Korg DS-10 and Apple motion squares

Korg DS-10 song and a motion animation. hope you like squares
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DS-10 plus Electroplankton

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Korg DS-10 drums in Ableton

Here's a video by ergonueve showcasing DS-10 drum samples in Ableton Live:



Don't personally own a copy of DS-10 but like the drum sounds? Download your own DS-10 sounds here, recorded with Propellerheads record.

Elvis Presley & Korg DS-10

In conjunction with Elvis Presley Enterprises and Korg DS-10, vibirth are holding a contest for DS-10 users. Contestant hopefuls are to cover one of 10 Elvis songs using the DS-10 (as well as other instruments) and submit your entry on YouTube by September 30th, 2009. The songs you can cover include:

ALL SHOOK UP
CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE
DON‘T BE CRUEL
G. I. BLUES
GOOD LUCK CHARM
I WANT YOU, I NEED YOU, I LOVE YOU
JAILHOUSE ROCK
LOVE ME TENDER
STUCK ON YOU
(LET ME BE YOUR) TEDDY BEAR

For more information check out the vibirth website. And if you don't own a Nintendo DS or DS-10, don't forget you can download my drum samples and use those!

DS-10 Plus

The makers of the fantastic DS-10 for the Nintendo DS have updated it for the new DSi. The new DS-10+ is like having two DS-10s together! Double the tracks, double the drums. It also enables the user to edit the drums and synthesizers live, which will be fantastic. Granted you could use the Kaoss screen to control some of the synth parameters live before, but now everything is available for live tweaking! I love this synthesizer and hope it will encourage other developers to jump on the DSi platform for music production software. With the touchscreen it really is perfectly suited for music. Maybe Korg will take notice and make a Kaossilator for the DSi. No mention about whether the step sequencer has been expanded.





And don't forget to check out my drum samples from the DS-10 posted here:

DS-10 Samples

DS-10 to the rescue!

About two weeks ago my Macbook Pro's screen started glitching out like an old television set losing it's reception on a stormy night. Needless to say I was distressed and contacted Apple Care, who promptly sent me out a box and shipping label, so I could mail my laptop to Memphis to get fixed. Now my MBP is the center of my life... I have no television, no ipod and I'm not the most sociable guy (which is a nice way of saying I'm a loser). So while my laptop was getting fixed I remembered that I had recently picked up the DS-10 for my Nintendo DS Lite. If you're not familiar with the DS-10 it's a recreation of the analog MS-10 monophonic synthesizer with a 16 track sequencer for the Nintendo DS. With my computer gone, it gave me ample time to play with the DS-10 and man is it fun! I really like the drum sounds that can be made with it as well as sound fx. Only real gripe is that I wish the sequencer was at least 32 steps long. Luckily the Pattern window has a lot of steps so there's a work around. Anyhow, I spent the majority of the weekend playing with it and came up with some pretty good sounds that I really wanted to try out in Reason. So as soon as I got my computer back I fired up Propellerhead's record and made wav files of my favorite drum and glitch sounds from the DS-10. I haven't gotten to good at editing with record yet, so I used Audacity to cut the files down to size and now they are available if you are so inclined:


DS-10 Beat L.72.zip