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...iKaossilator!

I have the original yellow Kaossilator, and I am a big fan. This app, although visually similar in many ways, is fundamentally different in the way it handles the phrases you create; it's not better or worse, it's just different, and if you are to use it, you just have to learn.
First of all, it does not record and loop sound, like the original Kaossilator does, it records sequences. The downside of it is that one can't endlessly overdub the track, using the same voice, it will start erasing previous loop eventually (but they do give you five layers to play with, so there is plenty of space to build your riffs). The upside is that you can save, undo, redo the sequense, return to it, re-record, reassign instruments, change the key, tempo, scale, everything, all in real-time, and then save it again.That is big. And the mix play is a very nice feature.

WHAT IT NEEDS:
Ability to export MIDI
Ability to import MIDI (there is no way the tracks in app's library were made with the app, no one can play a touch pad the way the keyboard is played, it's even smaller the the pad on the hardware Kaossilator)
Dynamic GRID on the pad, reflecting th actual scale being played.
Ability to be MIDI controlled with an external controller (I'd pay extra just for that, the syn sounds are awesome, well... KORG it is...)
I want the Drone sound back (#60), and the rest of the effect sound missing from the original Kaossilator set!!!

iPad version with a bigger pad would be nice, too...

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