Korg NTS-3 Kaoss Pad is a lot of FUN! // Performance Multi-FX for $169
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- Опубликовано: 12 май 2024
- This is the Korg NTS-3 Kaoss pad! Its a small DIY performance FX which is surprisingly good! If you enjoy my vids consider supporting them here: / bobeats
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I waited for it a long time. Thx for review. There are not many small inexpensive fx devices for small synths setups. Well done Korg!
Really wanted to see a demo before purchasing. Thanks Bo for the great introduction!
haha bro, can't wait to see it on your channel
😅 To someone who started out before digital effects were even a thing, digital was always about clean sound, a relief from all the line noise and other audio problems of analogue, the possibility of real time control as rich and continuously variable as demonstrated here. Amazed.
What a lovely little device and quiet powerful too. Another to the shopping basket ha look forward to NTS-2. As ever a lovely Video Bo
I’ve had this preordered since like February- it’s perfect for my setup- size, ability, connections, etc!
Thomann: "Available in several months" 😆🤣😆
nice, been really looking forward to this!
Solid demo, thanks!
Fantastic review. Thanks very much for so much relevant info. Have a seqtrak coming, and may now have to add the kaoss pad. 🤙
Great demo as always Bo! Really nice to see affordable little boxes that let you get real experimental. This and the stylophone theramin are the first things I’ve really wanted to buy in a few years. (Not that there’s anything wrong with traditional synths/effects, just really exciting to see this type of stuff be affordable).
really awesome piece of equipment, will definitely buy it as soon is released
Great review, Bo. I think I want one now.
This would make a lovely “partner in Grime” to a setup consisting of a Roland SP 404 mk 2 & a Novation Circuit (OG, or Trax) That Submarine Reverb is worth the price of admission alone 🤤
I’m really excited for this one! Four simultaneous fx is quite unique in the cheaper segment, let alone having the touch controls. (Not to mention the custom FX, routing and how small it is.) Can’t wait for them to start shipping 🙏🏻
Thank you for the demo. Very nice sounds.
The switch for sync or midi. At this price point? Should be a standard moving forward.
When I think of all the comments I’ve seen about gear costing too much, this should sell out. Sure someone will have a complaint. Can’t please everyone.
Looks very cool. Question: If I were going to use this in my set up, it would be as a multi-fx that I would not be touching most of the time. If you have multiple FX running on it, do you have to be touching the pad for the FX to work? Or can you "dial" in a setting with your fingers and save it?
curious about this, surely it stays at your last finger position right?
If it’s anything like old Kaoss Pads that’ll be what the “perform” button controls
The unit has freeze functionality for all effects, which keeps them in place without holding your finger down
@@RJ_Eckie Thanks! Looks like it will find its way into my studio at some point in the future then. With any luck, in a few months will have made a nice little wooden enclosure for it that keeps it a bit safer.
@@coconutlust470 check the manual first. I have the NTS-1 and it has an auto-off "feature" after like 30 minutes of it not being touched. If this has the same sort of thing, it would be troublesome as a hands-off FX unit.
Great review (as always!). I sincerely hope its MIDI In support allows easy, system-wide clock sync for LFOs and echo timing, etc. I would love to sync it to Circuit Tracks tempo in a tiny DAWless live rig!
I actually still own 1st gen KaossPad from around late 90s and it only supports MIDI Out for CC messages on ext gear. That lack really made an otherwise super cool DJ effects box very limiting in practice.
Korg is still killin it!
I need money!!! Nice video Bo! Thanks
Well i wanted it but now i REALLY want it
@BoBeats - is there a way to hold the fx at the last XY coordinates, or is it always momentary and requiring a touch to activate?
There is hold
Do we have any information about maybe loading impulse responses into a convolution reverb?
Is it possible to have a 100 percent wet effect with something like reverb where the dry signal doesnt pass through?
Think I’m going to pair this up with my blackbox
What does it means the Sync ?
The Kaosspad can Sync samples?
Or only the LFO and delay speed..?
Can you record your performance in an SD card..??
Thanks..😜
oooh, shiny... need to keep my gas in check though. ok, now back to watching the rest of the video 😊
Edit: nice video! might get one anyway , but first the NTS-1 mk2 has to arrive 😅
Glad u enjoyed it!
MIDI was a surprise!
Damn Korg already won the superbooth
I’ve been curious about 3rd party effects for NTS-1 for a while, but had no interest in it as a synth and wasn’t sure about modulating the FX with that panel.
This is very compelling indeed, having 2D modulation control AND a modulation depth touch slider! I never liked the Kaossilators, and had wanted Korg to make another Kaoss Pad _purely_ focused on effects for a while.
*Does it have a "hold" setting like the mini kaoss pad S2- so you don't have to keep holding the pad down?*
yes, sorry for not showing this properly
Always so plesent to se my favorit gear to pe present by bo.
is the midi/clock switch reachable when it is assembled? or do you have to take it apart again?
4 screws
FINALLY!😍
Had an NTS1, very cool. Just not at all robust or travel capable. Fragile, my NTS1 developed problems with the USB jack and completely quit working after a couple months.
Yes the NTS platform is not built to be sturdy. Its a developmental platform
Could you compare the effects vs the (new) Zoom MS70CDR(+)?
I have the original MS70CDR. I hadn't heard that they came out with an update yet! I would say it is comparable in that you can stack digital effects, but the strength of this unit is the tweakability of using the Kaoss pad and having each effect on a different quadrant on an X Y Axis. You can tweak a lot without menu diving
What was the other option for the jumper swap ? Is it cv gate ?
I shall buy one very soon
you can either switch it to sync i/o or Midi i/o
Correct!
