Korg KP3 Kaoss Pad Touch Screen Effects Procesor & Sampler

The Korg Kaoss Pad 3 has powerful sampling tools and performance effects at your fingertip.

KAOSS technology has been embraced by DJs - musicians and producers alike. No other interface is as intuitive - immediate or just plain fun to use. By simply touching - tapping or sliding your finger over the touchpad - the KP3 allows you to control multiple effects parameters and manipulate samples in real time. On stage or in the studio - these gestures and moves can become powerful and expressive performance elements. More than a processor - the KP3 is a complete instrument allowing you to manage - recall - and play back samples; sample on the fly; and add dynamic processing to any audio signal or to the samples themselves.

The KP3 comes equipped with 128 great-sounding effect programs. Delays - flangers etc and fresh - exciting effects such as a grain shifter - decimator - a vintage analog style filter with a tone-bending drive circuit - and expanded EQs that are controlled directly from the pad. There are also drum grooves and even RADIAS-inspired vocoder and synthesizer sounds that can be played free-form on the X/Y pad.

As you move your finger across the touchpad and find that "sweet spot" - pressing the Hold button will lock the settings - so you can take your hand away to do other things. The LED grid on the touchpad will show the held location - so you can pick up where you left off without any "jumps". Better yet - Pad Motion can memorize and repeat a fluid or complex gesture played on the pad. Once again - the new pad lighting system enhancements can actually display the Pad Motion pattern as it plays.

Four Sample Bank buttons on the front panel allow you to create - play and save both looped and one-shot samples on the fly. All samples are recorded using high resolution 24-bit converters - and are stored in16-bit/48 kHz format. Samples can be saved on a Secure Digital (SD) card or transferred to computer via USB. With both mic and line inputs - the KP3 allows you to sample from a wide variety of sources.

The main features of the Korg Kaoss Pad 3 include:

- 128 Programs: Program Categories: Filter (16 types) - EQ (2 types) - Modulation (12 types) - Compressor (2 types) - LFO (25 types) - Delay (16 types) - Reverb (6 types) - Grain Shifter (5 types) - Looper (13 types) - Sample Effect (7 types) - Sample Bank Crossfade (4 types) - Drums (6 types) - Synthesizer (10 types) - Vocoder (4 types)
- Sampler: Sample Memory: 100 samples (maximum)
- Sampling: 16 bit - 48 kHz
- Convertors: 24-bit A/D - D/A
- Inputs: Mic (1/4") with trim knob Line In L - R (RCA)
- Outputs: Headphone (1/4" Stereo) with volume Line Out L - R (RCA)
- USB: Type B
- MIDI: IN/OUT
- Data Storage: SD Card
- Power Supply: DC 12V; 700mA
- Dimensions: 8.27" x 8.9" x 1.93" (W x D x H)
- Weight: 2.87 lbs
- Accessories: CD-ROM (Editor/Librarian) Power supply Touchpad protective sheet