【KORG DSN-12】Secret Fire【オリジナル曲】

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Korg ds-10 syncing the korg nts-1, the teenage engineering op-z & ipad

After being asked to do a chiptune set in december of 2019 I worked on my audio setup and the songs and had nothing visually to go with it. I was not familiar enough with op-z and I did not want to use an ipad (only because I had being shows with just ipads and wanted to use ds only sounds) funny thing is I ran my audio for the set through a tascam i/o box into an ipad to control line levels. The show went great but with the down time of loading between songs and no visuals I decided I needed to have something syncd live to run visuals. I dove deep into the op-z and had to figure a way to sync it. I bought the module pack for the op-z but that would not use the audio sync in for timing (only for stepping). The midi on the module is trs midi so the module did not help. The bluetooth midi was useless for the ds. I then thought of buying the volca sync mixer, the korg sequencer with sync abilities or make a modded volca with midi. The I remembered I had synced up the monotribe to the ds a while back and it has sync in and midi out (a mod). So I originally made a video syncing the korg ds-10 to the op-z thru the miditribe. This method was close to perfect but I had to run the midi thru an ipad and an iconnectmidi to route it. I had an idea to buy the nts-1 to replace the monotribe....I had no idea how powerful it would be. The ability to use it as sync box swiss army knife and add your own oscillators has opened so many doors. The problem was every time I set up to do this video I had a new idea with syncing. I had to go back and edit using footage from when I first started because without a simple explanation the complex routings would make no sense. I do need to apologize for the video being a bit all over the place with setups and the sound. I was learning more of lumafusion, making a new setup for performance / tutorials and switching between different devices. I was only using two dsi xls, a midiman mixer and a tascam 2x2 into my iphone. While making this video I added my zoom h5 to use the mic and input at the same time and two of the recordings where on a tripod on my setup and have a lot of noise. anyway I'm learning how to make better videos and hopefully they won't be quite so cable accessy in the future. Also I would add that the click does not need to be exactly how I show in the video as some of those settings don't change the sound and same with the op-z and nts-1.

Next I plan on syncing the kds10 to:
1 ipad in aum.
2. gameboy.
3. ms-20 clone k-2

A couple of things I came across while trying out different setups:

If using two ds units in multiplayer mode, you cannot adjust the tempo once the ds units make the WiFi connection. You can load up your song on one ds and change the tempo and save it on the host ds before you start. Start and stop on the host ds will still start and stop the op-z with both one and two ds units. 

There is a buzz from the op-z when first turned on. Power from the usb hub goes to both the op- z and the nts-1 I believe there is an audio signal and midi through usb from both devices. 

-Just wait a few minutes it seems to go away most of the time. Also if you just want to sync video to the ds on the op-z then the volume from the op-z can just be turned down. I also used a stereo 3.5mm cable that is gold plated and it seemed to eliminate the buzz. 

-The tempo on the op-z fluctuates +or- 1 and can be noticeable when using hard panning or side chaining effects on the ds. It’s a small amount less than most Bluetooth latency. 

Basic equipment needed: 

-1 *KORG ds-10 or ds10+ -1 Nintendo ds, ds lite, xl, LL, dsi, dsi xl, 3ds, new 3ds, or 2ds system -1 “y” stereo 3.5mm male to 2 mono 3.5mm male cable (can be an adapter as long as the end that goes into the headphone port of the ds is stereo and the ends that goes into the mixer and KORG nts-1 are mono) can also be a 3.5 to mono 1/4” y cable. -1 KORG nts-1 synthesizer -1 micro usb cable (comes with the nts-1) -1 Teenage Engineering OP-Z -1 Nucleum or the like usb-c hub (the hub needs to be powered and have at least one usb-a port) -1 mixer that has at 3 inputs and 5 if using stereo out of the op-z and nts-1 -1 usb-c to usb-a cable to power the nucleum -2 mono or stereo 3.5mm cables for audio from the nts-1 and op-z to the mixer (can be 3.5 to 1/4” or 3.5 to stereo y cables) 

*if using two ds units (and 2 ds 10 carts) you can setup the same way or just use one ds unit as a click and the other ds as stereo sound. 

