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Socoder -> Art and Sound -> A New Korg Gadget! |
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| Mon, 31 Oct 2016, 21:21 | |
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Pakz |
Korg released a new ios app. For gadget and standalone. Arp Odyssey. Might have interesting sounds.
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| Mon, 31 Oct 2016, 21:21 | |
Jayenkai
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Indeed. The Gadget app has updated to support it, but as of yet the main app isn't available, via U.K. AppStore.. Maybe tomorrow.. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Mon, 31 Oct 2016, 21:43 | |
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Pakz |
I updated to. In my country the new gadget does not show either. I just looked/listened to a couple of arp odyssey video's on youtube. Not that impressed by the sounds yet. Sounds somewhat like my first keyboard (yamaha pss 780) If it is not that big in mb and not that expensive then I might still buy it. Black friday is this month to.
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| Mon, 31 Oct 2016, 21:50 | |
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Jayenkai
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I'll no doubt have to buy it, just to keep AL happy. Although he's barely used the last one (Kamata) other than for combo entries!!
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| Mon, 31 Oct 2016, 21:56 | |
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Pakz |
I think the im1 gadget has the best bang for the buck so far. Now only to convince myself to order a ipad 4 mini with more space/cpu so I can make more complex (more channels) music. You are doing great with the game remake tunes btw Al 
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| Mon, 31 Oct 2016, 22:22 | |
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Pakz |
This page got online about 20 minutes ago. It says the odyssey wil be here in a few hours. https://www.korg.com/us/products/software/arpodyssei/
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| Mon, 31 Oct 2016, 22:32 | |
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Jayenkai
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AL says thanks. (FANX!) He doesn't have a SoCoder account. I'm too lazy to code multi-account switching!
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| Tue, 01 Nov 2016, 08:11 | |
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Jayenkai
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New Gadget is now available. Name : Korg ARP ODYSSEi Gadget name : Lexington AppStore link : https://appsto.re/gb/P9gzeb.i ALS TEST CHOON : https://soundcloud.com/alodare/lexington-is-go Note : It's VERY CPU intensive! The above track, with just 6 instruments, was stuttering during realtime playback. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Tue, 01 Nov 2016, 13:54 | |
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Pakz |
It is not compatible with my model of ipad(mini 1) Will have to wait until the current one gets replaced. The sound seems good though.
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| Fri, 24 Mar 2017, 16:35 | |
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Jayenkai
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v3 update arrived, today. The biggest new feature is a sound recorder, so you can record your own voice in your songs. ... fuck.. https://soundcloud.com/alodare/recording-myself -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Sat, 25 Mar 2017, 04:30 | |
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Pakz |
Yeah I noticed the gadget facebook group beeing very vocal yesterday. Thank god that the ipad 1 still can get the latest gadget update. New drums! Btw. They are charging 300 dollars for the imac version of gadget. Kind of trying to get rich quick the folks from korg. Also a new sound upload feature. The muppet like voice in the track is neat! Is that the official voice of blockman?
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| Sat, 25 Mar 2017, 04:31 | |
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Jayenkai
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Given how much I've used it.. Totally worth it!! But I'm happy with the iPad edition. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Sat, 25 Mar 2017, 04:53 | |
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Jayenkai
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RE: Voice I was aiming for something that didn't sound like me, because I suck!!! It still makes me shudder, as it's still recognisable as meK EEeeek!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Wed, 19 Apr 2017, 07:33 | |
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Jayenkai
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I treated AL, this week.
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| Wed, 19 Apr 2017, 09:14 | |
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Pakz |
Nice! I have a Samson keyboard but still need to get a connection kit. those things cost almost the same as a keyboard. I wil maybe buy the korg module and triton expansion today. Not to impressed by it with the reviews but hey its korg!
