App Profile: Handy Guitar Lab for MS-70CDR+

Eve Severe

Rating: 2/5

It hooks up nice and quick, but as far as any extra settings – I don’t find any. Yes, I can easily mix specific settings in user slots, but as far as the “pool“ of extra settings – they are basically the same that came with the pedal. Yes, it is slightly easier to immediately mixup effects, but as far as hearing how they actually sound through a guitar, bass, or synthesizer is much better while having it hooked up to those instruments. They literally could have just made this a free app. I mean, I’ve bought a lot of Korg gear and they give you a free app. I’ve purchased a ton of other gear and you get a free app with it. Hopefully, with the money I spent on this app it will actually be updated and prove some form of function. As of now it’s kind of useless to me. Also, most of their apps are free and I don’t understand why this one is a paid app. I am in no way cheap as I own at least three grand worth of iOS apps, I’ve been beta testing iOS apps since 2011, and I have six iPhones and five iPads.. I love a good app that works fantastic with hardware but this one has not impressed me yet.

BespokeDecking

Rating: 5/5

This app makes it a LOT easier to find effects, save favorites, set up virtual effects boards, name things, etc. It also auto-updates firmware. Two minor complaints: does it really have to be $1? I feel like it should be a free part of having purchased the pedal. And can we get an upscaled (larger) version sized for an iPad?

EmoogOdin

Rating: 2/5

Yes I’m annoyed the app costs a dollar. I’m angry that it will not connect to my phone with a brand new wire, an official Apple USB-C to lightning cable, with a new phone. I’m also mad that the pedal drops the stereo right side audio to near zero when I disengage the FX, but to be fair that negative review should go somewhere else. Hopefully this is all resolved without (more) hours of headaches