You’ll find synth and live bass instruments (Miami, Madrid) as well crazy polyphonic ambience and noise makers (Kiev, Helsinki). Needless to say, the selection is about as complete as it seems, almost to the point where you could likely get through entire projects/productions using nothing but Gadgets.

The 30+ instruments range from interesting, old-school samplers to live and sample-based drum machines, a host of mono and polyphonic synths (some of which modeled after vintage classics) and even lo-fi video game-inspired instruments designed in collaboration with Bandai Namco Studios.

While that is indeed the case to some degree, many of them are actually quite useful, playable and dynamic. Something about the price tag and getting that many instruments/effects made it seem like they were going to be very limited and specialized products. I have to admit, when the pack initially debuted for Mac I was a little skeptical. But for the purposes of this review, we will be focusing on the 30+ instruments (AU plug-ins) included with the app that you can run inside Logic Pro (your favorite DAW). The standalone app essentially works as its own DAW and seemed to be quite capable during my time with it. One thing to keep in mind if you’re not familiar here, is that KORG Gadget is in fact its own app/recording suite.

The folks at KORG were nice enough to give us a complete license in order to give the full suite of instruments a run for their money inside of Logic Pro X. Today on Logic Pros we are taking a look at KORG Gadget for Mac, and more specifically the sizable Gadget Plug-in Collection that comes with it.

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