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KORG DS-10 Synthesizer | 
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| From: Xseed Games
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $36.99
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 210
Platform: Nintendo Ds
Genre: musical_instrument_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.6
MPN: 80811
Model: 80811
UPC: 853466001117
EAN: 0853466001117
ASIN: B001EB8CD6
Release Date: November 4, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | World's first music tool software created for the Nintendo DS | | • | Two patchable dual-oscillator analog synth simulators with a four-part drum machine | | • | Six-track, 16-step sequencer with delay, chorus, and flanger sound effects available from the mixing board | | • | Three note-entry modes: Touch Screen control with real-time sound control, keyboard screen, and matrix screen | | • | Exchange sounds and songs and play multiple units simultaneously through a wireless communications link |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Whether you are just looking for fun on the run, or a way to work out your next hit song, the KORG DS-10 Synthesizer for Nintendo DS could be your newest best companion. The DS-10 combines the superior interface of the Nintendo DS with the design concept of the famous KORG MS-10 synthesizer to bring you portable music-creation software without rival. 
KORG DS-10 Synthesizer brings portable music creation to the Nintendo DS. |  | 
Various sound textures are made possible by implementing the two VCO's, three filter types, and more. | 
Notes that you perform can be recorded in the sequencer, allowing for further editing. | A Professional-Grade Synthesizer in the Palm of Your Hand
The ultra high-quality sound sources for the DS-10 come from KORG, maker of some of the world's finest musical instruments. Korg spared no effort in creating this ultra-portable yet powerful and easy-to-use music software with tons of the latest features-- and all with the unique accessibility of the Nintendo DS touch screen. The KORG DS-10 Synthesizer gives you the choice of sculpting your own unique sounds with expansive on-screen controls, or starting from a preset template. With two dual oscillator synth parts and four synth/drum parts, users can create synth and drum lines using the on-screen touch keyboard and drum pads, or engage the elegant six-track, 16-step sequencer. With powerful features such as KORG's KAOSS technology, users can add custom modulations in real-time, tighten the mix with a full-featured mixer, polish their grooves with multiple effects, and create complete songs that they can save on the spot. The DS-10 features a chorus, flanger, and delay parameter that can be applied individually to each synth or the drum machine, either individually or as a whole. In addition, each of the editable drum sounds can have a separate effect added to it. Various sound textures are made possible by implementing the two VCO's, three filter types, and more, while notes can be recorded in the sequencer, allowing for further editing. This broad functionality, combined with patching functionality, makes the DS-10 suited to even the most avid sound designers. Intuitive and Easy Use
The sounds made by each of the two analogue synthesizer emulators are modified using virtual knobs, and users can patch particular parameters for further modification. The user interface is mainly through the DS's touch screen. Notes can be played using a two-octave keyboard, or through an interface that detects the X and Y position of the stylus on the touch pad, simulating a KORG KAOSS Pad. The Nintendo DS's dual-screen touch panel is used to the fullest to provide a feel and operability that is unsurpassed. Although there are many expert-level features available with synthesizer, the DS-10 can be appreciated by the complete novice as well as the seasoned professional. Music Without Limits
The KORG DS-10 Synthesizer offers two types of wireless play in Multi-player and Data Exchange modes. Up to eight separate Nintendo DS players can connect via a wireless link to perform as an ensemble. Each DS-10 synthesizer can be played as its own independent instrument, or they can be assigned a part to create a band, allowing for virtually limitless applications. What's more, users who have created new riffs, tunes, or complete songs can exchange their session data with other KORG DS-10 users. It is even possible to send session data in advance to your friends, so you can all play to the same tune. Not only does the DS-10 bring stylus music to the world for the first time, but this robust connectivity allows for performances and compositions that simply aren't possible on a single Nintendo DS.
The keyboard and KAOSS pad can be played directly with a stylus. |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
A reason to buy a DS, if you don't already have one November 19, 2008
A. Landry (New York, NY USA)
The interface works amazingly well, considering the small screen size of the DS. Being able to twiddle knobs on a portable touchscreen for about $40 is amazing. I'm so happy this came out in the U.S. Being able to write tunes and play with synths (without opening my laptop on the subway) is something I've dreamed of for some time. And that the synth is modeled on such a great analog classic makes it all the more fun.
