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Contents | **S0** | | 1. Intro | **S1** | | 2. Version History | **S2** | | 3. Legalities | **S3** | >-------------------------------------< >---------------< | 4. Recording a Sound | **S4** | | 5. Editing a Sound | **S5** | | 6. Listening to SD Card Music | **S6** | | 7. Messing With SD Card Music | **S7** | | 8. Making an SD Playlist | **S8** | | 9. Miscellaneous | **S9** | | 10. Settings | **S10** | \______________________________________|________________/ 1. Intro****************************S1*************************************** Welcome to an FAQ for what is MOST DEFINITELY my favorite application on the Nintendo 3DS console. Nintendo 3DS Sound, a music-playing program that'll save you money on an MP3 player, and with decent quality and speakers! Anyhow, I hope you enjoy! 2. Version History****************************S2***************************** Final - That's it for this one! 11:41 PM 9/19/2011 3. Legalities****************************S3********************************** This FAQ may not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any website or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other website or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders. © 2011-2012 Daniel Chaviers (aka KeyBlade999). If you would wish to contact me concerning this or my other FAQs, use this e-mail: keyblade999.faqs@gmail.com, or PM me on the GameFAQs message boards. 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Tap a color to identify the sound and save it. You can store eighteen ten-second recordings on the 3DS System Memory, ninety (or so) on the included 2 GB SD Card, and 180 on a 4 GB SD Card. 5. Editing a Sound****************************S5***************************** From the start-up menu, select "Record & Edit Sounds". First, select a colored-in sound bubble. From there, you'll find two things. One button with a crosshair, and another with four boxes. The crosshair affects your speed and pitch of the sound. As the cursor moves up and down, the pitch of the sound will get higher and lower, respectively. As the cursor moves left and right, the sound will get slower and faster, respectively. As the speed increases or decreases, the recording time will decrease or increase, though it WILL NOT GO ABOVE 10 SECONDS. Next, tap the other icon with the four squares inside. You'll see four icons representing four sound recording filters. Tap one to put the recording through said filter. At the start, there are four filters: Parakeet, Electric Fan, Low Harmony, and Trumpet. However, repeating tapping of the same filter reveals more filters. _________________________________________________________________________ / Zero (0) Taps | One (1) Tap | Two (2) Taps | Three (3) Taps \ |-------------------+----------------+-----------------+--------------------| | Parakeet | Robot | Helium | Parakeet | |-------------------+----------------+-----------------+--------------------| | Electric Fan | Tunnel | Transceiver | Electric Fan | |-------------------+----------------+-----------------+--------------------| | Low Harmony | High Harmony | Synth Harmony | Low Harmony | |-------------------+----------------+-----------------+--------------------| | Trumpet | Whistle | Buzzer | Trumpet | \__________________|________________|_________________|___________________/ Essentially, two more filters are hiding behind any filter at any given time. When are done messing around, hit the "Save" button. You'll then hear the recording once more and then get to select a new color if desired. This edited file will be forever shown with a square bubble. To delete a sound, go to the sound bubble screen, put the cursor over a song, and hit "Erase". 6. Listening to SD Card Music****************************S6****************** For this, you will need a SD Card with music files in one of these formats: - .m4a - .mp4 - .mp3 - .3gp Additionally, the bitrate must be between 16 and 320 kbps (it usually is). The sampling rate also must be between 32 and 48 KHz. If the music file has any copyright protection, then you cannot listen to it. After this, go to the start-up menu and go down until you find the folder containing the desired song. And then tap the song to play it. While you are doing this, a visualizer appears on top. There is little to this aside from the fact it provides something to look, except for the game where you use the analog stick to move and hit the soccer ball for points. Pull the blue pulley on the Touch Screen or use the D-Pad to change the visualizer. You can also use L/R to create sounds; use the D-Pad or the arrows in the corners of the Touch Screen to change them. 7. Messing With SD Card Music****************************S7****************** When listening to SD Card music, you do the same things to them as regular recordings, except that you cannot save the changed file. The crosshair will affect speed and pitch. As the cursor moves up and down, the music becomes higher and lower pitched, respectively. As the cursor goes left and right, the music becomes slower and faster, respectively. The filter icon can put the music to sound like it's from an old-style radio, karoke, an echo, or 8-bit. If you have some speed metal (ie. DragonForce), try listening with it on the 8-bit. Weird! O_o 8. Making an SD Playlist****************************S8*********************** To add a song to your playlist, you can hit the "Add" button in the corner of the Touch Screen whilst listening to the song. You can select it to be in your Top 10 list, your Practice list, and your StreetPass list. You can also make a new playlist with the name, icon, and songs of your choice. Hit "Add" to put the song into the selected list. The playlists are listed first, below Autoplay, though that is also a playlist. Autoplay just has some random lists - nothing special. Below that are your playlists. Enjoy! 9. Miscellaneous****************************S9******************************* - The Nintendo DSi Sound allowed the same formats as this, save for .mp3. - The recording filters on here are the same on the Nintendo DSi Sound. - If you listen to music, but want to close the system, you can still listen to the music if you use the headphone jack. - You can exchange the song being listened to in StreetPass mode - not the song itself, though. - Try looking at some of the visualizers in 3D!! 10. Settings****************************S10********************************** - Audio Output: Is the music played in surround, stereo, or mono sound on both the 3DS speakers and the headphones? - Tap Sound: Does the sound of you tapping the options make noise? - Usage Tips: View tips given to you by the Parakeet. - Data Management: Allows bulk deletion of unwanted recordings. - Interface Color: Change the color of the bars, like the bottom bar. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ +++ +++ This is the end of KeyBlade999's +++ +++ Nintendo 3DS Sound FAQ. +++ +++ +++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ________________ | ____________ | | | | | | | | | | |____________| |________________________________________ | |____________| |_________________________ | | | | | | |\ /\ /| | | | | | | | \ / \ / | | | |____________| | | | (_) (_) | | |________________| |_| |_| ___ ___ ___ /'__`\ /'__`\ /'__`\ /\ \_\ \ /\ \_\ \ /\ \_\ \ \ \___, \ \ \___, \ \ \___, \ \/__,/\ \ \/__,/\ \ \/__,/\ \ \ \_\ \ \_\ \ \_\ \/_/ \/_/ \/_/ KeyBlade999