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Gag Gifts, Occasion Gifts - KORG DS-10 Synthesizer
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List Price: $39.99
Our Price: $36.99
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Manufacturer: Xseed Games
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Amazon Maximum Age: 20
Amazon Minimum Age: 60
Binding: Video Game
Brand: XSEED Games
EAN: 0853466001117
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Feature: World's first music tool software created for the Nintendo DS
Label: Xseed Games
Manufacturer: Xseed Games
Model: 80811
Platform: Nintendo DS
Publisher: Xseed Games
Release Date: 2008-11-04
Studio: Xseed Games
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Features
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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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Editorial Reviews:
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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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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: BUY IT! BUY IT! BUY IT!
Comment: I thought I would post a review to give it some support...only to see that it's getting lots of support already! If you are a musician who has even a passing interest in synthesizers and owns a NDS, do not even ask questions - when you see a copy, BUY IT!!!! This thing is nothing short of amazing.
Sure it has limitations; about the same limitations as the Korg MS-10, (which I once owned) - but it also has features that the MS-10 never had, like the ability to save patches! (and somehow, in case you want to whine about the limitations, artists are still recording with the original Korg MS-10 today). Despite what you may think, the audio quality is quite useable and sounds great through my studio monitors. BUY IT! BUY IT! BUY IT! Is all that I can say (the other reviews do a much better job of describing the features). I am thinking about buying a 2nd copy because I want to support this kind of development and can hardly wait for what the musical future holds on the NDS platform (Roland and Yamaha are you listening?)
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Summary: PERFECT!
Comment: I love sound and noise and being able to use this while on the train commute to work every day is a blast. It's a must have for any musician that has a DS!!!
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Summary: Buy it, if you are even slightly musically inclined (as I am)?
Comment: The presentation is as barebones and intuitive as it gets, which makes for a suberb instrument. This is not a game in the traditional sense, it is a portable sythesizer as the title suggests. Nonetheless, it does not fail at being funner than most DS titles, if you want to get your musical fix. The two keyboards and four drums are full and you can put the music in note by note or use the stylus or drum and keyboard tool, thus allowing you to fine-tune your music to perfection. The four drums have which have their own separate synthesizer - like each keyboard (however any effects take effect on all drums at once). Like a brick and mortar sythesizer, there is all sorts of knobs, allowing you to create a inestimimal amount of different sounds, allowing your 16 loops to be as varied as you would like them.
All in all, the "game" is endlessly replayable, due to the fact that it is actually an instrument, which present excellent value for the money. I did not expect this game to be so deep and well executed, due ot the limitations of the DS, but like another reviewer said - the limitations lie within you. However it does not make a good gift for a non-musician. But if you like creating music, or want to start doing so, you will not regret this purchase; if you just want to have simplicity, this is the pinnacle of complexity on the DS.
Customer Rating:
Summary: This is not a game, it is better than a game
Comment: I've owned the Korg DS-10 for two days, and it is the best instrument I have ever bought. I bought my first synth in 1975 a Korg MS-10 which I still own by the way, has never broken and still plays like it did when I bought itKORG DS-10 Synthesizer. Most of my equipment is Korg."Korg you kick *#s, I love your company, I love your synths".
I didn't even bother with the manual, I was creating the mos def Hip-hop- and electronica in 1o minutes. I'm ready to take this thing out and play a club. Welcome to 21st century everybody.
You know, How I know how good this little instrument is. I showed it to some other musicians and they were so jealous I could see them turning green before my eyes.
If your a DJ or electronic musician you gotta get this. You can rock on the fly intuitively, make changes instantly. It's like two synths, two Kaos pads, a drum machine and an effects rack all in the size of a digital camera.
Buy it now before I steal all your gig's. And it will be a shame that someone old enough to be your dad stole your gigs, and maybe your groupies too!! ha ha
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Summary: The best program for the DS, hands down!
Comment: Notice I said program, not game. That's because this isn't a game, but rather a music creation tool. It looks a bit like Fruity Loops mixed with an old tracker like FT2 graphically, but functionally it's closest analogue is Propellerhead's Reason, as you get some synths and a drum machine, and that's it. No plugins, no sample imports. Just two 2-oscillator virtual analog monosynths, an analog drum machine and a piano roll a.k.a. "grid" sequencer, along with a emulation of the KORG KAOSS Pad DJ tool.
But you don't really need more than this, simplicity is key. And when the components sound this good, you could have only ONE oscillator and it would still rock. Plus, you have an awesome effects engine which butters it all up.
The level of depth is amazing. I'm used to virtual analogs, so editing sounds is easy, just like on a PC, but there's all these little things I'm finding out you can do that turn this from just a musical idea sketchpad into a full-fledged micro studio.
This is a purchase that I have not regretted in the LEAST, I would have paid $70 for it. If the lack of tracks bother you, record a session into your PC and make a new one on the DS, and just multitrack. Simply amazing, I might make all my future tracks on just this and MilkyTracker alone.
KORG and AQ Software have saved the DS, people. You owe them your money.
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