Gadget 3.0 un-documented new features

sch

@Halftone said:
Power tip - you can move the playhead to a certain point in a scene by doing a double tap in the top bar area while the scene is playing. (For example move playhead to say bar 6 of 8 bar scene). It's a bit finicky but it works and helps.

Ah, thanks for that one, I'll try that.

Never cared about track naming personally. You have visual cues by whatever Gadgets you've chosen.

Uh, not really... I break my drums into 5 (of the same) gadget, to process the kick, snare, hats, cymbals and toms separately. In my current piece, I also have 3 instances (so far) of Darwin running, all doing different things with different voices. Not to mention parallel processing channels. In this case, naming would be a tremendous help. Jeez, even in the old days, you always had a strip of masking tape stuck on the mixer under the faders with the instrument/mic source name.

Loop markers - yeah you often end up with clicks and pops if you try to adjust in Gadget. That's why I edit things in AudioShare with a nice fade in/out before importing to Gadget.

Actually, my need is for note editing within a clip, wrestling those dratted sixteenth notes into the correct (read: non-dissonant) places. Having the ability to quickly and easily set the loop points would be a welcomed change from either fighting with the minuscule tabs, or saying “fuck it” and just waiting for it to come around again from the beginning.

Cheers!

LucidMusicInc

@sch said:
Anyone know a hack for accessing the transport bar etc, from the double-tapped, fullscreen gadgets? Wouldn’t you think that this would be cool (not to mention an absolute requirement)? If I’m trying to play in a part using the full screen of my 12.9 Pro, being able to access the transport to record arm, punch-in, and stop, rewind, yada yada, would be the cat’s pajamas. (And I’d like to do it without having to buy a Korg keyboard, thank you very much.)

It’s amazing just how obtuse Korg can be about the most basic UI issues:

• Track naming... how hard can this really be???
• Ability to place the playhead at will.
• Loop markers that actually obey your finger. I can’t manage the little buggers even on my 12.9” iPad.
• My complaint above about no transport control access in fullscreen gadget mode.

Sorry... just starting to finally get into using Gadget, and though I’m loving it, it has these quirky deficits that make the possibility of undocumented solutions something to hope for. For now, however, I have to live with the frustration! 🙃

The reason for this is because it's a universal app. When a gadget is full screen on an iPhone there's no extra screen space for the transport.

We're all hoping and praying desperately that Korg has heeded the call made by many on numerous occasions to fix the pianoroll because the little bars at the top for looping are too small and unresponsive and Korg know this and have acknowledged it. So be patient for the next update.

Set your count in to two bars before recording. That will give you extra time to get into full screen mode. If you set your time signature to 8/4 your time increases from 8 beats to 16 beats which is helpful for live play recording.

One more weird tip is to set up Gadget to external midi sync and use it in Audiobus. You'll get the little side overlay to start and stop.

Anyway the Gadget sequencer is pattern based. It sounds to me like you'd be better off sequencing in Cubasis or maybe Xequencer sending midi to Gadget. You have better looping and punch in recording options there. The only trade off is you can't record automation unless you recorded your midi from Cubasis into Gadget and then recorded the automation.

sch

@LucidMusicInc said:
The reason for this is because it's a universal app. When a gadget is full screen on an iPhone there's no extra screen space for the transport.

Ah, didn’t think of that.

We're all hoping and praying desperately that Korg has heeded the call made by many on numerous occasions to fix the pianoroll because the little bars at the top for looping are too small and unresponsive and Korg know this and have acknowledged it. So be patient for the next update.

Patience and maturity is sooo boring... I want it now!!!

Set your count in to two bars before recording. That will give you extra time to get into full screen mode. If you set your time signature to 8/4 your time increases from 8 beats to 16 beats which is helpful for live play recording.

Already do the count-in. Interesting tip re the time signature.

One more weird tip is to set up Gadget to external midi sync and use it in Audiobus. You'll get the little side overlay to start and stop.

Oh, that sounds very convenient. Might just do the trick.

Anyway the Gadget sequencer is pattern based. It sounds to me like you'd be better off sequencing in Cubasis or maybe Xequencer sending midi to Gadget. You have better looping and punch in recording options there. The only trade off is you can't record automation unless you recorded your midi from Cubasis into Gadget and then recorded the automation.

I’ve got Cubasis, and Auria Pro, but for now I’m trying to learn Gadget and work faster. My plan is to sketch in Gadget, and do some arranging, and then stem out to Auria Pro for mixing and mastering. My real preference would be to do it all, from start-to-finish in AP, but I’m finding picking a Gadget for this and another for that is somehow easier than trying to work with AP’s Lyra and Twin 2, especially the “instrument’s” user interface. I’m finding I get more done, more quickly in Gadget, with less frustration. AP for mixing has no iOS contender, with the sophisticated bussing and industry standard plugins, that’s where it all ends up.

Appreciate all the feedback, gents!