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.

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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.

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