Monome – electronic beat machine simulator

If you enjoy spinning your own synthesized tunes on the PlayStation Portable, homebrew developer Guyver2‘s new musical app will certainly entice you with its upbeat electronica feel. Monome is basically an electronic beat machine which allows you to set timed beats across a checkerboard layout for varied synthesized tunes much like a DJ turntable. For more details, check out our full article.

Download: Monome

We’ve already seen several PlayStation homebrew apps which simulate guitars, pianos and other instruments. Homebrew developer Guyver2 has decided to create a new addition to the expanding repertoire of PSP virtual instruments with Monome.

This application is basically an electronic beat machine which allows you to set timed beats across a checkerboard layout for varied synthesized tunes similar to a DJ turntable. You can set the speed and movement of the beats using the different controls when playing your composition.

It’s a lot easier to understand by diving right into the program itself, so here are the controls to this pretty nifty application:

• Cross: add remove
• Triangle: Empty
• Square | Circle: accelerate / decelerate
• (Square | Circle) + Right trigger: accelerate / decelerate A line
• Up | Right | Down | Left: Movement
• (Up | Down) + Right trigger: synchronize the line with that of above or below.
• Home to exit

As always, please make sure to read the accompanying documentation before you install Monome into your PSP. The program was written in French so just pop the text into your favorite online translator for more information regarding this program.

To give you a better idea on how Monome works, here’s a video of some real-life hardware which the application was based on. In any case, we hope you enjoy tinkering with this neat app. Enjoy!

Download: Monome