TADAHIKO SAKAMAKI | 坂巻 匡彦
EN
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kaossilator

Date
2007.09
Client
KORG
Type
Electronic instrument · Synthesizer
Role
Product planning
kaossilator — Cinematic studio image.
Fig. 1 — Cinematic studio image.
Product video Korg Kaossilator Overview ↗ KORG
kaossilator — Angled view.
Fig. 2 — Angled view.
kaossilator — Top view: touchpad and controls.
Fig. 3 — Top view: touchpad and controls.
kaossilator — Front perspective view.
Fig. 4 — Front perspective view.
kaossilator — Rear connections.
Fig. 5 — Rear connections.

A battery-powered synthesizer played with a touchpad instead of a keyboard. Sakamaki handled product planning for the original KAOSSILATOR.

Its 100 sounds and 31 scales support playing with one finger: horizontal movement controls pitch and vertical movement changes the sound. Key and scale settings determine the notes available across the pad.

A gate arpeggiator adds rhythmic patterns. Loop recording captures phrases of up to eight beats, allowing successive layers of melody, bass and drums to build into a repeating musical sketch.

Sources and related records

KORG: kaossilator product information (German) ↗