A downloadable editor for Windows

Write custom Donkey Konga 2 and 3 scores to play in an emulator or natively on the GameCube!

Konga Beat is a custom track editor for Donkey Konga 2 and 3. You can import songs (MP3s or WAVs), write scores, and export them as DK2/3-compatible tracks.

Bring your favorite songs to Donkey Konga 2 and 3

Create entirely new tracks based on WAV or MP3 audio files with an easy-to-use interface.

Create game-ready tracks and audio files

Export files (.MID and .DSP) and load them directly into Donkey Konga 2 and Donkey Konga 3.

Multi-difficulty and mode support

Manage multiple difficulties (Monkey, Chimp, Gorilla) and modes (Standard, Battle, and Challenge) from the same project.

For more information about Konga Beat, and how to use it, check out https://www.kongabeat.com

More information

Updated	11 days ago
Published	22 days ago
Status	Released
Category	Tool
Platforms	Windows
Author	parham
Made with	Unity
Tags	editor
Average session	About an hour
Languages	English
Inputs	Keyboard, Mouse
Links	Homepage, Community

Download

Konga Beat v. 1.0.0 45 MB

Version 1 22 days ago

Download

Konga Beat v. 1.0.0 Installer 31 MB

Development log

Konga Beat Update and Game Launcher Coming Soon!
11 days ago

Comments

RumbleSquad19 days ago

YOOOO!!! SOMEONE HAS DONE IT!!!

I remember trying to figure out how to do this a few years ago, but the midi part of it always is where I failed, especially getting it into DK2. I am glad to see someone else had a similar interest!!

jab_lao19 days ago

THIS IS AMAZING, I hope it takes off!!!!!

Thank you!!!!!

BagelBug19 days ago (2 edits)

Incredible, thank you!!!

One tiny nitpick is that the bongo sounds are swapped in the editor compared to the actual game.

Other than that, super easy to use the editor and export to the game!

EDIT: Thought I'd share a custom I made:

parham17 days ago (1 edit)

This is incredible!! Thank you so much for sharing this.

Edit: Would it be okay if I share this on the site with credit?

BagelBug17 days ago

It would be an honor!

parham17 days ago (1 edit)

I just added the tracks to the new community showcase page. 😄

If you don't mind me asking, how has your experience been with Konga Beat? Is there anything KB could do to make creating tracks easier?

BagelBug16 days ago

It's been great fun! No major issues that disrupt the flow of creating scores and no desyncs or crashes through normal use.

Here are a few issues that come to mind, from highest priority to lowest for me:

Yellow/Red notes can be perfectly stacked on top of each other which cannot be spotted in the editor but they turn into Pink notes in-game
Importing audio causes hotkeys to stop working until I restart KongaBeat
Metronome is off sync and unusable
Trying to import audio in a project using a DSP audio file (In my case it was September ripped directly from PAL DK1) makes KongaBeat freeze and become unresponsive

And some requests:

Save the segment setting between sessions, also more separating lines on the timeline between measures
Ability to adjust the song's offset in the editor; I don't know if "Offset" in the metadata will do what I want, so I've just been manually adjusting the audio in Audacity.
An (optional) ability to have all three solo difficulties on screen at once

Thank you again for making this! I'm enjoying it a ton and I look forward to seeing other people's creations!

parham16 days ago

Thank you for the write-up! This feedback is super helpful. I love the idea of having all three solo difficulties visible simultaneously.

Right now, I'm prototyping a launcher to make playing custom tracks in DK2 and 3 easier. Once I reach a good stopping point, I'll start tackling some of these bugs and requests. That said, if anything else come to mind, please let me know! 😊

DamianS-eng21 days ago

I have waited so long for this