kaoss Pad

{{Short description|Audio effects unit}}

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{{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

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The Kaoss Pad is a sampler and audio effects processor launched by Korg in 1999.{{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}} 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.