And I thought a stylophone is call - available now in the US! As seen on Gizmodo.
The moment we ran our fingers over the touchpad of the Kaossilator and heard the otherworldly sounds of the future we were hooked. This pocket sized music synthesizer is like nothing we’ve seen before. Rather than using keys or buttons to play musical notes, the Kaossilator features a revolutionary touchpad design.
Move your finger from left to right to change the pitch of the note, and up and down to change the sound. But musical sounds are only the beginning, the Kaossilator can also be used like a drum kit with dozens of built in beats and drum sounds. Plus you get some amazing sound effects from laser blasts to Pac Man. You can put everything to good use with the built-in loop recording feature which lets you layer virtually unlimited tracks to create complex songs combining lead instruments, drum beats and sound effects together.
Link: Kaossilator - Pocket Synthesizer
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Eduardo wrote,
Ever saw the Tenori-on by Yamaha? I guess that Kaossilator is a reaction on Tenori-on. Saying that, can’t wait to try this thing out.
Link | February 1st, 2008 at 11:27 pm
manchld wrote,
There are some even more impressive videos on youtube showing this thing in action, especially the ones that use it paired up with a korg kp3.
Link | February 2nd, 2008 at 6:36 am
RGS wrote,
manchld,
feel free to post videos urls to youtube. Thank you for reading RGS.
Link | February 2nd, 2008 at 11:27 am
eric wrote,
amazing shit O_O
<3
korg is top
Link | February 2nd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
PLANETDAMAGE » korg kaossilator (コルグ カオシレーター) wrote,
[...] Vagy egy jó fél órája kutatok már a Korg (viszonylag) új készüléke, a KAOSSILATOR után és mindig meg kell állnom egy pár perces szünetre, ha rátalálok jetdaisuke őszinte, egyszerű örömmel felvett mintavideóira. A körülbelül 200 dolláros, négy ceruzaelemmel működő hangszer egy pattern/loop/groove-alapú, touchpades készülék, ami DJ-munkákhoz kifejezetten ajánlott, támogat számos hangfekvést/skálát, adott a gate arpeggiator, úgyhogy összességében, első ránézésre viszonylag hasznos. Először beszerzek egy beanie hatet és egy ízléstelen oakleyt, aztán jöhet ez is mellé. (via) [...]
Link | February 2nd, 2008 at 4:57 pm
the daniel wrote,
there are so many cool things i want, and they all seem to cost $200 - this one is near the top of the list now!
Link | February 2nd, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Justin Koh wrote,
@Eduardo Ever saw the monome 40h? I guess the Tenori-on is a ripoff. The Kaossilator is a great idea though, and its jumped right to the top of my list of music gadgets to buy.
Now someone needs to write a similar synth for laptop touchpads or the iPhone
Link | February 4th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
gadjitfreek wrote,
Got one, use it, love it. It is addictive, sort of a musical Etch-A-Sketch.
Link | March 7th, 2008 at 10:50 am