KORG Gadget 3 offers an expanded variety of even more features to quickly turn your ideas into music, including two new gadgets, five insert effects (IFX), a new genre select system, and VST3 and AUv3 support. In addition, the user interface has been brushed up to make the Gadget Browser, IFX page, and Play page even more intuitive. KORG Gadget 3 is the perfect tool to quickly turn your ideas into music.

• Santa Ana - Rhythm Guitar Machine

• Sydney - Loop Sampler Machine

KORG Gadget 3 is now even more powerful

Now in its third generation, KORG Gadget 3 is more powerful than ever, the workflow is now more intuitive and easier to use than ever before and there are plenty of new features and new gadgets. Two new gadgets have been added: "Santa Ana," which makes it easy for anyone to create realistic rhythm guitar, and "Sydney," which imports long samples and manipulates loops. New features include a "Gadget Browser" that enables sound search, an improved "Play Page" with an easier-to-use scale menu, and "Genre Select" that allows you to combine your favorite patterns before starting to create a song.

The IFX features a greatly improved user interface, with graphical displays for EQ, Compression, and other sound adjustments. Five new effects have also been added, including an 8-Band EQ, Transient Shaper, Stereo Imager, Auto Pumper, and Pitch Shifter to expand the possibilities of your music production.

In addition, the iOS version now supports AUv3, allowing gadget instruments to be used in Garageband, Logic Pro, and other applications. These new features will strongly support your music production.

A huge collection of over 40 gadget instruments

Overwhelming sound. Immersive, intuitive and powerful user interface. Unprecedented and innovative quality. KORG Gadget 3 is a collection of over 40 gadget instruments, including compact synthesizers, drum machines, samplers, and audio and MIDI utilities. It has sophisticated parameters that make it easy for you to get to the sound they want, so you can create your own sounds instantly. The new Sound Browser allows you to get to your favorite sounds in the quickest time possible. It is perfectly suited for dance music as well as rock, pop, jazz, and other music sounds and genres. You are sure to find the sound you want among the numerous gadgets.

→ Details on the Gadget Collection here

Plug-ins for instant sound in your favorite DAW

KORG Gadget 3 is also available as a plug-in only package that allows you to leverage the ready-to-use sounds of KORG Gadget 3 in your favorite DAW. With the long-awaited addition of VST3 support, KORG Gadget 3 Plug-ins can now be used in a wider range of music production environments. The spectacular plug-in collection includes the standard bundle of gadgets, all of the gadgets based on the acclaimed KORG Module iOS app, ELECTRIBE Wave, iM1, and iWAVESTATION, as well as all of the IAP gadgets. A complete set of ready-to-use sounds/presets *1 is included. A variety of unique and powerful sounds with carefully selected parameters can be used with your favorite DAW *2.

Get your songwriting ideas with Genre Select

The new "Genre Select" feature allows you to select your favorite genre and sound, and then start songwriting by freely combining patterns. 5 x 5 pads are all assigned with phrases created by gadgets, so you can start songwriting by freely combining your favorite patterns. You can start creating a song from a project in which each track's gadgets and scenes have been developed. Choose from the standard genre packs and enjoy a different approach to music production.

Tons of sounds readily available with the New Browser

To make it easier than ever to find the desired gadget instrument, we have revised the Gadget Browser and added various functions. New features include displaying gadgets by instrument category, a Favourites function that allows you to group your favorite gadgets, and a search function that allows you to freely search for sounds in each gadget. Using the program search function, it is now possible to quickly and easily preview and search for the sound you wanted from a vast array of sounds.

Anytime, anywhere on your favorite device

KORG Gadget is available for iOS, Mac, as Plug-ins (Mac/PC), Nintendo Switch, and even VR devices *1. All of your ideas can be seamlessly shared as iCloud or Ableton Live projects *2 on iOS and Mac, plug-ins with your favorite DAW, and QR codes*3 on Nintendo Switch. Take KORG Gadget wherever and whenever inspiration strikes you, on your favorite device.

Easy to use with MIDI controllers

Simply connect a MIDI controller that supports Korg Native Mode* and you can control all of the gadgets, transport controls, and more as if they were hardware, without having to make difficult settings for knobs and sliders. For example, when the KORG Keystage is connected, even the program and parameter names of each gadget are automatically displayed. nanoKEY Studio and nanoKONTROL Studio controllers allow wireless input and mixing. You can also use your favorite MIDI controller, independent of Native Mode. Find the MIDI controller that inspires you and accelerates the pace of your music production.

 Release Notes

Supported Operation System:

• macOS 12.0 or later

• Apple Silicon or Intel Core processor

Homepage: https://www.korg.com/us/products/software/korg_gadget/