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Bit late posting this on here but last week I finished installing a mod on a DMG with a bluetooth audio transmitter.

Demo video here:  https://youtu.be/StovYnUdeq8

Article here:  http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/0 … e_heck_not

It's the first time I've tried it as a Gameboy mod and as far as I can tell it's the first internal bluetooth transmitter on a DMG.  I had to figure it out as I went along, part planning, part trial and error.  The end result works really well although there is a slight lag in the audio.  Next time I do one I'll try and get a transmitter module that's a bit more instant. Also, I'm using the select button to operate it and there have been a few people voicing concerns about this messing up LSDJ as it makes a lot of use of the select button.  The mod could easily be done with a momentary switch instead but I quite fancied hacking the select button.  It only operates the bluetooth when held for 3 or 5 seconds and hasn't caused me any problems so far.

Pretty pleased with how it turned out and makes a nice change from the usual mods.  Once I get the hang of it I'll put a tutorial together if there's interest.

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Melbourne

I saw the video on facebook a few days ago. Nice work! Would make playing live gigs so much fun, especially if it has a bit of range and is stable (ie. could go out into the audience etc).

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Seattle, WA

How's the latency?

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Dire Hit wrote:

How's the latency?

The end result works really well although there is a slight lag in the audio.

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i wouldnt call bluetooth audio "pro".

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Melbourne

Probably good enough for playing live though!

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
herr_prof wrote:

i wouldnt call bluetooth audio "pro".

I wouldn't call a Game Boy "pro", either.

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NUMBSKULL

NeX actually did this a few years back. http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/3205/ … pro-sound/

Overall though, I like yours much better. Can you link to the specific bluetooth module you used?

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jefftheworld wrote:
herr_prof wrote:

i wouldnt call bluetooth audio "pro".

I wouldn't call a Game Boy "pro", either.

The point of prosound mods are to get better quality audio signals than available through the stock circuitry.  Transmitting your signal using a lossy data compression algorithm is going to give you a worse signal overall.

This IS nice work, I'm sure it sounds good enough for composing on or using around the house, but there's no reason anyone should use it in a live setting.

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Catskull thanks for the link! I'd done lots of searching before trying this and not found any info before; interesting to see where he placed the module.

As for "prosound", I half-jokingly used that term as it quickly explains what the mod does. The module is wired up to the standard solder points for the prosound mod so that's why I used the term.

I never set out to find something suitable for gigging or recording, I just wanted to see if I could get it to work. You know, for fun. And it is a lot of fun. As for improving on stock circuitry, modern tech is becoming more and more wireless and it will be interesting to see what anyone else comes up with.

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Taichung, Taiwan
RatShack wrote:
jefftheworld wrote:

I wouldn't call a Game Boy "pro", either.

The point of prosound mods are to get better quality audio signals than available through the stock circuitry.  Transmitting your signal using a lossy data compression algorithm is going to give you a worse signal overall.

This IS nice work, I'm sure it sounds good enough for composing on or using around the house, but there's no reason anyone should use it in a live setting.

The point of pro sound is to make it sound better than through the headphone jack. This sounds better than through the headphone jack. I say GGbro.

OP, did you check out NeX's RGB boy with bluetooth prosound? He did the mod many years ago.

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Seattle, WA
katsumbhong wrote:

OP, did you check out NeX's RGB boy with bluetooth prosound? He did the mod many years ago.

He did every mod on that thing. It's a miracle the screws could keep it closed.

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Taichung, Taiwan
Dire Hit wrote:
katsumbhong wrote:

OP, did you check out NeX's RGB boy with bluetooth prosound? He did the mod many years ago.

He did every mod on that thing. It's a miracle the screws could keep it closed.

It's like the swiss army knife of modded gameboys.

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Chips & Dip :3

Nice work dude! big_smile

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Thanks!

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South Carolina

I would love a tutorial on this, this really is a awesome mod! Also could you post a link to the transmitter you used?