lebuf
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Hey guys!

Basically I just wanted to say 'hello', I've been toying around with FLStudio for a while now, and really like to make music. Wanted to get into Chiptune production waay earlier, never quite made the jump though.
So today I discovered Kitsch-Bent (more or less by accident, don't even remember how I found it) and realized I still want to try this smile

My DMG is a crappy POS though, so after searching for more hardware shops I stumbled onto this board. While I go browse the Trading Post a little more, maybe you guys can answer some basic beginner questions?

What's the best way to actually start out? Went ahead and bought LSDJ just in case I order a cartridge from Kitsch, but should I care about Nanoloop One, too? Are there some good tutorials/videos for getting started with LSDJ? Is there some amazing, secret source for getting nice looking custom DMG's? Can I use stuff I create inside of FLStudio somehow?

I probably could make up about 30 more questions on the spot, but this'll do for now, I guess. Anyway, glad I found this board!

Oh right, just in case someone cares:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/bufbaf
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/Biff0r
Fair warning: Close to none chiptunes, a lot of ponies and crappy remixes.

Edit #2: Duh, this probably is the wrong forum, isn't it. If a mod wants to move this, feel free to do so - I'm very sorry for not noticing.

Last edited by lebuf (Feb 24, 2013 10:02 pm)

Bit wish
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New Albany Indiana

You do realize you gave us the link to our own sound cloud dashboard. Go to your profile and copy the link and edit it in. And welcome, you might want to find the introduction thread.

Bit wish
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New Albany Indiana

http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/7043/ … on-thread/
There you go.

nickmaynard
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rochester, ny

lsdjguides on youtube

or my zine from kitsch-bent :-)

DataFix
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orange county, CA

Zef has a great in-depth tutorial series on youtube with LSDJ creating sounds and using advanced techniques and stuff, i highly recommend it.

also, personally i love LSDJ and i can't seem to get into Nanoloop as much. it's all goes along with your personal preferences i guess.

JMackerl
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The LSDJ manual is a really good place to start, I would recommend leafing through it initially to become familiar with the program and then checking out these channels:

Chris Penner: Zef(Chris Penner) has a great series on LSDJ commands and some really good tutorials.
LSDJguides: a channel with some great tutorials. It'll get you up and running fast. The channel has a bunch of instrument patches as well that are helpful for starting out.
AndruaGO: Some good tutorials that'll help as well, he's got some good tips and tricks.

Kitsch-bent has some great gameboys and I'd definitely recommend them (I think he's got a pretty nifty green and white DMG that's around $80 since there's a small crack in the case). If you want something a little more plain/wallet friendly, Thursday Customs has some really nice backlit DMG's (~$80) that you can add a prosound to (+$15?) for a little extra. He does them by order and takes about a week or so to send it out. I got one from him and I'm really happy with mine. 

Hope this helps, I'm pretty new myself but these were the places where I started off.

Oh also, noisechannel.org has some pretty cool guides called "LSDJ & you" by roboctopus that are really good. The subject matter is more along the lines of intermediate/advanced techniques but they're awesome. Noisechannel also has some really great album releases there.

Ubiktune is another site with great chiptune music as well, there's some awesome albums and artist compilations up there. Lots of LSDJ but other stuff too.

Monotron
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Douglas, Wyoming

I'd suggest looking up youtube tutorials and playing around with "fakebit" vsts for a while until you get a good feel for chiptune. I'd get some roms and throw them up on an emulator so you can decide if native tracking is for you. Famitracker is also a nice program to play with for people who aren't too deep in the hardware scene of chipmusic