Flatpack News & Blog

Musikmesse, Nintendo DS-10

flatpack@lapjockey.com — 2008-03-14T16:14:57+00:00

Yesterday we took a day trip to the Frankfurt Musikmesse to talk about some upcoming Flatpack products.

The show was a bit limp this year, but we were very pleased to meet the two lovely guys from AQ Interactive who are developing the Nintendo DS-10. This Nintendo DS-based synth studio features emulations of the Korg MS-10 (although dual oscillator so more like the MS-20), and synth drums, with step sequencers and real-time stylus control.

As well as getting a demo, we tried to find out if the DS-10 would be available outside of Japan. The answer was simple: "Not decided". Whatever the decision, we've got to get our hands on one of these.

For more on the DS-10, check out this article at createdigitalmusic.com.

21 Years of Sound Design

flatpack@lapjockey.com — 2008-03-12T17:45:15+00:00

Before softsynths, Paypal, or even the web for that matter, there was the Sound Conquest DX100 data cassette. This was the first commercial patch library from our own Ian Duncan, and sold for £20 in 1987. The library is no longer in stock.

The library worked with the the DX100, 27, and the (unreleased at the time) TX81Z. The patches are still around, having been imported into FM7, and later FM8.

If anyone has a copy of this tape, we'd love to hear from you.

Novation Nocturn

flatpack@lapjockey.com — 2008-01-25T17:24:05+00:00

We're enthusiastic NI Kore users, and are in the process of developing some libraries for it right now, but it can only control VST/AU plug-ins.

So we were very excited to see the new Automap 2.0 controller from Novation: Nocturn, which can control built-in Pro Tools plug-ins.

We were even more happy to see how cheap they are, and we've pre-ordered two.

Simon is reviewing the Nocturn for Sound on Sound, so with any luck we might get sent a pre-release version soon.

New Blog

flatpack@lapjockey.com — 2008-01-25T16:33:57+00:00

We've always been a bit slow updating our site, so we've decided to start a blog here. We'll use this space to keep you up to date with what we're doing, and post any other thoughts we'd like to share.

Hope to see you here soon!
Ian, Su, Simon and Andrew.