Thanks for the demo dude! Does it have audio in? Can I process my guitar signal through it to use it as an FX unit? Take care. Be fine! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Yes sir. Stereo in. Thats how I process the Seqtrak audio!
@@BoBeats Quick answer. You're so kind. Now I'm thinking about all the crazy stuff I could make with a fuzzy guitar and this little magical device. 💖💖💖
@@maurobelarde8527do it. I’d watch that video.
I've been contemplating it as I like the Sinevibes plugins I got for my Minilogue XD and it would be nice to use those on other gear. Still, the DIY aspect and questionable longevity have me hesitant.
The compressor is only on when you're touching the pad? As in, it will compress to a setting that is whatever you happen to touch and in the dry/wet amount that the whole chain is on? Seems a bit unusable to have a compressor working like that. Cool gadget though!
You can turn on hold, sorry for not showing it
@@BoBeats So, for example, you could set 1-2 effects in your chain using the screen and then use the pad to modulate the other(s)?
Finally there's a review/demo about this!! Thanks Bo! Quick question, is there a short of HOLD function or do you need to touch the pad for as long as you need the effect to be on?
Yes!! Sorry for not mentioning it. U can hold FX.
@@BoBeats perfect, thanks!
How would you compare it to other kaosspad devices?
Impressive in terms of sound and number of FX available, but build quality is far worse as its a cheap diy enclosure
Now I wish it was a Eurorack module… 😏
Looks fun. Just a bit too pricey for a frivolous purchase. I’d probably buy one and not use it. I’ll just wait patiently for my theremin to arrive 😀
cool! 😎
Ill be honest, the only reason im getting this, is that i need a XY controller for bitwig😂
Is a lot of fun when it's available and when I see "Available in several months" then I'm disappointed and all of the fun goes away... xD
Yes, this one will very likely end up in my setup!
Speaking as someone who does a fair bit of electronic DIY projects, what puzzles me: why in 2024 do they bother to keep on using these 7-segment displays, instead of using a small OLED screen (e.g SH1106) which costs probably around €1 (= 10 Swedish Złotys (SZŁ)). Yes, text will be smaller, but you can fit so much more on it, instead of 6 scrolling letters on a type of display that was never designed to show letters in the first place. And technically speaking they both work on an SPI - 2 wires - protocol. I mean, it won't stop me from buying it, but I just don't understand. Could it be that they just try to get rid of old stock supplies?
I think its partly bc of NTS being sort of in the middle of ’developmental platform’ and ’product’ so the hardware isn’t at the level of other products they make
@@BoBeats yes, but what I mean is: the consumer's price for both products (a 0.96" OLED, or, a 6 digit 7-segment display) is virtually the same. Since there is quite a bit of menu-diving on the NTS-3, adding a small OLED would have made a lot of sense. I guess it has to do with remaining stock suppplies.
Sold!
probably would go well with that theremin that nobody can get yet :/
Yeah im starting to wonder where it is at :-/
GIMME DAT!
This may be the first NTS which is arguably nicer than the original device it's based on... the little red miniKP from ~2006.
how much?
Its in the title
@@BoBeats thank you!
I think my NTS-1 does pretty much the same.
Filters, reverb, delay, etc.
I can get some weird sounds from the NTS, so i don't think i could warrant paying nearly twice as as much as the NTS to be honest.
It's small and funny, but i'd rather buy an old KP3+...
The old ones are very good for sure!
@@BoBeats As far as i know they stopped update it in 2016, so it might be interesting to get one. I'd like to use it with my AKAI Force one day :)
Owner of a kp3+ and former owner of a kaossilator pro here, its a damn fine piece of equipment but the screen technology is really outdated ( is not capacitive) and it stops working as intended, powering the device was a pain in the ass as it used a non standard barrel conection, can only use one non editable fx at the time, and for me, it sounds like the same algorithms where used in some effects ( tape delay for example) in the nts3, also the nts3 is way cheaper than a kp3 when it first launched, even now is cheaper. Maybe missing is an oled screen, motion recording, and in some cases, sampling. I would love to see a web based editor instead of an app. But all in all as for a multifx unit at this size, price and capabilities, it's a total win for me
Still don't get it, why do we have to assemble it by ourselves? I mean bro i love the thing and gonna buy it anyway but seriously Korg pls drop this IKEA shenanigans
Nutekt NTS is a sort of development platform. Meant for people wanting to DIY, developers to make plugins for and so on.
@@BoBeats i'm into DIY but is there new parts\details for that? i mean if one want to build on that basis\chassi will there be new parts from Korg? I think not, that's my point... But it would be awesome if it would!
well, i am not a fan of this DIY stuff... i would rather see a proper update / newer version of the Kaoss Pad KP3.
I think many of us would love that. A kaoss replay w/o the replay part?
I DON'T NEED IT
Yes you do
Nobody asked.
@@minimal3734it’s a self affirmation to avoid wallet destruction, not a dismissal of the effects unit
I had all Kaosspad models from 2001..😅
Wonderful for me... because I am DAWLESS...✌🏻
ME NEITHER
But…. 🤔
Forgive me for being "that guy" but there is no such word as alot, it's a lot.
Yes, you are that guy ;) but in this case you were at least correct. Most who correct are wrong! Changed it and learned something. All the best / Bo
You're probably that guy alot 😉
@@coopertrooper8256 Just trying to be helpful while avoid being a smart arse!
you are that guy like alot
@@sonofjak1971while “trying to avoid”or “avoiding” would be correct.
sorry Sii, but you speak to quick and unclear. What is the name of the Yamahasynth?
Yamaha Seqtrak
Doesnt do much for the price
Useless peace of gear again
Let's grab a popcorn, Bo is building something! 😉pop