The Other Side of KaPro - K0006 Review
Author : Cyph
Introduction
It's been 3 years now that this pack of sound is out and yet, nobody hears about it ! Isn't it ?
I finally repaired this lack with an "homemade" test of this pack: The Other Side of KaPro - K0006 for Korg Krome !
Official SoundCloud Demonstrations
I started listening to the official demonstrations for several minutes (there are many) to get an idea of what I was going to buy (yes, because despite my requests to KaPro, no free send was made by these ... Don't forget, here, every sound designer gets visibility and this allows you especially, to have a third idea of what this pack was worth)
So, you can do the same and directly listen to the demonstrations on soundcloud :
K0006 Soundcloud demonstrations
Let's test it
My first impression, I had it with you on the facebook group Korg Krome VIP in direct live.
It was the first time I tested these sounds, just after buying the pack on the online korg store.
Here is the live, for those who remember ... We will talk about the sounds a little more in detail after this overview. Don't blame me for the quality of the video, it was a live and sound capture was not done with my audio capture hardware as usual, but with a single phone.
Just say it right away, we are dealing with a pack of professional quality.
A very fine attention was given to the settings of the sounds. What impressed me most was the effects chosen and their settings. For sure, we feel the author's experience so that the program sounds better. Most of the sounds of this new F bank, come with a drumtrack. Sometimes we like, sometimes, we stop it (as in my test) to better enjoy the sound itself.
Cool, what is the content ?
128 programs made with 16MB of samples (32MB before conversion/Compression for krome ;) )
DNA Phasing Pad 1 Program F000 12 0
DNA Polysolo Program F001 12 0
DNA Sauerstoff Program F002 12 0
DNA Spatial Program F003 12 0
DNA Talaxial Program F004 12 0
DNA Voxuma Program F005 12 0
DNA Arpeggio Program F006 12 1
DNA Artibel Program F007 12 1
DNA Impact Program F008 12 1
DNA Mystic Program F009 12 1
DNA Ow, Ow, Dingeling Program F010 12 1
DNA The Eighties Program F011 12 1
DNA Thirdspace Program F012 12 1
IO-4 Carpetto Program F013 12 0
IO-4 Flutter Strings Program F014 12 0
IO-4 Galloping Program F015 12 0
IO-4 Layered LFO Program F016 12 0
IO-4 PW Sweep Program F017 12 0
IO-4 S&H Chronos Program F018 12 0
IO-4 "Wooah" Program F019 12 1
IO-4 Modular Runs 1 Program F020 12 1
IO-4 Modular Runs 2 Program F021 12 1
IO-4 Modular Runs 3 Program F022 12 1
IO-4 Modular Runs 4 Program F023 12 1
IO-4 On The Run 1 Program F024 12 1
IO-4 On The Run 2 Program F025 12 1
IO-4 Pollyfishn Program F026 12 1
IO-4 Portamento Arpeggio Program F027 12 1
IO-4 Singleline Program F028 12 1
HT/2 Voyager Program F029 12 0
HT/2 Femmesyn Program F030 12 1
HT/2 Flickering Program F031 12 1
Polybob Flanged Pad Program F032 12 0
DNA Are To Deetoo? Program F033 13 1
DNA Bellish Arpeggio Program F034 13 1
DNA Chordal Program F035 13 1
DNA Cryostatic Program F036 13 1
DNA From Dusk Till Doubt Program F037 13 1
DNA Hold the Keys! Program F038 13 1
DNA Hyperspace Program F039 13 1
DNA Im Westen nichts Neu Program F040 13 1
DNA Phasing Pad 2 Program F041 13 1
DNA Poseidon Program F042 13 1
DNA R-Industry Program F043 13 1
DNA Rattle Program F044 13 1
DNA Reflections Program F045 13 1
DNA Rhythm Program F046 13 1
DNA Ringulator Program F047 13 1
DNA Shadows' Talk Program F048 13 1
DNA Space Bells Program F049 13 1
DNA Spacecraft Program F050 13 1
DNA The Light Program F051 13 1
IO-4 Ares Program F052 13 1
IO-4 Babylon 9 Program F053 13 1
IO-4 Black Hole Program F054 13 1
IO-4 Dynograined Ringmod Program F055 13 1
IO-4 ORION-7 Program F056 13 1
IO-4 Pink Rumble Program F057 13 1
IO-4 Prometheus Program F058 13 1
IO-4 Rhythmic Decay Program F059 13 1
