Korg has released KAOSS Replay 2.0, a free update that they say takes the devices’ workflow and performance to a new level.
What’s new in Korg KAOSS Replay 2.0:
New KAOSS Effects: With over 200 KOASS programs, almost double the previous number.
Updated Vocoder Programs: Fine-tuned and unified scale across Vocoder programs.
Expanded Sampling & Looping: Sample, play, or loop up to 16 pads simultaneously. Version 2.0 introduces extended loop ranges, expanded Quantization settings, added time signatures, Sampling Precount, improved sampling target selection, metronome support, and more.
Intuitive Workflow: Minimize menu-diving and focus on your music. Quickly check pad details, adjust audio levels on-the-fly, and utilize play modes and group assignments for DJ sets and improv sessions.
Enhanced Functionality: Enjoy customizable wallpaper display, extended data file compatibility, and more features for enhanced music-making.
Korg KAOSS Replay 2.0 is available now as a free update.
Today, Make Noise announced two new Eurorack modules: PrssPnt and Channel Saver.
PrssPnt is a controller in which several signals are generated by touching the printed copper wire at the bottom of the instrument. Touching PrssPnt, you become part of the circuit, and generate a total of four simultaneous signals (two CV, two Gate).
The basic function of PrssPnt will be familiar to anyone who has used Pressure Points or 0-CTRL. It could be seen as a single “souped-up” channel of one of these devices. Since it is a single channel, the tuned voltage outputs are not relevant, and instead are replaced with more playable sensitivity controls and alternate pressure and gate outputs.
Features:
Momentary Gate output remains high as long as it is being pressed
Toggled Gate output goes high and low with each successive press of the plate: press it to make it go high, press it again to make it go low
Pressure output generates a positive control signal proportional to the amount of Pressure applied, further tailored by the Sensitivity Panel Control
Smooth Touch Function recreates the useful patch of sending a Pressure Output through a carefully tuned slew limiter for extended function generation
Turning up the Slew amount will allow for larger than life functions with very long decay to be generated by hand.
All four outputs available simultaneously
Channel Saver is a small utility module, offering several channels of signal-processing that will be useful in just about any modular system.
They describe it as “a condensation/extension of the sum/offset/attenuversion aspects of MATHS”,
Features:
Scale, amplify, attenuate, or invert an incoming signal using Channels 1 or 2
Generate DC offsets when Channel 1 or 2 is unpatched
Crossfade between two signals, or attenuate one signal, using Channel 3
SUM and INVerted Sum Bus for addition, subtraction, mirroring, inversion etc.
Individual Channel Outputs for Channels 1 and 2 allow independent use of all three channels
Both modules are shipping to dealers now. PrssPnt is 4HP with an MSRP of $89 and Channel Saver is 6HP with an MSRP of $99.
IK Multimedia has launched the TONEX ONE, a super-compact amp modeller with cab sims and effects that harnesses the power of its ToneX pedal to present players with “an entire rig” in a mini pedal.
The company’s amp, cab and effects modelling power has never been so portable, with the TONEX ONE capable of storing 20 presets, and accessing thousands of sounds from ToneNET
The TONEX ONE is so small you might miss it on a crowded ‘board. It has a simple complement of controls. There is an oversized Volume/Gain dial that dominates the enclosure, with three illuminated mini-dials to control the studio-quality noise gate, compression and reverb.
Et voila, you have control over all the main performance related features you might need onstage. And, should you tweak anything to taste, the unit will remember your settings for the next time you fire it up
Those mini-dials can be colour-coded, with 9 custom LED colours to choose from, which in the absence of a display, could come in handy under stage lighting. You could mount it on your pedalboard without panicking over capacity. And yet despite its size, the TONEX ONE offers access to a bewildering array of industry standard modelled guitar amps, cabinets and effects.
Guitarists can store up to 20 customisable presets on the unit, with three slots easily accessible for playing. Hook it up to your laptop via USB-C and you can swap your presets in and out.
The unit ships with more than 200 premium Tone Models to get players started. Browse ToneNET, IK Multimedia’s online platform for sound-sharing, and you can access more than 25,000 different sounds.
But why let a USB-C connection go to waste? Players can similarly hook the ToneX One to a computer for home recording. Electric guitar, bass guitar, it doesn’t matter – this will work for both.
The TONEX ONE can be run in Presets mode, changing sounds as though changing channels on an amplifier, or in Stomp mode, bringing it in and out of your signal like a stompbox, and it has a TRS output that allows you to run it in stereo, dual mono or to hook it up with your studio headphones or active monitoring speakers.
While the absence of a display might put off some players, bear in mind that the larger ToneX had a relatively simple display in comparison to its competitors, and the big trade-off here is size and price.
The TONEX ONE is available now to pre-order, priced at $/€179, which might be too good to turn down if you want an amp modeller on the ‘board to expand your options or in case of emergencies, and it can be used with amps, PA systems and FRFR speakers, with a no cab function for use with a quote/unquote real amp. It also integrates nicely the other products in the ToneX eco-system. For more information, see the IK Multimedia website.
