[sdiy] Nintendo DS-10 (was Radio Shack catalogs)

[Walker Shurlds]

Glad to hear I'm not alone in liking it.

> I bought it for my kids, but I end up playing with it a lot more than
> they do!
> 
> Frankly, I like the Legacy Collection emulation of the MS-20 better
> than the MS-10 emulation of the DS-10 soundwise.  The former I find
> more authentic (when all of the effects are off).  But, like you, if
> I think of the DS-10 as its own, unique synth, then I like it.

I haven't used the Legacy Collection, that's VST or similar?

> Interfacewise, I am not a fan of using a stylus to adjust knobs,
> buttons and sliders.  But, given the small form factor, I understand
> and accept the limitation.
> 
> The sequencer and X-Y pad are intuitive and easy to use.
> 

I feel like the kaoss pad, especially when you have it set to
cutoff/peak, is a huge advantage over knob twiddling.  I'd love a XY
touchscreen with 2 CV outputs to hook up to whatever I wanted...  Does
korg or anyone make that?

> Is there a way to sync to external MIDI?  That's the one real
> shortcoming that annoys me.  I'd like to be able to throw together a
> bass line and drum track and then sync that to arpeggios and melody
> from other gear in my studio.

Yeah I'm just as annoyed.  A clock in would be nice too; I jammed
with it with a groove box, just had to set both to the same BPM and
pray.  Quite a few of the reviews of it had "just too limited to be a
real pieces of music software" in them, although I think it's for
different reasons than ours.  (I think reviewers wanted to be able to
save a million songs with a million tracks in them or something.)

Walker Shurlds