University research. LSDJ on GameBoy hardware or LSDJ on PC emulation? (Page 2 of 3)

Here's one argument for hardware you might not have heard before: I prefer the actual gameboy because it's battery powered. I live off the grid and often power is scarce/unavailable depending on what outside phenomena are effecting our PV system.
I've been trying to get into AT2, but the PC I built for it is just too power hungry to run at any time besides the middle of the day. I usually find time to track before or after work, essentially before or after sunrise/set.

Emulator seems pretty cool for the nigh - unlimited processing power and storage/recording flexablity, but really the gameboy feels best for so many other reasons. I've had one in my hands for 20+ years now, so it just feels like home.

I found it more comfortable to use with the good old DMG.
I tried with an emulator, but my Logitech Dual Action controller has a horrible D-pad, and joysticks feel meh, where keyboard was uncomfortable, and difficult.
Before I had a cartridge, I was doing some practice things with my Xperia M2 with MyOldBoy! emulator. Touchscreen is not that bad, but I think it's not the most comfortable we can get.
And with DMG, Pocket and Color, it feels good and natural. And it fits in the pocket (my phone too, but it's not the same). I have a legit experiment with the true hardware, so I prefer it.
And also, actually there is no equivalent to the PS/2 and Arduinoboy/MIDI keyboard support with emulation. I think if it was the case, I will look again into emulation for when I'm home, and when I'll have a cartgridge reader/writer (I love to have one place to save and sync everything).
Finally, too keep the song files, a cartridge with SRAM is not the best thing in my opinion. I prefer keeping them in a safty hard drive.

Why not both?
I have both a DMG our own ThursdayCustoms built for me, as well as using vba8 on my Windows Phone. The device is a Lumia 1520, so it has both higher end hardware spec and a big screen, it's comfortable and doesn't really hiccup, and no need to worry about a failing battery wiping out your sav since you can cloud sync it and do a local backup. There is nothing however quite like the sound of a real DMG, especially for the low-end. I have tinkered with all kinds of crapola, such as recording a channel from the smartphone, and the others from the DMG and putting them together on the PC. Lots of quick switching stereo effects tend to give the DMG a hard time for example, so voila there's a way around that. If it were possible to sync LSDJ between the emulator on the phablet with the DMG, that would be pretty wicked, but there's always other means

As for the original question, there are a couple of arguments that exist on the sidelines here. One; considering emulated vs hardware reminds me of the debate of the sound quality of vinyl vs CD. Everyone who cares at all about music has heard of or engaged in that one at one point. The other is the purist argument; one saying it's only real chip music if it's done on real hardware vs the other (sometimes labeled fakebit) that are simply emulating the hardware or sampling it and actually making the music in a DAW. Fun subjects to ponder.

In any event, my original statement remains the same for any angle one could look at LSDJ or chip music in general with; why not both

Hardware ftw.

Jealous! Does the sgb2 have a DMG size link port or a pocket one?

on original DMG always, i just love that warm fuzzy analog sound to it

Benn, I think you've done a fabulous work again. I definitely want to try it.
Does it work in Xinput or DirectInput?