Setup: On the (host) ds card pan both synths and drums 1,2 and 3 to the left channel and the 4th drum channel to the right (this will be our click track). Click edit drums, click drum four. Make a metronome sound by using the pics below and save it. On the nts-1 hold down the rev (reverb) button while powering on. Using the pics below (and by turning the knobs on the nts-1) change the settings to allow the units to sync. Hit the arp button when done that will save your settings. On the op-z go to midi settings and highlight the box “allow midi clock source in” also make sure midi channel is on 16 for motion video.

By Michael Nervous

3ds unboxing 3-27-2011

my reservation was put in on the 13th- tomorrow it's here!

3d photos shot @ 3ds event chicago-michael nervous- korg ds10

Here is some 3d photos and more of the new album by michael nervous.

the photos are of the 3ds event in chicago.
-at the event you can try out street fighter in 3d, deep sea diver that is a ship/sub game that you spin around to look through your periscope 3d, need for speed driving game 3d, a flying game similar to the wii game where you have to land on targets or can just fly around 3d, nintendogs and cats in 3d, madden in 3d bears vs. packers is the game they had set up as well as an ar game where you look right through the screen and shoot at whatever is in front of the camera (like the floor or a table - this is your background) and boxes or other objects. the 3d is amazing on all of the games.

-other things i noticed. it is set up different than the dsi
- the headphone jack is in the center of the 3ds just below the touch screen on the outer shell (rather than the right on all the previous models)
-there are three buttons just above the jack that take you to different menus (like home)
- the 3d slider is on the top panel even with the bottom of the screen (moves easily but the only button anywhere near it is the top r button- you may bump sometime...just pause and re-align.
-it just seems a lot faster not just the graphics - but load time as well...nice

3ds photos in 3d- michael nervous- korg ds 10 music

these where shot on the 3ds!!!

This is part 1 of my review of the 3ds.

- tested the games and the camera
- the camera put the files into a single jpeg for 2d and an mpo for 3d I had to split the mpo file and put into a 3d editing program. i did not edit these photos as i wanted to show from 3ds to youtube how it would look (however the program aligns the photos - i did not align manually- that is why the single object photos look 3d and the ones with several objects appear un-aligned.
I spent 4 days trying to mix the video of the shots from the camera with other 3d footage I took with my fujifilm 3d camera with no luck. so i will show the videos seperate.

- overall this is the most elaborate ds system to come out. the ar games are amazing the use of the camera for non ar games is also amazing, the 3d looks great but does require some effort to adjust the lever to get each game and distance correct for your eyes-but once you do it's really good.

- i did not plug in headphones once i found out i could not insert the ds 10 software and was so into the games i forgot to even test the sound quality.

-they had a mii station where you create your mii and email it to yourself (not to be put back on your 3ds) I suppose had i been thinking i could have saved the mii on the sd card but i was more into the 3d camera.

part 1 of the song is just an edit - the next video will have more of it.

my 3ds mii - you tube video on 3ds and review to post today!

3ds is less than a month away!

On march 27 2011 the nintendo 3ds will arrive in stores.
So this is the third nintendo handheld to come out since the blog began. dsi, dsi xl and now 3ds. I skipped the xl (even though I may have wanted it). anyway I have spent the night checking it out online and it looks amazing!...honestly have kept tabs since the announcement as i love nintendo portables and 3d cameras u can see why I would want this. I have to say that I have not read anywhere about improved audio output from the dsi ( i may have just overlooked). I think if you are buying this you are going to be playing games more than making music on it as it is loaded with features. It would be great if someone would make some music software for it or if sanodg would make the ds 10 into a 3d, augmented reality, gyro / motion experince. I am excited for this for train rides to work.