You have to be realistic with the expectations of what you are going to be able to create with this software. So you’re work flow is to chose a gadget, add it to the project, select the empty pattern in the first scene, draw in your notation in the piano roll, then add a new scene to create more parts with the same instrument and add more gadget instrument to build your track. It almost a hybrid of Ableton Live Session view and a classic Tracker if you’re old enough to remember those. You’ve clearly got a diverse pallet of sounds to work with but how do we arrange them? The sequencer is more like a classic hardware sequencer than a linear sequencer you’ll be familiar with the likes of Logic or Cubase. There are even some great experimental Gadgets like the Kingston, a subtractive synth optimised for the classic 8 bit or “chip tune” sound, and the Kamata, a wave table synth based on Namco’s Custom30 sound chip used in all the classic Namco arcade games of the 80’s! The London PCM drum machine comes loaded with presets to emulate all the classics like the Roland 808 and 909, and plethora of sampled kits for just about every genre you could want to create. The most notable Gadgets for me where the Chicago, an instantly recognisable 303, The Dublin for those rich Moog mono bases, and sample based synth Marseille which is clearly a Nexus clone featuring many classic sounds including the M1 house piano preset which is the definitive classic house and rave piano. Korg Gadget for Nintendo Switch is a complete sandboxed production environment featuring 16 virtual synths or “gadgets” as they are referred to, ranging from leads to basses to drum machines, many of which pay homage to iconic boxes of yesteryear in both sounds and looks. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve opened a new project and stared blankly at the screen as the mind boggles with the literal infinite possibilities… They say “limitation breeds creativity” and I definitely think there is something to this. But for me, here is where a problem lies. It’s never been easier to get into music production than it is today and with software such as Ableton Live and FL Studio, it’s possible to create just about any sounds you can possibly imagine.
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