161]

I too have terrible taste in life. How do you do?

[@Thefallofbabylon]

I have almost all of the items in the bad gear series. FML 🤦‍♂️🤣

[@ain-mylan]

That is truly sad. Unless you have the streetboxx.. Then that's awesome

[@AudioPilz]

Great minds... ;)

[@godzilla42698]

Same

[@johnsummers7121]

I have all of these as well. I feel like hes listening to my recommendation.

[@chaocrator]

Bad Gear made me hunt for Yamaha FB-01 ))

[@SalimSivaad]

You have no idea how satisfying it is to hear every Friday: “At first glance, this thing is ticking all the boxes” 🙂 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Florian!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Merry Christmas!

[@M364A]

why you look like rip off AudioPilz

[@bowmoneydrums]

seriously every synth i own....a man of my own heart

[@AudioPilz]

The way of Bad Gear! Stick around!

[@treyabraham515]

My favorite piece of bad gear yet. I've had both the pro and the pro+ and they have probably been the most used synths in my collection. They have definite limitations, but equally they allow a level of expressive control that none of my other synths quite allow. Not the tool for every job, but a very versatile one none the less.

[@AudioPilz]

Happy to hear that. It could have been much more versatile, tho

[@CaptainAlbatross]

I love how this channel reviews ALL the crappy gear that I desperately wanted when I just started out with synths and music. Even had (and sold) a lot of them. Awesome stuff!

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, we seem to be a special group of people ;)

[@dvilbooking]

My name is _______ and I'm also a "bad gear" addict.

[@fredh9808]

I was like: "I wonder if today he's gonna upload something", and boom, there it is. Merry Christmas from Argentina, dude. This was the best new channel of the year, congrats

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Bad Gear Christmas!

[@machinemusic4869]

You should have watched his interview on the Gaz Williams show, you’d have got a heads up, I thought his bad gear demo was going to be slay bells, maybe next year!

[@paulmullins8425]

Had 2 of them for the last ten years still haven’t run out of ideas love them

[@AudioPilz]

Cool, did you experience any troubles with sync?

[@paulmullins8425]

@@AudioPilz obviously this instrument has limitations when it comes to syncing and midi is a joke, but l use it mostly as a lead instrument and effects tool, looping is ok but not perfect, but as I’m a crap keyboard player it’s a god send and have perfected various techniques with this thing it still has me smiling so that can’t be bad.

[@mcraul]

Same here! I love it as a complement for other sounds. Been usi g it for producing lately

[@marcomaureira]

it's the channel's first Christmas, hopefully many more will come ! bad gear is one of my favorite video series

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Hope so, too!

[@fa0179]

He will run out of bad gear tho

[@marcomaureira]

@@fa0179 there will never be such thing as, running out of bad gear lmao

[@AudioPilz]

@@fa0179 never!!!

[@JacobPadlock]

Just wanted to say I absolutely adore this series and also to say THANK YOU for continuing to make it during this absolute hell year.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@skyeisthebeesknees]

you are single handedly causing all companies to rethink their products and in turn, giving us not so bad gear. Merry Xmas

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Merry Christmas!

[@jevogroni4829]

I sure hope so.

[@bichovergara]

It's my main tool in my whole arsenal! I love this thing!!

[@AudioPilz]

I'll have to dive deeper into midi translation for it!

[@bichovergara]

​@@AudioPilz right now the easiest way is to just buy a RK-002 Smart MIDI Cable that will do all the translation work for you www.retrokits.com/shop/rk002/

[@trickfall8752]

I had the KP3 and have a mini KP. I love the way drums work on them and wish someone would do a full blown drum machine based of the concept.

[@AudioPilz]

True! So much potential!

[@distantcomets]

By far the best (almost) new site this year. These videos are delightful! Congrats on a deeply entertaining (and frequently hilarious) year! Happy New Year!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much! Happy New Year!

