AQ Interactive is teaming up with music keyboard specialists Korg for Korg DS-10, a music creation tool for the Nintendo DS.
Korg DS-10, demonstrated in the video at right, is a six track (four drum, two analog synth), 16-step tool that’s controlled with the DS stylus.
Additional effects, like delay and chorus, can be added using a mixing board. Multiple copies of Korg DS-10 can even be linked together using a local wireless connection.
Here’s the feature list:
World’s first music tool software created for the Nintendo DS
Two patchable dual-oscillator analog synth simulators:
Four-part drum machine that uses sounds created with the analog synth simulator
Six-track (analog synth x 2, drum machine x 4) /16-step sequencer
Delay, chorus, and flanger sound effects available from the mixing board
Three note-entry modes: touch-control screen, keyboard screen, matrix screen
Real-time sound control mode via touch-control screen
Exchange sounds and songs and play multiple units simultaneously through a wireless communications link
As you can see, this is no game: Korg is going for serious musicians who want a portable, touch-screen-controlled music creation tool they can carry around with them. As such, they’re likely restricting themselves to a niche market like Jam Sessions, but it could still be a big hit with that crowd.
At the moment, Korg DS-10 is slated for a Japan-only release in July, although the company has helpfully put together an English-language page to get buzz going in Western territories. To that end, they’ll be showing the game off at the Musikmesse Frankfurt in Germany this month.
Korg DS-10 English page [AQ Interactive, via Siliconera]
