Kaossilator by Korg is a pocket-sized instrument that packs Korg"s world-renowned synth sound along with innovative performance features into an ultra-compact unit. You can instantly play musical phrases by simply tapping or sliding your finger across the Kaossilator"s touch pad, no previous skills required. The Kaossilator is a portable, travel friendly device that runs on batteries, so you can have fun creating music anywhere. Whether you"re an established tweaker", an aspiring electronic artist or somewhere in between, Kaossilator is one musical sketchpad that you should not be without! It comes packed with one hundred powerful sound programs that combine Korg"s legendary modeling synthesizer engine with the effects from the Kaoss Pad series, perfect for any musical genre. The horizontal axis is assigned to note/pitch, while the vertical axis is assigned to parameters such as: cutoff, feedback, or modulation depth, giving you a wide range of performance possibilities. In addition to classic synthesizer sounds like leads, basses and sound effects, there are sounds that faithfully simulate piano, guitar, and trumpet as well as looped and one-shot drum sounds, making the Kaossilator a never-ending source of inspiration to stimulate your creativity. The Kaossilator has a scale function that makes it simple to produce accurate pitches that match any musical context. You can choose from 31 different scales, including chromatic diminished, as well as major and minor blues and pentatonic scales. The Gate Arpeggiator lets you produce specific patterns of notes in sync with your specified tempo, greatly expanding your performance options. Simply choose one of the fifty patterns to specify the timing of the notes, and you"ll be creating phrases that you"ve never dreamed of in a flash. Loop Recording allows you to record a phrase with a specified number of beats (maximum 8 beats = 2 measures