[@CYB3RC0RP]

I have one of these, it was my first synth. A guy at Guitar Center managed to sell it to me when I was like 13 and had no idea how to achieve what I wanted. The thing is fun to mess around with, but a nightmare to try to make any serious music with. I found I wasted more time messing around with it than I did actually making anything I felt passionate about. It sat unused for years, but recently I've found some cool ways to make use of it, so it FINALLY has a role in my workflow doing something I couldn't already do without it. Now there's a reason for it to take up space in my house beside sentimental value.

[@dsullivan6916]

No matter how crap my day this channel always cheers me up ! I've owned a number of Kaoss pads including the first version when it first came out and it was, and still is, an integral part of my kit. I agree that it's hit and miss ... but everyone who's stepped up to it has managed to show me within minutes some hidden gem of a feature i didn't even know was there. Looking forward to getting back into the studio !

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@consciouscoma85]

when combined with the Strymon night sky it makes it come alive. it makes the disco club sounds into ambient sounds.

[@AudioPilz]

Doesn't Strymon make everything come alive? ;)

[@scantronbeats]

It would be cool for a kaossilator that could have you program scales in. I play a lot of Indian music that has ragas with notes that correspond to scales that wouldn't be mapped in there initially. I didn't see anything like that in the editor, but if it does exist let me know.

[@rookmaster7502]

I have a Kaossilator Pro, and it does take time and effort to discover and fully understand its strengths, and how to work within the parameters of the synth's capabilities to generate great music. Focusing too much on what it can't do or can't do very well is not a very productive approach to using the Kaossilator Pro; this will only result in frustration.

[@AudioPilz]

I agree! It certainly did in my case;)

[@savoirfaire8979]

I remember seeing magazine ads in the early 2000s with Jonathan Davis from Korn pushing the Kaossilator.

[@AudioPilz]

That slipped my attention, thanks for posting!

[@GordonBraicks]

Thank you for so many great vids this year! This channel is one my favorites. You will love to review the Yamaha rm1x in 2021. It will tick many of your boxes for bad gear (rompler with many many buttons). But you will be thrilled it’s a very capable dawless sequencer.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for watching! I still have to find an affordable Yamaha rm1x ;)

[@CaffPidge]

That jam at the end was immaculate 🤌

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@paulrandomar757]

Der einzige Kanal, der über gutes Equipment ablästern darf, ohne dass ich ein Hass Kommentar hinterlasse :D Ich kenne bis heute kein vergleichbares VST Multi Effekt mit einem XY Vektor und das obwohl es einen Korg Pad Controller gibt (Korg Nano Pad).

[@AudioPilz]

Danke! Ich bin mir der Verantwortung bewusst ;)

[@spaceranger145]

Rating, 0/10 doesn't even skrillex. On a serious note I'd love to see a bad gear tier list new year special!

[@AudioPilz]

Great idea! I'll try to squeeze it in!

[@dannydr]

Thanks for this episode to make my christmas even better. Merry christmas and a musical and healthy new year from the Netherlands! And like you said, see you next year!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! All the best!

[@henninghoefer]

Bad Gear Suggestion: Teenage Engineerings Pocket Operators…

[@danielscott7985]

He already did those

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks but there is already a "worst of" episode. More to come in 2021!

[@henninghoefer]

@@AudioPilz Sorry, found it now. (I *did* make sure to check the "Bad Gear" Playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLRkn2QTxcJf6HCrt4YnhhjxNpRLqWOLeI before and it seems to be missing in there)

[@albertocastillo7686]

Kaos pad and electribe are horrible.

[@s3nsec0rruptr80]

@@AudioPilz I missed that! Yay, more bad gear!

[@3D6Space]

I picked up 1 of these early last year. It's my 2nd favorite synth, right behind the Roland MC-09! Thanks for another great show! Love the music!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for watching!

[@SNCKPCK]

using this as a looper is how I do it!

[@AudioPilz]

That's probably the best use for it!

[@jbassdude]

@6:51 what a happy tune for merry 2021. Stay safe and see you next year.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! All the best!

