Korg Gadget comes to Mac...also as AU, VST, AAX, NKS support!

[fmr]

Hey I'm not advocating for one way or another. i just think it's interesting considering that gadget must have been very successful on iOS.

Maybe. Or, OTOH, they didn't have the success they expected in iOS alone, and they decide to broader their installed platform...

I'm actually happy it won't be available exclusively on the App Store as it means there's a chance for it to be cross platform (win/Mac) and a chance for a proper demo.

If and when it is ported to Windows, and if the price includes everything, we will see. Right now, not everything is even ready at launch for JUST Mac OS (which makes the launching price a jump of faith) and we have no word of a port to Windows.

And the $299,00 for THAT is just to laugh about.

@ Korg: Bring us some serious stuff, like the Korg PS series, or the Korg Trident, and update the GUIs of the KLC series. And for BOTH Mac and Windows. That's what's needed, not toyish cutdown versions for $299,00

[el-bo (formerly ebow)]

I'm glad it's that price, as I can now just forget about ever having to buy it

[fmr]

I'm glad it's that price, as I can now just forget about ever having to buy it

Yes, I'm pretty much in the same positon. From the entire thing, only a small package would interest me, and from those, I already have the M1, the Wavestation and the MS-20 (all FULL developed versions, not editing restricted ones). For the Odissey, I already have the G-Force, which is way better (I'm comparing features, but I suspect that even soundwise the G-Force will not be inferior). Glad they priced it that way - it's something I will never be tempted

[waltercruz]

Well, it will be half price in 1 or 2 years

[el-bo (formerly ebow)]

I'm glad it's that price, as I can now just forget about ever having to buy it

Yes, I'm pretty much in the same positon. From the entire thing, only a small package would interest me, and from those, I already have the M1, the Wavestation and the MS-20 (all FULL developed versions, not editing restricted ones). For the Odissey, I already have the G-Force, which is way better (I'm comparing features, but I suspect that even soundwise the G-Force will not be inferior). Glad they priced it that way - it's something I will never be tempted

The more I think about it, the more ludicrous it seems

[sprnva]

Maybe they'll do like the M1 LE and release a Gadget LE which gets you a discounted upgrade to the full version. It could be added to the software bundle that comes with their keyboards and controllers.

[fmr]

Maybe they'll do like the M1 LE and release a Gadget LE which gets you a discounted upgrade to the full version. It could be added to the software bundle that comes with their keyboards and controllers.

What can be more LE than this?

[jbuonacc]

... I already have the M1, the Wavestation and the MS-20 (all FULL developed versions, not editing restricted ones).

at least on iOS, if you have the Wavestation for Gadget you already have the full version (which is far better than the 'Legacy' one that you're so proud of).

For the Odissey, I already have the G-Force, which is way better (I'm comparing features, but I suspect that even soundwise the G-Force will not be inferior).

i haven't used the G-Force version, but the Korg ODYSSEi sounds damn good. surprisingly good, actually. (sorry, haven't checked, but) what "features" of the G-Force Odyssey make it "way better"? while it's lacking in the Gadget version (though can be approximated for the most part), the note/parameter sequencer of the full version is really fantastic. i'd love to hear a sound comparison between the two (and i'm almost surprised that nobody has done an iOS vs hardware comparison.) i wouldn't be so sure of yourself about products that you've never even used/heard, your earlier comments and these here just make you look completely ignorant.

i'll be forever grateful to you for your amazing contribution to TAL Sampler (the Hollow Sun collection), but i can't let you slide here.

[Cinebient]

... I already have the M1, the Wavestation and the MS-20 (all FULL developed versions, not editing restricted ones).

at least on iOS, if you have the Wavestation for Gadget you already have the full version (which is far better than the 'Legacy' one that you're so proud of).

For the Odissey, I already have the G-Force, which is way better (I'm comparing features, but I suspect that even soundwise the G-Force will not be inferior).

i haven't used the G-Force version, but the Korg ODYSSEi sounds damn good. surprisingly good, actually. (sorry, haven't checked, but) what "features" of the G-Force Odyssey make it "way better"? while it's lacking in the Gadget version (though can be approximated for the most part), the note/parameter sequencer of the full version is really fantastic. i'd love to hear a sound comparison between the two (and i'm almost surprised that nobody has done an iOS vs hardware comparison.) i wouldn't be so sure of yourself about products that you've never even used/heard, your earlier comments and these here just make you look completely ignorant.

i'll be forever grateful to you for your amazing contribution to TAL Sampler (the Hollow Sun collection), but i can't let you slide here.

I find the Odyssei much better!
Oddity sound is not bad (not as good as Odyssei for me) and GUI is totally crap!

[fmr]

i haven't used the G-Force version, but the Korg ODYSSEi sounds damn good. surprisingly good, actually. (sorry, haven't checked, but) what "features" of the G-Force Odyssey make it "way better"? while it's lacking in the Gadget version (though can be approximated for the most part), the note/parameter sequencer of the full version is really fantastic. i'd love to hear a sound comparison between the two (and i'm almost surprised that nobody has done an iOS vs hardware comparison.) i wouldn't be so sure of yourself about products that you've never even used/heard, your earlier comments and these here just make you look completely ignorant.

