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Korg Gadgets: Are any "best-in-class" or unique?
Previously, I avoided Korg Gadget because it wasn't AUv3-compliant. Now that it is, I have two questions...
1. Are there any Korg Gadgets (instruments) that you consider to be best-in-class or unique (sounds that you can't get in another app)? For example, when I read posts about the best acoustic pianos, nobody mentions the Salzburg Gadget, so I doubt it is best-in-class. The same is true for organs and the Alexandria Gadget.
2. Are any Gadgets unique (sounds that you can't replicate / approximate in other apps)? For example, is there a Gadget that sounds like a Yamaha CS-80 (which is a gap on the iPad)?
What do you think?
Comments
I think Milpitas is pretty unique…
Salzberg may not be mentioned, but it is just a front-end for the pianos in Korg Module. Module is mentioned as, if not best-in-class any more, at least very good.
I feel like Chicago is a unique twist on bass synths, like what a next generation TB-303 might be if something like that existed. Kiev is pretty unique for dialing in ambiance easily. Madrid is OK for quick electric bass, though I prefer Bassalicious2 or PureSynth Platinum for that. Tokyo isn't super unique or best-in-class, but it's just plain fun.
Darwin is unique and I would consider it best in class. You could probably find a decent CS-80 there I would think. But it's not AUv3 yet.
In fact, most of the ones that would be on my list in answer to this question aren't AUv3 yet.
Have a listen for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/@TheSoundTestRoom/search?query=Gadget
Oh that is very important to understand. I thought the entire "Gadgets ecosystem" was now AUv3, but I guess it is only a subset of the Gadgets.
Madrid is a great bass app. Use it all the time for my projects.
Warzawa’s wavetable synth is the synth from Korg Electribe Wave, and is good
So far. Comments from Korg indicate more are on the way.
Stockholm is THE best Rex file player on IOS. In fact it is the only Rex file player on IOS:)
Kamata is definitely unique. There's not much like it on iOS. If you're not into that kind of thing it's not of much use.
I love that you can draw in your own wave-forms as you play.
Thank you for this answer. I had never heard of Rex files until now. After some searching on Google and Youtube, it looks like an interesting sampling technology.
Yeah, and sadly not the ones that have excellent standalone plugins - Mono/Poly, Odyssei, iM1 etc. Really hoping these come soon.
It would be great if Korg follows through and converts several of their older iOS synths to AUv3: Odyssei, iM1, iMono/Poly, etc.
Amen!
If you can’t wait for the wavestation one, try Kiev, it’s sort of wavestationish (there’s internal reference to wavestation in the Kiev folders in iTunes when viewed on the Mac (or used to be long time ago))
Sorting out the preset issues with Mono/Poly would be appreciated also.
Absolutely. Madrid gets the job done.
Helsinki doesn’t have a clear alternative that I’m aware of, the missus likes it, so was very pleased when the AUv3 update rocked up!
(I’m waiting for the standalone synth apps to be AUv3 at which point I’ll be tempted to buy more of them, have iWAVESTATION from back in the day)
Not yet available as an AU. Korg have said that all the standalones are coming later. No timeline given.
I don’t know about best, but I find them really usable in a number of ways. I actually really like Salzburg. I also think Montreal gets dirty in a way other apps of its type maybe don’t quite as immediately.
Malipas can be quite unique. Kiev, Helsinki & Chang mai, can be great for ambient, pad things but I actually find the uniqueness is when I go away from the default suggestions.
I often find cool bass parts, especially using Kiev.
Milipas is great for adding those wired percussive rhythmic parts for techno or those dirty raw metallic rumbles. Same with Kiev.
Chang-mai, Helsinki Kiev can do more straightforward layering for pads, plucks bass etc. but for me the strength is it’s not so unique 🤣 You can really dial them down so they sound good with other sounds if you get me.
Another vote here for Chicago being a unique elaboration on the 303 motif. Also I think one of the main advantages of the Gadgets is how they’re stripped down and specialized, making them easy and quick to work with. You choose a gadget based on what kind of sound you’re after, and you can get there fast…
^ This. I reach for them because I can get the general character of sound I'm imagining quickly without interrupting the creative flow and getting too distracted with sound design.
V-analog synths in gadget are ok. They are low cpu. The yamaha cs80 synth had polyphonic aftertouch and a ribbon…other than that it was quite a simple synthesis structure. Nothing amazing to be honest.
In its time it was cool you could save a few patches, and the poly at…nothing much beyond that.
Stockholm imo is the best for making breakbeat edits ala jungle/breakcore/idm style. It’s up there with the Drambo’s flexisampler, maybe not as deep, but it can be much faster to get stuff going by finding the proper REX2 files which is not really that hard on the internet. Also Stockholm inside Drambo is very nice.
Also Gadgets in general sound great, are simple to use and low CPU.
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