[@pattymcpattyhaha]

Dear god, you nailed this episode, hilarious, insightful and the tunes were dope. “Edward forty hands bender” bahahaha.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@DJPhizz7]

I bought a Kaossalator pro plus a couple years ago, and it's the center of my live looping setup. I start with a drumbeat on the Kaossalator and then sync everything up to that to solve timing issues; and I run all my other instruments into a small mixer which runs into the input on the Korg. So I get a drum machine and 4 track looper in a small package, and the mixer fits neatly on the small stand next to the Kaossalator anyway, so it's not even that much more space being taken up. I've been extremely happy with it's performance in my setup, and very rarely do I run into any real limits on what I want to do with it in this context.

[@AudioPilz]

I would love to use it this way

[@nebula0697]

The original Kaossilator was my first synth-like instrument and I'll never sell it because it's so damn clever and fast to make a beat on and then forget it forever. I then got the "pro" and sold it quickly, because it was kind of boring for some reason compared to the more limited original version. But for me it was really easy to make loops on the big one too, the four tracks were cool and once you selected a scale it was super easy to get stuff out of it and the larger touch pad made it even easier to hit the right notes.

[@AudioPilz]

I'm longing for an OG Kaossilator, as well!

[@jollyfishcial]

Ahahahhahahaha just seeing this right now!!! I bought this when it came out I guess?? I had this thing for two months and it was driving me nuts and sold it. 🤭 Cuz I was always hanging around in the local music store searching for new gear and thought it would be an amazing asset. Think I was attracted by the led and pad but mehn what a struggle and frustration. It’s so satisfying after all those years to see someone actually being bothered by its features as well. Happy that I bumped into this video 🤣 Thank you!! Hahaha Happy New Year 🎉

[@nekurobaito]

Press like then watch.

[@AudioPilz]

That's the way! Thanks!

[@benjaminbrand3714]

Finally! I've been waiting for the Kaossilator since the beginning! Perfect way to end the year!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for sticking around! Merry Christmas!

[@miamha]

When you realise this is the last Friday of 2020

[@AudioPilz]

It certainly is

[@mattb154]

Man, I hope the calendar doesn't just roll over to December 32nd after next Thursday.

[@fisk0]

8 more months of 2020

[@miamha]

Either way, New Year or 2020 II corona boogaloo, better make the best of this last Friday innit

[@FIXTREME]

@@miamha 2020 II, Judgement Day

[@AveMcree]

I had one of these. Bought it for creating sfx for electric music & sound design. Found out the MIDI CC was bugged out & hooked up with a dev who hacked the OS. Ended up selling it in 2018 for $150. Sounds were great but like you said "very impractical". The Korg Koass pad mini is an amazing fx module though!

[@AudioPilz]

I'd love to cover the KPs but I would have a hard time selling them as Bad Gear ;)

[@clashclashbangbang]

I used it with the MicroSampler, synchronized by a BeatStep Pro. Whenever you change the tempo on the BeatStep Pro, the Kaossilator is doing something, but it's out of sync, because, the tempo signal is transmitted to full quarter notes only. Nevertheless: The results were big fun sometimes!

[@AudioPilz]

I noticed that behavior, as well!

[@swabisch]

it drifts... korg told me its because its a audio looper not a midi looper.

[@brunodimitroff1700]

Merry Christmas, Florian, thank you for lighting up 2020 x

[@AudioPilz]

Merry Christmas! Thank you so much!

[@agentvx8320]

I love my OG Kaossilator, and there were just a couple tweaks it really needed to be truly great (particularly MIDI in for notes or at least clock) so it's sad that they really appear to have let the magic out in the transition to Pro. Some goddamned calibrated markings on the touch pad would have been a lot more helpful than meaningless blinkenlights too.

[@AudioPilz]

Those lights are actually counterproductive!

[@soepil]

This channel has made 2020 a little better. Danke schön, Florian. :)

[@AudioPilz]

Gern geschehen. Danke fürs Zuschauen!

