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Re: Kaoss Pad

2003-07-22 by Jacob Talkington

Amen. If the Airsynth hadn't been tossed in for $10 extra when I 
bought the FX, I wouldn't have bothered. I do like to use it to make 
some atmospheric sound effects though.

/.e

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "zerocrossing2001" 
<zerocrossing2001@y...> wrote:
> I have those as well, and they're totally different animals.  No 
reverb, sampling or 
> echo effects on the AirFX and I'd say  alot of the AirSynth sounds 
are horrible, though 
> maybe half are interesting and usable.  People love to watch you 
use them though 
> and they're great crowd pleasers.
> 
> Mark
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Jacob Talkington" <anomaly10@h...> 
wrote:
> >   It's decent, but limited. I had one and did notice that the 
levels 
> > it put out were a bit unpredictable, which I didn't care for. 
The 
> > effects are decent, and the 5-second sampler is nice to play 
with, 
> > but I can't really say that it's worth its price. I snagged an 
> > Alesis AirFX/Airsynth combo on eBay for a measly $160, and I've 
> > honestly been pleasantly surprised with the quality of both. I'd 
> > reccommend the AirFX over the Kaoss - cheaper, more consistent 
> > output levels, and a cool selection of FX.
> >

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