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Visualize your twist on music in September with Korg DSN-12
It's tough to predict when inspiration will strike, but if you're into composing music using analog synthesizers and own a 3DS, at least harnessing your creative streaks is about to get more convenient: Synthesizer manufacturer Korg has announced Korg DSN-12, an eShop download that will reach the Americas and Europe in September. Korg DSN-12 will offer 12 monophonic synthesizers, which creators can apply three effects each to from the delay, chorus, compressor, kick, reverb and flanger. Sequences can have up to 64 steps and sequences themselves can be placed in up to 64 patterns. Speaking of patterns, a Pattern Program mode will allow for a maximum of 99 scenes, with muting options available for each track. 3D effects for both Wave and Lissajous visual representations will be offered by Korg DSN-12, and tinkerers can share song and sound data locally with other synthesizer enthusiasts. A price is still to be determined, but anything that can save one of your genius loops is bound to carry some value. Besides, it'll probably be cheaper than the retail-released Korg DS-10 for the original DS. [Image: Korg]
APB's Chris Collins talks music, customization
Realtime Worlds Community Manager Chris Collins lends his mug to a new video featuring the various customization options found in the forthcoming All Points Bulletin urban crime MMORPG. Collins talks about everything from the in-game paint program to the musical death themes we first heard about back at PAX East 2010. "Players can create what we call death themes, so every time that you kill a player they're forced to listen to your music," enthuses Collins in the video, currently hosted over at GamesXtreme.net. The two-and-a-half-minute teaser, compiled at the EA Showcase London event, features brief snippets on the player music creation system and the Forza Motorsport-like graphical layering app that facilitates the game's extreme customization options. The video also features a smattering of new gameplay footage including a few glimpses of the action and social districts. Check it out over at GamesXtreme.net.
APB video podcast Ep. 17 talks more music creator and player
The last All Points Bulletin video podcast featured a pretty in-depth look at the music creator coming with the game, but afterwords the community still had several questions. So this week, community guy extraordinaire Chris Collins presents viewers with some more answers on the music creator from the game's audio lead, Roland Peddie. Plus, we get an in-game example of how the music player functions when driving or walking around San Paro. Between creating music and playing whatever you like while cruising around the city, we suspect All Points Bulletin will garner quite the creative following, and we're very excited to hear and see what comes of the game. Next week, we should be getting the final part of this "music trilogy" of APB podcasts, complete with a community Q&A. Find the full video podcast after the break.
