KORG Gadget 2 Reviews

Problems

i am el jeffe

I own both for iOS and Mac. Hundreds invested. Upgraded to version 2. iOS Midi sync is crap. Will not restore purchases. Taipei needs an audio monitor. Mac AU plugins in other apps (LIVE) are inefficient causing fans to run with only one instance.

What a bummer

organicjason

So I spent the good money for all the modules gadgets etc and sad to say nothing works at all not my restored purchases not my app no sound checked all the help topics and no help so until I get some progress this is a one star for me and a beware to all you out there

Got developer feedback; Was a 2 now it’s a 1 Star

Facie Jones

Having written Korg about a plethora of issues with apps and devices on multiple platforms I’ve finally gotten a response (in this case almost a year later)! Sort of a ‘we’re working on it’. This app has so much potential. While the gadgets are limited, they could function so much better either adequate design. While one of my biggest complaints is the ability to control a cc value is unprecise, the remedy of fine control in the flick is possibly more frustrating than trying dial in with the poor (in-app) knob/value control before.. If it doesn’t like your flick it can throw the value wildly in one direction. The lack of control is terribly apparent in sampler devices like the Abu Dhabi or the Bilbao when it would be very nice to tune samples together or seperately and quickly. (Add a shift button on the lower right hand of the screen!). Also if you’re using samples, the file picking can be brutal. Especially if samples are in a folder. You will have to start at the top anytime you’re searching. It will not return you to where you were in your folder. This might sound picky, but these simple workflow killers have made some process take 10x than necessary and totally taken me out of being creative and iced my vibe on many occasions. I wish Korg would have prioritized getting the Gadget 1 right before sticking a big #2 on it. Research Beatmaker 3 or Cubasis. They may not be as ‘grooveboxy’ or all in 1, but they are vastly superior DAWs that seem to take the users time and effort more seriously. Honestly, if Korg was to make the user experience more reliable, fluid and sweeten the other dark neglected corners this would max out at a 4/5. The reduction in review is ultimately because this thing has been out for years and should be getting better. Korg needs to survey the iOS audio landscape and see that smaller devs are releasing interesting, powerful, work-ready apps and in comparison the Gadget is turning into a toy.

Crashes upon opening

LastAvailableHandle

I’ve had Gadget for several years and have lived it. I’ve bought all of the plug ins and peripheral apps. Ever since the 2.0 update at the beginning of the year, this app won’t even open.

Export Error

TMan3_3

I am having major problems with gadget cloud. It will not allow me to export songs. I keep getting an error message saying I need to confirm my email settings on the SoundCloud website. But I have no problems logging into SoundCloud and uploading songs. This is annoying. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!

Finally a solid multi use iOS DAW 4 the iPhone

Holla @ Thine Tuna

Maybe I’m biased as I’ve been a Korg guy since the days of the Triton when I was a teen. I’ve been keen to the flexibility of Korg‘s sequencers for a while, so the nature of Gadget 2 makes a lot of sense to me. The keyboard controls for the synth leave much to be desired with the phone as a sole interface in comparison to apps like GarageBand or even beatwave, however the updates to midi in and out have made this so much easier to lock in ideas that I can commit to. Wish there was more flexibility with audio period as doing midi out to another iOS synth, committing audio and flying in doesn’t have the same flexibility of cutting audio as GB or iMPC 2. Currently automation rides are the only work around.

Thank you

TheOscillation

Thank you for making it backwards compatible with v1

Please improve copy/paste tracks between scenes. Please!

Tmidiman

Importing a midi file into Gadget has become so much better. Because of that I’ll add another star! Thanks to the Gadget team! Another improvement that I love, being able to transpose selected notes in the piano view. This is a big improvement and adds to a great workflow. The next major improvement is the copy/paste of bars. Moving a bar from one scene to another deletes the previous bars in that scene. Gadget needs to be better at nondestructively moving around bars to different scenes. I should be able to either prepare a place to copy the information or Gadget should ask where to place it (what bar and beat) and built out the existing bar as needed. It doesn’t have to be fine tuned. Just let me copy over one or two bars nondestructively to another scene and I’ll be able to edit the rest as needed. Freedom with editing is what takes a DAW from being a toy to being a useful creative tool. Another improvement, please update the manuals. There are features people need to know about that make Korg Gadget 2 one of the best iOS DAWs. Lastly, Gadget is such a great tool. The sounds, flexibility, and features make it the top DAW for feeding your creativity. My only other request for future expansion would be more acoustic drum and bass Gadgets along with another guitar amp modeling Gadget. Add that with IR importing would be even better!

Great app, developer is responsive

intrawl

This app is a fun and unique way to make music. The most recent update addressed some concerns I had with the interface color scheme. As a user of Korg Gadget 1 for Mac, I’m very happy to see that project files are compatible with that version again.

Some bugs

BallFindlers

Bilbao stops accepting samples after the first sample is selected from audioshare

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