Holy crap this is the motherlode

I was a Gadget fanboy before really giving this app and its workflow a chance. Its worth spending a bit of time to figure out to take advantage of the super clean and highly convenient UI an workflow. So damn powerful. I love the easy split between recording live and piano rolled patterns and song based data (automation and notes independent of patterns). The interface is simple and a joy to use once you put in the time. Certain things that appear missing, like undo, are there (in edit mode). One just has to get used to the mode based editor interface.
Once thing "missing" is being able to record audio lyrics and stuff but that can be done in other software, and Gadget doesnt bother with this much either.
The instruments are more advanced and varied than many of Gadgets offerings too. The strings simulator KSSynth and the drawbar organ, and the padsynth (additive synthesis made simple) are my favourites. I love the fact you can simply scroll through the instruments and piano rolls on the rack. Fantastic UI!

BuzzToronto about Caustic, v3.1.0