Shouting Grounds

I am totally psyched about this TBA release by KORG. Korg managed to fit a software emulation of the popular patch synth MS-10, recently revived through a software plug-in bundle, onto a standard Nintendo DS. Being able to program a synth and sequence some beats, all using the tiny little DS would be a blast on the train to work. With people still composing music using the original Nintendo Entertainment System, the fact that you can chain up 8 DS’s together means that an “All DS music group/project” will no doubt be around the corner.

Eight DS’s would give a programmer a maximum of 16 synth voices and 32 drum tracks. That’s insanely more than your standard, dedicated chip artist out there would need to craft an opus. Check the specs and video from MESSE08.

From SonicState.com:

DS-10
World’s first music tool software created for the Nintendo DS
• Two patchable dual-oscillator analog synth simulators:
• Four-part drum machine that uses sounds created with the analog synth simulator
• Six-track (analog synth x 2, drum machine x 4) /16-step sequencer
• Delay, chorus, and flanger sound effects available from the mixing board
• Three note-entry modes: touch-control screen, keyboard screen, matrix screen
• Real-time sound control mode via touch-control screen
• Exchange sounds and songs and play multiple units simultaneously through a wireless communications link

Update

I guess the sonic state video of the ds-10 was pulled…here’s another from youtube…

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