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Korg's touchpad synthesizer family gets slightly more Kaotic

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div class="image-container" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Image" data-src-height="254" data-src-width="619" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/korg-kaoss-duo-313.png" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Korg's got the info on two new additions to its Kaoss line  of X-Y interface touchpad controllers. First up is the KP3+ Dynamic  Effect / Sampler, which adds 22 new effects to its predecessor's  offerings, bringing that number up to 150. Also on-board are sample bank  buttons for quick recording and playback, as well as features borrowed  from other Korg offerings, including a ducking compressor and vinyl  break, that'll simulate the sound of a record player slowing down. The  $350 pad can also be used as a MIDI controller. For $50 more, you can  pick up the Kaossilator Pro+ Dynamic Phase Synthesizer / Loop Recorder,  which has 250 sounds, including synth leads, drums and a number of sound  effects. The loop recorder banks, meanwhile, let you layer sounds one  by one. Both pads are out next month. More info after the break.</div><div class="pr_box open" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <div class="pr_box_button">Hide Press Release</div><div class="pr_text">     <strong>Korg Introduces its Latest Additions to the Kaoss Synthesizer Family</strong><br />     Korg  debuts the latest additions to its acclaimed Kaoss family: the KP3+  Dynamic Effect/Sampler and the Kaossilator Pro+ Dynamic Phase  Synthesizer/Loop Recorder. Like all of Korg's Kaoss products, these  versatile new tools offer creative musical possibilities and intuitive  control over multiple parameters with a user-friendly X-Y touchpad  interface that responds to the touch or swipe of a finger. The Korg KP3+  and Kaossilator Pro+ will both be available April 2013 for a U.S.  Street price of $349.99 and $399.99, respectively.<br />     <br />   The  KP3+ features instantaneous touchpad-based control over 150  great-sounding effects programs that include the original KP3 effects,  sounds and features, plus 22 all- new, diverse effect programs for  everything from various EDM genres to rock and beyond. In addition to  the selection of filters, decimators, echoes and other exciting effects,  user favorites from sister products Kaoss Pad Quad and Mini Kaoss Pad 2  have been added, including the Looper; a Ducking Compressor, which adds  emphasis to the backbeats; and a Vinyl Break effect that simulates the  slowing down of a turntable.<br />     <br />   The KP3+ offers  high resolution sampling from a wide variety of sources via mic and line  inputs. Four Sample Bank buttons allow the user to create, play and  save looped and one-shot samples on the fly. Multiple bands of samples  can be saved on a Secure Digital (SD) card or transferred to a computer  via USB. The KP3+ is also a MIDI controller, transmitting three  controller signals from its touchpad, along with data from<br />   <br />     the slider. The Sample Bank buttons send and receive MIDI note messages  as well as program change commands and clock information.<br />     <br />   The  Kaossilator Pro+ is packed with 250 cutting-edge sounds inspired by  wide array of electronic music including 62 sounds inspired directly by  cutting-edge genres. Synth leads, enhanced drum sounds and highly  controllable drum patterns, synth basses and sound effects are all ready  to be played with the touch of a finger. Updated drum PCM includes  sounds from Korg's acclaimed Wavedrum percussion synth for greater  performance variety. With a single Kaossilator Pro+ users can perform  hip-hop, chiptune, house, dubstep, new disco, electro, reggaeton, and  drum 'n' bass, or they can create their own genre.<br />     <br />   Performances  on the Kaossilator Pro+ can be recorded into the four onboard Loop  Recorder Banks. By adding (overdubbing) additional sounds one at a time,  inspired looped phrases can be created ranging from minimal to fully  orchestrated. The four infinitely loop-able banks can be combined, muted  or un-muted, their volume adjusted, and their loop lengths changed -  making arrangement of tunes easy and fun for everyone. The Kaossilator  Pro+ provides line inputs and a mic input to allow recording of external  audio sources as well. <br />     This makes it easy to add a vocal or additional audio to any loop phrase created on the Kaossilator Pro+.<br /> </div></div></div>