Thanks for your answers !
I should have explained what I do and my rig a bit better.
Here's what I do:
http://www.leprincipedinconstance.net/If you listen a bit, you' ll see I have no concern about "too much" and authentic guitar sounds.
blahquaker wrote:I don't think the interface is very good for controlling the kp3 and playing (guitar or anything else) at the same time.
I'm working with live-looping so yes, for what I do, it would work.
My pedalboard is actually splitted in 2: I have one small at my feet and one on a small table at my right so I can tweak the knobs with hands. (I "play" the pedals almost as much as I play guitar) If I buy a Kaoss pad it would go there.
And the Kaoss pad has this function that records finger movements... I'd make possible that I first select an effect, record a movement and then play guitar through the Kaoss Pad..
dorfmeister wrote:k o y l wrote:I'm thinking about buying a Kaoss Pad 3 to use it as a guitar effect/sampler but I can't decide if it's a good idea or not....
I'm clearly not after authenticity or vintage sounds of course. The idea is to have all the "special" effects that I don't have yet (Ring Mod etc...) in one box. I already have my basic tones, what I need is something to push things a bit further...
I'm also a bit worried about level or connection issues I may have to integrate it on my pedalboard. (how to wire it, will I need something else to accomodate the difference of input and output level ? etc..)
All this to say: If you already tried a Kaoss Pad on guitar, I'll be glad to hear your experience...
I've been thinking about this too....
I've got a true bypass loop with clean blend and I think if I do this I will put the Kaoss Pad in that so it can buffer the signal before and after it hits it, I have a means built in to adjust the level....and I can blend in some direct signal if I need to.....not sure if that is necesarry or if it would make it sound better but that is personally how I would approach it.
But of course I don't have one yet....so that is just from thinking about how best to implement rather than personal experience.
I thought about doing it like that too... but there are lots of other ways as far as I'm concerned.
For example: I have no amp. I'm going through a Sansamp Liverpool pedal and then straight into the soundcard of my laptop so I guess for me, another way to use the Kaoss would be to put it at the very end, after the Sansamp ! Maybe it would help solving the level or impedance issue if any ?
And doing it this way, and at condition that I can use the line input for the guitar, would allow me to use the mic input for ... a microphone.
Just sayin...