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Seriously - if your looking at synth software for your mac or pc, you should try this out. I just can't get over the value this software brings. Amazing, just about as versatile as the real thing - you can hook it up to your computer's line in, record multiple tracks, add effects etc. for $27.
So if you need some longer patterns you have to split your long patterns into two or more smaller patterns each, this can really eat into the effective number of patterns. The only real draw back to it is the rather small number of patterns you can use in a song, that being only 16 patterns, with at most 16 notes per pattern. I really do enjoy using this so as to pass time constructively rather than passively when waiting for this or that.
Get this game, the sound quality of the virtual synth is nothing to write home about, but the virtual synth has just about every knob and switch you commonly see on real synths. It also supports using multiple DS units in tandem (up to a total of 4) to increase the number of voices if you so desire. Don't want to plunk down the money for a real KORG synth or a KORG Kaossilator, but you do have a Nintendo DS (or DSi).
Each DS would require a copy of the "game" obviously in that setup. It would also have been nice if it would have supported saving songs and sessions to the SD card on the DSi, but it doesn't, then again, I don't know of any DS game that would. So learning how to configure this virtual synth effectively teaches you how to configure a real synth.
Next, it features a very nice sequencer that lets you edit patterns and songs easily.
I wasn't expecting some of the features like the KAOSS pad, so I was surprised. I am glad I got it, and it is already helping me understand the nuts and bolts of synths in a entertaining way. As soon as I turned on the Korg DS-10 I started playing music, and I couldn't stop for hours. Electronic music is not my strength, but I wanted to get this program to start learning more about synthesizers. I am a composer and I am already planning on using the korg DS-10 as one of my professional music making tools.It will keep you entertained and busy for days. I was very impressed by how intuitive it is and easy to use. Very powerful and extremely fun to make music with.
the Korg DS 10 has let me finish a piece of music that's been waiting for 8 years for this applicationthanks, Richard s.
I jam on this thing, sometimes for hours. Ever since I got my DS Lite I daydreamed about the musical potential of the system- never expecting to see it in reality. The Ds-10 is amazing. Of course it's limited, it's not a huge workstation or Triton, but within the limits it's incredible what it can do.
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