KORG NTS-3 Kaoss Pad Kit Owner’s Manual

KORG NTS-3 Kaoss Pad Kit

USER MANUAL

*Before using the NTS-3 kaoss pad kit, please read the Assembly Instructions (PDF) carefully to ensure proper use.

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Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the Nu:Tekt programmable effect kit, the NTS-3 kaoss pad kit.

The NTS-3 kaoss pad kit is a revolutionary effect unit that features a seamless integration of the XY pad touch interface that’s symbolic of the KAOSS with characteristic KAOSS effects—a compact yet powerful and customizable DIY kit.

To take full advantage of this device’s functionality and ensure years of trouble-free operation, please read this Owner’s Manual carefully before use.

→ Conventions in this manual

→ Main features

Conventions in this manual

• The shape and displays shown by illustrations in this manual may differ in some ways from the actual product.
• The parameter values shown in the example screens of this manual are only for explanatory purposes, and may not necessarily match the values that appear in the display of your instru-ment.
• Symbols used in this manual:

NOTE:

Indicates an explanation you should heed to ensure that you can correctly utilize the capabilities or functionality of this unit.
Indicates an explanation that requires your attention.

TIPS:

Indicates supplementary information that is useful to know.
Parameters shown in the display are indicated in quotation marks.

Main features

• The NTS-3 kaoss pad kit is a compact DIY effect kit that’s easy to assemble.
• This unit has four effect modules that give you simultaneous access to four different effects, which can be combined as you see fit and controlled with your fingertips.
• The outstanding freedom that this unit offers includes a wide range of effects that can be com-bined including filter, chorus, flanger, phaser, delay, reverb, looper, grain shifter and oscillator. Further, you can customize the effect routing as well as which parameters they control, all by touch.
• This product is compatible with the logue SDK, which lets you load effects designed by yourself or by a third party.

Connecting and getting ready to play

Connecting and turning the power on/off

Before connecting external devices to this instrument, make sure that all devices are turned off. If you connect these devices while they are still on, this may cause your powered moni-tor speakers or other external devices to malfunction, or cause damage.

Making connections and turning on the power

1. Refer to the connection diagram to connect your devices. Use the included USB cable to connect this unit to the USB port on your computer or to a commercially available USB 2.0 standards- 1 Refer to the connection diagram to connect your devices. Use the included USB cable to connect this unit to the USB port on your computer or to a commercially available USB 2.0 standards-

2. Press the power button on the rear panel. The unit turns on and enters Play mode.

• Make sure to use the included USB cable.
• Use a cable that’s no more than 3 m long when connecting your peripherals to this unit.
• Make sure to use an AC adapter that’s compliant with USB 2.0 standards. Note that some standards-compliant USB AC adapters might not operate correctly.

Turning off the power

1. Press the power button on the rear panel. This turns off the power.

2. Disconnect the USB cable from this unit.

Auto power-off function

The NTS-3 kaoss pad kit has an auto power-off function that automatically turns the unit off after around three hours have elapsed without the knobs, buttons, touch pad or other controls being oper-ated. The auto power-off function is enabled by factory default.

To disable the auto power-off function, set the Auto Power Off global parameter to “Off”. → Global parameters

MIDI connectivity

The NTS-3 kaoss pad kit uses the USB port to send and receive MIDI signals.
Connect the USB port of the NTS-3 kaoss pad kit to your computer to exchange data with KORG KONTROL EDITOR, as well as to transmit and receive MIDI data.
For details on MIDI data that can be transmitted and received, see the MIDI implementation chart.
→ MIDI implementation chart

Using MIDI data via the USB port

1. Connect the USB Type-C port on the NTS-3 kaoss pad kit to the USB A port on your computer with the included USB cable.

KORG USB-MIDI driver

The USB-MIDI driver that’s pre-installed on Windows does not allow the NTS-3 kaoss pad kit to be accessed from multiple applications at the same time. If you want to use the NTS-3 kaoss pad kit with multiple applications simultaneously, you must install the Korg USB-MIDI driver.
Even if you are not using this unit with multiple applications, we recommend installing the KORG USBMIDI driver, as it may offer improved operating stability.
Download the driver from the Korg website, and install the driver by following the accompanying documentation.
Note: See the Korg website for the latest information on OS support.
https://www.korg.com/support/os/

Note: When you first connect the NTS-3 kaoss pad kit to your computer, the USB-MIDI driver included with the operating system is installed automatically.

