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https://forum.loopypro.com/discussion/68215/korg-gadget-le-challenge-2026-edition
For anyone interested, I created the next "Gadget LE" challenge. 😂 Get as fun, freaky, and experimental as you'd like, within the constraints of the challenge of course.
Singing Wolfs-burg 🐺
Next Challenge: The Gadget Groovebox, using only Bilbaos 😛
Oh dear goodness, that would really suck, lol. 😂
Stay on the scene, like a sex machine gadget
Another one in the series that factory preset sounds familiar
(previous ones featured Syreeta and Madlib)
Guitar intro at 0:00
Bilbao > Program 001 (RawCutz Kit 01) > pad 7 (pitch -510)
Multitracked guitar by James Kelton
“Solitude Piano” preset from Petrichor sound pack (Korg Module).
1 scene, 20 bpm.
Lovely!
Thanks Jim. Yeah some interesting rainy sounds in the pack.
“Jack is Back” by Maxteks
“Pixel Bloom“ by John Gilleese
Like it @VerbaLee
can you explain further please? How do you get the rex files into gadget in the first place, for example. I have the Stockholm gadget.
“Impromptu” by ENTxOPY
TLDR: Nice track, Gadget is awesome. Its strengths and weaknesses can push you towards certain compositional tendencies. Partly why we all love it, but worth keeping in mind if your tracks don't end up as what you're aiming for.
Me sorry long post.
That track's a whopper! Some nice ideas in there, I like it, reminds me of where quite a few of my own Gadget projects have tended to go, down the years.
I think this track perfectly illustrates something fundamental about Gadget, and how it can push you in certain directions or shape how you compose in it, via its own strengths and weaknesses. This 'essay' (😂) isn't a criticism of this track - it works very well. It's the tendency of Gadget to facilitate this style more easily than others that is worth noting.
'Impromptu' has lots of layered monophonic, tonal, rhythmic, syncopated, 'plinky' elements that are slightly 'static' sounding on their own (little timbral/tonal movement). They often occur in discreet sections exploring a motif, before returning to a main theme.
Obviously, this is pretty common in score and classical music, but seems to just 'happen' a lot more easily in Gadget than elsewhere (for me at least).
I think a big reason for that is Gadget's easy access to great-sounding 'plinky' synths, and its general lack of easy modulation. If you want your track to remain interesting you either have to layer it, or pour yourself a coffee, roll up your sleeves and get a-automatin'.
Automation itself is super easy, but there's very little modulation available without some external input or deeper routing. Many synths have LFOs, but the samplers and drum machines don't tend to.
So, if you want movement, it can get very tedious and sometimes confusing to manage automation for every parameter and instrument across a full song.
That level of friction is generally not the Gadget 'experience' in most regards, which might be why I've encountered so much unconscious internal resistance to setting up automation/modulation in it. Nowadays I tend to export the stems and do that in Ableton.
Anyway, you're all Gadget lovers, I'm sure many of you have already noticed this. But, if you haven't, it's worth keeping in mind if you like Gadget but are struggling to find your 'sound' in it.