◆ make a beat

How to make ambient on the KO II

No drums needed. Sample a pad or texture, stretch it with resampling, and use heavy reverb and delay.

free / 60-80 BPM · Slow, evolving, beatless or very sparse.

1. 1
   Capture a tone or texture.

   Press SAMPLE and record a pad, field recording, or held chord.
2. 2
   Stretch it into a bed.

   Resample to stack and time-stretch the sample into a long evolving drone.
3. 3
   Play it melodically.

   Use KEYS mode to play the texture across pitches.
4. 4
   Create depth.

   Push reverb high and add long delay feedback.
5. 5
   Evolve slowly.

   Sweep the filter by hand over the loop instead of programming drums.

Device steps reference the official KO II manual. Musical guidance is general production advice.