KORG, maker of some of the world's finest musical instruments, takes their legendary MS-10 synthesizer, adds tons of modern features, and combines it with the accessibility of the Nintendo DS Touch Screen. No effort was spared in creating the awesomely portable and powerful, yet incredibly easy to use, music creation software for your Nintendo DS.
Probably the best feature in this piece of software is the ability to link multiple units together to have greater polyphony, and parts played simultaneously.
However, I feel that part of what is said on the site is incorrect.
- World's first music tool software created for the Nintendo DS
Possibly what is meant here is that it's the first "commercial" music tool software for the NDS, but even that would be discounting software like Electroplankton as "toys" rather than tools.
Which makes this an appropriate time to delve into the world of homebrew NDS software
FROM 8BITCOLLECTIVE.COM:
user: infradead
UPDATED 07/18/08
A somewhat comprehensive list
So I've decided to list what homebrew music apps for the DS i've found and my thoughts.
Nitrotracker
A nifty tracker. I'm still figuring out what does what but its about the best around at the momment for the DS. Sample with the onboard mic and edit your samples with ease. V.04 is out and damn is it nice. This version adds lot of needed and a couple not really needed but bloody awesome features.
Pixelh8 - Music Tech Pro Performer V1.0
Such a badass program! I'm loving my copy(#66). If you like to learn more about it pixelh8 has a pretty extensive bunch of video's on youtube of him putting it through its paces.
glitchDS
Cellular Automaton Music Sequencer. Another great program for the DS. Another program that'll make you think. A music sequencer based on Conway's game of life. I now have gliders in the brain. Brett continues to add more and more features making it more and more useful every time.
repeaterDS
Wow. An utterly amazing and impressive way play with a sample. The down side is that you can't save anything. But man is it fun. My favorite way to use this is record make a neat loop and then load it into ProteinDS so that I can make songs that I can recreate.
Bliptracker
Interesting little step sequencer drum machine. The most interesting part is the ability to load your own samples. Fairly limited but fun to play with.
proteinDS
DScratch has a new name! Now in its second update. Quite insane its a very useful and interesting tool. New build allows you to have two seperate samples going at once. Very fun program for live jamming. I really need to load some loops onto this.
MIDI Jammer
Haven't tried. Looks very interesting. You need DSMI to use it.
DStep
Step sequencer that can designed to be used with DSMI. Onboard sounds are a bit weak, but its not meant to be used by itself. One of the more fun sequencers I've found. Hopefully at some point they let you assign you own samples to the tracks.
Monome-DS
Monome like interface for the DS. I've not tried it. Another program that you need DSMI to use.
dsSynth
This puts it best "This is a Synth/Sampler for the Nintendo DS that I built because, I care about the world!" One more app that takes advantage of DSMI. I need to get that sorted next to check out more of these wonderful apps.
DSMI - Wireless and wired MIDI for the Nintendo DS
This is a wicked idea. To bad its not something I see my self using anytime soon. The fact that it is possible is awesome.
They have several example applications on listed on thier site, I'm unable to try them out as they require a DSMI connection to work
DS MIDI Keyboard v1.2
Kaos DS v1.2
Pulse DS v1.2
Programs support which support DSMI
Nitrotracker
Bliptracker
Monome-DS
Protein DScratch
MIDI Jammer
DStep
DS Sampling
Keyboard
Turn your DS into a SK-1. Limited but easy and fun. Made by the same cat coding Nitrotracker!
Soundcells
Turns the touch pad into something kind of like a guitar's fretboard for lack of a better explanation. It will let you record track and play along with your self. My wife finds it really really annoying, I find it awesome.
Ukulele DS 1.00
Ever want a Ukulele for your DS? Well Pakl has made it happen.
Axe DS
Move the stylus across the touchpad to make music. So easy, so fun. Its only drawback is that onboard music is limited.
Other things that look interesting
Chibitracker is rumored to have been ported to the DS but the ROM has not been released as of yet.
Groovestep
Groovestep
GrooveStep is preloaded with hundreds of sounds and also gives the user the ability to mix existing sounds to create new ones. The makers of this are hoping for a commercial release so there are no ROM's to download. Hopefully they can get it sorted as it looks like a great program.
Create rich layered grooves with 16 tracks, perfect for Hip-Hop, Techno and other electronic styles.
Song Features
16 tracks with up to 2 samples per track
Tempo: 30-300 BPM
Pattern Editor features
Variable pattern length: 1-64 steps
Variable pattern playback speeds: 1x, 2x, 4x
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