65 Topic by catskull

(11 replies, posted in LittleGPTracker)

This has the potential to be the ultimate LGPT handheld.

At first glance, it doesn't really seem to be anything special versus the other dingux handhelds floating around right now. But there's two things about this particular handheld that really set it apart: full size USB host port, and an expansion port with some GPIO. This means likely USB MIDI devices could work on this.

Obviously this is all just guesswork at this point (it releases at the end of the month), but if we got LGPT ported to it and the MIDI stuff pans out, this could be really interesting!

The price is great at $55, but you have to assemble it yourself. Looks easy enough though, so it should be fun.

I'll order one when they're available. If anyone knows any developers I'm happy to pay for a port of LGPT. I imagine it will be pretty easy since the linux/dingux ports are already working.

Links: https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-go-advance/

ETA Prime Setup/Review:

Wiki with some development info: https://wiki.odroid.com/odroid_go_advance/start

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66 Reply by catskull

(12 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

So basically this is the answer to the void left by the USB EMS carts. This is great!

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67 Reply by catskull

(15 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Lol wtf? That Cool Spot Gaming link is kinda funny, they're using reflashed bootleg pokemon games which only have 32k sram and thus only hold one song at a time. I used to offer the same thing but stopped because I wasn't comfortable with the quality.

But the real WTF is they're using an LSDJ label I designed YEARS ago, I don't even have the files anymore and though they were totally lost! Kinda cool!

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68 Reply by catskull

(3 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Is it still DIN5? Bidirectional is pretty rad!

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69 Reply by catskull

(12 replies, posted in Graphics, Artwork & Design)

also can vouch for ui's brilliance (love the stuff you've been posting on instagram lately!)

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70 Reply by catskull

(13 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

Since this is the first result on google for "midines sample list", I'll post another wayback machine link that nullsleep just dug up for the samples on 1.1.1. It's not a full list, but 1.1.1 has 256 samples instead of the 16 on 1.0.

https://web.archive.org/web/20080513151 … o_dmc_bank

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71 Reply by catskull

(11 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I got my console yesterday. Here's a twitter thread where I explore the album cartridge, it's pretty cool! https://twitter.com/xxcatskullxx/status … 76737?s=20

TL;DR: The cart plays uncompressed audio off SD directly to the console through the audio in pins on the cartridge connector. Really clever design that doesn't use any microcontrollers or FPGAs!

I'm super impressed!

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72 Reply by catskull

(10 replies, posted in Releases)

This album is super good and I'm not sure I've heard chiptune that sounded quite like it before.

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73 Reply by catskull

(11 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Orgia Mode wrote:

Honestly this isn't the place to get the best discussion of these. A little to high-brow for our ilk. If you want good opinions, talk to some of those purists on Nintendo Age or something.

I don't think this is necessarily true, especially considering the Analogue Pocket will have striaght-up Nanoloop 2 built in. I also think something like the Mega Sg is a great way to get a quality Sega Genesis with 3.5mm audio out without fighting a bunch of scammy eBay sellers and digging through the 10 revisions of the console to get the one with the good sound chips.

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74 Reply by catskull

(11 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Analogue has been around for the better part of the last decade, you can find that out with a rudimentary google search. They have released FPGA based NES, SNES, Genesis. This is simply a special edition of the Genesis console (Mega Sg). They are based in Portland, Oregon, USA and Shenzhen, China.

Apparently the cartridge isn't actually using the YM2149 chip, just streaming compressed audio. Still cool, but could have been cooler. I ordered one because I'm intrigued with the cartridge!

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75 Reply by catskull

(6 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Yep, I know for a fact that all GBAs have power on the link port, I use it for the GBA Midi Synth: https://catskullelectronics.com/gbamidi

But yeah some link cables are wired funky which is why I include one in that bundle.

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76 Reply by catskull

(7 replies, posted in General Discussion)

herr_prof wrote:

not to make it harder but also internally mounted arduinoboy with ble midi thanks D

cool

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77 Reply by catskull

(6 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

All of the aftermarket GBC link cables I have seen have the power line connected but it connects to SD on the other side. So if you cut a link cable, you can wire in the power lead.

I'm not sure about the MGB-004 adapter but I'd guess it will work (in fact I swear I've tested it and confirmed that). A quick test with a multimeter should confirm it pretty quick though!

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78 Reply by catskull

(10 replies, posted in Sega)

You'd be way way better off with new hardware if all you need to do is convert din midi to the controller port. It would be way cheaper too!

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79 Reply by catskull

(7 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

uXe is the only person I've seen make a "modern" power supply, though it's different than what you're doing here. Here's his documentation: https://community.arduboy.com/t/arduboy-classic/293

Somewhere there he says that running lower than -18v results in better contrast??? So You should play with that to see what the best voltage is.

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80 Reply by catskull

(2 replies, posted in Releases)

sweet!

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