updated 21/apr/09 with new programs!

the nintendo ds is an excellent platform for homebrew audio software – here’s a mostly complete list of some of the excellent free and commercially available sound toys that are available for the platform.

bliptracker

by dan/remaincalm



drum machine & sequencer

(source code available)dsmcu

by dan/remaincalm



MCU-compatible mix controllerSeno

by A128



grid-based sequencer

groovestep

by bioroid



incredibly powerful sequencer/synthds-10

by korg



commercial sequencer, very good!

cellsDS

by Clone45



experimental lua sequencer

nitrotracker

by tobw



awesome tracker, just updated to v0.4!kaosDS

by tobw



converts touchscreen data into midi over wifi

Protein[DS]

(dscratch) by gorgull



sample looper, scratcher, glitcher

dstep v2

by evil jed



cool looking sequencer

glitchDS

by Clone45



really powerful cellular automation sequencerrepeaterDS

by Clone45



stuttering sample player

midipad

by Benji7905



a better kaoss clone

toypiano

by Brian Grogan Jr



sampled piano

(source code available)

dstar

by therain



midi sequencer



monome ds

by GrizzlyAdams



monome emulation (midi control)

(source code available)

soundcells

by pakl



cool-looking experimental synth

(source code available)

ukulele

by pakl



sampled ukulele



dssynth

by evan morris

dsmi synth, looks interesting!

(haven’t tried it yet, source code available)

MIDI Jammer

by Andrew Buch

graphical midi tool

AXE

by tepples

chiptune solo! great fun

(source code available)



pulse ds

by tobw

psg midi synth

(source code available)

sampling keyboard

by tobw

kinda like a casio sk-1

(source code available)drummers v2

(haven’t tried it yet)

FUDI Kaos DS

(haven’t tried it yet)

knobs and sliders

(haven’t tried it yet)

drum me

sampled drum kit

strum me

sampled guitar



please leave a comment if i’ve missed any!

if anyone knows anything about the wireless protocol korg are using for that thing, can they please contact me? cheers.