

The primary difference is that, compared to the iOS versions, where only one or two of these elements can be accessed at once, the interface here is divided into quarters allowing all sections to be displayed simultaneously. As before, the UI is divided into four elements - a clip launcher, a mixer/channel strip, a piano roll sequencer and a space for the gadgets themselves. The workspace remains very similar to the iOS versions, albeit with a few notable tweaks. The quality level is high throughout most Gadgets offer a slightly simplified variation on the style of instrument they’re based on, but still pack a healthy amount of flexibility These include excellent PCM sound modules filled with retro Triton and M1-sourced sounds, a woozy ‘ambient’ synth module, two arcade-inspired chiptune machines, a gritty vector synthesis module, a special FX box and a phase modulation synth. Generally, it’s the digitally-inspired Gadgets that provide the highlights though. I think that's a good strategy and it could be a hit depending on their pricing structure.They arguably lack some of the heft and texture of the best analogue emulations, but they maintain a convincing level of character. Gadget for Switch I think is mainly focused on making music on the go or, uniquely, in a party setting with friends. With no connection to cloud storage like on the iPad, I don't see Gadget for Switch being able to share files to the PC. I don't think this is going to integrate with other devices at all.

This makes sense since one of Nintendo's guiding mantras for Switch has been about "sharing the joy." Considering they demonstrated it in a party setting, I think collaboration is the Switch version's attraction.

Plus they demonstrated modulation of sounds by tilting the Jo圜on. A player needs only a single Jo圜on so we definitely get 2 player out of the box. They seem to be really pushing on the 4 player mode feature. It's probably solidly in the final QA and verification phase at this point so I don't figure this is going to change. Detune Ltd put up 10 videos of Gadget being played in a party setting a few weeks ago and all I see in their hands are Jo圜on. I haven't seen anything about external controllers.
