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JodyBigfoot wrote:

theres more replies tearing apart my comment than helping, great community guys, really supportive

I think you're mistaking making fun of your post for making fun of you.

I remember when David Sugar told me he had stepped away from LSDJ because he had gotten everything he could out of it.  Then, a year or so later, people started doing those mad WAV dubstep wubs.

JodyBigfoot, there are a TON of areas you can focus on while staying in LSDJ/nano.  A TON TON TON TON TON TON TON.  Remember, these are musical instruments.  Similar to guitar, you wouldn't learn how to play a couple chords then say you were ready to move on to the next thing.  You'd write a song, you'd perform it, you'd record it.

Here are some things you can do with LSDJ/nano that will improve your abilities with ALL future platforms:

1. Get really good at one and two channel delays.
2. Get a basic knowledge of chord structure.  If you're already using arpeggios, try changing your habits around and pick something new.  Simply stepping my arps down from 0C to 0B changed the sound of my music significantly.
3. Perform somewhere.  Preferably for people that don't like chipmusic.  Do so well at it that you convert them.
4. Treat that DMG as an instrument, not as a self-contained universe.  Add some guitar on top of your music.  Write lyrics and sing along with it. Make it accessible.
5. Cover a song you hate - turn it into a song you enjoy.

I could go on and on.  Now that you have some knowledge of your instrument, do something cool with it!

Filter out everything above 5734hz, also boost some mids and remove some low-end bass.
Normalize after filtering, then add gain w/ a limiter to push the dynamics. Add a super quick fade-out at the end and you're good to go.

As for dithering, I've come to the conclusion that it doesn't impact the sound quality much or at all.

I'll consider writing a tutorial once I have some time on my hands.