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Korg DS-10 Turns Your Nintendo DS Into a Serious Synthesizer

Musicians who lead double lives as gaming geeks will soon have their worlds collide when Korg releases its DS-10 software for the Nintendo DS. Basically, Korg has taken the design concept of their famous MS-10 synthesizer and thrown in a four-part drum module, two analog synth simulators, a 6-track/16-step sequencer and made it usable with the touchscreen. If I had any music ability, lived in Japan and had 4,800 yen ($47) burning a hole in my pocket, I would be all over this sucker when it is released this July. Official specs after the break.

- 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

[Korg DS-10 via Kotaku and DS Fanboy]

9:00 PM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By Sean Fallon
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lynxminus at 09:17 PM on 03/12/08
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What an awsome idea. Could be a real useful and enjoyable tool to have, the possibilities for future applications of this nature are endless.
biofreak at 09:43 PM on 03/12/08
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This is awesome... :P
I need it.
Bani-Banan at 09:54 PM on 03/12/08
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Great! Now ever more effortless music is going to hit the market! It's shit like that which makes the RIAA get so pissed. Shit music = Shit record sales = RIAA suing 13year old!
gadgetfanatic at 10:04 PM on 03/12/08
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This looks incredibly fake to me, but that's just my opinion.
bob-e at 10:12 PM on 03/12/08
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It's just like Rez, except without all the trippy graphics.
cmarsh at 10:15 PM on 03/12/08
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Attack Decay Sustain Release

hey wow i got a laser sound.

i can't wait to see what you guys come up with. whatever it is it will be better than anything radiohead has done in the past 10 years.

i encourage you that same way my parents encouraged me when they bought me a violin.

and i played it like a guitar until i broke it. within 10 minutes.
awesomerobot at 10:23 PM on 03/12/08
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I NEED THIS YESTERDAY!
Zoot at 10:37 PM on 03/12/08
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Me too.

Z.
kinezo at 10:55 PM on 03/12/08
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No North American release date? :( I really hope it comes over here. I'd definitely pick it up.

Does anyone read Japanese? Does it say anything about saving your creations? Transferring them to a PC? (via wifi?)

If there's no North American release, this might be my first import ever, and it looks like it'll be well worth it :)
x23 at 12:54 AM on 03/13/08
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holy crap. that's awesome. basically no reason to get a Korg Kaossilator now. looks like this has the same basic sound... much much more control... and for 1/4 the price. plus the wireless synchronization sounds awesome.

kinda curious about offloading them to a computer though. songs i guess could just be recorded... but what if you make some awesome sequence that you now want to use your real synths on?
Xenobiologista at 12:58 AM on 03/13/08
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A couple of the other girls in my lab like electronica...getting this for my DS and bringing it to work might be fun.
EL_RIEL at 12:59 AM on 03/13/08
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i has tight pants
countalmaviva at 01:03 AM on 03/13/08
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Do not form plurals with an apostrophe! When did America's schools stop teaching this?! Grrrr.
brucefdavis at 02:50 AM on 03/13/08
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Sick! I can just imagine doing a live set (I'm a DJ), whipping my DS out of my pocket and amazing the croud by doing a remix on the fly. I want this yesterday.
strider_mt2k at 07:10 AM on 03/13/08
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I eagerly await the jam sessions.
EndlessMike at 09:04 AM on 03/13/08
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You don't need to live in Japan to use this. The DS is region free. It doesn't look like it uses much, if any Japanese in the program, so I doubt that will be a major barrier, either.
flyboy at 09:10 AM on 03/13/08
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FTW ... if you like this then you'll also love FruityLoops - but be prepared for the disappointment of realising how easy it is to make stuff up for clubs...

[www.fruityloops.com]
nutbastard at 03:29 PM on 03/13/08
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@flyboy:
FruityLoops is great for the price. It's easy as hell to use, one of the most intuitive sampling / synth programs I've ever seen.
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@brucefdavis:
Crouds are what float in the sky in Japan.
Out2gtcha at 03:54 PM on 03/13/08
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@nutbastard:

Hell yeah..........wait, what?
MeNotYou at 05:16 PM on 03/13/08
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As a current Electribe MX owner, I find this to be something I may look at once released.
iFlingPoo at 08:59 AM on 03/15/08
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@brucefdavis: I'm glad DJ's don't have to spell anything to make music, or even know how to play an instrument to make music. F-A-C-E