[@huntrrams]

I had this as my first “sampler”! So weird seeing this as bad gear.

[@AudioPilz]

It certainly has its flaws

[@paulyvinyl2361]

Merry Christmas AudioPilz. great to wake up to a fresh episode of Bad Gear on Xmas morning! Thank you

[@AudioPilz]

Same to you! Thanks and all the best!

[@zazulakoma]

I have a mini kaossilator, it is a great toy for my 3 years old son. 😊

[@AudioPilz]

You're a good parent!

[@MeeperDude45]

Same here. My 4 years old girl loves the Mini Kaossilator ;-)

[@chimneychap5142]

better than blipbox

[@thealmightycommenter]

I’ve had my kaossilator OG for 13 years and I’ve used it on every musical project I have worked on. But only for Santa Sweeps E.G 6:09 in this video and sampling the sounds then manipulating. Useless for harmony melody and drums but great for ambience and intermittent funky wobbles. Seeing as you can pick the baby one up for £40 or less sometimes over here I’d call it great bang for your buck if you use it creatively but these big boys are a whole other kettle of fish. Great video! Thanks for the enjoyment as always x

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Santa sweeps forever!

[@nickTeeKaystrickland]

You should do the Trigger Finger Pro. Was 50% weeks after release and never received a single update. Then they took what they were doing with vst support and put that tech into their Akai Advance keyboard line (also under the inMusic brand umbrella)

[@AudioPilz]

Great input, thanks!

[@catmastertrash369]

I have the TF (1.0). Once the software for it was abandoned, it cannot do much except trigger MIDI notes - nothing in the way of USB, except you need it plugged in to get power, even if you're not using a USB message connection. Its successor the Trigger Finger Pro was better, but I never really went back to M-Audio unless its for adapters or a low cost controller

[@emitindustries8304]

I've got the Korg mini Kaosillator, the battery powered one, and it's great, mostly for its tiny size, portability, and ease of playing. I've used it for my cosplay outfits, running it through speakers under my costume. What a kick! And it doesn't cost a ton.

[@cyborgmetropolis7652]

“Like paining the hallway though the letter box”

[@AudioPilz]

We all know that feeling!

[@ramseydoon8277]

Hell yeah! I'm so glad you were able to get one! Thanks, Florian, you made my day!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for watching!

[@SourMoonBlues]

I will never forget watching Beardyman slay a set with four of these.

[@AudioPilz]

Legend!

[@murraynatkie7490]

1 of those and 3 KP3s but yeah 👍

[@fleebschlehm2467]

Thank you dude and All the best for 2021.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Same to you!

[@thesequencer4971]

Ha...you finally did it , my christmas wish come true: A Kaossilator review omg...awesome video...i bought an 90€ or so cable from Rkode. So you can use after a few settings (scale chromatic note range full) kaossilator as midi device. Works not perfectly if you want to play BACH, but for most electronic music its a worth cool addon. Cool is pitch or wheel control works also as addition to xy controls. so you can get unexpected cool noise out your kaossilator. Cheers and merry Christmas🎹🎄PS: Rkode cable works also for Korg Volca Sample to change all sounds it to only one channel...

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Works for Digitakt, too! Awesome company!

[@gautrstafr]

Yei!!! My comment was featured at 4:21!!! Seems like we both agree on the conclusion! Close, but no cigar :D Another Korg Gadget I have fond memories of being nearly good on it's own is the Monotribe, which was both the successor to the monotron and the Volca lineup beta test! It had a cool everything even though it sounded limited. I let it go when I had a full Volca Lineup but I still have better memories of the Monotribe than the Volca Drum (which I replaced with a Volca Sample)

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah! Thanks for the comment! Monotribe has becomre really rare and most people love it to bits!

[@agentvx8320]

"Edward Forty-hands bender" rofl dying

[@AudioPilz]

We all know how it feels ;)

[@WarrenPostma]

@@AudioPilz Yes, we do. Thanks, 2020.

