1 Reply by CRMVMT

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Yeah, it does that with any batteries. There's some oxidation in the contacts, but the fault is definitely not there. At first I thought it was completely broken and accidentally left it on my desk with the power switch on 'cause nothing happened when I toggled it. Five minutes or so pass and... "bling!"

Once I get it to start up, the power stays on and everything's normal. If I don't use it for some time, it takes long for it to start up for the first time. If I put the power off immediately after the first start, it takes a long time to restart. If I let the power be on for some time and then restart it again, it restarts like it should to.

Haven't tried dc power 'cause I don't have the wall wart, but I'm not even planning to use one.

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2 Topic by CRMVMT

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Bought a used (d'uh) DMG-001 recently. It takes almost five minutes for it to start up. Once it has been on for some time, it can be shut down and it will start up right after putting the switch to "on"-position. So it has to "warm up" or something.

I'm not an electrician by any means, but could the fault be in a capacitor? Is this something common and is there a known fix to this? Tried to google it, but found nothing.

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3 Reply by CRMVMT

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e.s.c. wrote:

arduinoboy would be the cheapest/easiest option

Thank you. Just threw an email to XIWI if they still do those.

Any other sellers? Preferably assembled, but a kit will do if it's the only option.

I can solder wires but these diy kits have not worked out so well for me. I wish I was a little bit better with those things.

I live in Finland (EU).

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4 Reply by CRMVMT

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_-_- wrote:

MidiBastl seems to work very well! -> http://youtu.be/PZqikXf6UGM

Indeed, but this video shows a Gameboy as master to Volca's sync in.

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5 Topic by CRMVMT

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Sorry if this particular question has been asked for 1000 times, but since there's a lot of information about syncing this and that to whatever that gets me confused, I thought to ask again. My only goal is to sync the 1.7 Nanoloop (as a slave) to a drum machine (as a master) with midi signal, no USB, no pc/mac software. With what? What are the differences between the options? I hope it would be a solid sync that would be reliable in a live situation, that's what matters most.

Options:
- lsdjmc2
- Midi-Bastl
- something else, arduinoboy?

What would you consider my best option?

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6 Reply by CRMVMT

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Looks very nice. EQ is a def bonus. Shame that Nanoloop 2.7. cannot hard pan the mono synths...

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7 Reply by CRMVMT

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Got myself a Roland TR-8 in exchange to another piece of gear.... oops! Nanolooped GB goes into the external input, beefed up with some OD from a tiny Boss BX-4 mixer. Takes some learning to balance things up since TR-8's kicks can be enormous. 909 HH's go well together with Nanoloop when sent thru a Mooer Lo-Fi machine. Can be synced by ear, but I guess I'll go for a LSDJMC2 or a computer clock sync in the future.

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8 Reply by CRMVMT

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DeerPresident wrote:

I think the big challenge comes in getting to know your gear REALLY well, and experimenting until it works. I read in your intro that you've only been Nanolooping for about a week, and I think you need a LOT more time to really get to know the software and it's sonic possibilities.

I agree, I am in awe of the possibilities of this little synth/sequencer and I am surprised how full sounding compositions it is possible to achieve with four channels and step-specified settings. I look forward to do and learn a lot of things with this. Maybe I am getting ahead of things with planning what other gear to include. I do however own a Microbrute and a few other things as well so the natural thing was to connect it all together and see what could ensue. I come from guitar background so this sort of very hands-on approach to making music comes naturally and I think ahead of how to jam and and control things in live situation. I just discovered solo/mute from Nano 2.7.1. that was not stated in the manual, so yet another "problem" has been solved without external gear smile


DeerPresident wrote:

Auxcide uses LSDJ and a bunch of synths (a lot of Minibrute) to great effect! Orloc/Coova uses Nanoloop pretty much exclusively and gets some sick sounds out of it, and if you are curious what Nanoloop and awholelotofothershit sound like together, go listen to one of the best chip albums ever. I think that Micro+Nano and some sort of drum machine would sound INCREDIBLE if done right! I am pretty keen to see what you come up with mate, good luck, and WELCOME to cm.o and the world of chipmusic!

I thank you for these recommendations and will definitely check them out.

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9 Reply by CRMVMT

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Hi, Chome Vomit here. A tourist in a scene I have no real information about besides from what I've read from this forum and couple of other sites. Running wild with Nanoloop 2.7.1 which I got last week. From Finland.

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10 Topic by CRMVMT

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Hi, first post.

I've been going through the setup thread and seeing many photos of setups that include TR-626's, Arturia synths as well as many other "non-chiptune" gear with LSDJ'd Gameboys or other chiptune gear.

I myself am a mere tourist in chiptune music and have just recently discovered the wonders of Nanoloop 2.7. I have an approach where ideally anything should be combined with anything if it works sonically, but after doing some work with Nanoloop and trying to combine my Microbrute synth with it for leads or basses, I don't think it blends so easily into the Nanoloop sound realm aesthetically as I first thought it would. It easily sounds like it's been forced into the composition where Nanoloop's sounds sort of fall into place automatically. Or maybe I am just a poor user of my small mixer.

I do have a Boss Dr-667 (with 808/909 samples) which I will try with Nanoloop if I ever buy some sort of midi sync device. I am bound to think this would be a more successful combination, as I tend to go for these technoish kicks with a sharp thud and/or medium-longish transient with Nanoloop too. Or maybe an external drum machine would just proof itself useless as Nanoloop produces pretty nice drums itself. Of course the individual outputs would be a definite plus factor as Nanoloop won't hard pan anything else than noise channel (my synth channel bleeds into the other channel even when hard panned, is it my gameboy or the nanoloop itself..?)

What is your opinion, what works and what does not, in which context? I would especially like to hear some examples of tunes with TR-something drum sounds.

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