I didn't use the Korg ODYSSEi, but from the product page, I read it is simply duophonic, while the G-Force can be monphonic, duophonic and fully polyphonic. Judging exclusively for the control panel, the Korg ODYSSEi is also farly limited (basically limited to what the hardware was) while the G-Force has A LOT of modern features added. EDIT: I just saw it has several "pages" - but there goes the greatness of the GUI. A simple synth like that with four pages to edit? Crappy GUI.

It's like comparing a synth of the 70s with a synth of the XXIst century. It could sound really terrific, I wouldn't care less - it's limited and duophonic... And the gadget version is even more limited, or so it seems. You asked what features make the G-Force version better? Compare the Korg version to this (I don't know what are the Korg ODYSSEi features because I didn't found them listes anywhere):

Two syncable oscillators plus a sub oscillator
Fully tuneable across a six octave range
Monophonic, Duophonic and Polyphonic modes
Sawtooth, Square, Sine & Variable pulse width waveforms
Ring modulator
Two resonant 24dB/octave lowpass filter modes
One 12dB/octave filter mode
Highpass filter
Vast Modulation options via additional XLFO and XADSRs
Dynamic control over filter cutoff and amplitude
Timed Morphing between presets within a preset bank.
Flying Slider feature
On-Board Delay
Spread and Random Pan Modes
Full automation support

Regarding the GUI, I laugh at those that consider it trash. For me it looks gorgeous and is great for editing ON A COMPUTER. I know that cinebient thinks those crappy gigantic GUIs that are created for touch are great - but for me THAT is crap, and those kind of GUIs on a computer are to laugh about - they look "cartoonish".

Regarding the iWavestation and iM1, what does make them better than the KLC versions? The only remark I have to the KLC versions are the GUIs. Besides that, they are great. And I know what I am talking about, since I also have a "real" Wavestation - the Wavestation A/D. I'm not talking based on You Tube videos.

So, I don't need gadget versions, what I need is an updated version of what I already have. At $99 I could be tempted. At $199? - no way. At $299?

What Korg is doing is milking the cow, trying to sell again what was already sold. What I would like to see is real professional emulations of something like the PS-3300 and the Trident, besides updating the KLC versions.

Anyway, if you like them good for you and for Korg - at least they will succeed in milking $199 from you. From me they will not get a cent.

[jbuonacc]

... from the product page, I read it is simply duophonic ...

nope. mono, legato, duo, poly.

... I just saw it has several "pages" - but there goes the greatness of the GUI. A simple synth like that with four pages to edit? Crappy GUI.

nope, just two (on the full version at least). all the synth controls on one page and just the arp/seq/fx on the second.

nice try though.

most everything else you mention as making Oddity "better" i don't really see as necessary for an Odyssey emulation.

Regarding the iWavestation and iM1, what does make them better than the KLC versions?

can't say whether or not the iOS M1 is any better (who cares? it's the M1), but programming/editing is greatly improved on the iOS Wavestation. how hard is it for you to find this out? plenty of video examples out there, or just download the manual.

What Korg is doing is milking the cow, trying to sell again what was already sold.

there's plenty inside Gadget that Korg hasn't "already sold". again, how hard would it be to educate yourself a bit before making a fool of yourself?

Anyway, if you like them good for you and for Korg - at least they will succeed in milking $199 from you.

not too interested in a desktop version of Gadget myself, and i don't use Mac.

[fmr]

What Korg is doing is milking the cow, trying to sell again what was already sold.

there's plenty inside Gadget that Korg hasn't "already sold". again, how hard would it be to educate yourself a bit before making a fool of yourself?

Like what? And how good is it? And why would I waste my time reading and seeing videos of a product that I will never consider to buy? If they will have a demo, I may download it, out of curiosity, like I do with basically anything else. But I have enough experience to smell hype already. Like I said, I am not interested in these little "gadgets" but in things like the PS-3300 - THAT would be a real achievement, but I doubt that Korg has the guts for that now. It's much easier to cash on repackaging and well dressed variations of the same theme.

Anyway, if you like them good for you and for Korg - at least they will succeed in milking $199 from you.

not too interested in a desktop version of Gadget myself, and i don't use Mac.

And what if it was available for Windows?

[dumbledog]

Like what? And how good is it? And why would I waste my time reading and seeing videos of a product that I will never consider to buy?

I dunno, why do you have like half the posts on this page

[fmr]

Like what? And how good is it? And why would I waste my time reading and seeing videos of a product that I will never consider to buy?

I dunno, why do you have like half the posts on this page

Maybe because I wrote them?

But you're right. It's time to leave this for the fanboys. Over and out.

[jbuonacc]

what a f'ing clown.