My previous post mentioned the Korg DS-10 Plus software for the Nintendo DSi. This past week I experimented to see what I could create using the features I understood already. I was surprised at the complexity I could achieve. The program doesn’t do looping per se, but you can record “patterns,” then arrange them in a sequencer (basically a timeline) to build a complete song. In a couple hours I finished my first attempt, which I’ve called “Blah Blah Blah” and posted on the site. It consists of 11 patterns that I mixed and matched, and there’s a section after the drum break where I’m playing live over the patterns using a touchpad feature similar to the Korg Kaossilator. I feel like I’ve only scratched the surface and am looking forward to pushing this “game” to the limit.

Listen to the song

As an administrative sidebar, I’ll note that I received my official copyright certificate for the Groove Expedition logo in the mail this past week. That took about six months less time than I expected, and I’m glad to find out there weren’t any conflicts with existing art.

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