Configuring the MIDI settings on the NTS-3 kaoss pad kit

Configure the MIDI settings of the NTS-3 kaoss pad kit in the global parameters. → Global parameters

Part names and functions

→ Top panel
→ Front panel
→ Rear panel

Features

Top panel

1. Touch pad

Use your fingers to trace across the touch pad, to lightly tap the pad and to operate the effects.
Press the PERFORM button while touching the touch pad to keep the touch pad in touch mode, which acts like a “hold” function.

Press the FX1–4 buttons while touching the touch pad to individually lock (freeze) the values of FX1–FX4. → Perform mode

2. FX DEPTH

You can control the parameters of the effect module that are assigned to FX DEPTH. → Perform mode

3. MUTE button

The signal that’s being input is muted (silenced) while you hold down the MUTE button. This lets you output only the effect portion of the delay, reverb or other effect.

4. TEMPO button

Tap this button in time with the beat of a song or other musical clip to set the tempo, if you don’t know the BPM (beats per minute). Press the TEMPO button three or more times in time with the beat. The unit detects the beats according to your button presses. The resulting BPM value is shown in the display, and the tempo is set to that BPM.

Tip: You can also use the following operations to set the BPM.

• Turn the knob while holding down the TEMPO button
• Touch the FX DEPTH while holding down the TEMPO button

5. PERFORM button

Press this button to enter Perform mode. → Playing

6 FX1–FX4 buttons

You can individually select the four effect modules from FX1 to FX4. → Perform mode

7. EDIT button

Press this to enter Program Edit mode. → Program Edit mode You can also press the FX1–4 buttons while holding down the EDIT button to enter Effect Edit
mode. → Effect edit mode

8. Knob

Turn this to select effects and parameters, and to edit the tempo and other values.
The LED blinks in time with the tempo you set.
Also, the knob acts as a button when you press it.

9. Display

When you operate a knob or press a button, the parameter name and value appear in the display.

10. Use caution, as the unit may short out and malfunction if these parts come into contact with metal objects.

Front panel

1. VOLUME

Adjusts the output volume of signal from the (Headphones jack)/AUDIO OUT jack.

Rear panel

1. (Headphones jack)/AUDIO OUT jack
Connect a speaker or a pair of headphones (stereo mini plug) here. No sound is heard from the built-in speaker when a device is connected to this jack.

2. AUDIO IN jack

Connect this to equipment such as a DJ mixer, a CD or MP3 player or an electronic musical instrument.
Adjust the volume on the connected device. You can set the gain in the global parameters.
→ Global parameters

IN-SYNC-OUT (SYNC IN, SYNC OUT) jacks

Connect the NTS-3 kaoss pad kit to a device such as the volca series, an SQ-64 or a SQ-1 using a sync
cable, which synchronizes both devices. Configure the polarity settings in the global parameters.
→ Global parameters

3. SYNC OUT jack

A 15 ms pulse at 3.3 V is output at the beginning of each step.
4 SYNC IN jack
Synchronizes the tempo of the NTS-3 kaoss pad kit with that of an external device you’ve connected.

5. USB Type-C port

Use the included USB cable to connect this unit to your computer or to a commercially available
USB standards-compliant AC adapter.

6. Power button

Turns the power of the NTS-3 kaoss pad kit on/off.

7. Anti-theft lock ( )

Tip: Connect a commercially available security wire to the anti-theft lock.
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Playing

→ Perform mode
→ Selecting programs
→ Playing the programs
→ Selecting an effect module
→ Effect types
→ Editing effects in detail
→ Saving the programs and editing the routings

Perform mode

The NTS-3 kaoss pad kit launches in Perform mode when you turn on the power. This section shows you how to use Perform mode.
In Perform mode, you can select a “program” that consists of up to four effect modules (FX1–FX4), and use the touch pad to alter the signal from the AUDIO INPUT jack with a maximum of four effect modules at the same time. You can also change the effect type of each effect module and switch them on/off.