The sounds are solid, and you can do a lot with the effects and the synths if you know what you're doing. I sometimes wish that you could layer more than 2 synths and a drum machine, but what do you want for $40?
The good news is you can wirelessly sync two Korg DS-10s for performances. I am seriously considering ordering a second one, while they are still being made. As this product is pretty niche, I have a feeling that this is the kind of thing that will go out of print and become sought after on eBay.
If you are new to music making on a computer or to analog synthesis, this may take some time to learn how to use. It's not dumbed-down at all - so if you aren't comfortable making songs in Reason or Logic, this won't be any easier. For the musicians, you will be glad they shrunk a complete music making package onto the Nintendo DS. Well done, Korg!
What can you say....awesome!!! November 19, 2008
Drummie
I think this showes that we are on new ground for this type of technology....as the economy goes in the crapper...at least we can look forward to streamlined, affordable useful technolgy! I would recommend this for anyone. Its like having a small swiss army knife...you don't really realize how much you need it until you need it. Capice?!
Outstanding, and then some November 17, 2008
Hotrodimus (Chicago, IL, USA)
Truly the greatest piece of software for the Nintendo DS, this is an amazing package. As a user of professional-grade software owner of numerous vintage synthesizers, I was actually shocked at how much they managed to cram into a DS cart, down to the clever effects routing, the fact that each of the four drum voices is completely editable using the same synthesizer engine used for the melodic parts when they could have just crammed in a few PCM samples...truly an impressive package. What's shocking is how intuitive and downright fun it is to use - I made three complete songs in about an hour and a half, including building all sounds from scratch. This is truly an exceptional release. It makes me long for touch-screen PC's with professional recording and synth software written to be this "playable!"
The one downside, as some have mentioned is the the limit of only 16 different one-bar patterns per session/song (though they can be combined, repeated, alternated, and sequenced into 100-measure songs). As the average "verse" or "chorus" of a song is likely to be at least four unique measures long before repeating, you've eaten up half of your available patterns for the song with just a verse and chorus...and the 8-bar bridge w/ kaoss pad solo will easily eat up the other 8 right there. So you have to do a bit of thinking and planning of your arrangement before you run out of patterns, but clever programmers will make it happen.
I'm not a musician and I love it November 17, 2008
M. Gunderson (CA)
I love the Korg DS-10 and I'm not a musician. But I got it because I wanted something quick and easy to mess around with and useful for learning some music theory by ear. I was already motivated. If you or the person you are considering getting this software for is not a musician and has no signficant interest in learning an instrument (essentially, that's what it is--a musical instrument), then this is not the "game" for you. This is not Guitar Hero.
Unfortunately, it's difficult, especially for someone who is not a seasoned synth veteran, to explain what the Korg DS-10 actually provides. You need to check out the above videos, or the countless videos on Youtube, to see how music is created and what it sounds like. You can't make complex harmonies, unless you have multiple DSes with a copy of the DS-10 for each one, and you can't make long, complex melodies, due to the 16-pattern limit. So I guess that is my advice: watch as many videos as you can to see how music is created and what it sounds like, though I love it and hope as many people buy it as possible so that we can all look forward to more wonderful tools like this.
korg ds-10 synth November 13, 2008
Gregory P. Gatarz
This is a fun program for the ds. Its not really a game though, its more of a musical instrument I guess. Before I bought this I did look at a few videos about it and I was a little intimidated. There were so many switches and knobs I thought it would take me months to master this.
But when it arrived I didn't even read the instructions. I just fiddled around with it and in about 45 mins of exploring what this thing could do I was saving my tracks.
This is just hours of fun. Making some beats and messing around and adjusting the sounds. I do have some music experience, but I never used anything like this so I think anyone should be able to pick this up after messing around with it for awhile.
Don't expect too much though, you're not gonna be making grammy winning songs or anything. But still, it is alot of fun. And that is what the ds is about isn't it? Picking it up and just having a good time.
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