KORG Kaossilator for Android

KORG INC.

About this app

A mobile synthesizer app for Android OS.

"KORG Kaossilator for Android" is a synthesizer app that lets anyone enjoy full-fledged instrumental performance simply by freely moving their finger across the touch panel. From electronic sounds to acoustic instruments and drums, you can play a wide range of sounds with a single finger. Also provided is a sequencer that's indispensable for creating songs, so you can create tracks by recording and layering your performances. This easy yet full-fledged instrumental experience is now available on your Android smartphone.

[Features]

- Perform using touch gestures: Kaossilator uses the unique X-Y interface. Create melodies and phrases simply by stroking, tapping, or rubbing the touch screen with your finger.

- 150 diverse sounds covering many music styles: Use the 150 built-in sounds to perform and produce a broad range of dance music styles including EDM, hip-hop, house, techno, dubstep, nu-disco, and electro.

- Scale/Key feature eliminates any wrong notes: The Scale setting ensures that the notes of your performance will stay in the key you’ve specified. Choose from 35 different scales including chromatic, major, minor, and even blues scales.

- Loop sequencer for easy track-making and live performance: The built-in loop sequencer lets you layer up to five musical parts. By recording sounds such as synth, bass, chords, sound effects, and drums into each part, you can quickly complete original loop tracks that are distinctively your own.

- Operation Requirements
Android 5.0 or later

More info at korg.com

Ratings and reviews

Fun app. Needs some love tho. Would be nice if each part could have a mix function (hold, then left (down), right (up), just like mute/solo). Would be awesome if there was a hold function, so I can set the drumbeat in a region. Also, scale range (limit # of octaves) would help. Lastly, an easier way to load samples, if not a sample/input access for live sampling.

My favorite of all for quick beats produced, when you don't want to mess with cords tangled at random. If you haven't mixed anything for a period of time, but everyone keeps asking you to "play something, play something! Let me hear some of your electronic music (always awkward, when your sole gig is electronic ONLY, you most likely are NOT prepared, in real-time, when someone asks you abruptly to "That's neat you play electronic; Hey...play something!"...&.. 😶🌚🦄🏴‍☠️π. It's worth the DL✌️:)

I was initially skeptical. At first it felt limited and I was ready to return it for refund. But once I started messing around, tweaking the built-in grooves to make them less cheesy, I discovered that I can import my own samples! Then power of this way of working opened up! Understanding how saving works and locating the file folder in /Android/data/jp.korg.kaossiltaor.android/ was annoying. But this app is fun, sounds great, and is powerful. I'm adding this to my live setup!