Selecting programs

Each program consists of effect types and on/off switches for the four effect modules (FX1–FX4), freeze controls, routing (Program Edit mode), and the edit contents of Effect Edit mode.
Turn the knob: 1 (program name)–200 (program name)
Turn the knob to select a program to play.
The program number (1–200) and program name are shown in the display.
Note: The LEDs light up for the effect modules that are on.

Playing the programs

You can use the programs to play and “hold”.

Touch pad

Slide your finger across or lightly tap the touch pad to control the sound. When you touch the touch pad, the effects of all the effect modules that are configured for the program are applied simultane-ously.

FX DEPTH

This simultaneously changes the parameters assigned to FX DEPTH for all effect modules.

Touch pad + PERFORM button: hold

When you press the PERFORM button while touching the touch pad, the unit enters “hold” state. In this state, the state of the effect you were just using is maintained, even after you take your fingers off the touch pad.

If you long-press the PERFORM button while the unit is in hold state, the hold state is released once you take your finger off the button.

Touch pad + FX1–FX4 button: freeze

When you press the FX1–FX4 buttons while touching the touch pad, the effect module for the button you pressed enters “freeze” state. In this state, the state of the effect you’re using is maintained (fro-zen), even after you take your fingers off the touch pad.

The LEDs of the “frozen” effect modules blink.
If you long-press a blinking effect module button while the effect module is in “freeze” state, the freeze state is released once you take your finger off the button.
Note: Here’s a useful example: try using the touch pad to control the LPF (low-pass filter) of FX1 while the delay effect of FX2 is frozen.

Selecting an effect module

You can individually select the effect modules (FX1–FX4) and change their effect types or switch them on/off.
FX1–FX4 button: selects an effect module
Press the buttons from FX1 to FX4 to select one of the effect modules.
The effect name is shown on the display when the effect is on. “OFF ( )” is shown when the effect is off.
Press the knob: FX ON/OFF
Switches the effects on/off.
Turn the knob: EFFECT TYPE
Selects the effect type. → Effect types

Effect types

The effect types are arranged in this order: built-in effects (35), user effects (up to 50), silent effect (which mutes the input signal).

Editing effects in detail

EDIT button + FX1–FX4 buttons: selects the effect module to edit
Press the FX1–FX4 buttons while holding down the EDIT button to select one of the effect modules.
The unit enters Effect Edit mode. → Effect edit mode

Saving the programs and editing the routings

EDIT button: enters Program Edit mode
Press the EDIT button to enter Program Edit mode. → Program Edit mode

Parameter edit

→ Effect edit mode
→ Program Edit mode
→ Global parameters
→ Factory reset

Effect edit mode

This section explains how to use Effect Edit mode.
In Effect Edit mode, you can individually adjust how the effects of the FX1–FX4 effect modules are
applied in response to the touch pad and FX DEPTH control.
| Editing the effect modules
1 Select the effect module to edit.
EDIT button + FX1–FX4 buttons: selects the effect module to edit
Press the FX1–FX4 buttons while holding down the EDIT button to select one of the effect modules.
The unit enters Effect Edit mode.
2 Select the parameter to edit.
Turn the knob: selects a parameter
Press the knob: confirms the parameter and enters target selection
Turn the knob to select the parameter to edit.
The parameters depend on the effect type that’s currently selected. See the effect type table for Perform
mode. → Effect types
Press the knob to confirm.
3 Select the parameter target to edit, and set the value.
Turn the knob: selects the target
Touch pad X axis (horizontal): sets the value
FX DEPTH: sets the value
MUTE button: shows the currently set value in the display
Turn the knob: returns to step 2 (parameter selection)
Turn the knob to select the parameter target to edit.
Use the touch pad X-axis (horizontal) or the FX DEPTH control to set the value. → Parameter target
and value
Tip: Press the MUTE button to show the currently set value in the display.
Tip: Press the knob to return to parameter selection (step 2), where you can check how the effect actually
works with your settings by using the touch pad and FX DEPTH control.

Parameter target and value

You can set six types of targets for each effect parameter.
ASSIGN (ASSIGn): nonE, X, Y, dEPtH
Selects where to assign the parameter change. “none (nonE)” means no setting, “X” means the X-axis (horizontal) of the touch pad, “Y” means the Y-axis (vertical) of the touch pad, and “depth (dEPtH)” means the FX DEPTH. Sets the parameter you want to change according to where you touch the touch pad (or set “none” for parameters you don’t want to change).

