WAVE TABLE SYNTHESIZER
AVAILABLE IN KORG GADGETFOR IPAD AND IPHONE
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KORG Gadget linked with BANDAI NAMCO Studios
"Kamata," is a collaboration between the musical instrument company KORG and the sound team of the game development company BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc. Developed as a KORG Gadget mobile music production app "Kamata," is a synthesizer that lets you play the classic video game sounds of the past.
BANDAI NAMCO Studio's sound team remains at the forefront of the video game music scene and has now created a high-quality reconstruction of the sound engine of that time. Kamata includes preset sounds by Junko Ozawa, who created many of the Namco game sounds, as well as sounds by Denji Sano and other current sound designers.Kamata is a KORG synthesizer gadget with a wave memory sound engine that brings the video game sounds of the '80s into today. By using Kamata you can reproduce the actual sounds from those memorable video games, as well as generate completely new '80s video game sounds for your music today.
*BANDAI and NAMCO joined forces, combining the game divisions of their companies to create BANDAI NAMCO Games (now known as BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.). From that company, the development department split off to form BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc. "NAMCO" in the text above refers to the game division before this union.
The sound engine reconstructs the C30 custom sound engine that swept the world in the 1980s. With a 4-bit 32-sample waveform table (which also allowed transformative changes of the waveform table to be recorded), detune capability, and full editing of carefully selected parameters, you can design sounds that are both nostalgic and new.
KORG Gadgets use a naming motif of cities around the world. Kamata is named after the Kamata area of Oota-ku in Tokyo, a place that has a deep connection with Namco.
"Kamata" developer interview article was published at Famitsu.com. (Japanese Only)
The secret story of the birth of "Kamata" - KORG and BANDAI NAMCO Studios awaken the soul of NAMCO's sounds to the modern
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201609/09115343.html
KORG, BANDAI NAMCO Studios, and DETUNE have teamed up to hold the “Kamata Contest”. Pick your favourite topic from one of two categories, and use the KORG gadget’s online sharing function “GadgetCloud” or “Youtube” to upload a sound recording or video. We are arranging a special prize for the best work submitted. The deadline for submissions is September 10th (Saturday). Entry Categories Please choose from one of the following two categories. 1) asteroid Remix Category Create a remix of the Kamata demo song “asteroid.” The demo song “12.asteroid” is included as a demo song when you purchase Kamata. 2) One Kamata Category Use one Kamata gadget and one track only. For the tune and sound FX anything goes. Have fun! Even one line jokes are very welcome. 3) Kamata EDM Category [NEW!] Use more than one Kamata gadget and make your original EDM(Electronic Dance Music) tune! It's up to you on how to understand the EDM genre. Become Kamata EDM creator! You can use all types of gadgets for the tune. Have fun! Please refer to this page about the details of Kamata Contest. * Let's listen to the entries so far on SoundCloud!
On July 1st, the members of the KORG Gadget development team appeared as guests on the live streaming program "Bana Suta Sounds Nama Suta" (produced by the sound creators from BANDAI NAMCO Studios). They talked about the highlights of Kamata and the inside story of its development. You can watch the archive on YouTube. (*Japanese Only) Appearance: Hiroshi Okubo, LindaAI-CUE (from BANDAI NAMCO Studios) and more Fukuda Hironori, Yuki Ohta, Nobuhisa Okamura (from KORG)
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