[@Treenote]

I used to have one of these. I ended up selling it to help fund a Digitakt. The kaossilator is okay as a looper for external synths if you can nail the timing. I never liked using it for its internal sounds though (well other than the white noise patch which is pretty fun to play on the X/Y pad). I love your channel by the way. I look forward to watching your videos each week. Thanks for your hard work!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@LegoMyachi]

I forgot about the kaossilators! I remember watching so many daft punk covers on those bad boys in like 2009

[@AudioPilz]

...and none of them were tight ;)

[@LouisSerieusement]

OG kaossilator was my first synth ! It was my first experience with a synth beeing stolen from me as well :'( it could have been worst tho but still miss the hours of fun in the subway with it

[@AudioPilz]

Get another one! ;)

[@BuddhaPhi]

Bummed I didn’t pick one of these up. HOWEVER, I briefly did have a Numark EM-460 DJ mixer that had an early Kaoss Pad built into it. It was excellent for those DJs with 3 hands!

[@AudioPilz]

Always wanted to have one of those mixers!

[@DJWESG1]

Great little mixer that. But it went in the bin with everything else from that era.

[@foundatlantis]

shit thats the red thing rite? i had em260 in the early 2000s. one of the faders broke so i had to ditch it. gimmicky thing lol

[@DJWESG1]

@@foundatlantis yup, that's the one. I had both. Faders went on Both. numark though always supplied cheap parts, unlike the fanboy manufacturers.

[@foundatlantis]

@@DJWESG1 aye i run a dxm06 since having that em260 and that has been solid, not a bad thing to say about it. strange stories with music gear, some of it is neglected and abused and sometimes mint/near perfect. makes you wonder what kind of people the previous owners were like. or if its just an inherent problem with certain models.

[@JakeLavoieMusic]

Love this piece of gear man, thank you for making this video. Merry Christmas!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Merry Christmas!

[@Yuzuki1337]

Wow that cowbell surely is plonk Edit: Merry Christmas Mr. Pilz, enjoy the rest of the holidays! 🎉

[@AudioPilz]

Plonk for days! Thank you so much!

[@SimonBrisbane]

Seriously though, needs more cowbell..

[@null_state]

Another solid hit! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Merry Christmas and all the best for 2021

[@23bit76]

Merry Christmas from Victorian Britain 🎄

[@AudioPilz]

Same to you, Sir!

[@marknhopgood]

Watching this 2 years later because I'm wondering what to do with this unit. Thanks for putting my question up in the video and once again great video. This indeed is a weird device. I made a template to try and get accurate notes out of it. I used sticky back plastic.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice technique!

[@traildoggy]

My first synth was a PAIA Gnome, a diy kit ribbon controled noise monster. Please do an episode on that.

[@AudioPilz]

Great input! Thanks!

[@geraldfriend256]

Classic

[@cs4122]

Highly informative and entertaining review once again! Merry Christmas and best wishes for the new year!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Merry Christmas!

[@Joel-re1jz]

The lack of undo with a pad to play notes is a deadly combination.

[@AudioPilz]

True! It's traumatizing...

[@jackjones513]

Merry Xmas Audio Pilz enjoyed your vids and learned loads :)

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Happy to hear that!

[@ChrisSmout]

Hard to argue with this assessment. The janky MIDI kills what could have been a handy rompler via your DAW. I'm saving mine to give to my son when he's older and can learn how to make music using the unit exclusively.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Buy him a Retrokit RK002 with it ;)

[@ChrisSmout]

@@AudioPilz 50EUR is a pricey buy - might have to before Brexit import tax kicks in :(

[@Roboprogs]

CC instead of note on/off. Fail. This video was a public service announcement warning me to stay away. Thanks.

[@johnchongsing7745]

Very informative. Thanks and have a happy Christmas

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Merry Christmas!

[@MoraFermi]

It looks like a perfect target for a dedicated firmware hacker to get some serious scene cred for adding in a lot of these functions...

[@AudioPilz]

Retrokits is on it!