VALUE (VALuE): the range depends on the parameter
This sets the default values for the parameters. Parameters that are set to “none” using ASSIGN are set to a fixed value with this VALUE setting.

MIN (MIn): the range depends on the parameter
Sets the minimum value used when changing the parameter values. For parameters to which ASSIGN is set to “X”, “Y” or “FX DEPTH”, this MIN value changes as the minimum value. If ASSIGN is set to “X”, the left edge of the touch pad generates the minimum value. If ASSIGN is set to “Y”, the bottom edge of the touch pad generates the minimum value. Lastly, if ASSIGN is set to “FX DEPTH”, the bottom edge of the FX DEPTH control generates the minimum value.

MAX (MAX): the range depends on the parameter
Sets the maximum value used when changing the parameter values. For parameters to which ASSIGN is set to “X”, “Y” or “FX DEPTH”, this MAX value changes as the maximum value. If ASSIGN is set to “X”, the right edge of the touch pad generates the maximum value. If ASSIGN is set to “Y”, the top edge of the touch pad generates the maximum value. Lastly, if ASSIGN is set to “FX DEPTH”, the top edge of the FX DEPTH control generates the maximum value.
Tip: When you set MIN to a greater value than MAX, the touch pad and FX DEPTH control work in the reverse direction when you touch them.

CURVE (CurVE): LinEar, EXP, LoG, toGGLE, MincLP, MaXcLP
Sets the curve used when changing the parameter values. For parameters to which ASSIGN is set to “X”, “Y” or “FX DEPTH”, the values change from minimum to maximum according to the curve you set here. Refer to the following table, “Curve types”.

POLARITY (PoLArIty): unIPoL, biPoLA
Sets the polarity of the curve that’s set in CURVE. For parameters to which ASSIGN is set to “X”, “Y” or “FX DEPTH”, the values change from minimum to maximum according to the curve you set here.
Refer to the following table, “Curve types”.

Curve types and polarities

Editing module common parameters

1. Selects the module common parameter.
EDIT button + FX1–FX4 buttons (pressed twice): selects the module common parameters
Press one of the FX1 through FX4 buttons twice while holding down the EDIT button to select a module common parameter.

2. Select the parameter to edit.
Turn the knob: selects a parameter
Press the knob: confirms the parameter and enters target selection
Turn the knob to select the parameter to edit. → Selecting the module common parameter and value
Press the knob to confirm.

3. Select the parameter target to edit, and set the value.

MUTE button: shows the currently set value in the display
Touch pad: sets the value
FX DEPTH: sets the value
Turn the knob: returns to step 2 (parameter selection)
Use the touch pad or FX DEPTH to set the value. → Selecting the module common parameter and value
Tip: Press the MUTE button to show the currently set value in the display.
Tip: Press the knob to return to parameter selection (step 2), where you can check how the effect actually works with your settings.

Selecting the module common parameter and value

There are six common parameters, as shown below.

In Select (In SELECt): Stereo, Mid , Side
Sets the format used for audio input to the effect module.

Release Mode (rEL ModE): Thru, Silent
When you are not touching the touch pad, this selects whether to output a dry signal without effects (thru), or to cut the dry signal and output only silence (silent).

Release Time (rEL tIME): 0–1023
Specifies how long it takes for the effect sound to gradually fade out after you take your finger off the touch pad.

Out Gain (out GAIn): -12.0dB–+12.0dB
Sets the volume of audio output from the effect module.

FX Copy (FX CoPY): FX1–FX4
Copies the selected effect module to another effect module.
Press one of the FX1–FX4 buttons that are blinking to choose the copy destination and execute the copy operation.

FX Swap (FX SWAP): FX1–FX4
Swaps (exchanges) the selected effect module with another effect module.
Press one of the FX1–FX4 buttons that are blinking to choose the swap destination and execute the swap operation.

FX Clear (FX CLEAr)
Discards the edits you’ve made to the effect module parameters and module common parameters, and initializes the effect.
Press the knob to execute. Turn the knob if you wish to cancel.

FX Revert (FX rEVErt)
Discards the edits you’ve made to the effect module parameters and module common parameters, and restores the effect to the values it had when the program was last saved.
Press the knob to execute. Turn the knob if you wish to cancel.

