Korg Gadget for iPad

Bald Eagle · Post by **Bald Eagle** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 2:29 am

Been playing around with Z3TA on my iPad for about an hour now. It is simply spectacular. Well worth every penny.

BobTheDog · Post by **BobTheDog** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 7:55 am

Thanks. Is the same as the plugin?

Hugo · Post by **Hugo** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 11:41 am

Bummer it requires iOS7. I'm on the iPad2, and have heard upgrading to iOS7 will cause audio breakup problems. So I'll have to wait till I can afford a new iPad before I can install this baby.

Bald Eagle · Post by **Bald Eagle** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 11:51 am

As far as I can tell so far it has all of the functionality of the plugin. The controls are organized a bit differently to take better advantage of the touch screen and the space available. I think it's an improvement.

If you are familiar with the plugin version you will have no problem using this app. I don't think there is any way to import patches from the plugin but you should be able to manually recreate them. Polyphony is limited to 8 voices on iPad 4 and the user guide says less on earlier models. And yes, there is a user guide that is very nicely done.

This is a very well done professional class synth app. If you like the plugin you will like this.

csteen · Post by **csteen** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 2:23 pm

Over on the Audiobus forum some one mentioned that they loaded their vst patches into ios with no problems using ifunbox.
Yes I am having a lot of fun with this synth. It works great on the older ipad mini. A few patches stuttered but I easily fixed that by a buffer rate increase and the response remained very stable and quick.

csteen · Post by **csteen** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 2:24 pm

BobTheDog wrote:Is it good then?

NO IT IS NOT GOOD/ This is SUPER GOOD.

Timo · Post by **Timo** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 3:28 am

The virtual keyboard and knobs on Gadget are a real, absolute pain in the arse. I have never been as frustrated with any instrument app as much as this. Horrible.

Really wish you can get rid of the MIDI timeline/score above each gadget and turn the app landscape to enlarge and make each gadget full screen.

If I get something like the IK Multimedia iRig Midi, can I use something like my Virus Indigo to control all the knobs on the Gadget as well as the keys? Reason I ask I'm unsure how you would set up MIDI knob-learn on the iPad, or whether you'd need a dedicated MIDI keyboard like the Korg Kontrol.

Thanks

SanderXpander · Post by **SanderXpander** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 6:37 am

Cake says polyphony of Z3TA is only 4 on iPad 4. It's pretty unclear in the appstore.

gjvti · Post by **gjvti** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 7:08 am

Timo wrote:The virtual keyboard and knobs on Gadget are a real, absolute pain in the arse. I have never been as frustrated with any instrument app as much as this. Horrible.

Really wish you can get rid of the MIDI timeline/score above each gadget and turn the app landscape to enlarge and make each gadget full screen.

If I get something like the IK Multimedia iRig Midi, can I use something like my Virus Indigo to control all the knobs on the Gadget as well as the keys? Reason I ask I'm unsure how you would set up MIDI knob-learn on the iPad, or whether you'd need a dedicated MIDI keyboard like the Korg Kontrol.

Thanks

This is a point at which Triton Taktile should come into game as dedicated integrated hardware controller for Gadget at least. But Korg is different company ... Obviously Korg divisions, which developed these separate products hardly know each others existence.

Matty_Boy · Post by **Matty_Boy** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 7:50 am

External controller support is something that Gadget is really lacking at the moment. You can't map midi cc's to any control. It doesn't even respond to pitch bend. I'm sure this will be corrected in an update.

aron · Post by **aron** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 11:22 pm

For me on my iPad 3, the biggest problem is latency. I can't even tap in a groove on time due to the bad latency.

The sounds are very good for the style IMO. It's probably pretty darn good on the iPad Air.

BobTheDog · Post by **BobTheDog** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 11:34 pm

aron wrote:For me on my iPad 3, the biggest problem is latency. I can't even tap in a groove on time due to the bad latency.

The sounds are very good for the style IMO. It's probably pretty darn good on the iPad Air.

If you are talking about Gadget, go to the ipad settings app, find gadget and change the latency.

aron · Post by **aron** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 11:44 pm

Thanks! Was looking for that. OK we will see.

Ksynth · Post by **Ksynth** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:57 pm

New free update for korg Gadget now online App shop

Hugo · Post by **Hugo** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:43 pm

Ksynth wrote:New free update for korg Gadget now online App shop

Wow, that was quick. Does it add anything new, or is it just maintanance?