Korg is Now Shipping Kaoss Pad Quad Dynamic Effects Processor

Korgs newest installment in the Kaoss line boasts new features, functionality and

flexibility, allowing the user to select and manipulate up to four effects in

real-time using fingertip control across the X-Y touchpad

Over a decade ago, Korg changed the DJ/music scene with its first-generation Kaoss Pad

a touchpad-based effect controller. Since then, the popular X-Y touchpad has appeared

in many Korg products. Now, Korg is taking effects control one step further with the new

Kaoss Pad Quad, which employs new effects, functions and features that let users create

their own combination of Kaoss effects with simultaneous control of up to four effects

in real-time using a single fingertip on its touchpad. Any audio source can be processed:

an MP3 player, a mixing board, an instrument or even vocals via the units mic input.

As users tap, slide or move their finger across the intuitive X-Y touchpad

interface, the effect parameters will change, producing dramatic real-time

transformations in the sound. The brilliant, colorful LED touchpad illuminates in an

intense variety of colors, which change depending on the state of the effects, the

BPM setting and hand motions on the touchpad.

Designed to be both usable and highly playable as an effect processor, the Kaoss Pad

Quad allows the user to simultaneously control up to four effects from the touchpad.

Each of the four effect modules  Looper, Modulation, Filter and Delay/Reverb

contains five options (plus a module kill), for a total of 1,295 combinations.

Effects are chosen directly from the front panel for easy access during live

performance. By rhythmically adding successive effects, or switching effects on and

off as a song progresses, the Kaoss Pad Quad can add variation and development to

the structure of any song. Even the simplest beat can be creatively affected to

produce something entirely new.

Another unique feature is the Freeze button, which offers even more versatile

control of effects. For each of the four effect modules, Freeze memorizes the

position at which the user was last touching the touchpad, effectively freezing the

state that effect was last in, even after release of the finger. By touching the

touchpad again while Freeze is enabled, only the unfrozen effects will be

controlled.

In addition to more traditional effects (flanger, low/high-pass filter, delay and

reverb), the Kaoss Pad Quad offers many new types of effects:

Multi-Mode Looper for looping a part of a song; the number of beats is controlled by

the location touched. Three types of looping are provided: the standard Looper, the

Rev Looper (Reverse Looper which plays the looped phrase backward) and the Loop

Slicer, which divides the phrase and lets the loop-play only a specific portion.

Additionally, users can switch between the different looper types by sliding their

finger up and down the touchpad as the loop plays, producing radical new beats on a

whim.

Vinyl Break turntable effects, which allow users to create all the standard

turntable rotation effects, including scratching, slow-down/speed up, stop and more.

Ducking Comp, creating effects of a ducking compressor, which has become a staple in

music production.

Additionally, the proprietary Auto BPM engine automatically detects the tempo/BPM of

the song that's playing or the audio source. Users can also use the BPM knob to make

fine adjustments. Alternatively, the BPM can be set manually using the Tap Tempo

function.

The Korg Kaoss Pad Quad Dynamic Effects Processor is now available with a U.S. MSRP

of $350.00. For more information, please visit www.korg.com.