E308: Korg DS-10 makes cool people cooler

by Phil Larsen { Jul 17th 2008 at 1:30PM }

If you've been waiting for Korg DS-10 to come out -- wait a little longer. In the meantime, we have the next best thing: a video of a badass Japanese dude rocking out with the portable synthesizer. This guy has a cool shirt, cool hair and an attitude of all-out righteousness. Unsurprisingly, he knows how to make Korg DS-10 really sing, especially since he's been hard at work before.

The less musically-inclined of us won't really have any clue how to use the thing, but we're sure all musos out there will know exactly how to configure an impressive array of blips and bloops into something worth listening to.

Gallery: Korg DS-10

Tags: aq-interactive, ds-10, e3, e3-2008, e308, korg, music, synthesizer

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

spyker @ Jul 17th 2008 1:45PM

Still think the iPhone BeatMaker looks cooler. Band too.

Kimiko @ Jul 17th 2008 2:08PM

Sounds very cool indeed. I liked the part where he just squiggled the stylus across the screen to make something musical. Too bad the interface looks way complicated with all those sliders and knobs and buttons and thingies. You'd need a degree in engineering _and_ music to understand all that.

ndrooo @ Jul 17th 2008 2:33PM

It really isn't all that bad, the best way to figure it out is to play around with it :) Who knows, you might make something awesome by mistake! Once you get the basics of how synths work and hows to track sounds, it's all fun and playing around from there!

aj @ Jul 17th 2008 5:38PM

Honestly, I've used really, hideously complex programs that seem similar to this thing before (Fruit Loops!!!), and you really do get far by just playing with it and making weird sounds.

Though I am curious how the game manual will be, and how well documented the program will be.

ndrooo @ Jul 17th 2008 2:30PM

I'm SUPER PUMPED about this coming to America. This is like my portable tracker/beat maker dream come true!! Right now I'm using a homebrew called Nitrotracker, and it's pretty awesome, but Korg's program has so much polish and looks so promising. I'm extremely excited to see what this little tool can do, seeing as I've been making music on the go like crazy lately.

jsutcliffe @ Jul 17th 2008 4:14PM

I'm looking forward to this too. I've not touched electronic music software since I used some trackers on my Amiga ~15 years ago, but I keep wanting to get back into making electronic music -- this should be a decent entry point, since I have no idea what soft/hardware I need to get going on my PC.

Kimiko @ Jul 17th 2008 4:16PM

So, I was looking up some more about this Korg thing (why it's called DS-10 for example), and came across another music making program that looks a lot more fun, Electroplankton. However, that game seems to be either sold out or crazy expensive. Why is that? Is it like with Atlus games, a month after release they're sold out?

Nigeria: SSBB: 0731-6347-2110 @ Jul 17th 2008 8:12PM

When Nintendo released the game here - I'm talking as a European - it was only available online. Supply was tight, so I'm assuming Nintendo did not have a lot of faith in the project, in terms of sales.

I don't know. The lack of a clear objective really baffled me. You tap and stoke, there's music. I'm being really vague as the game didn't really leave me with an impression. Maybe if you go into the game expecting very little you maybe pleasantly surprised.

Jhongerkong @ Jul 18th 2008 1:17AM

Does it make uncool people frieza?

Zach S @ Jul 18th 2008 8:24AM

This reminds me of GAMEBOY CAMERA!!!

Ian Page-Echols @ Jul 20th 2008 4:57PM

You want to see something that will make you want it even more? You can sync at least, or maybe up to 4 DS' running this program:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmIwZDVJSwI

Search for youtube video vmIwZDVJSwI if links don't go through on this site.