Anyone get one of these? Seems very little enthusiasm from the big bad web.
Not seen many in use
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Ezbot @mpiecora has one and seems quite into it, he has a video on his channel about it and how he uses it.
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He makes everything look good though 
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Lol, reading the first update(200 more fx!) Actually gave me a twinge of anxiety more than enthusiasm.
Good golly! The list of static setting has expanded into a vast desert! Iāll never be able to find my way to the oasis!
Edit: I checked the page again, and the first bullet gave me another twinge 
But expanded sampling capabilities seem cool. Im not sure if its already in there, but I hope they have the KP3+ sampling in there- it was a very rare form of sampling manipulation
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Without wanting to derail the Replay thread too much, how was this different on the KP3+ (if it was) to the KP3 ? I never got the former as I have the latter, but it always seemed like it improved an already useful device somewhat.
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I never had the KP3 non plus, so Iām just going with my experience.
Record a sample, and remove steps from the 6 step sequencer at the top and it just bounces past it. Getting very quirky very quicky.
Then speeding up/slowing down the sample, resample(with/out fx) and then next thing you know youāre out in space)
Hopefully I didnāt waste your time with stuff you already know
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Oh nice; Iām not sure if the KP can do that as I never did anything of that sort with it that I recall - sounds fun and a good reason for me to dig it out to have a look then!
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I watched the Korg videos and still have no idea what youāre actually supposed to do with this. Play loops and put FX over them, yep. And thenā¦? Itās kind of like a sampler without a sequencer, but also kind of like DJ gear? The demos are triggering two-bar house loops and adding some cheesy FX, but that seems so redundant thatā¦ there must be more going on here? Right? who is the target market? is Korg explaining terribly, or am I just underestimating the number of people who want to do this?
Yours,
Confused
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not just loops, any audio in you can do realtime FX processing, as in all Kaoss Pads. I own KP2, KP3, KP3+ and they are all a blast. Assuming the new one just has more of that!
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Excellent review that sums it up for me - they didnāt advance the actual kaoss pad, itās just one effect a time, slapped over everything.
Two faders (16 pads) but not two effects.
I donāt think its for me.
That NTS 3 looks appealing though.
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I think putting it in the hands of bland/boring YouTube āproducersā/ābeatmakersā is never going to unveil the potential of this unit.
I remember the original Kaoss Pads coming out and thinking they were a bit stupid, āwhy would I want this??āā¦ completely dismissed itā¦ then Kid A came out and I saw Radiohead using them. 
I can see the same thing happening with the Kaoss Replay. They need to get it to artists, not content creators.
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Thom Yorke is the reason I got a KP3.
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Jon Hopkins on the KP3 as well 
Maybe itās just a matter of time before we start seeing the Replay show up in videos like this. Itās got a million features, surely someone will figure out how to bring out the best in it.
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whatās the diff between the kp3 and kp3+?
from when I was comparing them the kp3+ I believe synched midi better, and it had more presets. I believe the presets were also just different. I like both! I have not looked too deeply into this but that was my general comparison. Sorry if Iām wrong lol
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About 40 new effects. Not sure what else, I have a KP3 non+
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Korg should release an updated KP3.
New effects, tighter MIDI sync (or even better analogue sync in).
But most importantly:
Fix the resampling timing bug!
It would be an instant purchase for me!
Although the NTS3 looks interesting tooā¦
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Jon Hopkinsā live sets were pretty much Kaoss Pad performancesā¦ without them there wasnāt much going onā¦ Ableton on a laptop otherwise. (And I really like Jon Hopkins and his music, btw.)
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If anyone is curious, Iāve had a Replay for about a month and love it. I use it in my DJ setup (Pioneer XDJ media players, SP-16 Toraiz, and Xone:43 mixer). It makes for an excellent live sampler to capture bits of the tracks Iām playing, also doubles as an FX unit, and I can play any of my own pre-made sounds on it. The sync/quantize features make it easy enough to beatmatch loops. One of the best parts, for me, is the modular signal flow. I can set each of the 12 FX programs to bypass the FXās unit (ie; I can add reverb/delay to a no-drums breakdown of track on one of the media players and still play a dry drum loop from the Replay). It is also very immediate and straightforward, which I absolutely need as I have trouble enough paying attention to two tracks playing on top of each other lol.
I certainly understand some of the concerns people to seem to have with the Replay or why it seems like a lemon to many. I took a chance and think Iām happier with it than I would have been with other options I looked at.
Besides the form factor, I donāt agree with the often touted comparison to the SP-404. I donāt think thatās what Korg were trying for at all. None of the Kaoss pads were samplers in that sense.
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