Hey Nick.  I grabbed a unit with a disc before leaving for Little Sound Assembly, it should be here in a day or two.  Grab yourself a GBA player too!

Ok so my GC can read the disc, but I can't do anything without the GB Player.
But still just the fact that I can run it is good news I think.

Nonfinite. do you want it?
I should be checking for the shipping tomorow, if it's cheap I wouldn't mind paying for it.
If you don't want it I might be getting a GB Player myself haha.

never tried, tbh... just know the program on it is tiny because my first game cube's lens warped.. couldnt play more than 5 min or so of most games, but the game boy player worked just fine

Does the disc do anything on its own?
I can try it myself if it still boots up without the player I guess.

theres very little data on the disc, takes up only a tiny bit of physical space, so its worth the risk id think.. even game cubes with warped lenses can read the player disc fine

I have a badly scratched disc that I have no idea if it works, It came from a friend of mine in a bunch of games but I don't have the player myself.
I can send it to you if you're willing to pay for the shipping but I'm not sure if it's worth it.

i just sold my game cube with game boy player.. worked great with 2.3/1.3

Not according to this FAQ: http://www.gamefaqs.com/gamecube/915781 … faqs/22465

"The Boot Disc is NOT region-free. So if you bought a Game Boy Player
from Japan, you can only use the Boot Disc that came with it on a
Japanese GameCube, unless you have a mod switch installed or use a
Datel Freeloader. "

EDIT:  however, it seems that if you have a U.S. disc then you CAN use it to boot a Japanese GBPlayer (probably...)

Will a japanese model work in a US GameCube?  The Japanese ones come in better colors and are about half the price.

You do have to have the disc to run the Gameboy Player.  I have one that I use quite a bit, in my opinion it's worth investing in just for the comfort and enjoyment on having lsdj/nanoloop on a big screen. 

Thats awesome
Looking forward to these.

Didrik, that's all really good advice!  Will a GBA player work without the startup disc?  Most of the auctions I see for them say "no disc - tested works!!!1one" or something similar.

I'll ask Oliver about updating his software.  Can't hurt, right?

KeFF, I recorded the GBA and vocal audio directly on the Camera mic AND separately using a Tascam digital recorder plugged in to a mixer.  I'll be able to overlay the audio in the future.

IMHO the most important thing is to get good quality sound from the machine. Camera microphones are too shitty for that!

In case my opinion is wanted, this should be your setup for this: Gamecube+GBA player and capture that video stream with a capture card/USB device to your computer. Then perhaps record a stream of your fingers on the controller. But that leaves you with the issue of synching the video streams. Or, perhaps even better, contact Oliver and ask him if he can he provide you with a version of NL that shows the buttons that are currently pressed overlaid on the screen so you can show a pure video stream of NL.

I did a few NL 2.3 tutorials a while back. The way I did it was to mount a camera on a ghetto tripod made of cardboard and tape and point the camera right at the GBA screen. I then looked at the screen on the back of the camera rather than the GBA screen while using the GBA controls. Then you can get a nice big view of the screen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX_Cmm-ZuzY

Might be worth thinking about? I found it a bit hard to see what was going on on the screen in your video as it was a bit tiny (and im old and my eyes are getting dodgy).

Cant wait for the series!