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6 Nintendo DS Music Making Demos

Posted: November 21st, 2008 | Author: John Kuan | Filed under: music production | No Comments »

The DS Musician Has Come of Age

Packed with home-brew software, a funky interface, and WIFI — the Nintendo DS has already staked itself deeply into the future of portable music-making.

Here’s a roundup of some of my favorite videos featuring the DS:

1.) Theremin, NDS, Keyboards, and one of the best songs off Daft Punk’s Discovery album. There’s something about THIS.

2.) The Korg DS-10 Synth on 4 NDSs synchronized with game cables. *DROOL!*

3.) Scratching on Protein on an NDS

4.) DStep V2 Step Sequencer on an NDS powering a Nord Micro Modular.

5.) DSMIdiWIFI. NDS + WIFI + Audio Sequencer = JAWESOME!

6.) Glitch-jammer rejoice! GlitchDS cellular sequencer producer some freaky 8-bit sounds.

Now I know what I want for Christmas!

For a comprehensive list of Nintendo DS Music applications, head down to Remain Calm’s very definitive list.

A Quick Demo on Hobnox.com’s Audiotool

Posted: November 20th, 2008 | Author: John Kuan | Filed under: music production | 2 Comments »

Cutting Edge Browser Technology VS Propellerheads Reason

I spent 5 minutes on hobnox.com’s interesting Audiotool. If you’ve been having fun with Propellerheads Reason (which is a killer KILLER production software) you’re going to have allot of fun with this.

Here are some highlights:

  • Beautifully Flash driven interface.
  • A huge scalable workspace.
  • Tonnes of beautifully rendered stompboxes.
  • TR-808, TR-909, and TB-303 models.
  • Each instrument and effects loads upon dragging onto the work surface (nice and efficient)
  • AND you can record tracks.

For a web-app. This is damn cool, you can’t complain. However:

  • Why not a more decent mixer … with faders?
  • Can we have less Roland-fanservice. Throw in an Oberheim, or a Korg.
  • Not a really super-accurate emulation (especially the filters).

Head over and take a look. Tonnes of fun.

HOBNOX.COM AUDIOTOOL