Program Edit mode

This section shows you how to use Program Edit mode.
In Program Edit mode, you can save and initialize programs, as well as change the routing for the FX1–FX4 effect modules.

Saving a program

SAVE PROG (SAVE ProG): saves the program

Here’s how to save the selected program.

1. Press the EDIT button to enter Program Edit mode.
2. Turn the knob to select “SAVE PROG”.
Once you see “SAVE ProG” in the display, press the knob.
3. Turn the knob to select the save destination program number and program name. The save destination program number and name blink in the display.
4. Press the knob to save the program you’re currently editing.

Tip: When selecting the save destination program number, you can cancel the save operation by pressing the EDIT button, or by pressing another button to enter a different mode.

Changing the program name

RENAME PROG (rEnAME ProG): changes the name of a program Here’s how to change the name of the selected program.

1. Press the EDIT button to enter Program Edit mode.
2. Turn the knob to select “RENAME PROG”.
Once you see “rEnAME PROG” in the display, press the knob.
3. Turn the knob to select which character to edit. The characters you’re editing blink.
4. Use the touch pad or FX DEPTH to change the character.
Touch pad X-axis (horizontal): chooses a character from A–Z or a space.
Touch pad Y-axis (vertical): changes the character to an uppercase letter (top half of the touch pad), or to a lowercase letter (bottom half of the touch pad).
FX DEPTH: chooses a number or symbol (“-”, “_”).
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4. You can use up to 16 characters for the name.
Press the knob to finish inputting and confirm the name.
To save the changed name, execute “SAVE PROG”. → Saving a program
Tip: When inputting characters, you can cancel the edit operation by pressing the EDIT button or by pressing another button to enter a different mode.

Initializing a program

CLEAR PROG (CLEAr ProG): initializes the program Here’s how to revert the selected program to its default state.

1. Press the EDIT button to enter Program Edit mode.
2. Turn the knob to select “CLEAR PROG”.
3. Once you see “CLEArProG” in the display, press the knob.

4. “CLEAr” blinks in the display.
5. Press the knob again to initialize the program.

Tip: You can cancel the operation by turning the knob, pressing the EDIT button or by pressing another button to enter a different mode.

Changing the routing of an effect module

ROUTING (routInG) : SErIAL, SErPAr, PArSEr, 1 PArA, 2 by 2, 3 to 1
This shows how to change the routing of the four effect modules for the selected program.

1. Press the EDIT button to enter Program Edit mode.
2. Turn the knob to select “ROUTING”.
Once you see “routInG” in the display, press the knob.
3. Select the routing you wish to change, either “SErIAL”, “SErPAr”, “PArSEr”, “1 PArA”, “2 by 2” or “3 to 1”.
4. Press the knob again to finish editing.

There are six different routings, as shown below.

Global parameters

Use these parameters to configure the overall operations of the NTS-3 kaoss pad kit.

Making the settings

1. Turn on the power while holding down the EDIT button.
2. Use the knob to select the global parameter to edit.
3. Use the touch pad or FX DEPTH to edit the value. The current value is shown on the right side of the display.
4. After you’re finished with the settings, press the FX4 button. This saves the settings and the NTS- 3 kaoss pad kit restarts.
Pressing the FX1 button during operations will make the NTS-3 kaoss pad kit restart (cancel) without saving the settings you edited.

Turn the knob: Input Gain ( )
Touch pad or FX DEPTH: -85–0–9
Sets the input gain (the volume of the external input that’s connected to the AUDIO IN jack).
-85: -85 dB, -36: -36 dB, -24: -24 dB, -18: -18 dB, -12: -12 dB, -9: -9 dB, -6: -6 dB, -3: -3 dB, -2: -2 dB, -1: -1
dB, 0: 0 dB, 1: +1 dB, 2: +2 dB, 3: +3 dB, 6: +6 dB, 9: +9 dB
Turn the knob: Monaural ( )
Touch pad or FX DEPTH: oFF, on
Sets whether to use the AUDIO IN in stereo or in monaural.
oFF: stereo, on: monaural
Turn the knob: SYNC OUT Polarity ( )
Touch pad or FX DEPTH: hi, Low
Sets the polarity of the SYNC OUT jack.
hi: Synchronizes at the peak of the waveform.
Low: Synchronizes at the trough of the waveform.
Turn the knob: SYNC IN Polarity ( )
Touch pad or FX DEPTH: hi, Low
Sets the polarity of the SYNC IN jack.
hi: Synchronizes at the peak of the waveform.
Low: Synchronizes at the trough of the waveform.
Turn the knob: Tempo Range ( )
Touch pad or FX DEPTH: 0, 1
Sets the variable range for the tempo.
0*: narrow (56.0-240.0), 1: wide (10.0-600.0)
Turn the knob: MIDI Clock Source ( )
Touch pad or FX DEPTH: 0, 1
Sets the clock to which this unit is synchronized.
0: Internal. Synchronizes to the internal clock.

