YYYYYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!! – KORG iDS-10 Review

Update: still needs the ability to undo/redo. Still need to be able to program "held" notes, instead of just staccato. Still a great synth app. THANK YOU, KORG!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! FINALLY!! Update: audiobus/iaa = 5 stars Revised review: Ok, having messed with this thing some more, I am ready to review it in a better mindset. In comparison to the DS-10 and DS-10+ (both of which I have owned), it is a clear upgrade over the DS-10 and a partial upgrade over the DS-10+. It has 32 patterns, which is double the patterns over the previous versions. The vocoder is a completely new feature, and an incredibly important (and enjoyable!) one. It doesn't have the "Dual DS-10" option that the DS-10+ had. As for the drum synth: it is limited in that you cannot assign individual effects to each sound, within the initial synth bus. However, you can put effects on the back end in the mixing bus. With the option to add effects to the two synth parts in their respective modes, you can at least assign one effect to the drums via the mixer. It is not the same, at all, really; it's just a workaround. A very important feature is the ability to set individual pattern lengths in the "Set" section of the app. You can also program the BPM ratio. That is to say, set the BPM ratio at 2, and that particular pattern now runs double the BPM. This is how they got that spectacular synth arp break in the included demo song "The Good Times." Bottom line: this app, while lacking a couple of features that were really nice to have in the original DS-10s, is an upgrade over both of those previous apps, when you take into account the overall function and ability of this new version. And it's $9.99. Try getting the Nintendo DS versions for that. IT'S SO SYNTHY I WANNA DIE!
Review by Solomon of Kleptolia on KORG iDS-10.