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stack effects, make a beat from a beat or combine samples, all using the new resampler. just hit (sample) then press (plus) until RSP shows on screen. you can then hold (shift) , press a pad then press (play) to sample the length of the currently selected pattern. you can even switch groups after you’ve engaged hands free sampling to sample sounds from another group. learn more about resampling here
use song mode to chain scenes together. hold main then press (enter) to open the song list editor, you can then view and edit the current song position as well as add up to 99 different song positions. combining that with a maximum pattern length of 99 bars that means you can create songs as long as 9,801 bars! this fight might just need some wraps... learn more about song mode here
sometimes you need both hands to play an instrument, and you want to sample it. use hands free sampling and let ko2 hold the buttons for you. when sampling hold (shift) and press a pad to engage hands free sampling. you can then sing, play, shout and strum, ko2 will take care of the rest. once you are done just press sample and ko2 will stop sampling. remember to adjust your threshold and gain and combine hands free sampling with the new resampling feature send your beat back into the ring. learn more about hands free sampling here
kick and bass not getting along? sidechain will duck the volume of the bass when the kick comes in. press (shift) and (fx) to open output, then (plus) to switch to sidechain. select the sidechain source by holding a group pad and selecting a sound on the pads, then select the destination groups by holding (shift) and pressing the group pads. dial in how hard they punch by adjusting the length and shape with (knobx) and (knoby) respectively. learn more about midi sidechain here
with increased polyphony, ko2 goes from 12 mono/6 stereo sounds to up to 16 mono and 12 stereo sounds. no need to pull your punches anymore but watch out for time stretched, stereo and high pitched samples as they may reduce the polyphony.
struggling to land your kicks on time? what about adding one bar loops? try out the new larger note intervals, now you can hit your target every time and record perfect four on the floors. ko2 now supports 1/1, 1/2 and 1/4 timing intervals! bonus! hold (shift) while in timing to latch the note repeat so ko2 can hit the hats for you while you focus on the kick and snare. learn more about larger note intervals here
ko2 now supports midi thru so it can pass notes along to other machines. hold (shift) and press (erase) to open the system settings then press (plus) to go to mid, then (enter), press (plus) twice to go to thr, then (enter) again and then set it to on with (plus) and (enter) once more. boom! now any incoming midi messages will be passed along to midi out and usb. ko2 also features a bunch of midi improvements such as: a system setting for midi in and out channels sending and receiving program change messages a new midi note map so you can play any sound on any pad with an external controller incoming pitch bend and mod wheel messages now affect sample playback Pads now by default send midi notes to the system midi channel the sound edit midi channel now changes the midi in channel for that pad too learn about all the midi changes here
as well as all the huge features we have added there are also smaller ones, here is a comprehensive list of the rest.
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