get creative with nintendo ds!

last weeks databeez party at dnalounge was a blast but now i’m spending a nerdy saturday night at home catching up on emails from the tour so far and the number one question i’ve been hit with is what software to run on nds?! this what i’ve got on my are fore, ymmv and you can always hit remain calm’s (mostly) comprehensive list of ds music apps

protein from gorgull makes use of the ds microphone, letting you record vocal snippets, play them back and “scratch” them. sk1 meets turntables meets handheld game console!

it’s not homebrew but ds10 is an impressive emulation of the classic korg ms10 synth. ds10+ addresses a few of ds10’s shortcomings and ads 4 more channels if you have a fancy dsi. got to plug it here: check out the diplodocus mp3death compo tracks made with ds10 the week it was released! and also the ds10 dominator release from mp3death!

colors from collecting smiles isn’t for audio … but it’s still awesome! video-jockey frame-farmers take note: after you’ve painted your image you can export a movie of it. i prefer using colors with a stylus on nds to colors with my fat finger on iphone.

last but not least, what we databeez had running on the nds units at our lecture (for giant robot at the japanese american national museum) was gb electric drum inside of pogoshell on a f2a cart. convoluted, but edrums worked just fine in that set up compared to muddy and stepgirl which were dropping notes.

and remember … what ever you’ve got sitting around … it’s likely you can find some music soft for it … and it’s likely you can get some raw, chippy synthesis out of it! so explore, search, and have fun!