KORG iDS-10 Reviews – Page 4
5/5 rating based on 41 reviews. Read all reviews for KORG iDS-10 for iPhone.
KORG iDS-10 is paid iOS app published by KORG INC.
I'm so glad this is for iOS now!
Korg Fan
Not only I am able to have it on iOS now, it is way better than the DS-10/+ and the DSN-12 combined. For example, you no longer have to import patches from other songs to obtain them, and you can sequence every parameter of the synthesizer. Also, the drum sounds are no longer samples but synthesized drum sounds you can actually edit and have their own patches! Don't forget to buy Plus Mode so you can have an additional vocoder and two more synth voices
Very powerful and very fun
Leom187
This app has a step sequencer and a keyboard for recording notes. IGNORE THEM. The real meat and potatoes is in the Kaoss pad from which you can record your note sequences and record parameter automation of everything in the synths. Press record and play and jam out. New notes replace old notes so you don't have to stop playing until you like what you hear. Switch seamlessly back and forth between notes and synth parameters. You can literally do almost everything from the Kaoss pad save for copying sequences, panning, and master effects. Absolutely brilliant. Includes a voice synth that can produce words from text and also record external sounds. Awesome! IAP gets you two additional synth tracks and an additional voice synth. Do not overlook this!
Happily overlooked deficiencies until I bought Plus Mode
dysamoria
Updated December 2, 2016: I recently bought the +Plus mode for iDS-10 during the Korg sale season. While it's nice to have three more synth tracks, the integration is very poor and makes the purchase a questionable value. Instead of a "+Plus" button being stuck on the various screens, the added tracks/synths should be integrated into the main views with the rest of the synth tracks. For example: the main screen should scroll vertically to view all tracks. The same should be done elsewhere. This frustration reminds me again that there's still no transport control for IAA functionality in ANY Korg app to date, and that iDS-10 has no MIDI or individual track export. These deficiencies become more relevant when you have more tracks to work with; when you make more complex songs and you find you want to export to a regular DAW, you're left without a reasonable methodology other than muting all tracks and exporting one at a time as a wave file. As a result, I have removed another star from my review. Original Review: I'm enjoying this synth on an iPhone 6s and iPad Pro. The UI is pretty on the iPhone, but the controls are fiddly on even that medium-sized screen. On the iPad, however, it's much more usable. In fact, I wish Korg Gadget used the same gestures and UI conventions for pattern copy/paste, because the UI for those functions is WAY better in THIS app! It would massively improve iMS-20 to use iDS-10's sequencer UI, as well.
More fun functions, but less tweaky tone
noahwise
I haven't been able to attain the same great tones I was finding with the ds-10, many of which I recorded despite the nintendos volume. But patterning and arranging is pretty easy and fun
Great synth, and on your iPhone!
KoreanTacos
This is a great app for not only developing your skills at shaping sounds in a virtual analog and semi-modular environment. It also let's you quickly patch together loops, 303-style. On top of that, the vocoder function is great. Of course, the sequencer has some limitations as a tool for a full composition, and the live tools aren't nearly as flexible as those of Gadget, but it is very fun to be able to create rhythms and develop some fundamental modular-synthesis skills while riding the bus. This app is not perfect, but I'm giving it 5 star because it is easily worth $20.
Great app but support is lacking
soultrondds
Great app with a couple downfalls. Dropbox link has ceased to function and emailing seems broken. Not a big deal if you are importing on the same device. Great version of an awesome platform for creating with more power and good upgrades.
Disappointed
AppShark
Requires in-app purchases for basic functions advertised in the description. You only find this out after you purchase the app.
I was wrong
alternaive
I have thoroughly enjoyed the KORG DS & 3DS applications, and have been thirsty for more high-quality music experiences on gaming hardware. When I heard they were bringing the software to iOS, I chalked it up to porting software to another device to recoup losses on the eShop. On a whim, I decided to purchase the app as an extra hammer in my toolbox, only to be blown away by the refinement of an already useful piece of software, on top of the expanded functionality that utilizes the iDevice bag of tricks. I was wrong to pass it off as a cash-grab transposition, and have not been so delighted to be on the losing end of an assumption! It is indeed worthy of its place in my repertoire!
Cash grab
the suds
This is a cash grab. 1. Not only does this app charge you an extra 9.99 for an extra 2 synth track (there’s only 2 to begin with) as well as an extra voice track (1, to begin with) There are WAY MORE features on the Korg dsn12 available for a Nintendo handheld. I bought this app for the voice encoder, and was left underwhelmed due to the fact that I thought this would carry over some of the improvements from the DSN12 software. It hasn’t and I’m disappointed. The kaos pad doesn’t seem to allow for custom tuning. I wish that the dsn12 would one day be brought over to iOS, Along with the voice encoder feature. The only reason I’m giving. This a 2 star review is because I enjoyed the voice encoder. Tltr version: korg you obviously should have ported the dsn12, the more recent version of this software and you shouldn’t charge users extra money for additional tracks in a software that has a name that implies 10 tracks. At most this software features 8 tracks if you are willing to shell out an extra 10 dollars. The dsn12 has 12 tracks. It’s really disappointing. Like I said, I expected way more from this app due to the high score, and my experience with the dsn12 which is really awesome and should have been ported instead of this lackluster experience.