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In the News: Korg on Nintendo DS, Roland Remix Contest, More Tenori.

Korg DS-10 soft synthesizer running on Nintendo DS. Actually, two synthesizers in one.

Release date, July 24, 2008, and only at Amazon Japan

Damn, only in japan? WHY!! When will we see a Wii version?

Link to CNET Article for the Korg on Nintendo DS

Roland Prizes In Remix Contest
Remix De/Vision’s Life is Suffering courtesy of digitalmusician.net and Roland

****Roland SH-102 Synthesizer home as Grand Prize***

AND

some guy calls tenori-on queer I guess.

Audio Tool Rocks: The Online TB-303 & 909 Emulator

Audio Tool is an emulation of two Roland TB-303s, a TR-909, and a bunch of the roland/boss stomp boxes. It is very reminiscent of the classic program Propellerhead Rebirth, but without the TR-808 and better graphics.

Audio tool is simple to use and includes rewiring/audio routing on the same screen that you make your music on, which makes more sense than Propellerhead Reason’s double screened rack system.

I believe they are using java/flash to run the program in the browser, but it is as easy to use as any flash app. They did an excellent job making it, even if it has been done before. Missing is a way to save your songs but you can’t complain because its better than Rebirth in alot of ways.

Its fun.
Go start making some electronic music NOW!

Link: Hobnox Audiotool

4/5 Rating
Sound quality is excellent.
Fun.
Needs a save feature, even if it is a demo.

Thanks Noizone!

Melodyne: Changing Notes in Chord Samples

Youtube comments:
This is weak! Anyone who considers using this product is a total mark ass bitch. Learn music, not software.

When I see things like this… I realize that some people out there are a lot smarter than me… it makes me realize how stupid I am and how far behind I am in evrey thing… I am glad that we have people smarter than me working on stuff.

It looks like this software can change the pitch of chords that are already buried in samples. That is kind of insane. Some people are complaining about the digital artifacts, but what else do you expect when you are changing pitch? It happens normally. Very cool idea, and that fact they have it working is very cool

Check out some more with this link. I love DVICE, its a great blog from scifi
DVICE: Miraculous Direct Note Access can completely change music

#1 Mistake of Hardware Manufacturers

There is one single mistake that hardware manufacturers make everytime they create a product. It makes buyers move on, or wait till something else comes out. It keeps our money out of their pockets.

That mistake is…..

Missing Features. Just think of how many times you did’nt buy something because another model did something a little bit extra. How many times has someone bought a piece of equipment and had been let down that it do some nit-picky thing, but would have made the music creation experience - or any product experience for that matter - so much better.

If hardware manufacturers would take more feedback from users they would have better products. If hardware manufacturers just spent a little extra time on a product they would be able to sell it alot faster, and chances would be that it would instantly be ahead of the competition. Instead there are tons of average and cheap products out there…alot of times you have to buy more than one from different companies to get the features you wanted - all when one manufacturer could have put it in an all in one box..

Missing features in any product are a total freaking letdown every time. Please put more time into product development. You will have alot of happy users and more money in the bank for your company. Musical instruments should not be treated like blenders.