As well as MIDI and audio file import and export you can link Dropbox and Allihoopa accounts for sharing song data as well as using Korg’s own Gadgetcloud.
When it comes to getting data in and out, version 3 of Gadget has plenty of options. Press the Function button and Mixer and arranger area elements get overlays that allow you to delete, duplicate, freeze, copy or paste different kinds of data. On both desktop and iOS versions, Korg uses the same clever space-saving method for accessing different tools. There’s also Recife, a 16-pad, sample based drum machine which provides a different sound set to the other beatboxes on offer, which are powered by synthesis. The new Rosario guitar recorder and processor Sample-based beats This is very useful, and you can alter it by dragging certain borders (though not all) or showing and hiding different elements. The extra screen space on a desktop means Korg has been able to implement a new four-way split window that shows you each of the key sections at the same time. When you buy the Mac version you also get the included Gadgets as plug-ins to run in your DAW which is a nice bonus, and really gives you more bang for your buck. As powerful as iPads are, desktop Macs still have far more grunt and will continue to do so for many years so this move was a sensible one. There is now feature parity across the iOS and Mac versions (Windows users are out of luck for now) and this is the first time the application has come to the desktop environment. I think this is a good level at which to pitch it, trusting that Korg will get the tone right. Korg explicitly suggests that Gadget is suitable as a “second DAW”, one that doesn’t distract you with hundreds of features but lets you focus on sequencing and tweaking sounds. There are plenty of big, complex DAWs available on the desktop, and even a few for the iPad. What Is It?įor the uninitiated, Gadget is a kind of “DAW lite”, which is not a criticism. Rather, it aims to blend Korg’s expertise in instrument design with a faster and more immediate environment for programming, all combined with the ability to work easily across different devices. It’s Korg’s take on a DAW but like NI with Maschine, it’s not trying to replace Logic or Cubase, at least not yet. Gadget however is something quite different. Lately the company has turned its attention not just to other classics like the ARP Odyssey but its own seminal 90s hardware like the Wavestation and M1. Korg is now probably just as well known for the excellent software versions of its own vintage synths it creates as for building those same hardware synths in the 70s, 80s and 90s.
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