1*: Auto. Synchronizes to the external clock when there is external clock input from the USB port, and synchronizes to the internal clock when there is no input.

If a cable is connected to the SYNC IN jack, the unit synchronizes to the SYNC IN input, regardless of the clock settings.

Turn the knob: MIDI RX/short messages ( )
Touch pad or FX DEPTH: oFF, on Sets whether to receive MIDI short messages (such as program change, control change and so forth).
Turn this off if you want to connect to a computer just to power this unit via USB, or if you don’t want o receive messages when the unit is synchronized via MIDI clocks from the computer’s software or another MIDI device.
oFF: Off, on*: On

Turn the knob: MIDI NRPN messages ( )
Touch pad or FX DEPTH: oFF, on
Sets whether MIDI NRPN messages are transmitted and received.
oFF: Off, on: On
Turn the knob: MIDI route ( )
Touch pad or FX DEPTH: 0, 1
Sets the routing for MIDI messages.
0: USB+MIDI: Both kinds of message input are received from the USB and MIDI IN jacks, and both
kinds of output are transmitted from these two jacks.
1: USB: Messages are only transmitted and received via the USB port. This setting is useful when
you’re using this unit as a USB MIDI interface.
Turn the knob: MIDI Channel ( )
Touch pad or FX DEPTH: 1–16
Specifies the MIDI channel.
1: 1ch–16: 16ch
Turn the knob: SYNC IN/OUT Unit ( )
Touch pad or FX DEPTH: 0, 1
Sets how many steps the internal tempo advances for each pulse that’s input to the SYNC IN jack, as
well as how many steps are required for the tempo to advance before a single pulse is output from
the SYNC OUT jack.
0: 1 pulse = 2 steps
1: 1 pulse = 1 step
Turn the knob: Auto Power Off ( )
Touch pad or FX DEPTH: oFF, on
Switches the auto power-off function on/off.
oFF: The auto power-off function does not operate.
on*: The auto power-off function operates.
Turn the knob: Touch sensor calibration ( )
Calibrates the touch sensor. The LEDs for FX1 and FX 4 blink. Press the FX4 button to begin calibration.
After calibration is finished, “DONE ( )” is shown in the display. Don’t touch the touch pad,
FX DEPTH, MUTE and TEMPO controls during calibration.

Factory reset

Restoring the factory default settings

1 Turn on the power while holding down the FX4 button.
The FX1 and FX4 buttons blink.
2 Press the FX4 button to show what is targeted for factory reset in the display.
Turn the knob to select which parameters are to be reset.
ALL ( ): resets all of the following settings to their factory defaults
GLOB ( ): resets the global parameters to their factory defaults
PROG ( ): resets the programs to their factory defaults
FX ( ): deletes all of the user effects loaded into the NTS-3 kaoss pad kit and restores the factory defaults To cancel the factory reset, press the FX1 button.
3 When you press the blinking FX4 button, the FX1 and FX4 LEDs blink alternately. When FX1 is blinking, “CANCEL ( )” is shown in the display; and when FX4 is blinking, “RESET ( )” is shown in the display.
4 Press FX4 to execute the factory reset and restore the targeted data to the default settings. The FX4 button changes from blinking to continuously lit, and RESET ( ) is shown in the display. The NTS-3 kaoss pad kit automatically restarts when the reset is finished. Press the FX1 button to cancel. If you do this, the factory reset is not executed, and the unit automatically restarts.

