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Gadget free measures?
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Is there an option in gadet to record without having to choose an exact number of measures?
Like a “free mode” for unquantized, varying measure length, ambient jams.
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There isn’t- but what you could do is record Gadget into Blocs Wave via Audiobus, then if you want to overdub you could play the Blocs Wave track in another lane in Audiobus whilst recording the overdub track into Audioshare. Import the new Audioshare track into Blocs Wave then repeat the whole thing until you are happy. Just make sure that you put a hi hat or something as early as possible in an otherwise empty bar at the start of each take- in order that there are no headaches matching them all up later on.
It doesn't seem like “free mode” would fit into how Korg seems to see Gadget, though I think it'd be nice to have. It would definitely work well for people who want to use Xequence sequencing into Gadget.
Thx for the idea, but thats way too much for what im trying to do.
Use a sequencer like Xequence or Cubasis I think or make a few different scenes in Gadget (32 scenes of 8 bars at 120 BPM is approximately 8 minutes of play time) when a scene ends it will record into the next one.
Xequence as a replacement for Gadget’s sequencer works very well.
This!
A 'non scene based' approach in Gadget (ie. proper time line) has been requested a long time ago but we've not seen any signs of it so far. This would make handling audio a bit easier too by not having to be 'forced' to work in 1-16 bar 'chunks'. Also midi-import always creates 1-bar scenes which is total insanity...
You can turn the tempo way down while also using 16 bars. You’re still stuck with having clips end at the end of a bar, but it frees things up a little.
Gadget very strictly follows a 4/4 pattern concept, you cannot even leave the multiples of 16 steps, only triplets if you want to go "really wild"
What you can do is create enough rows of empty tracks (with any clip length you like), disable loop mode and just hit record.
Gadget will then record until it reaches the end of the last row.
The interesting aspect is then exporting as standard MIDI files to iTunes: Gadget will merge all clips in an instrument column into its own MIDI file per instrument, ready to be imported into any "linear" DAW track-by-track.
This is how 3 MIDI files exported from multiple 4-bar patterns look like in Ableton Live's arrangement view.
The workflow looks unfamiliar but it's one workable solution.
I have it playing in 9/8 smoother than most other iOS apps. Patterns chain perfectly, even the metronome lines up like it should. So, I don’t think Gadget is “very strictly 4/4”.
Try what other folks have suggested Xequence or etc. I would also add SunVox load up a MutliSynth per channel, then just record into\out on the proper channels. SunVox I think supposedly has the typical minimum MIDI resolution of 96ppqn compared to the substandard resolution of many iOS sequencers. Xequence is higher than standard.
If you are going tempoless this is going to really matter that you get the highest resolution possible, or it’s going to be essentially quantizing your MIDI to a tempo that you aren’t playing in. I don’t know what the resolution is of Gadget, but setting the tempo to the lowest possible might end up playing back the notes in a way that was not how you played it in the first place. Even for these other apps with a higher resolution, I would set the tempo to a high speed to make it effectively more resolution.
Actually both quantized, non-4/4 as well as unquantized "high resolution" recording is possible.
To achieve the former, disable the fixed 4/4 metronome and create your own click track spanning multiple rows as a template for whatever beat scale you like.
To achieve the latter, just set the clip grid to "OFF" and the recorded notes will remain unquantized. You don't need to touch the tempo for this to work.
Yeah the metronome isn’t fixed to 4\4. If you change the pattern to 9\8 it’s in 9\8 and you don’t need to do all of that extra stuff.
Turning quantization to off still means is subject to whatever the ppqn is and if that number were low like 48 it is essentially quantizing even with quantize off. I checked Korg’s website and Gadget is 480ppq which is fantastic for iOS and if the original poster just makes a bunch of bars at slow tempo it should be okay for them if they can work that way.