Taiko 5 is the first music sequencer designed to be used with a game controller. It’s fast, fun, and easy to use. Select a kit, assign some sounds, randomize a few parameters and effects, and voila, you’re on your way to making something unique.

Feature Highlights:

• 16 Patterns per Song (1 measure per pattern)
  
• 5 Sounds per each 16th note (or Sector)
  
• 35 percussion kits
  
• 50 music kits
  
• 1,000+ sounds
  
• Volume and Pan parameters for an entire Pattern
  
• Volume, Pan, Pitch, and Shift parameters for individual Sounds
  
• Low Pass Filter, Chorus, Echo, Reverb, and Flange effects per Sector or entire Pattern
  
• Pattern recording
  
• Randomize percussion, music, and/or parameters and effects – at the touch of a button
  
• Favoriting kits
  
• “Tilting” (emphasizing) between percussion and music
  
• Ducking
  
• Single note polyphony for music and basslines
  
• Seamless switching between patterns and songs
  
• Recording output to a WAV file (including pattern changes, song changes, etc)
  
• Loading user sounds and kits

Because Taiko 5 handles effects and sounds per Sector (instead of a “track”) the music can range from ambient to industrial to almost everything in between. Changes can be triggered in real time as well.

Inspiration

Ever since I bought a Steam Deck I wanted to make music with it. But not with a keyboard and mouse like with a traditional modern DAW. Taiko 5 is the result of that. It works with Xbox controllers, PlayStation controllers, Steam Deck, and should work with other portable Windows based gaming systems as well. I hope you get hours of fun out of it as I had making it!

Contributors

A huge thanks to George Rennie for contributing drum sounds!

Introducing “Guess What!”
Greetings, aspiring sound engineers!

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our cutting-edge application, “Guess What!” now available on Steam!

Why This App?

Developing the skills to excel in critical listening is a challenging journey, but with our app, you have the perfect companion to guide you through this process. Our application is designed to be the most advanced and convenient tool among existing Audio Frequency Test Apps, making your path to becoming a great sound engineer smoother and more efficient.

Key Features:

• Sine Waveform Tests: Hone your ability to identify and distinguish between different sine waves, a fundamental skill for any sound engineer.
• Pink Noise Tests: Practice with pink noise to improve your understanding of frequency balance and sound quality assessment.
• Audio Sample Tests: Train your ears to pick out nuances and details in audiuo samples, crucial for mixing and mastering.
• Custom Music File Tests: Upload and test with your own music files, allowing for a personalized and immersive learning experience.

Whether you are a beginner looking to develop your critical listening skills or a seasoned professional aiming to sharpen your expertise, our app is the ultimate tool to help you achieve your goals.

Join Us on Steam!

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to elevate your sound engineering skills to the next level. Download “Guess What!” on Steam today and embark on your journey towards mastering the art of critical listening.

Thank you for your support, and we look forward to helping you become the best sound engineer you can be!

Download Now and Start Your Journey!

What is Kurisu?

Kurisu is a tool that allows for audio and video editing, image editing, and transcoding through text chat. It’s so straightforward that by the time you’ve finished processing a video, your colleague might still be waiting for their video software to launch, load the video, edit, and export it. For most simple operations, such as rotating, changing resolution, resizing, converting file formats, clipping a segment, converting to GIF, or playing at different speeds, Kurisu is much faster than existing audio and video editing software on the market. Additionally, it supports batch processing, allowing you to select multiple files at once. It also supports adding subtitles or special effects to videos.

Does it have so many features that it’s complicated to use?

Not at all. Just select the files on the left side, and then directly type what you want to do in the dialog box at the top right. Additionally, the right side provides pre-loaded dialogues, allowing you to easily use existing conversations to complete operations. You can also add your own dialogues to the presets. The promotional images, software icons, and promotional videos for this software were all edited and processed using Kurisu.

How does the software achieve this?

First of all, it integrates OpenAI’s ChatGPT service internally, but for this software, it is provided free for users to use. Yes, you don’t need to provide your own API key; the program has its own relay server built-in, so you can use it right out of the box. The audio and video editing and image processing functions come from the famous FFmpeg. This means that anything FFmpeg can do, this software can do. However, it also means that it can only do what FFmpeg can do. Therefore, it cannot visualize the video preview like professional video editing software; the preview work may need to be done with another player to lock the required timeline. However, compared to professional video editing software, this software can batch process for simple clipping or packaging operations.This project also follows the FFmpeg protocol and uses the GPLv3 open source license. It can be found under MCDFsteve/Kurisu on GitHub.

Although it integrates ChatGPT, users cannot directly interact with AI as it is set not to output actual content but only returns commands based on user needs for the system to execute. Theoretically, it cannot be used to create harmful content.

What to Do If You Get an Error at Startup

A very strange issue occurs where some antivirus software flags the main program file as suspicious (or as a virus) and then quarantines or deletes it. In such cases, manually adding it to the whitelist can resolve the problem.

A Note for macOS Users with M Series Processors

Steam will default to running this program in x64 through translation. It works fine but starts up slowly. It is recommended to right-click in the library – Manage – Browse Local Files, and launch the program in Finder, which will work natively in ARM mode.

Compose Songs using conventional music notation. Can import songs from midi (.mid) and music xml files. Songs can be exported as midi files or .pdf documents if you want to print them. Instruments can be imported from midi sound fonts (.sf2)

From the creators of DefleMask and Minimic , introducing Polybeep, a magnificent polyrhythmic sound machine designed to unlock your creativity.



With aesthetically pleasing colors and design alongside unmatched visual feedback, you can really feel the beeping beeps and the poly rhythms. Yes, you can set up polyrhythms as easy as 3-4-5.
When ready, you can save your songs and export them to wav files. We’d love to hear the songs that you come up with! We even prepared a built-in tutorial to get you started.
Mobile version is also available! Polybeep has been designed with a touch screen in mind from day one.



You can record sounds directly from your microphone or load sample files. There’s some magic to make them sound great. Arrange the sounds into up to 6 looping shapes that can be configured as polygons of 3~16 vertices, then tweak their effects (delay, reverb, EQ, panning, chorus, and more), make a sequence of many melodies, and you’ll have a song in no time! You can even tap to change the tempo based on a rhythmic pulse.