Type and Tag filters help you narrow down your choice here from among the various synths, drum machines, sampled instruments and audio recorders. You are, however, presented with the same palette of colourful renders from which to choose your first Gadget.

Starting a new project, I was slightly sad to see that Gadget For Mac doesn’t have the automatic song-naming feature from the iOS version, which has blessed me over the years with such wonderful songs as ‘Flat Expression’ and ‘Vertical Crab’. This goes some way to explaining the difference in price between the versions. The only significant difference is that Gadget For Mac comes with the complete set of Gadgets while the iOS version provides a starter pack and then offers others as individual in-app purchases. The feature-set is exactly the same on the Mac version, as is the look, except that the interface has room to spread out and relax in the extra screen space. Gadget for Mac closely mirrors the iOS version: it’s a collection of musical ‘Gadgets’ within a sequencing and mixing environment along the lines of Ableton Live’s Session view. Korg have now ported Gadget to the Mac, not only bringing the app to the desktop, but also turning all the Gadgets into VST/AU/AAX plug-ins, with the promise of seamless transition between your mobile and studio platforms. The appeal is that you can dip into Gadget and noodle with the eclectic instruments, and also generate useful ideas that you can use later via Gadget’s ability to export to various formats, particularly Ableton Live. Korg Gadget is one of the most successful music apps on the iOS platform, and the only one that I’ve used routinely over the last few years.

Korg have created a synth production studio that works on all your devices. Gadget for Mac combines the two views from the iOS version.

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