Turn Your PS Vita Into a Groovebox. The Biggest DS8 Update Yet!

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"DS8 v0.5 is the biggest update yet, turning your PS Vita into a surprisingly capable portable music workstation.

This release introduces a full Playlist Sequencer for arranging complete songs, Live Performance FX with an XY pad, real-time automation recording, workflow improvements across the app, and dozens of quality-of-life enhancements that make building and performing tracks much faster.

Whether you're sketching beats on the couch or performing live, v0.5 is a massive step forward.

What's new:
• Playlist Sequencer
• Live Performance FX (XY)
• Real-time Automation Recording
• Improved Arranger
• Workflow & UI improvements
• Much more

Download DS8 for your PS Vita now:
https://intermynd-instruments.itch.io/"

Release notes:

DS-8 v0.5 expands into a more complete performance and arrangement instrument. Build songs with the new Playlist, manipulate them with Live FX, record parameter movement, resample the output, and morph between complete sound snapshots—all without leaving the groove.

What’s new

Playlist arranger

Turn your patterns into complete arrangements.

Add, remove, and reorder pattern rows
Set repeat counts for each row
Create per-row track mute variations
Launch individual rows during playback
Loop the full playlist or loop from a chosen row
Live FX

A new XY performance area puts four playable effects under your fingers:

DJ FILTER
COMB
DLY
REPEAT
Effects can be controlled using the touchscreen or analog stick. Adjustable TAIL settings let effects fade naturally after release, while DLY moves from short tape-style echoes into musical BPM-synced divisions.

Track snapshots and morphing

Each track now has eight snapshot slots.

Store different versions of a sound, recall them instantly, or morph between them over divisions ranging from 1/8 note to four bars. Snapshots are saved inside your project.

Voice automation

Record sound and effect changes directly from the Voice editor while the pattern plays. Live edits are immediately audible and can be written into the current sequencer step without retriggering the sound.

Internal resampling

Record DS-8’s own output directly into a sampler track.

Synchronized 1, 2, or 4-bar recording
Manual capture mode
NEW PRE FX recording for a clean source
NEW POST FX recording with sends and master effects included
Crop, preview, slice, and resequence the result
New sound-selection workflow

Track types, engines, sampler modes, and effects now use focused dropdown selectors, making it much faster to explore DS-8’s sound engines.

The preset browser has also been redesigned around a three-column hierarchy:

Type → Engine → Preset

Presets can be previewed, renamed, and loaded without leaving the browser. A protected INIT preset provides a quick way to return any track to its default sound.

New Insert Effects

BPM DELAY — tempo-synchronized delay with feedback, tone, and ping-pong control
DUCKER — rhythmic level shaping driven by another track
Faster sequencer editing

The new Lane Actions menu provides quick operations for complete tracks or selected step ranges:

Copy and paste track settings
Copy all steps or a selected range
Repeat pasted steps to the end of a lane
Clear track settings
Clear sequencer hits
Clear automation
Destructive Clear Pattern and Clear Track actions now require confirmation.

Interface improvements

v0.5 also introduces:

A new display font and refined interface styling
Multiple colour themes
Smoother modal and list navigation
Improved playlist touch controls
Better project and preset scrolling
More responsive live parameter editing
Smoother effect tails and rapid automation changes
A properly packaged native Apple Silicon macOS app
Existing v0.4 projects remain compatible.

Thanks for playing DS-8 Dreamstream. We’d love to hear what you create with the new Playlist, resampling, and performance tools.