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This episode of the 1Up show - an online video game show - features a look at the new Korg DS-10 synthesizer, which runs on the Nintendo DS platform.

 

GlitchDS is a free cellular automaton music sequencer for the Nintendo DS that could be great for creating IDM and Glitch style loops. 
Features include:

Customizable Cellular Automaton sequencer
Create your own “trigger points”
Load in your own sounds
Save and load your work
BPM settings, or “strum mode” for controlling tempo
Up to 6 sounds can be loaded at once
Each sound [...]

 

yarglaaaafr freestyling on the Nintendo DS using a preview version of his project “ProteinDS”.

 

CNet Asia reports that the Korg DS-10, the software synth for the Nintendo DS, should be available in Japan in July:
The original MS-10 (price 53,500 yen in 1978; US$300 then) was a monophonic, single oscillator job. DS-10 simulator works as two synthesizers (each of them, dual-oscillator affair), since Nintendo DS has dual-screen, upper and lower.
Adding [...]

 

The Korg DS-10, the cool new virtual synth for the Nintendo DS, is going to get worldwide distribution, according to the DS-10 blog:
Hi there! my name is Tomi from AQI Inc.and I’ll be in charge of this product for international territories. For those of you out there wondering the release of DS-10 other than Japan, [...]

 

GrooveStep Digital Music Studio is a new music making application for the Nintendo DS.
GrooveStep features an easy to use step sequencer for pattern based music making. You can make beats, melodies and full songs with GrooveStep.

 

Korg is introducing a Japan-only cartridge for the DS that turns it into a simulation of the classic Korg MS-10 synth. It actually looks kinda cool, too.
No word on global availability. We can hope, though.

 

Electroplankton is an abstract music creation “game” for the Nintendo DS platform.
The project from media artist Toshio Iwai is less game than multimedia installation that you can control. Eectroplankton presents 10 digital “planktons” that react to your voice and touch, making gestures and sounds of their own.
“Electroplankton, just released in Japan this past week is, [...]