First Labo's Cardboard Piano, Now KORG Gadget Lets You Make Music With Your Joy-Cons

Sounds wonderful!
>Ba-dum, tssss!<

Looks good I guess... don’t really see the practical application above a bit of fun but then again that’s what the switch is about

Ooh lets make music together!

@Henbush KORG Gadget is basically a professional music workstation in an app. Fun is cool and all, but you can also produce work with it. It's originally available on iOS and MacOS.

Gadget is a phenomenal DAW, hopefully all the modules will be included in a premium package rather than as separate DLC

This could be fun. Used to love Music Generator on the PS2

I am a music maker. And I am the dreamer of the dreams.

So this is confirmed to be released outside Japan? The last one for DS wasn’t.

Well, the iOS version is $39 so I guess this will be at least that much. That's a bit more than I would pay for the sake of playing around in a distinctly amateurish way. Still, maybe I'll catch it in a sale or something...

Or you could just buy your kid the new Kirby game and throw this cardboard crap in the recycling bin

I'd love to see the joycon IR camera used to produce a Theromin style instrument- move your hand closer to the sensor, the higher the note. You coud even use the other joycon to shake to create vibrato.

@Biff_ARMStrong S'fine, more cardboard for the rest of us.

Hides in box fort

I have a question regarding the start screen : if there is only a single 'option', what is it ?

Please, Physical release !
I don't see Switch "E-shop" on above, indicate the game will be on Physical too.

No cardboard, no deal!

Dear Mr. Dom

1. Nintendo LABO has nothing to do with this application.
2. Other sites are pretty informative about this application. Your article is way short and it seems like I am reading the amateuristic MY NINTENDO site.
3. Nice profile picture.

I can't wait for this!

Although I have to say @Dom mentioning Wii Music in the same sentence is is just unfair. Korg produces actual high-quality music equipment and they also released powerful software on the (3)DS, so they're playing in a totally different league, if not on an entirely different olanet than Wii Music...

Gadget on iOS is an extremely powerful (but very easy and fun to use) music workstation which I already own . Dont think I’d double dip myself but highly recommend it for anybody interested in electronic music making 👍

Let's see WiiMusic and Labo do this (starts around 1:01, from an iPad, not my composition):

@Biff_ARMStrong Gadget has no ties with Labo. It's a full-featured synthesizer suite by KORG.

Can you make ChipTunes with this?

I sorta want this, but I can't play anything beyond Taiko with any skill....

@SimplyCinnamon53 I was able to with KORG DS-10 for the original DS, so i imagine you could do that and much more with this suite.

@Ryu_Niiyama It's not really a game. It's a synthesizer suite which can be used to create a variety of electronic sounds and music.

@onex Never said it was a game...?

@onex Thanks! Does it give you a tutorial or do I just look one up?

I've been waiting for this!

@Ryu_Niiyama You mentioned Taiko, so I thought you were referring to their rhythm games.

@SimplyCinnamon53 Now that I'm not too sure of. I would only just mess around.
If you look on my soundcloud, www.soundcloud.com/eymastudios , all of those tracks were made using my DS.

@onex Naw dude:

While Taiko no Tatsujin (the game) got me into playing taiko, I'm pretty horrible at the game past hard mode and I've been playing actual taiko (and fue-which is the bamboo flute) with a troupe for 4 years now (that info is in my profile as well). I'm trying to find some decent composition software so I can offend my neighbors less by not using my taiko in the middle of the night. lol.

@onex Thanks for the info, I’ll probably pick this up.

@shani Hey Wii Music was totally legit

@Cosats

Dear Mr Cosats

1. Labo has a piano application - which makes music. KORG Gadget is a gamified studio suite - which makes music.
2. It's a perfect length, given the quote
3. You're making me blush

Hilarious and genius. I'm glad I can appreciate the idea in concepts even if I may not partake

Korg Gadget is really great. It's my favourite iOS music making app. I haven't heard that there is a way to get a song in the Switch version over to the iOS version. It would nice to be able to do that, to make it a bit more versatile.

They really need to add MIDI device compatibility to the Switch version via USB. That would make this thing very powerful.

I have a ridiculous amount of iOS apps, but use the korg gadget the most, by far! Like every day.

I have a lot of questions: will the usb support a usb midi controller? Does it come with all the gadgets? Will I be able to convert/export the files? Will it have access to the SoundCloud/alihoopa sharing thing?

I mean .... I’ll probab get it either way but the gadget NEEDS multiple midi controllers to truly shine!!

Also, while this story IS old news compared to the Labo, I’m glad to see more reporting on it

@SimplyCinnamon53

Yes.

And dubstep, or reggae, or classical, or funk, or hip hop, or trance. Pretty much anything!

I am very much looking forward to this. What I'm not looking forward to, however, is how the vast majority of people that download it will probably only use it to make cover songs of video game music, just like all the other music-making software that has been released on game systems over the years. Also, thousands and thousands of hours of chip tune-inspired crap.

@loopingstar I'm pretty excited, I have the iso version with just gadgets, but this version allowed you to use up to 4 copies of the app at once for one song and 4 controllers, not even the most expensive daw on PC has a mode like that. Theres no dlc so far but I'm glad the kamata was included.

@MrGawain yes, holy crap I was thinking the same exact thing.