All Things korg ds-10, +, dsn-12, chiptune & korg Gadget(s): 2026

Thursday, July 9, 2026

Hobby Chop midi adapter for nintendo ds and ds lite + Moody ds app

https://www.hobbychop.com/

A touchscreen & MIDI analog style synth and groovebox for the Nintendo DS.

Turn your Nintendo DS into a pocket synthesizer. Sculpt sounds with your finger on the filter pad, build basslines and beats on the step sequencer, chain them into a full song, and sync it all with MIDI.

Try it free

The demo is the real instrument, not a teaser. You get the full sound engine, the effects, the sequencer, song mode, and the touch keyboard, so you can sit down and make music with it right now.

Demo

The sound

moody-ds is a virtual analog synth with the warm, hands on character of a classic subtractive synthesizer: an oscillator running into a filter into an envelope, shaped with an LFO and a touch of effects, all in software on your DS. If you love that fat, filtered, knob twiddling vibe, you will feel right at home.

What you get

A filter pad you sweep with your finger for instant movement and squelch.
32Khz, two voice polyphony, so chords and overlapping notes ring out together.
Oscillator, envelope, and LFO pages to dial in your tone.
Onboard delay and chorus for space and width.
A 16 step sequencer with adjustable length and swing for groove.
An arpeggiator that turns your held notes into rolling patterns.
A 16 slot pattern bank, and a song mode that chains patterns into full arrangements.
16 preset slots that snapshot your whole sound and its sequence, plus an auto save that brings you back exactly where you left off.
Sample drums on MIDI CH. 10.
Full MIDI: play it from any keyboard, controller, or computer, and lock it to your DAW or hardware clock, in or out. It even plays nicely with arduinoboy and LSDJ rigs.

Demo and full version

The free demo is the complete instrument to play with. The full version unlocks the things you keep and connect:

Saving and loading your presets.
The automatic save of your working setup.
MIDI, so you can play from outside gear and sync clock in or out.

What you need

A Nintendo DS or DS Lite with a flashcart, to run it from an SD card.
An SD card, to save your presets and setup (full version).
For MIDI, the mDS cartridge that plugs into the second cart slot. It works on the original DS and DS Lite. The DSi and 3DS do not have the slot, but the synth, sequencer, and song mode still play on any DS.

mDS is a Nintendo DS / DS Lite slot-2 (GBA Game Pak) MIDI interface built on an RP2040. It bridges hardware MIDI into the DS over the slot-2 SRAM bus so a DS app can be a MIDI synth. The DS is the synth; the cart is the interface - see the sDS synth app, the baseline ROM that runs on it.

One firmware, two jobs: mDS speaks the mDS `"STDS"` protocol (MIDI clock + a MIDI event ring), so the same cart drives both the sDS synth *and* clock-sync apps (e.g. stutter-ds) with no changes.

Instructions:

Place the sDS ROM on the SD card of your favorite R4 or SD DS cartridge.
Plug the cart into the DS before you turn the DS on.

Currently compatible with:

sDS synth app (General polyphonic synth - free.)
Stutter-DS (Glitch sequencer.)
PadMe-DS (Atmospheric groove generator.)
Moody-DS (Virtual analog synth.)
Break-DS (Coming soon.)
MIDIO-DS (Coming soon.)

Specs

MCU RP2040 - dual Cortex-M0+ @ 133 MHz, 264 KB SRAM

Host interface - GBA slot-2 SRAM region `0x0A000000`, 4 KB window (12-bit address), serviced by a PIO state machine

MIDI IN - 31250 baud UART, opto-isolated (H11L1) from TRS-A

MIDI OUT - 31250 baud UART, 2×220 Ω to TRS-A

Indicator - onboard green LED (GPIO25): status + MIDI activity

Power - slot-2 3.3 V

Compatibility - DS / DS Lite only (DSi+ dropped slot-2)

Thursday, June 25, 2026

aphex twin 14 presets at once mode on ipad from fingerlab

Fun Ipad synth that uses the afx mode from the bass station 2 idea like aphex twin

Meet Jynth, the new synth by Fingerlab for iPhone, iPad and Mac — the warm, analog soul of the iconic Roland Juno-106, reimagined with a groundbreaking Physics Engine for organic, living sound.

Designed for leads, basses, keys & pads, Jynth delivers that classic vintage character you love — housed in a meticulously crafted, photo-realistic interface that looks as good as it sounds.

