Nintendo's DS Lite doubles as MIDI sequencer (again)
[Via MAKE]
Filed under: Handhelds, Portable Audio
[Via MAKE]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
FTY @ Apr 14th 2008 9:39PM
Does this work only on DS lite?
iofthestorm @ Apr 14th 2008 10:49PM
Anything that works on DS Lite should work on the DS, unless it requires some sort of expansion pack or something for the GBA slot which is smaller to fir the DS Lite.
alfatreze @ Apr 15th 2008 6:11AM
It does work and any DS, since hardware function wise they are the same, but...
You need to run the program from a Slot2(gba) homebrew cart, since it uses the slot1(nds) for a modified rom cart to do the midi connections.
You can hack a standard DS rom card for this, and probably, although I'm not sure, you can use natrium's dSerial cart for this.
dSerial:
http://www.natrium42.com/
Bobs @ Apr 14th 2008 9:46PM
The DS really has some awesome homebrew, and the MIDI stuff is pretty fun to toy around with.
Kurian @ Apr 14th 2008 10:30PM
Thats all the little shit is good for. The graphics suck and its pathetically underpowered.
Aguiluz @ Apr 14th 2008 10:49PM
Not really. For it's being underpowered, it's actually good.
Why? Have you seen a PSP being used for music composing? No.
Have you seen a PSP having real rumble? No.
Have you seen a PSP exceed the battery life of a DS? No.
Just because that the good portion of the DS games have no blood or violence (which I expect on mature gamers anyway) does not mean that it sucks.
DS, yes, it is underpowered, but its enough for it's intended purpose.
Aguiluz @ Apr 14th 2008 10:51PM
And... Warioware rocks.
gabe @ Apr 14th 2008 11:30PM
I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT!
I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT!
craig#2 @ Apr 14th 2008 11:54PM
You said it, brother.
alfatreze @ Apr 15th 2008 6:03AM
Someone needs to play a little more attention while writing articles. The software being used is dStep by Jed, and not the dStar Sequencer project by collin meyer. (Make had the link wrong aswell).
Here's the original article by CreateDigitalMusic:
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/04/11/nintendo-ds-as-hardware-step-sequencer/
Dstep:
http://www.soundpunk.com/index.php?topic=1340.0
Dstar:
http://www.collinmeyermusic.com/dev/index.htm
If only korg and Tomi would take a note from these and add midi support to their DS-10
Synth
Enjoy
telepheedian @ Apr 15th 2008 6:50AM
Bad product, you fail.