So some fellows and I were chatting in irc about various chiptune related things, and somebody said "imagine a song with noise as the lead" and so decided to link them to a couple of noise channel only lsdj tunes. The reaction to one was:
[00:51] <nick> okay I now hate that chip's noise generator wow that's grating
[00:52] <nick> what the hell is the chip actually called? a Z80?
And to the other
[00:58] <nick> better arrangement, sucky chip
But more to the point (with personal musical tastes aside):
[01:07] <nick> It's like the kinds of bad noise music that my ears tell me that it's very self destructive to continue to listen to it any longer and I should come back when the next set starts, before my ears get damaged
And this caught my attention, because last year when I was soaking myself in lsdj I noticed that after spending a large amount of time working on gameboy music (probably with the volume too high) my ears would become very sensitive to percussive noises such as my footsteps, snapping, clapping, finger tapping, utensils on dishes, doors closing and opening, my teeth tapping together. They didn't even have to be loud (like merely setting a mug down on a table) and it'd cause a light sharp pain in my ears.
Now I've never had this happen when working with any other type of music (and I'm sure it's not the only time I've had my music up too loud in my headphones), so I'm just curious as to what others think of this. Is long-term exposure to Gameboy music (or any other type of chipmusic that one could call abrasive) be more damaging to ones hearing than other lighter types of chipmusic? This is mostly about gameboy, especially when it relates to the noise channel (I've noticed many people complaining about the gameboy's noise generator vs. that of other chips like NES, YM, etc), but I put this in general discussion so you can "sound" off on any "chip".
Or maybe LSDJ users just favor more abrasive noise sounds in general, and it doesn't necessarily have to do with the chip itself.
Shoot.