Shape your sound with a full analog-style signal chain:
From the dual oscillators and resonant VCF filter to the ADSR envelope, LFO and built-in arpeggiator — every parameter has been carefully tuned to feel as musical as it sounds.

Go further with 5 studio-grade effects:
Tremolo, Flanger, Chorus, Delay & Reverb — stack them to build rich, evolving textures and cinematic soundscapes.

Bring your presets to life with the Physics Engine:
This is where Jynth truly stands apart. Assign up to 8 physics-driven modulations to any synth or effect parameter. Gravity, bounce, impulse, angle — let the laws of physics shape your sound in ways no LFO ever could. Every preset becomes unique, every performance feels alive.

Explore new sonic territory with Preset Per Note & Preset Ribbon:
Inspired by the music of Aphex Twin, Preset Per Note lets you assign a different preset to each key of the piano keyboard — so every note triggers an entirely different sound. Take it further with Preset Ribbon: select a collection of presets and glide between them in real time, simply by sliding your finger across the ribbon. A new way to perform. A new way to play.

Play anywhere, plug into anything:
Jynth is universal — one purchase gives you the full experience on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Use it as a standalone app or load it as an AudioUnit (AUv3) plugin directly inside your favorite DAW. Pair it with your MIDI controller via MIDI In support, and your sound is always there — even when your screen is off, thanks to Audio Background mode.

Unlock the Full Version to access preset creation, all factory presets, FX, Physics Engine, Randomizer and Undo.

Features:
Synth Engine
• VCO with Pulse Width Modulation — Square, Saw, Sub & Noise oscillators
• High-Pass Filter
• VCF Filter with Frequency, Resonance, Envelope, LFO & Keyboard tracking
• LFO with Rate, Delay & Depth
• VCA Gate mode
• Full ADSR Envelope
• Glide (Portamento)
• Arpeggiator with Tempo, Pattern, Step Division, Octave Range & Gate

Effects
• 5 FX: Tremolo, Flanger, Chorus, Delay & Reverb

Physics Engine
• 8 independent physics-based modulation stages
• Per-stage controls: Speed, Gravity, Bounce, Impulse, Angle & more
• Assignable to any synth or FX parameter

Preset Per Note
• Assign a different preset to each key of the keyboard
• Autofill with random presets by category

Preset Ribbon
• Select a collection of presets and glide between them in real time
• Switch sounds on the fly while playing
• Perfect for live performance

Workflow
• 100 factory presets
• Preset Randomizer
• Preset Import & Export
• Undo
• MIDI In support
• Audio Background support
• AudioUnit (AUv3) support
• Universal: iPad, iPhone & Mac

Thursday, June 11, 2026

I'll be giving away codes for an AUv3 fx named "melthaven" june 11 12pm cst

code giveaway

Melthaven replaces the traditional fixed LFO with note-triggered modulation, creating a phase shifter that reacts instantly to your individual playing style. Built for guitarists, it is also highly suited for synth basses and sounds with sharp attacks and fast decays.

Its analog-modeled OTA filters provide deep resonance and character, ranging from wah-like effects to complex, shifting formant textures or even experimental tones, like bubbling or hard, slappy effects.

For bright, harmonically dense signals – such as saturated or overdriven tones and synthetic sounds – the effect range also includes growls and glistening sweeps.

FOCUSED ON BASS & GUITARS

The effect was specially developed to respond to the frequency response and transient peaks of electric guitars and basses. Every pluck, pop, or pick attack re-triggers the phase sweep, effectively turning your rhythmic timing into the "engine" of the effect.

USING LOOPS? BREAK THEM OPEN

Melthaven allows you to add powerful growls, bark, and quacks "after the fact". This unlocks deep dimensions of control usually lost the moment a loop is bounced. Instead of being stuck with locked-in sound design, you can now reshape the envelope of any pre-recorded sample, breathing new life into your loop library.

EXPERIMENT AND EMBRACE THE UNSTABLE

Because Melthaven relies on clear transients, results will vary based on your source material. On soft or transient-free signals – such as pads or sounds undergoing heavy effects processing / layering – the effect can produce wild, unpredictable, and experimental responses. While this use isn't what the plugin was designed for, the dedicated smoothing feature can tame these re-triggers, yielding a flow that can feel organic and physical in its instability when operating beyond the plugin’s transient-focused comfort zone.