glitchDS

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glitchDS
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General
AuthorClone45
TypeMusic Apps
Version1.4
LicenseMixed
Last Updated2008/07/05
Links
Download
Website

GlitchDS is a homebrew Cellular Automaton music sequencer for the Nintendo DS. It is for creating IDM and Glitch style loops. R4DS is required for using this application.

Features

  • Customizable Cellular Automaton sequencer.
  • Create your own “trigger points”.
  • Load in your own sounds.
  • Save and load your work.
  • BPM settings, or “strum mode” for controlling tempo.
  • Up to 6 sounds can be loaded at once.
  • Each sound has its own 32 step frequency modulation sequencer.
  • Global Distortion setting.

User guide

glitchDS is organized into different pages.

  • Sequencer Control - It has a 32 step sequencer based on the Game of Life. After 32 mutations, the sequence starts over.
  • Trigger Config - How does the sequencer know when to play a sound? Triggers! It specifies what should happen when a node on the sequencer graph changes from 0 (black) to 1 (white).
  • Choose Sounds - You can assign a sound to one of the swatches (otherwise known as the little colored boxes at the top of the screen).
  • Clock Control - Allows you to set the BPM (beats per minute) of the sequence playback. The BPM is approximate.
  • Frequency Modulation - You can modify the frequency (pitch) of each sound via the frequency modulation page.
  • Distortion Settings - A rapid fluctuation of the sound's frequency.
  • Save/Load - Save current song along with all settings.

Further details can be found from the official site.

Controls

Global:

Start - Toggle between starting/stopping the sequencer

L/R - Switch between pages

Sequencer Control:

Draw on bottom screen to “seed” the cellular automaton pattern.

Y - Clear sequencer pattern

Left - Decrease sequencer length by a power of 2

Right - Increase sequencer length by a power of 2

A+Left - Decrease sequencer length by 1

A+Right - Increase sequencer length by 1

Trigger Configuration:

Draw on bottom screen to place triggers for cellular automaton sequencer.

Y - Clear triggers

Choose Sounds:

Up - Scroll up to previous sound

Down - Scroll down to next sound

X - Page up to previous page of sounds

B - Page down to next page of sounds

A - Load sound into selected swatch

Clock Control:

Up - Increase BPM by 1

Down - Decrease BPM by 1

Right - Increase BPM by 10

Left - Decrease BPM by 10

Y - Toggle between strum mode and BPM mode

Frequency Modulation:

Y - Reset all frequencies to 22,100

B - Reset all frequencies to NOTE OFF

A+Up - Shift all frequencies up

A+Down - Shift all frequencies down

Snapshot Files:

A - Load selected snapshot

B - Save current song as new snapshot

X - Save current song as selected snapshot (write over selected snapshot file)

Y - Delete selected snapshot file

Left - Save current song settings as a new version of selected snapshot file

Screenshots

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Media

Demo (Bret Truchan)

Demo 2 (Bret Truchan)

Compatibility

Works on:

DSLinker, DSTT, CycloDS Evolution, Acekard 2, EDGE, DS-X
M3Real pack (need to load it using Slot 2/the GBA slot, which in turn requires you to have a GBA expansion pack)
M3DSreal with system software 3.7 using DSOrganize
On the NAND memory of the “AceKard R.P.G” card
Games & Music card after DLDI patching
EZ Flash 5 after patching the DLDI driver

External links

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