OK, so here's an update…
After a couple of days with Korg Gadget, I've already used it in a scoring project! I was submitting to Sonic State's "Write The Theme Song" contest, and had already done two versions the traditional way, with DP and Mac OS. I picked up Gadget during NAMM week and had been fiddling around with it, and ended up using it to create a third version of the score.
It's only 17 seconds long, but some people have told me that they like this third version best. (I'm still kinda partial to version 1, but it's a close call.) If you've got a minute, you can check out all three 17-sec versions (and still have 9 seconds to spare!) here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNy-Jp ... F6Attvfy8w
What's incredible is that I basically composed/created the entire V3 whilst lying in bed, using just my index finger and a touch screen! Korg Gadget is just sick!!! I had to take the tracks into DP for finishing, of course, and I had a little help from Maschine, but basically V3 was done using the Korg Gadget app on an iPad!
What's more, the composition itself is something I would not have come upon were it not for the tool. This app and its quirky touch environment can help stir your creative process into new pathways. When you're brainstorming, stuck, trying to come up with ideas, I'm all for anything that expands or unblocks the process! Plus, being able to lie down for a while gives my back a break!
Tool or toy? I can still see both sides of the argument, but the iOS platform has passed some important milestones lately, and this project has convinced me that it's time to start taking iOS more seriously.