Sample Your Own Sounds on the KO II

Record anything, your voice, a record, a synth, straight onto a pad.

1. Choose your input. Press SAMPLE to enter sample mode (all the buttons light up and blink so you know you are in it). Now tap MINUS or PLUS to scroll through the input sources: the built-in mic, line in mono or stereo, resample, or line in left/right. (Every button is blinking, and the screen shows the source you picked, for example 'in' for line in or 'rsp' for resample. If nothing is blinking, you are not in sample mode yet, so press **SAMPLE** again.)
2. Set your level. Play your source while you watch the meter, and turn KNOB X to set the input level so it peaks just below the very top. If you want recording to start only on a loud-enough sound, turn KNOB Y to set the threshold. (The meter dances near the top but never slams all the way to the edge. If it pins to the top, the take will distort, so back off **KNOB X** a touch.)
3. Record onto a pad. Press and hold any pad (1-9, 0) while your sound plays to capture it onto that pad. Let go to stop the take. Stay in sample mode and hold a different pad to grab another sound. (The pad stops blinking and lights solid, telling you it now holds your recording. Tap it again to audition what you caught. If you hear silence, the source was too quiet or the threshold on **KNOB Y** never opened.)
4. Keep it organised. Use GROUP A to GROUP D to keep related samples together. Each group holds its own set of sounds, so put drums on one group and bass or melody on another before you record more. (The group button you pressed lights up, and the pads now show the sounds belonging to that group. Your new sample lives on the group that was active when you recorded it.)