The KORG DS-10 is a new title for the Nintendo DS. It isn't a game, though - it is a faithful reproduction of the Korg MS-10 analog synthesizer.
It features six two-oscillator voices (two synths and four drums), a 16-step pattern editor and a mini song sequencer.
It also lets you patch stuff together and apply some simple effects.
The DS stylus works great as an interface - particularly when controlling the "KAOSS" pad (essentially an X/Y axis input device for interactively modifying pattern data and synthesizer parameters).
I've been meaning to code my own FM synth for a while now, and playing with the DS-10 has finally got me started. More on that to come.
Here's a video of the original MS-10:
I would highly recommend checking out http://puredata.info/ for all your audio processing (such as http://rjdj.me/ for the iPhone). Also checkout http://Noise.io/ . Have fun.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the links, Sander. The iPhone apps look cool. I would consider doing something like that myself, but I can't bring myself to program in Objective C...
ReplyDeletea true gem. you can almost say it has 6 synth channels since the 4 drum tracks can be used just like the 2 synths (not quite but almost).
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