Updates to Korg KP3 and Radias

Users of Korg's Radias synth workstation and the KP3 Kaoss Pad can download updates for their machines.

The Radias update, available from Korg's support web site, brings with it a number of new features to the synth, such as additional destinations for the Virtual Patch function, support for Korg's Komponent system (which allows connection to the M3 sampling workstation) and Windows Vista and Intel Mac compatibility for the Radias Sound Editor.

Also available is a collection of sounds that have been created using the new features in the update.

The KP3 download, also available from the Korg web site, adds new sample triggering options, such as a gate function, which only plays back the sample when the sample pad is being pressed down.

Other additions include a polyphonic sample mode, so the KP3's four samples can be played simultaneously then mixed on-the-fly, and new loop modes, which enable the user to change the starting point of the sample by running their finger across the KP3's Pad.

For full details on both these updates, visit www.korguksupport.co.uk.