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It's not a question of whether it retriggers, it's a question of what amplitude the envelope retriggers from. If you crank attack and release all the way up, hold a note until it reaches full volume, let go of the note completely, and trigger another note, the synth will cut the release stage and trigger the second note from silence.
Compare that to Odyssei or iMS-20, in which the second note triggers from the release amplitude. Most analog synths would offer pickup behaviour because the release phase is just a capacitor discharging whereas many digital synths (esp. poly) seem to trigger from zero.
There are use cases for each method but I personally prefer pickup behaviour because you can dial in some really lovely "swell leads." It sounds like the hardware offered pickup behaviour, so it's odd that Korg wouldn't include it in the app.
@jrjulius Ah, gotcha. Yes, different issue.
Quickest instabuy ever!
Really enjoying iMono/Poly. Lush sounds. Many sound design options combined with the two effects. I appreciate the extra parameters in the effects section.
Personally I would've preferred if the standalone and Montpellier shared the same 'user' bank. Since Gadget's CPU/battery drain I prefer to make my own sounds in the standalone versions (i do this with iWavestation).
I hoped Korg had done something about the CPU/battery problem, but unfortunately nothing has changed with this update
Milpitas does have a 'write' option:
Odd enough, the saved performance gets overwritten as soon as you open the standalone. Guess that's not a problem when people delete the standalone. But for creating your own wavesequences you need the standalone.
I asked Korg iApps on Twitter about adding preset sharing between stand-alone and Gadget, they replied that they noted the request and would consider it. I'm pretty sure "we'll consider it" is Japanese for "Yes". Or "Absolutely" (?). Yep...
Does anyone have Gadget on the mac and Montpellier/MonoPoly on iOS?
I'm wondering what would happen if you try to open an iOS project that uses Montpellier on the Mac version.
Shortly after Gadget (4 years?) was released I asked them about adding an option in Abu Dubai to do microfades on the chopped pieces to get rid of clicking and got a similar response. It doesn't seem like Korg ever listens to user requests - they say they will pass along to developer team and consider it - but they're only go do what they had mapped out for additional features.
I do this but what is a bit annoying is that there's no folder structure in gadget so when you open it as an IAA you need to load the right song you're working with too and i have a huge list of different songs and versions I go through. Of course i can record the pianos in to the daw and move on but it's nice to have access to the original midi in case.
It's a direct translation of 検討します。(kento shimasu). Which is a standard non committal reply. Japanese companies are top down, hierarchical. Whoever replies to you will have no say in what actually happens.
So Gadget devs make an "improvement" to its metronome yet can't be bothered to address the obvious and really annoying lack of an independent volume control for the metronome.
DOH.
I'd much rather pay for an IAP to add much more vital features to Gadget itself that would enhance workflow and productivity - than yet another synth. Even though - as for this one - the synth does actually sound superb.
A very nostalgic old-timer ROFL
Do you have Odessi <-- that's my fave
Gadget Mac hasn't been updated to include this, so I presume no interoperability there, very disappointing! I'm holding off on buying until I know it's coming to Mac as I do lots of exporting to Ableton and use the Gadget VSTs within that.
Will be included in a future update (according to Korg site). Same happened with iWavestation.
I'm hoping there will be a way to sync presets between iMono/Poly and the Montpellier Gadget...
Apparently it's possible to transfer the KLC Mono/Poly presets to iMono/Poly.
http://www.benis.it/cm/suoni/ios_imonopoly.htm
(It's 256 'KLC' patches for iMonoPoly).
I've created a topic about in on the Gadget forum:
https://support.korguser.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/115018699503-User-sounds-from-stand-alone-apps-not-available-in-Gadget-and-vice-versa
Not sure if it helps, but you could all add your votes for the suggestion.
It seems so limiting that there is no connection between userpatches.
Done, hopefully we'll see a fix to this as well as 'proper' translation of the Montpellier Gadget and iMono/Poly app.
I think there might be an issue with the presets since the 'Gadget' lacks the arpeggiator present in iMono/Poly.
I also up-voted the posts regarding selection tool(s) which I feel are in need of some attention.
Also the Wavestation & iM1 Gadgets could use more editing options.
I do like the Montpellier Gadget more than the stand-alone app since everything is 'bigger' and easier for me to read
@Peter321 Upvoted. But iwavestation does transfer user cards to Gadget.
I have upgraded my level of interest from Alf to Knight Rider.
Real thing (real sound)
korg does not care about your suggestions. two updates and they haven't addressed fades in audio to avoid clicks and pops. they move to their own beat.
Real thing, around 12 minutes of minimal live tweaking, arp with some delay, recording on consumer DAT, year around 2001.
'Monopoly Music - Swinging Towers'
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pehxltudltkh2dp/track2.mp3?dl=0
It's a lovely looking/sounding thing. I can't justify spending twenty big notes on it though, when I have a wheelbarrow full of Korg synths in the iShed already, particularly when you can stack em up in Gadget or AUM...
Still want it though.
Yah it would be an OK couch toy but the price is a good chunck out of a kickass VST that would really excite me creatively and have way more longevity.
When I was making music in the late 90s with my collection of analogue synths and no computer, my Mono/Poly was almost definitely my most used synth. Along with my Roland SH-09 and CSQ-600 (which I still have).
Okay, so I barely cracked the surface of this thing, but...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pif8127s2y2d99r/Gadget - Green Beam 02-trimmed-converted.m4a
Made that in under 30 minutes this morning. Same cheesy trance melody I used when cobbling together the Kaspar test in Cubasis. All sounds are 100% Montpellier (which by rights should be spelled Montpelier, but whatever), 100% from scratch (either starting from the 1VCO template or the Noise template), and directly output from Gadget (you can tell due to the mixdown sounding rather rough/muddy instead of pristine when I mix down stems in Auria with FF plugs).
The point of this test? To see if iMono/Poly, aka Montpellier, is a bread-and-butter/make-any-type-of-sound type of synth, and to me this is that synth. (Lexington lacks the patch bay. Wolfsburg is too thin sounding. Other Gadget synths are romplers or have more specific functions.)
I wish...
Gadget would get a linear sequencer as well...i hate the gadget sequencer as most vocals dont start on the 1...or leads most of the time...making this sequencer just a pattern machine for me.
Better audio tracks with a little bit of editing ability...lacks
a sampler with sampling ability and chopping? with per pad efx etc
add an audiounit gadget?
ms20 gadget?
vocoder gadget?
guitar gadget with strings?
a universal set of kaoss pads for all gadgets?
the ability to use the guitar amp on other gadgets...i find it useless as is as i dont play guitar.
Its such a premium priced app when buying all iaps etc...and its a closed system...so a few problems need solved before it is 100% worth it to me.
I like gadget...but I want to love it
Purdy
At the rate Korg is going, a new release every three to six months consistently year after year, it's a safe bet everyone will get something that they want eventually. I know the Radias is planned. We could get more audio effect Gadgets with some internal routing possibly soon too.
I imagine Korg has some secret laboratory in an underground base somewhere with all kinds of blueprints of dangerously good soft synths and samplers. I mean naming each Gadget after a city, how is that not a blatant hint at their ambitions to take over the world?