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

[clarke at robinsononline.com]

I've had it for a few months (although I have to borrow my daughter's DS to play it). I've never used a real MS-20 so I can't say how good of a clone it is, but it's great fun. The current version (DS-10+) is only $30, so if you already have a DS it's almost a no-brainer...just noodling around with the Kaoss pads is worth the price of admission.

Some pretty impressive tracks (not of mine):

http://8bitcollective.com/music/Sanczo+Zapiekanka/Somehow+Every+Summer+Afternoon+Feels+Nostalgic+No+Matter+What+(DS-10)/
http://8bitcollective.com/music/DS-10+Dominator/Frostbite+Express+(LIVE+drone+ambient)/
http://8bitcollective.com/music/DS-10+Dominator/Dubstep+Gives+Me+Food+(dubstep%2C+breaks)/

- Clarke

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Walker Shurlds
> Sent: 05/13/10 04:43 PM
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Nintendo DS-10 (was Radio Shack catalogs)
> 
Hey guys,
What do you think of/have you messed with the Nintendo/Korg DS-10?

It's a "clone" (although I've found several fundamental differences) of
the MS-10, with a sequencer, kaoss pad, and drum machine (which they
claim is making MS-10 sounds, but I don't hear it) added.

Even if I don't think it's a very good clone, I can pretend it's
not a clone and was made up from scratch, in which case I think it's a
hella lot of fun to play. I'm really thinking about trying to play one
on stage, just for the "lol he's gigging a video game" reaction, more
than anything.

Walker Shurlds

On Thu, 13 May 2010 15:32:01 -0400
Paul Cunningham <paul at cometway.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure how this thread turned to synth software interfaces, but
> I can definitely tell you that the iPad makes a lot of those novelty 
> iPhone
> instruments immediately a lot more accessible. Apps such as the
> argon and
> ellatron are suddenly real instruments to me and worthy of 
> consideration.
> Before it was just kinda fun to play mellotron strings on my phone 
> but now
> I can actually play them as an instrument. Choose your interface
> whether it is a touch screen or knobs and banana plugs. If you can
> connect to it in a meaningful way who cares?
> 
> Anyone care to comment on the mopho keyboard and the complexity that 
> lies
> beneath the knobs? I just got one yesterday and feel I have a pretty 
> good
> grasp of how to work it, but there is definitely a lot of software in
> play... I would like to diy an instrument at this level of
> complexity one
> of these days... -pc
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