http://laptopstudio.thunderguy.com/2005/08/19/make-music-on-handheld-game-consoles/ Music software reviews, news and information to help you make music on your computer Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:51:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://laptopstudio.thunderguy.com/2005/08/19/make-music-on-handheld-game-consoles/#comment-63 Electroplankton for Nintendo DS Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:28:29 +0000 http://laptopstudio.thunderguy.com/?p=64#comment-63 [...] Electroplankton, the uncategorizable game/sequencer/oddity for the Nintendo DS, is out now in the US. I wrote about it in a previous article about music on handheld game consoles, but now it’s been released outside Japan there’s a bit more English-language information about. Though some of it does sound as if it’s been translated from the Japanese: “It’s tough to slap a label on Electroplankton. It’s not a game, but you play it on a game device. There’s no set purpose to it, but the end result can sweep you up in its charm. Most of all, its innovation sings out loud and true. “ [...] [...] Electroplankton, the uncategorizable game/sequencer/oddity for the Nintendo DS, is out now in the US. I wrote about it in a previous article about music on handheld game consoles, but now it’s been released outside Japan there’s a bit more English-language information about. Though some of it does sound as if it’s been translated from the Japanese: “It’s tough to slap a label on Electroplankton. It’s not a game, but you play it on a game device. There’s no set purpose to it, but the end result can sweep you up in its charm. Most of all, its innovation sings out loud and true. “ [...]

]]> http://laptopstudio.thunderguy.com/2005/08/19/make-music-on-handheld-game-consoles/#comment-17 Beautiful Erasure remix interface Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:55:15 +0000 http://laptopstudio.thunderguy.com/?p=64#comment-17 [...] Here’s a fantastic interface for remixing a track. The pop group Erasure has put a version of their recent single Don’t Say You Love Me on the web in a remixable form. The interface is quite lovely — it reminds me of the fabulous Electroplankton music game on the Nintendo DS. The track is represented as a tree, with groups of leaves representing musical qualities like Warmth, Emotion, Heartbeats, Tears and so on. Click a leaf in each group to determine how to play each quality — so you can have Emotion “a la folie” and Skin “beaucoup” and change it on the fly as the track plays. Click the bird to randomise the settings and use this as a starting point to make your own mix. [...] [...] Here’s a fantastic interface for remixing a track. The pop group Erasure has put a version of their recent single Don’t Say You Love Me on the web in a remixable form. The interface is quite lovely — it reminds me of the fabulous Electroplankton music game on the Nintendo DS. The track is represented as a tree, with groups of leaves representing musical qualities like Warmth, Emotion, Heartbeats, Tears and so on. Click a leaf in each group to determine how to play each quality — so you can have Emotion “a la folie” and Skin “beaucoup” and change it on the fly as the track plays. Click the bird to randomise the settings and use this as a starting point to make your own mix. [...]

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