[@jmd76family]

You answered every question i have ever had about it. Thanks.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for watching!

[@paulyvinyl2361]

i would like to see you do a piece on the Emu command stations like the XL-7 or MP-7 based on the Mo phatt and extreme lead modules built into a groove box controll suface with a bunch of midi and meant to be the center of a dawless setup made before the term "dawless" was invented

[@AudioPilz]

Great idea! I wanted to cover EMU stuff for month!

[@AkronistThe23rd]

Yesss! I have the PX-7, which seems to be the more obscure of these semi-obscure workstations. 😁 So yeah, I for one second this shout, it would warm these cockles of mine heart 😊

[@paulyvinyl2361]

@@AudioPilz I have the MP-7 with an added extreme lead expansion ROM. I’m not sure if the shipping cost would be prohibitive but your I would be more than happy to use mine.

[@paulyvinyl2361]

More than happy to let you use mine.

[@AkronistThe23rd]

@@AudioPilz Take Pauly's

[@ronandikker7126]

Waaaooow! I never comment on YT videos but I have to say well done this channel is great. I can't believe you've only been here a few months. Your presentation is so professional and your critique is thorough and nuanced. Also I've never heard the expression "Like trying to paint the hallway through the letterbox" and as a native English speaker and lyricist, I'm jealous. Keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to watching plenty more of your content.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@outdatedgear5036]

Imagine bringing this to band practice. “Hey what key are you in?” “The key of X/Y”

[@AudioPilz]

It actually has a super-sophisticated scale system ;)

[@DjSuess]

I play w a band and use this..you can change note scales fairly easy. I'm no theory major. But my mates will let me know real quick if I were outta tune..

[@stabngab]

@@DjSuess Yeah I was gonna say something similar, I have played with one of these with some friends on guitar and drums and it was quite easy to change scales and match them. The kaosillator pairs nicely with a microkorg also.

[@WillisZzz]

Yes, Christmas shout outs from Canada! I've always wanted one, but I'm happy with my little kaossilator mini I grabbed for like $75.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! All the best! The little Kaossilators are so cute!

[@defbones5597]

The kaossilator and the kaossilator pro were my first pieces of gear back in 2005. I always had the feeling that it was promising but soooo hard to play : not enough slots for tracks, the sh***y pad to play, and so on... I stopped buying gear till 2018, when I bought the novation circuit (halleliuah!!!). Such a big leap forward in terms of fun and playability !!!

[@AudioPilz]

Get a RetroKits RK-02 - total gamechanger for the Kaossilator Pro!

[@joegrant413]

Once again I can count on you to provide the best sarcastic remarks on KZbin!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@n.l.j]

It amazes me how week after week you manage to tap back in to the zeitgeist of the time when the gear first came out! I suppose part of this is due to how dated/limiting the gear you review can be, but I also think you have a rare ability here :) And was there a Blackberry shoutout there in the final track description haha?

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! It's more about fax machines ;)

[@trevorbrown8737]

Happy Xmas BGMTSGA love it as usual! Have a good one👽👏👍

[@AudioPilz]

Same to you! Thanks!

[@pizzagogo6151]

Interesting! I have the KP3 & never thought of it as a synth, just an effects unit....I can see if you thought you were buying a synth and trying to use it that way you’d be pretty frustrated with the unit! Great video as always, thanks and have a great Xmas👍

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! The KPs were never intended to be synths, AFAIK. The KO were (and it didn't really work out, methinks;)

[@pizzagogo6151]

@@AudioPilz oh, ok I didnt understand the difference, I assumed it was just a later version thanks for pointing that out....after your demo I’m sort intrigued- maybe I should waste some of money on a hard to use, not especially good sounding digital synth...😊hmmm

[@MakerFabio]

Your videos are really good

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@SRDhain]

The editing and pacing are so good, florian. You deserve a mince pie for those alone ✊ I've owned it's cohort, the kaoss pad of that time, and that was a hoot to use (especially live..long loading times for the samples there too), but this i couldn't bring myself to part cash with. Korg have remarkably used this interface as far down the line as my current smartphone (on the app, which is MUCH easier to use), but this is a curio at best. The original (and currently s/h) prices are as wild as a raver with a really bad stomach. I have no idea who owns these & i suspect they're gifts or potential tax write offs. Korg went onto better things such as the volcas, the minilogue, the monologue and *anything* else. This mis-step is like the suit jacket you bought in a rush from the sales, on the way home from work, for a works related party the next day; you dont actually like it that much, no one cares you're wearing it & even though you won't wear it again, you dont have the heart to get rid of it right now.

