Moody-DS - Virtual Analog Poly Synth - Downloadable ROM - v1.0.1B (+Updates)
A touchscreen & MIDI analog style synth and groovebox for the Nintendo DS.
Turn your Nintendo DS into a pocket synthesizer. Sculpt sounds with your finger on the filter pad, build basslines and beats on the step sequencer, chain them into a full song, and sync it all with MIDI.
Try it free
The demo is the real instrument, not a teaser. You get the full sound engine, the effects, the sequencer, song mode, and the touch keyboard, so you can sit down and make music with it right now.
The sound
moody-ds is a virtual analog synth with the warm, hands on character of a classic subtractive synthesizer: an oscillator running into a filter into an envelope, shaped with an LFO and a touch of effects, all in software on your DS. If you love that fat, filtered, knob twiddling vibe, you will feel right at home.
What you get
- A filter pad you sweep with your finger for instant movement and squelch.
- Three voice polyphony, so chords and overlapping notes ring out together.
- Oscillator, envelope, and LFO pages to dial in your tone.
- Onboard delay and chorus for space and width.
- A 16 step sequencer with adjustable length and swing for groove.
- An arpeggiator that turns your held notes into rolling patterns.
- A 16 slot pattern bank, and a song mode that chains patterns into full arrangements.
- 16 preset slots that snapshot your whole sound and its sequence, plus an auto save that brings you back exactly where you left off.
- Full MIDI: play it from any keyboard, controller, or computer, and lock it to your DAW or hardware clock, in or out. It even plays nicely with arduinoboy and LSDJ rigs.
Demo and full version
The free demo is the complete instrument to play with. The full version unlocks the things you keep and connect:
- Saving and loading your presets.
- The automatic save of your working setup.
- MIDI, so you can play from outside gear and sync clock in or out.
What you need
- A Nintendo DS or DS Lite with a flashcart, to run it from an SD card.
- An SD card, to save your presets and setup (full version).
- For MIDI, the mDS cartridge that plugs into the second cart slot. It works on the original DS and DS Lite. The DSi and 3DS do not have the slot, but the synth, sequencer, and song mode still play on any DS.