and of course i will highly recomend to read the posts that already are in chipmusic
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I think it doesn't and people should read the stickies.
- edit - I could edit that sticky and make it even more hand holdy and expand it a bit to cover a few more common questions.
yeah you're right people should. however it seems they do not.
in order to get them to do this you need to get them to the stickies. maybe there should be a link to a "new to chipmusic" section upon registering. it could be within the e-mail confirmation process.
maybe n--b threads aren't such a bad thing though. i dunno.
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I think it doesn't and people should read the stickies.
- edit - I could edit that sticky and make it even more hand holdy and expand it a bit to cover a few more common questions.
]]>Invalidated or not, there's no arguing about how it's more productive to help someone than to just be a dick.
Some people argue that you won't get anywhere if everything is spoon fed to you. I'd still be making threads for any little thing if someone wasn't a dick to me once. As a newbie you don't really see WHY someone would be upset if you're just asking.
/devil's advocate? Too much impoliteness just turns us into 4chan, though.
]]>How if you go the LSDJ route, which is for gameboy, there's a guy on YouTube that posts as LSDJguides and he posts instrument build and shows you a quick tip on how it can be used. Watching enough of these will help you get used to the program layout quickly.
Hey that's me!
youtube.com/user/LSDJguides
you n00bsies. I got your back.
Actually my rant was somewhat invalidated by the number of helpful posts in the time it took me to write that.
Love you guys, carry on!
Invalidated or not, there's no arguing about how it's more productive to help someone than to just be a dick.
That being said, if either of you dive into famitracker, let me know. If I can't explain or show it to you, I can show you where to find examples.
]]>Love you guys, carry on!
I'm-new-threads wouldn't be such a bother if some people would just get the sticks removed from their asses, dropping a link takes like 10 seconds. Waving around cm.org flags on 8bc and then stomping on new people is bigot shit.
Yes, there's a search function. Yes, I prefer people to use it instead of making new threads. Doesn't mean I need to devolve into a troglodyte when someone doesn't.
Also, I loathe that fucking 4chan mentality of ganging up on someone a lot more than a missed search.
just 4 clarity, i was thinking in the mentality that a new section might help people out. if i have spare time i will often post in newbie threads with kwl inf0.
do agree to an extent though.
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http://woolyss.com/tracking-trackers.php
those just scratch the surface!
obviously i can't explain to you how to use all of them, but most of them come with a manual so you should be able to read that to figure out what's going on.. and just keep trying at them until you figure them out. the more popular trackers (famitracker, milkytracker, lsdj, etc) might have video tutorials on youtube also. try a bunch of them and see which you prefer 
famitracker like already mentioned is a good option but it has a VERY distinctive sound and you either want that sound or you don't... same for LSDJ and many of the chip-trackers.
if you want a bit more flexibility in your sound i recommend openMPT for a beginner... also a lot of people swear by Milkytracker (although not me)
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what am I personally using?? Schism Tracker, Goat Tracker, and Surprise Adlib Tracker 2 (adlib trackers available here: http://adlib.wave460.net/trackers.html - they run in dos or the DOSBOX emulator)...
good luck!
]]>Yes, there's a search function. Yes, I prefer people to use it instead of making new threads. Doesn't mean I need to devolve into a troglodyte when someone doesn't.
Also, I loathe that fucking 4chan mentality of ganging up on someone a lot more than a missed search.
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I'll help you when you can cure your blindness.
Edit: It's getting a lot quicker and easier to be nice, nowadays...
Exteme LOLing happening right now.
But yea we were all new at some point. No one can really teach you anything it's really all about playing with the programs. How if you go the LSDJ route, which is for gameboy, there's a guy on YouTube that posts as LSDJguides and he posts instrument build and shows you a quick tip on how it can be used. Watching enough of these will help you get used to the program layout quickly. Also if you have an iPhone or iPad I think even iPods now can use it look for the LSDJ patch book. It's just a bunch of instrument builds people have made and you can use it as a way to keep track of you own builds by adding yours to the list. Again this is useful for lsdj.
As for other software I'm not to familiar with fami tracker or anything. However I know there's a little music thing in Mario paint on te SNES that is kind of fun to play with. You can did it for about 5$ and you'll need the mouse pad which cost about 10-20$ on eBay and amazon. Probably wouldn't be a bad little thing to play with to get some basic beats going.
Also there is a little mini game in te gameboy cameras called Trippy H which is kinda cool to pay with from time to time. I personally haven't found much use for it but I know some people go nuts for it....thinking About it I have quite a few gameboy cameras maybe I should sell some lol.
Hope I helped a little. This site is broken down into systems so just decide what you want to work with and go from there man. Good luck.
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