IO-4 Ringmodulated Peg Program F060 13 1
IO-4 Subsweep Program F061 13 1
HT/2 Metallic Echoes Program F062 13 1
IO-4 Plopper Program F063 14 0
DNA The Pad Program F064 9 0
DNA Mariner Flight Program F065 9 2
IO-4 Octavian Program F066 9 0
IO-4 PWM Pad Program F067 9 0
IO-4 PWM Strings Program F068 9 0
IO-4 Reso-P-W-M Program F069 9 0
IO-4 7o9 Program F070 9 1
IO-4 Gutteral Pad Program F071 9 1
IO-4 Noisy PW-SAW Program F072 9 1
IO-4 Triangle Wave Program F073 9 1
IO-4 Sync Arpeggio Program F074 9 2
HT/2 Mellow Pad Program F075 9 1
Polybob Phased Pad Program F076 9 2
Polybob Strings Layer Program F077 9 0
DNA Vocalish Program F078 10 1
IO-4 Twitter Program F079 10 1
IO-4 Big Fatty Program F080 10 0
IO-4 Octavesync Program F081 10 0
DNA Tubular Program F082 2 0
DNA Digell Program F083 2 0
DNA PEG Bell Program F084 2 0
IO-4 Synthell Program F085 2 0
IO-4 Synthetic Mallets Program F086 2 1
HT/2 FM Bells Program F087 2 0
IO-4 Emperor Program F088 11 0
IO-4 Electronic Celli Program F089 11 1
IO-4 Luckily Program F090 11 0
IO-4 Ringlo Program F091 11 0
IO-4 Rocker Program F092 11 0
IO-4 Saw 1 Program F093 11 0
IO-4 Saw 2 Program F094 11 0
IO-4 Saw 3 Program F095 11 0
IO-4 Square Program F096 11 0
IO-4 Layered Fruity Lead Program F097 11 1
IO-4 Polysync Program F098 11 1
IO-4 Sync Lead Program F099 11 1
IO-4 Tri-Wave Program F100 11 1
IO-4 Poly Sync Pad Program F101 11 0
IO-4 PWM Poly Program F102 11 0
HT/2 Leader Program F103 11 1
DNA Resonant Bass Program F104 8 0
IO-4 Bass in 5th Program F105 8 0
IO-4 Dynabass-Sync Program F106 8 0
IO-4 House Bass Program F107 8 0
IO-4 I Had A Bass! Program F108 8 0
IO-4 Resonass Program F109 8 0
IO-4 Sync Bass Program F110 8 0
IO-4 Trance Bass 1 Program F111 8 0
IO-4 Trance Bass 2 Program F112 8 0
IO-4 Trance Bass 3 Program F113 8 0
HT/2 Sawbass 1 Program F114 8 0
HT/2 Sawbass 2 Program F115 8 0
IO-4 Nalvicet Program F116 0 3
HT/2 Combopino Program F117 0 1
HT/2 Electronic Grand 1 Program F118 0 1
HT/2 Electronic Grand 2 Program F119 0 1
HT/2 Electronic Grand 3 Program F120 0 1
HT/2 Electronic Grand 4 Program F121 0 1
HT/2 Electronic Grand 5 Program F122 0 1
HT/2 Electronic Grand 6 Program F123 0 1
HT/2 Electronic Grand 7 Program F124 0 1
HT/2 Electronic Grand 8 Program F125 0 1
HT/2 PWM Attack Program F126 0 1
IO-4 Analog "Organ" Program F127 1 0
The synth motions are excellent, we feel like a pink floyd looking for new inspirations :)
On the other hand, I did not like SFX more than that, let's say it's harder to play and I was looking for sounds to compose songs first. These SFX must be perfectly suitable for those who make soundtracks for movies or short films ...
I also liked a lot the lead synths that smell good "analog" years... just like the basses sounds provided that you tweak cut-off, resonance and Eg-int parameters, they can serve you for your "trance" songs.
In short, we alternate the hot and cold depending on what we like to do with his synth.
The pack is composed of 4 files:
- META.IMG
- SAMPLE.IMG
- TOSOKAPRO.PCG
- KApro The Other Side Of KApro for KORG KROME - PDF Documentation.pdf
Conclusion
Ok, this was my first time with a KaPro pack and I must admit that I was impressed by the overall quality of the patches. Everything is pretty well arranged : The choice and the tuning of FX in programs are always perfects. Your krome will not sound like your krome because of the use of new multisamples and ... it definitely rocks ! For sure, if you like every kind of patches, this pack is a must have, and finally not so expensive 49$.
but...but...but...
There are many SFX (around 30) in the 128 programs !!! And if you do not like this kind of sounds, you should be disappointed. It could be also a bit frustating not to have some combinations in the package.
My notes :
for those who like every kind of sounds
for those who have nothing to do with SFX
