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I remember impulse purchasing a BB and EMS cartridge along with two DMGs about seven~ years ago. At the time I had no clue how to use LSDj and I thought it was way too difficult. So I stored everything within a drawer, went about the years doing other things, and I recently picked up my units and decided to give it a go.Throughout the years I was contemplating on selling my units and cartridges, but I had a feeling I was going to come back. Now I'm just writing up songs and arrangements whenever time permits.

You could set some goals/challenges for yourself and do things such as, composing a song within ten minutes, or try to emulate a certain sound that catches your interest and experiment with different tables.

Echoing what everyone else is saying, just take a break, but don't sell your gear because it'll be quite difficult to get your stuff back if you change your mind. However, if you can't get back into it after taking the time to breathe, then you could go about that decision.

Seconding what egr said.
I personally recommend packing your gear up for a while, even if you decide to quit right now. Just take it all and stick it in a box in the back of your closet or under your bed or somewhere you won't see it and won't think about it for a while. Forget about it.
Then, a few months from now, or a year from now, you'll come across your stuff again, and who knows, you might get back into it. And if you don't, then you can sell it.
As others have already mentioned, it's a pain in the ass to buy the stuff back if you sell it now and decide you want to try again a few months down the road.

You can get a Zoom H1 on the cheap!

Yes , give up and send your gear to me...

You can get a portable digital recorder for a hundred bucks and record direct in. It would only be one track things, but it's better than nothing. It would be even cheaper if you go used. Tascam and Zoom both make nice, cheap portable recorders.

I've been in your position before, all I had was Windows Sound Recorder and the built in mics on my laptop, not even direct in, just recording the sound of my amp in my room, it was awful. Just save up some money, and in the meantime, practice.

This. LSDJ wasn't working out for me (I was having creativity problems as well as various problems with carts) so I gave up on it and gave nanoloop a try instead. Now I have 3 nanoloop carts and I can't stop making tunes (or at least little loops) in it.

Just use a good emulator (KGB, BGB, gambatte, they all sound pretty decent) and open your  SAVS there. You can export your audio files even on separate channels for mixing.

Good luck!

Keep at it!! Back your stuff up if you can and just write lots that way when you can record you'll have a bunch of material to put out!

dont sell your shit because it's a pain in the ass to get it back when you change your mind

What exactly is your recording situation? If you have a computer, there's probably a mic-in jack on it. Take a basic male-to-male 3.5mm audio cable, plug it into the headphone jack, plug the other end into the computer, pop open audacity and record. That's how I did every gameboy song I ever wrote.

If you want to step it up a bit you could just mute each track, throw the individual tracks up in your DAW of choice, and mix it and process it or whatever too.

If you really need actual recording stuff just save up and haunt craigslist like it's nobody's business. The deals come to those who are patient (and those who haggle).

If recording is your only problem, you could always send the LSDJ save to someone on here and they could record it for you?

Dude, same exact boat. Well, I'm not in Taiwan, but still. I have a few demos that sound great but I just can't get myself to finish anything. I entered the 80's comp on here hoping that would encourage me to finish a song finally!

If chipmusic is what you want to do, work towards that. If chipmusic isn't what you want to do, go do what you want to do. If you don't know what you want to do don't be so eager to give up on what you already have. Take time and think.

I want to add that if you don't like doing something then don't do it.  Making chiptune is not your job.  You have no responsibility or requirement to use any of the things you've bought just because you have them.

I'm saying this because all the responses to these kinds of threads tend to be "KEEP GOING!! YOU'RE THE BEST!! NEVER STOP FOREVER!!" but it is just as valid for you to realize that you don't enjoy making chip and decide to stop.  No biggie.  I don't like mushrooms so I don't eat them.  Ya feel me, brah?