Anyone else a bit sorry for ditching Gadget?

israelite

@AudioGus said:

@israelite said:
Gadget was too expensive from the beginning. Additional machines with a single functionality for the price of around 10 bucks... It was easier and an obvious decision to get an other AUv3 app of choice and then use it across the platform. I like Korg but they need to adjust to the market.

I imagine their recent tests of making AUs will be valuable for them in future planning. I wouldn’t be surprised if they are cranking away on more of them.

Yeah, they have a few AUv3 apps already, so users (or is it only me?) are looking forward for the other Korg apps to be updated to the Audio Unit standard.

jwmmakerofmusic

I think I'm going to reinstall Gadget. This thread has made me realise that I actually miss it. 😂

jolico

@jwmmakerofmusic said:
I think I'm going to reinstall Gadget. This thread has made me realise that I actually miss it. 😂

…and then delete after you remember why you decided to delete it the first time.

I’ve installed and deleted it at least 10 times already. Memory of a goldfish 🤦‍♂️

jwmmakerofmusic

@jolico said:

@jwmmakerofmusic said:
I think I'm going to reinstall Gadget. This thread has made me realise that I actually miss it. 😂

…and then delete after you remember why you decided to delete it the first time.

I’ve installed and deleted it at least 10 times already. Memory of a goldfish 🤦‍♂️

Probably. 😂 It's the nostalgia driving me since Gadget was my main composing environment for years before Nanostudio 2 came along.

R_2

@rs2000 said:

@R_2 said:
Here’s an example of more ‘adventurous’ FX by using Zurich/Rosario/Durban.
I simply recorded the beat from track 1 (Recife) straight into track 2 (Zurich) through iPad internal speaker and mic.
Lots of different colors can be found this way.

Warning: watch your volume (portal to hell is opened occasionally )

Cool stuff! I guess I'm going to try this with a BBD delay.

Yes, it is cool, I should use this more often to create crazy fx.
You mean playing your iPad through a BBD delay and recording this back in? Please upload a demo when you do.
Indeed, putting the output through some effect before recording back in offers many different options. One can also hum or beatbox along while recording, or put your mouth around the speaker for a wah-wah effect
The acoustics while recording through mic can also be used as fx > play it loud in a bathroom, etc.
Talking about BBD, Rosario has an analog delay which, combined with the amp and cabinet settings, can sound quite thick.

u0421793

Okay, here’s a question

Who here got into Gadget, and also got into Ampify’s Groovebox and paid for the IAPs for that?

jwmmakerofmusic

@jolico said:

@jwmmakerofmusic said:
I think I'm going to reinstall Gadget. This thread has made me realise that I actually miss it. 😂

…and then delete after you remember why you decided to delete it the first time.

So, Gadget (well, it's called Gadget 2 now innit?) and the rest of the Korg apps have been reinstalled. I'm having a successful go in Gadget. Took me a while to remember why I didn't bother having it on my iPad for over 2 years. Then I remembered...

1. As I started naming my tracks to mark which is which, I realised I didn't have that feature before. When did they add custom naming of tracks? 😱

2. The "new and improved" GUI to Gadget 2 was what actually killed Gadget for me, but now that I look at it, it seems they adjusted it. I can actually see what I'm doing. When did they fix that?

3. Most of the IFX aren't as awful as I remember. There seem to be some new ones to boot. (Okay, so the reverb still sucks, not gonna lie. 😂 When one is spoiled with Eventide, Pro-R, and even the default reverb in NS2, etc, of course the Gadget reverb will sound shite. 🤪 And the EQ still sucks, but meh.)

But it seems that, reverb and EQ aside, things in Gadget 2 have either been improved since I last toyed with it, or aren't as bad as I remembered.

EDIT: Here's a throwaway example. https://www.dropbox.com/s/7xqfeaf8eumyq2s/ - gadget untitled (1)-converted.m4a?dl=0 I HP filtered the low ends of the non-bass-heavy tracks and did a bit of sidechaining. The sub bass has some added saturation (thank god Korg added that!). Drum samples are all Recife. The midbass is Miami, and the sub is Chiangmai. I mastered it with my usual "MDEStereo to BarkFilter to Barricade" effects chain in Cubasis 3. Gadget 2 gives me a meatier sound than NS2 does.

telecharge

@u0421793 said:
Okay, here’s a question

Who here got into Gadget, and also got into Ampify’s Groovebox and paid for the IAPs for that?

Not me, but I seldom go for any IAPs unless they're full app unlocks. No Gadget or Groovebox IAPs here.

I bought Gadget years ago during a sale and used a discounted iTunes gift card. Even though it was (and is) comparatively expensive to other apps, it's a bargain when you consider the number of instruments you get. I've always just used it as a sound module.

rs2000

.> @R_2 said:

@rs2000 said:

@R_2 said:
Here’s an example of more ‘adventurous’ FX by using Zurich/Rosario/Durban.
I simply recorded the beat from track 1 (Recife) straight into track 2 (Zurich) through iPad internal speaker and mic.
Lots of different colors can be found this way.

Warning: watch your volume (portal to hell is opened occasionally )

Cool stuff! I guess I'm going to try this with a BBD delay.

Yes, it is cool, I should use this more often to create crazy fx.
You mean playing your iPad through a BBD delay and recording this back in? Please upload a demo when you do.
Indeed, putting the output through some effect before recording back in offers many different options. One can also hum or beatbox along while recording, or put your mouth around the speaker for a wah-wah effect
The acoustics while recording through mic can also be used as fx > play it loud in a bathroom, etc.
Talking about BBD, Rosario has an analog delay which, combined with the amp and cabinet settings, can sound quite thick.