Appendices

→ Troubleshooting
→ Specifications
→ Operating requirements (for USB connection)
→ MIDI implementation chart

Troubleshooting

Power does not turn on

• Make sure that the included USB cable is correctly plugged in and connected. → Making connections and turning on the power
• Either the AC adapter you’ve connected or the amount of power supply from your computer may be insufficient. Connect this unit to a USB port that can supply sufficient power.
  → Making connections and turning on the power

No sound, volume is too low or too loud

• Adjust the VOLUME control on the front panel of the NTS-3 kaoss pad kit. → Front panel
  • Adjust the volume of your external audio equipment.
  • Check whether the audio output jacks (the AUDIO IN jack on the NTS-3 kaoss pad kit and the audio output jack of your external audio equipment) are correctly connected with a working cable. → Making connections and turning on the power
  • Adjust the input gain on the NTS-3 kaoss pad kit. → Global parameters
  • You may not hear sound if the Silent effect is used on one of the four effect modules, depending on the routing. → Selecting an effect module, → Effect types, → Changing the routing of an effect module Sound is distorted or noisy
  • Adjust the input gain on the NTS-3 kaoss pad kit. → Global parameters Effects cannot be applied
  • Make sure that the effects in question are not turned off. If they are off, turn them on and select an effect. → Selecting an effect module
  • If you touch the lowest point of the FX DEPTH control in Perform mode, the effect’s Dry:Wet parameter may be set to Dry=100%, which negates the effect. Touch the upper part of the FX DEPTH control while in Perform mode.

Cannot change the effect sound

•  The freeze function may have been activated in Perform mode. Long-press the blinking buttons (FX1–FX4) for the effect module to release the freeze state. → Playing the programs

• The ASSIGN parameter for all effects in Effect Edit mode may have been set to “None”. Try using the FX Clear function in Effect Edit mode to solve this. → Selecting the module common parameter and value
  The touch pad, FX DEPTH, MUTE button and TEMPO button do not respond

• Try executing the Touch sensor calibration global parameter. → Global parameters

Specifications

Controllers
Touch pad, FX DEPTH slider, MUTE button, TEMPO button
Effects
Four assignable effect modules
Six routings
Total of 35 effects
FILTER: 5 (LPF, BPF, HPF, EQ3, ISOLATOR)
MODULATION: 6 (CHORUS, ENSEMBLE, FLANGER, PHASER, TREMOLO, AUTO PAN)
DELAY: 4 (DELAY, PING PONG DELAY, HIGH PASS DELAY, TAPE ECHO)
REVERB: 5 (HALL REVERB, ROOM REVERB, SPACE REVERB, RISER REVERB, SUBMARINE
REVERB)
OTHERS: 5 (LOOPER, GRAIN SHIFTER, VINYL BREAK, PITCH SHIFTER, RING MODULATOR)
MASTERING: 7 (DECIMATOR, SOFT CLIP, HARD CLIP, SINE FOLD, FUZZ, COMPRESSOR, LIMITER)
OSC: 3 (OSC SUSTAIN, OSC DROP, OSC WOBBLE)
Performance programs
200 programs (100 preset and 100 user programs)
Input/output jacks and ports
(headphone jack)/AUDIO OUT jack (3.5 mm stereo mini-phone jack), AUDIO IN jack (3.5 mm
stereo mini-phone jack), SYNC OUT jack (3.5 mm TRS mini-phone jack, output level: 5 V), SYNC IN
jack (3.5 mm stereo TRS mini-phone jack, maximum input level: 20 V), USB Type-C port
Power supply
USB bus power
Current consumption
500 mA or less
Dimensions (W x D x H)
104 x 101 x 39 mm (4.09˝ x 3.98˝ x 1.54˝)
Weight
119 g (0.26 lb)
Included items
USB cable, Assembly Instructions

• Specifications and appearance are subject to change without notice for improvement.

Operating requirements (for USB connection)

See the Korg website for the latest information on OS support.
https://www.korg.com/support/os/

MIDI implementation chart

Preloaded program list

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

Q: How do I reset the NTS-3 Kaoss Pad Kit to factory default settings?

A: To reset to factory defaults, refer to the Factory Reset section in the manual. It typically involves specific button combinations or settings adjustments.

Q: Can I use any USB cable to connect external devices to the NTS-3

Kaoss Pad Kit?

A: It is recommended to use the provided USB cable or a cable that is no longer than 3 meters to ensure proper functionality and compatibility.

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