What's New

More Powerful Than Ever, Quickly Turn Your Ideas Into Music - KORG Gadget 3 is now available.

• New gadgets: Santa Ana (Guitar) and Sydney (Sampler)
• Improved user interface, making the workflow more intuitive than ever
• A genre select function that allows you to create songs from your favorite patterns
• 5 new IFX including an 8-Band EQ, Transient Shaper, Stereo Image, Auto Pumper, Pitch Shifter
• The Play page: easy arpeggiator use and chord entry
• A whole new sound browser that lets you select gadgets by the timbre you want
• AUv3 support on iOS, allowing gadgets to be used in other music apps like Garageband, Logic Pro

App Description

More Powerful Than Ever, Quickly Turn Your Ideas Into Music
KORG Gadget 3 - A Complete, Seamlessly Integrated Music Production Ecosystem


KORG Gadget has received numerous awards from around the world:
• Apple: "App Store Best of 2014" in Japan
• #1 in the Top Paid Music iPad App category*
• TECH AWARD 2015 "Best Music Production App"
• MusicTech's "Gear of the Year: Best App" Gold Award
• “Musikmesse international press award 2016” Mobile Music App
* USA, UK, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and much more!


KORG Gadget is the ideal all-in-one music production software and plug-in suite featuring over 40 small synthesizers/drum machines (“gadgets”), which can be freely combined to create music driven by a powerful yet intuitive user interface. The range of products includes the award-winning iOS version, a Mac version that includes all functions and plug-ins, and a plug-in version that can be used with your favorite DAW on Mac/PC.

Now in its third generation, 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. 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 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.


What's New in KORG Gadget 3
• Gadget Instrument Collection with a total over 6,000 sound programs
• New gadgets: Santa Ana (Guitar) and Sydney (Sampler)
• Improved user interface, making the workflow more intuitive than ever
• A genre select function that allows you to create songs from your favorite patterns
• 5 new IFX including an 8-Band EQ, Transient Shaper, Stereo Image, Auto Pumper, Pitch Shifter
• The Play page: easy arpeggiator use and chord entry
• A whole new sound browser that lets you select gadgets by the timbre you want
• AUv3 support on iOS, allowing gadgets to be used in other music apps like Garageband, Logic Pro


• 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.


• 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.


More info at korg.com

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • June 17, 2014 Initial release
  • September 05, 2014 New version 1.0.3
  • September 05, 2014 Price decrease: $38.99 -> $28.99
  • September 10, 2014 Price increase: $28.99 -> $38.99
  • October 09, 2014 New version 1.0.4
  • December 01, 2014 New version 1.1
  • December 01, 2014 Price decrease: $38.99 -> $29.99
  • December 12, 2014 New version 1.1.1
  • January 04, 2015 Price increase: $29.99 -> $39.99
  • January 05, 2015 New version 1.1.2
  • May 25, 2015 New version 1.2
  • May 25, 2015 Price decrease: $39.99 -> $29.99
  • May 27, 2015 New version 1.2.1
  • June 03, 2015 New version 1.2.2
  • July 05, 2015 Price increase: $29.99 -> $39.99
  • August 08, 2015 Price decrease: $39.99 -> $29.99
  • August 23, 2015 Price increase: $29.99 -> $39.99
  • September 17, 2015 New version 1.2.3
  • November 06, 2015 New version 1.2.4
  • November 28, 2015 Price decrease: $39.99 -> $19.99
  • December 17, 2015 New version 1.3.0
  • December 23, 2015 New version 1.3.1
  • December 29, 2015 Price increase: $19.99 -> $39.99
  • February 16, 2016 New version 2.0.0
  • February 16, 2016 Price decrease: $39.99 -> $19.99
  • February 24, 2016 Price increase: $19.99 -> $39.99
  • July 03, 2016 New version 2.5.0
  • July 03, 2016 Price decrease: $39.99 -> $19.99
  • July 15, 2016 New version 2.5.1
  • July 30, 2016 New version 2.5.2
  • August 03, 2016 Price increase: $19.99 -> $39.99
  • August 10, 2016 New version 2.5.3
  • November 06, 2016 New version 2.6.0
  • November 25, 2016 Price decrease: $39.99 -> $19.99
  • December 01, 2016 New version 2.9.0
  • January 06, 2017 Price increase: $19.99 -> $39.99
  • June 14, 2019 New version 4.2.0
  • June 27, 2019 New version 4.2.2
  • June 27, 2019 Price decrease: $39.99 -> $19.99
  • August 17, 2019 New version 4.5.1
  • September 05, 2019 Price increase: $19.99 -> $39.99
  • September 26, 2019 New version 4.5.2
  • October 15, 2019 New version 4.5.3
  • November 30, 2019 Price decrease: $39.99 -> $19.99
  • December 17, 2019 Price increase: $19.99 -> $39.99
  • January 22, 2020 Price decrease: $39.99 -> $19.99
  • January 28, 2020 Price increase: $19.99 -> $39.99
  • July 15, 2020 New version 4.5.5
  • July 15, 2020 Price decrease: $39.99 -> $19.99
  • July 16, 2020 Price increase: $19.99 -> $39.99
  • October 23, 2020 New version 4.6.2
  • December 10, 2020 New version 4.6.4
  • December 10, 2020 Price decrease: $39.99 -> $19.99
  • September 16, 2023 New version 4.7.3
  • September 16, 2023 Price increase: $19.99 -> $39.99
  • November 15, 2023 New version 4.7.4
  • November 15, 2023 Price decrease: $39.99 -> $19.99
  • January 12, 2024 New version 6.0.0