KORG iKaossilator App Reviews

Just got my iPhone 4S and having previously owned an iPad2 was happy to see some of my apps carry over. But the small screen real-estate really limits what you can do. But this app is perfect in its minimalism and creative approach. Ive purchased quite a few music apps for the iPhone. Many have tried to bring conventional workstation metaphors over with varied success. GarageBand is a great example of this, great sounds, solid recording abilities, but I realized it worked better connected to a MIDI keyboard (except the virtual guitar which is stellar). At that point, I might as well just use Digital Performer / Logic / GarageBand on a computer. I still think GarageBand is exceptional, but I prefer the immediacy of this app. In other cases Ive bought stuff like FL Studio, NanoStudio and Beatmaker and just felt underwhelmed. To much menu diving and uninspiring sounds. Some powerful features, but perhaps better done on a desktop computer. Ive never used the hardware versions of Kaossilator, but having used many hardware and computer sequencers, I can say iKaossilator is one of simplest. Its actually easier than Garageband and more immediate. But being simple doesnt mean it cant crank out serious grooves, rhythms, and melodies. It may be limited in polyphony (amount of notes that can be played at one time), but there is nothing in the way of creating the core melodies that could be the backbone to a more complete work. iKaossilator can support a wide range of scales and key settings as well as quantization and time signatures. Sound quality is fantastic, with nice clear and punchy sounds that appear to be a mixture of samples and synthesis. A nice well-rounded soundest that some may tire of, but really the fundamentals are here, and there are an infinite amount of ways to combine them. I havent delved too deep, so I dont know if songs created with this can be exported as Audio or MIDI data. That would extend its professional use. Overall, simply amazing fun.

Wow, Korg you crafty buggers you have surpassed my expectations once again! Im a long time korg user, I own every korg app, I own all products in the Kaoss family, I have a korg r3 and electribe, I base my work off the korg sound ( my synth gt aswell) and this app takes all those synths and effect processors I named above and smashes them all into a nice 10 buck ball and manages to keep my beloved "korg sound" I will be using this app in a project, for sure! I cant wait for some paid download patches :)

The new update male the apps universal! Thanks a lot korg!

Wow. When I saw five stars, I though, yeah… but.. really? Really. Its excellent. Biggest props to the fellows and gals at Korg.

Really the greatest apps for loops i own the Kaossilator + Kaossilator Pro and the Kaosspad 3 and this apps is awesome and it sounds great ist really amazing for the price a Big Thanks to the team !!! I wish there was more stars!

I own an original kaossilator and this app is way better. Out of all the beat making apps, this one is by far the best. Cant wait to sync it up with another iPod. I would love to see an update that allows precise control of the notes, but it is still amazing without that.

Wicked app if u like drum machines and synth this is you. Worth every cent good for novice and beginners. Other worthy apps like this are the imaschine for more advanced beat production. Looking forward to updates. Love it

The app is good app but just not for the price I would under stand if it was like 1.99 or 2.99 but not at ten rhythm is a much better app

Real buyer review. I have the yellow kaossilator and its exactly the same but for an iPhone and the best part is u can save ur beatz.

I was annoyed when I saw it was $20 and there was no way to demo it but I took a chance and got it anyway. I mean, why not? Its Korg right? Well luckily that was correct this time. We have a winner. Totally worth the cash. I love making music but Im not always great at coming up with my own loops. This app is fantastic for creating great sounding loops in very little time. Sound Copy support means I can now send loops straight to my favorite DAW app. Perfect.

All I can say is that theres a reason that almost everyone gives this app 5 stars, an a reason that its twenty dollars. Its just so amazing and the control is fabulous. No problems for me yet at all! And the soundcloud upload is beautiful. In the future, I think it would be crazy cool if you could create your own loops by patterning samples, but apart from that I have to strain myself to think of how to make this app better!

You cant upload or import your own sounds and loops. It seems they have no intention of enabling this feature.

Great App… worth every penny…easy to use and very inspiring.

Dont even think about no getting it dont even think about think about no not getting it GET IT (NOTE: only for 10$ not 20$ high it does come on sale to 10$ worth it

This app has changed my life!

This app is GREAT but it would be waaaayyy better with recordable effects and more sounds.

This app is a religious experience. No drugz required. As good as aural sects @-; BUT... Backing up your own patterns might be a problem... There is no way to BU file info, except by trusting the .ipa file (in the iTunes MOBILE APPLICATION .ipa file). The .ipa stays at 17.5MB ALWAYS, so it is not saving. If anyone knows about backing-up solutions, then post it here or email me (see below). I already posted a forum comment at KORG forum. No one answered. Further, the Korg hardware version -- "Kaossilator 2" -- can transfer file data to the iKaossilator, but not the other way around: " Loop recorder data created with a Kaossilator 2 can be imported into iKaossilator, or an audio loop created in iKaossilator can be loaded into a loop recording bank of the Kaossilator 2." THEREFORE, I think if you reset your iPod/iPad/iPhone, then you will lose YOUR inputted pattern data. Although the online manual cryptically promises, "IMPORTANT FOR PC USERS : Please do not delete “.ikaoss.d” folder in iTunes. Your custom loop data will be deleted," this .ipa file has not changed -- even though my iPads itunes APP profile page states the file has steadily grown larger, as I input more pattern data in the iPad. iTunes APP page states my iKaossilator file is over 25MB! But the back-up .ipa file on my PC states the never-changing 17.5MB. Anyone got any ideas? Korg does not have a good customer support option for us iTunes "i-Series" customers. boo hoo. ian_f_armstrong -- at --- yahoo.ca

For a serious work ( album), this app is a real powerful tool & instrument. Easy and quickly, we can record our song on the fly and export these in WAV music format Pour un travail sérieux ou pas , cette application est vraiment un puissant outils / Instrument! Rapide et simple il permet denregistrer nos compos facilement et de les exporter en format WAV :)

This app works great! has a limited amount of sounds compared to the Kaoss Quad (OBV) but for the money you cant go wrong! Plug this into your daw at home or make stuff on the fly! WISC this with the Ielectribe and you will be unstoppable.

I cant believe Audiobus support has been added. KORG you are my new favorite company! With Audiobus you can use Multitrack DAW and record live over whatever foundation tracks you have recorded. No need to fudge things with headphone out into some other hardware for live recordings (not loops but a continuous live performance with a certain voice). This is seriously dangerous software when used with Audiobus, other Audiobus compatible apps (especially the percussion apps) and Multitrack DAW. Rock ON!