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Two years ago I saw a video clip about the Korg DS-10 software for the DS.  That software emulates some Korg synthesizers.  Without being experienced in manipulating that kind of software I was however amazed at all the cool sounds you could get out of the DS console.  Younger, I always dreamed of having a synthesizer, I enjoyed listening of SID files from the good old C-64, some TB-303 sounds.  But anyway, let’s go back on the subject.

A year after DS-10 launch was announced the DS-10 Plus.  It doubled the amount of synth and drum machines and added some minor new features for the standard DS.

There is a short clip demonstrating the DS-10 Plus:

Now that the 3DS is out in Japan I was curious to know if the DS-10 Plus was compatible on the 3DS as the 3DS is backward compatible with previous consoles.   After looking to get in touch with Korg I decided to look for Nobuyoshi Sano, the designer and producer of the DS-10.  Guess what, I found him on twitter so why not send a quick tweet and ask.  A few minutes after when I came back and sit at the computer I was quite surprised with a reply and an answer:

@3DHandheld absolutely you can play DS-10+ on 3DS but something like “3DS-10” is in the air

[Original tweet]

Hardware specifications of the 3DS are not fully disclosed yet so it remains to be seen what the 3DS version will add to the current DS-10, but it’s nice to see that developement is still going on for such specialized piece of software.

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