And I believed I was creative 😅
Thanks for these great ideas!

Will

Would be real fun if Gadget supported MIDI AUv3s; particularly if they implemented AUv3 state-per-scene vs entirely channel based.

rs2000

@syrupcore said:
Would be real fun if Gadget supported MIDI AUv3s; particularly if they implemented AUv3 state-per-scene vs entirely channel based.

Not a solution but automation can get you quite far in Gadget.

reasOne

@rs2000 said:

@R_2 said:
Here’s an example of more ‘adventurous’ FX by using Zurich/Rosario/Durban.
I simply recorded the beat from track 1 (Recife) straight into track 2 (Zurich) through iPad internal speaker and mic.
Lots of different colors can be found this way.

Warning: watch your volume (portal to hell is opened occasionally )

Cool stuff! I guess I'm going to try this with a BBD delay.

That’s a great way to add some flavor

icsleepers

@rs2000 said:

@syrupcore said:
Would be real fun if Gadget supported MIDI AUv3s; particularly if they implemented AUv3 state-per-scene vs entirely channel based.

Not a solution but automation can get you quite far in Gadget.

I’ve always enjoyed setting up Gadget in Aum and then firing Rozeta and Fugue Machine at it always good fun

reasOne

If they could make gadget multi out and load it in aum / ab that would be good with me , could sequence with any MIDI app as usual then add our effects too each channel

DatGood

@reasOne said:
If they could make gadget multi out and load it in aum / ab that would be good with me , could sequence with any MIDI app as usual then add our effects too each channel

EXAAAAAAAAACTLY

stormywaterz

Gadget as a box is fine with me. I see people do more with less growing up. Only thing to me lacking is the au aspect. Add an au gadget and au fx and internal sampling and I’d prob remove every daw I don’t need. Besides BeatHawk, gadget has been the most sound and stable of all iPad apps. My dream is to use beathawk inside gadget.

I really like to see one price for all os. Hate paying for it multiple times to use it on Mac or switch or ios.

MrSmileZ

I got an mc707...who needs gadget

Will

@icsleepers said:

@rs2000 said:

@syrupcore said:
Would be real fun if Gadget supported MIDI AUv3s; particularly if they implemented AUv3 state-per-scene vs entirely channel based.

Not a solution but automation can get you quite far in Gadget.

I’ve always enjoyed setting up Gadget in Aum and then firing Rozeta and Fugue Machine at it always good fun

Inspired by my own "if only..." post in this thread earlier today I did pretty much this tonight. It was indeed good fun but yeah, MIDI AUFX settings per channel+scene still feels like it'd be super duper fun. Like, it'd blow Gadget wide open for me in a way I hadn't previously considered.

wim

Sequencing Gadget with Xequence 2 is a great combination.

cyberheater

I never got on with the workflow. Looked like an awesome app.

robosardine

Still grooving along with it.
I’m liking the idea of getting Pompei on board, but I’m not liking the idea of shelling out £28 for iPolysix just to get the Gadget version. Anyone know when the next sale might be due?

GrimLucky

@robosardine said:
Still grooving along with it.
I’m liking the idea of getting Pompei on board, but I’m not liking the idea of shelling out £28 for iPolysix just to get the Gadget version. Anyone know when the next sale might be due?

There was a sale in June last year so could be one coming up, they seem to have Summer and Black Friday sales.

R_2

@robosardine Korg does a ‘Summer sale’ every year around June/July.

robosardine

Great, thanks - just in time. 😃 I might just treat myself to Stockholm as well.

rs2000

@robosardine said:
Still grooving along with it.
I’m liking the idea of getting Pompei on board, but I’m not liking the idea of shelling out £28 for iPolysix just to get the Gadget version. Anyone know when the next sale might be due?

Got iMonoPoly? IMHO it's the better deal.

McD

I didn't abandon Gadget... I just stopped trying when I found 16 bars to be too short for my style of workflow.

I switched to Auria, then Cubasis and settled on AUM.

Lately, I've started to use a pencil in Staffpad.

Maybe I'll start to think in 16 bar sections some day.

I entertained BPM = 20 and the maximum number of steps per bar which let's you record audio for up to 7 minutes but makes quantizing truly dangerous since notes will be grouped into clumps.

R_2

@rs2000 said:

@robosardine said:
Still grooving along with it.
I’m liking the idea of getting Pompei on board, but I’m not liking the idea of shelling out £28 for iPolysix just to get the Gadget version. Anyone know when the next sale might be due?

Got iMonoPoly? IMHO it's the better deal.

Agreed, so is Lexington (ODYSSEi).
Still like Pompei for its smooth Hi-pass filter.

jwmmakerofmusic

Once the summer sale comes, I'm buying the IAPs I'm missing in Module currently. I love Nanostudio 2, but I'm finding myself returning to Gadget in a big way. Produced two tracks in it within the span of about 1-2 weeks.

db909

Daily reminder that Korg is dead to me until they dust off iKaossilator and do a proper update/sequel, etc.

robosardine

@rs2000 said:

@robosardine said:
Still grooving along with it.
I’m liking the idea of getting Pompei on board, but I’m not liking the idea of shelling out £28 for iPolysix just to get the Gadget version. Anyone know when the next sale might be due?

Got iMonoPoly? IMHO it's the better deal.

I do have iMonopoly and it definitely has its sonic moments. A bit like @jwmmakerofmusic was saying I am taking a headlong dive back into Gadget so I’m looking to beef up the arsenal a bit.