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Why can’t we get the thing to run in gadget? especially the vocoder. Gadget has no vocoder. why would you guys just leave this out when this feature is so great? Besides that this thing is amazing on its own, but I wish I could use it with other apps. Show more

The iDS-10 is an incredible music studio app, however can it please be updated to accept MIDI clock from DAW software including Cubasis, FL Studio and GarageBand? This is the only drawback to the software as it can’t be played in time with other instruments. If this is already possible, what is the CC command to start the sequencer? Show more

I fell in love with KORG back in the Nintendo DS days with the KORG DS-10 and KORG M01. Instead of forcing everyone to buy their very high end physical equipment, they have made extremely well designed software versions of their gear available to everyone at ridiculously good prices. I use these for live shows with Ableton, and I use their DAW plugins for recordings, mixing and producing. I really love being able to hang out with my hip hop buddies and whip out my ipad to make beats for them to rap to. So much fun and even a way to make income, I love these apps so much!!!! Show more

This is not one of those things. Total piece of overpriced crap.

It’s ok but I bought this app thinking the synth bass was as heavy as the Nintendo version

The sound of this app is terrific, out of space, from another planet !!! ??????love it ! Easy to use...

It’s fun, although I did buy the actual hardware Kong MS 20. I also bought an iPad Pro. Enjoyed re_solving the mystery again on a new song, nine icons. I now work with multiple DAW’s & soft synthesizers & can make a song even with limitations. I recommend getting this little brother soft synthesizer app. Show more

I bought the cartridge for my DS-Lite back before I had any iOS devices. Now I can play with it on a much bigger screen! Soooo…when do we get it in Gadget? Show more

I never got the DS-10 plus, but played around with the vanilla DS-10 quite a bit. This app is a pretty nice leap from the original! Approaching this review from my perspective: Ability to set a pattern length to up to 64 beats is very nice. Being able to apply an effect per track is great too Also way less menu swapping here - all the synth stuff (patching, effects, etc) are all on one screen Way better controls for copying/pasting patterns too. Being able to paste a single track instead of the entire pattern is very convenient Being able to record changes to an individual knob is very powerful too. I'll admit that this feature could be much easier to use though. Very cool voice synth too! This is a must buy from me :) Show more

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. Show more

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! Show more

Requires in-app purchases for basic functions advertised in the description. You only find this out after you purchase the app.

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. Show more

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. Show more

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 Show more

I like this a lot. Please buy!

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. Show more

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! Show more

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 Show more

Update: still needs the ability to undo/redo. Still need to be able to program "held" notes, instead of just staccato. Still a great synth app. THANK YOU, KORG!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! FINALLY!! Update: audiobus/iaa = 5 stars Revised review: Ok, having messed with this thing some more, I am ready to review it in a better mindset. In comparison to the DS-10 and DS-10+ (both of which I have owned), it is a clear upgrade over the DS-10 and a partial upgrade over the DS-10+. It has 32 patterns, which is double the patterns over the previous versions. The vocoder is a completely new feature, and an incredibly important (and enjoyable!) one. It doesn't have the "Dual DS-10" option that the DS-10+ had. As for the drum synth: it is limited in that you cannot assign individual effects to each sound, within the initial synth bus. However, you can put effects on the back end in the mixing bus. With the option to add effects to the two synth parts in their respective modes, you can at least assign one effect to the drums via the mixer. It is not the same, at all, really; it's just a workaround. A very important feature is the ability to set individual pattern lengths in the "Set" section of the app. You can also program the BPM ratio. That is to say, set the BPM ratio at 2, and that particular pattern now runs double the BPM. This is how they got that spectacular synth arp break in the included demo song "The Good Times." Bottom line: this app, while lacking a couple of features that were really nice to have in the original DS-10s, is an upgrade over both of those previous apps, when you take into account the overall function and ability of this new version. And it's $9.99. Try getting the Nintendo DS versions for that. IT'S SO SYNTHY I WANNA DIE! Show more