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| Wed, 19 Apr 2017, 14:43 | |
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Jayenkai
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A microReview for microKEY Air I haven't touched a keyboard since the last time I had my main keyboard hooked up to my desktop PC. .. and I haven't had a desktop PC for about 5 years. And even then, I was barely a competent player in the slightest. To suggest I'm not a keyboardist is a bit of an understatement. But I've been thinking about getting one of these for quite a while, for a number of reasons. First, it'd allow for a little more "personality" in my ALChoons. Second, it'd be good practice. I could really do with some kind of performance-based skill! And third, if I lug my huge Casio out, I need a plug for the Casio, a midi lead, a midi to USB device and a USB to Lightning connector.. It's not exactly "lie in bed, grab keyboard, play" methodology! So, yesterday I ordered one. Size I grabbed the microKEY Air 25, which has just over 2 octaves of keys, and fits snugly enough in front of the iPad. If I'd've gone for a larger size, it probably would've been a little unweildly. This is a nice fit for bed-based Choonage. The device is rather weighty for what it is. Feels about 2.5 times the weight of the iPad Air 2, and length wise is about 1.5 times as wide. Keys are "comfortable" sized. Not as teensy as my oldskool childhood Casio toy keyboard (which I was expecting). They're a nice midsize between that and a full-size key. Each key has a nice amount of travel, and give a decent amount of velocity data when played. Joystick The little joystick on the left of the board lets you use it for all manner of things. You need to open a tweak utility in Windows, change the setting to whatever midi parameters you'd like the joystick to send, then save the parameters to the keyboard. I initially found it to be muting my audio if I touched it.. not sure what that was about, so I had to disable it.. now it simply acts as a pitch bend. The smoothness on the little analogue joystick isn't great, from a "used to joypad thumbsticks" point of view. It's a bit "too" springy towards the centre, so requires a little force before it moves, at which point you've overshot the target and it's fllnged to full!! Function Buttons There's four extra buttons on the device. Two for moving up and down an octave at a time, which is handy. This means you get the full midi range, even though you only have 25 keys. After that is a sustain button.. Although you need to hold the button down to use it, it does it's job well enough. There's also an Arpeggiator button, but that seems fairly redundant when you consider that Gadget already does a lot of handy stuff, especially when using the Kingston gadget. Connection To hook it up to the PC, for setting tweaks, you connect a USB cable. For the iPad, however, you pop in a couple of AA batteries, switch on Bluetooth mode (physical switch on the side), and boot up a compatible app. (I think just KORG apps.. not sure.. haven't got anything else at hand to try it!!) The app handles connectivity, rather than iOS. Once connected (relatively painless, simply click the connect button!) you're good to go. To disconnect, simply toggle the physical switch on the keyboard to disable Bluetooth, and you're done. Usage So.. how is it in use? It's alright! I need to learn to hammer the keys, or at the very least go back afterwards and reset all the recorded velocities! Lag-wise, I'm not really noticing anything bad. With the Bluetooth ZX Spectrum keyboard, lag was noticeable, but here it's all but hidden, which is great. Over the coming weeks/months,I'm going to be retraining the keyboard playing part of my brain, and will hopefully get up to a decent ability soon. It's nice to have a keyboard to play on! Only time will tell whether it's any use to me!! Bits ALChoon : MicroKEY Air Test All velocities have been reset, and Gadget's quantiser has neatened up my unskilled timings!! Amazon : MicroKEY 2 - 25 Air Price at time of post, £82. |update| Bloody 'ell, GarageBand took ages to download!! Keyboard works with GarageBand, too, so I assume it'll also work with any other BluetoothMidi compatible app. |update| -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Thu, 20 Apr 2017, 12:24 | |
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Pakz |
Garageband has a collection of pretty good instruments. It came pre installed here. I have been opening it rather frequently. I noticed Al's latest track had a whole piano part. edit: I have been studying older amiga songs. Listening to what kind of instruments are used in it. The im1 and wavestation instruments were pretty populair back then.
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| Thu, 20 Apr 2017, 12:30 | |
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Jayenkai
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Yup.. Big piano part, ripe for a keyboard.. .. But AL's "Sonically Palace" was actually finished about 3 days before I got the KORG microKEY! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Wed, 31 May 2017, 12:22 | |
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Jayenkai
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A new competition! Anything you like, as long as its 140bpm. Competition details. ALs Entry -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Thu, 01 Jun 2017, 08:24 | |
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Pakz |
If I am going to make a song before the deadline I will do the 140bpm and use the hashtag. It will probably be a rpg like song I still only made 1 song since getting the new ipad. It would be something like this : https://allihoopa.com/s/ZE8wxtgX
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| Thu, 01 Jun 2017, 09:15 | |
Jayenkai
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Looking forward to it!
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| Fri, 07 Jul 2017, 12:07 | |
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Jayenkai
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They've finally announced the winners for the Allihoopa KORG Gadget competition.. Three Winners AL didn't win  AL is sad, now, and will spend the next several days in a bit of a huff. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Wed, 23 Aug 2017, 14:38 | |
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Jayenkai
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Another new Gadget has appeared. KORG Mono/Poly has way more dials and knobs than I'd ever begin to understand!! The app plugs into Gadget under the name Montpellier, so AL's test CHOON is aptly named. https://soundcloud.com/alodare/montpellier-rebellier 
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| Wed, 23 Aug 2017, 15:02 | |
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Pakz |
I am watching the soundtestroom video on it atm. For those interested : https://youtu.be/bNXk2Kv1tSc I have not really used gadget for a while so I have not instabought these new intruments yet. The gadgetcloud on my ipad is still not working also with the new update I did make a few short tunes with music studio(ios) which I bought a short while ago. It has all the instruments for orchestral music. It can use the korg instruments like mono poly. I really like to make music like from the link below. (orchestral tutorial for music studio) https://youtu.be/V0USY5AMywM I think I will buy the mony poly before the sale ends. (my stepfather offered to pay half )
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| Wed, 23 Aug 2017, 15:04 | |
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Jayenkai
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GadgetCloud hasn't worked for me in months. The thing's upload, fine, but that's it. Annoying, really, but somewhat glad it's not just me 
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| Thu, 24 Aug 2017, 05:22 | |
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Pakz |
I bought mony poly before I went to bed. And then I dreamt about korg instruments the entire night.
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