[@AudioPilz]

You had me at mince pie! Thanks!

[@Lordxfx]

You are creative in so many ways, just cool!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@Kizunaut]

I've had a morbid fascination with this thingy but this video makes me glad I never got one:D

[@AudioPilz]

A morbid fascination is absolutely necessary for that thing ;)

[@leobeo3033]

Thank you man for all the videos you put out this years They had been a part of my quarantine 😃

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for watching!

[@jjlacey1970]

i did manage to do 3 finished tracks with the kaosilator. it was tricky but the results were ok enough to publish. it could of been a really decent machine. this video nailed that

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, such a missed opportunity...

[@princeofdenmark9142]

Had one for years, great for kickstarting a jam, but in addition to your excellent list, sound tweaking & library editing. It's a big list of preset sounds to scroll through but you can't tailor it!

[@AudioPilz]

True that!

[@qjames0077]

Merry Xmas *See you next year*

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Looking forward to '21

[@mcraul]

Been waiting for this!!! Thanks

[@AudioPilz]

Always a pleasure!

[@emmanueleferrarotto2986]

(More) ROMpler in 2021. Great idea for more bad gear stuff :)

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the input! More romplers to come!

[@auramdickerson112]

Thanks! Glad I'm not the only one. Bought mine at a pawn shop and thought it it had damage. Now I know why I had such difficulty.

[@lundsweden]

I really looked into the Kaoscillator Pro and I came to similar conclusions, very expensive and can't find anyone who can do something useful with it. Even synth Wizard Jordan Ruddess does'nt seem to know what he's doing with it, lol!

[@AudioPilz]

I think he found the ultimate application: making money;)

[@lundsweden]

Ha ha, lol

[@phdj535]

Finally! Thank you! I bought the Kaossilator pro ages ago for 400 dollars in the US, sold it for 80 EUR in Germany, cheaply, just out of pity for whoever would end up using it. I know all of the sounds by heart. I hate all of them, with a pinch of love.

[@AudioPilz]

Not necessarily the worst relationship you can have to an instrument;)

[@jukesjointOG]

“BAD GEAR???” Sacrilege I say, Knave!!

[@AudioPilz]

This whole channel is a sacrilege ;)

[@jukesjointOG]

AudioPilz- Dig. But you picked one of *my* favorites this time...

[@shpongled587]

Its all about the Kaoss Pad 2 FX unit! As ancient as it is, it works great to this day (bought second hand 9yrs ago) and still is my favorite DJ toy.

[@AudioPilz]

I really want one of these!!!

[@Steve_643]

Man the mid 90’s till the 2010 was a bad time for hardware gear!!!!! There was a few gems surrounded by a bunch of I wish I didn’t buy that!!!!

[@AudioPilz]

Still it's a lot of fun to mess around with them

[@7StrokeRoll]

I used to do a live performance art piece back when I was studying at seminary where I wore nothing but a disposable adult diaper and played a Korg Kaossilator Pro with my tongue.

[@AudioPilz]

😂😂😂

[@elmo7sharp9]

All "DJ" gear features RCA jacks so that you can't accidentally plug into something Inexpensive ;-)

[@AudioPilz]

Sounds legit 😅

[@machinemusic4869]

Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

[@AudioPilz]

Merry Christmas. All the best!

[@hednodsflyingoscillatorcir9827]

This is one of those things that almost nails it, but misses the mark.

[@AudioPilz]

True!