1 Reply by TechnoMage

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2 Topic by TechnoMage

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Edit: This was fixed! I had the LR wires going to A+ and A- on the amp when I needed to sum them to one wire and connect A- to GND.

Hey there,

I have modded a handful of Gameboys but am a little rusty and am, by no means, an expert. I just finished recapping my son's DMG and tested out a few games. The audio seemed fine for the first couple games but when I tested Donkey Kong and Tetris, certain songs were consistently louder (by a very, very noticeable amount). For those affected songs, it sounds like only one of the pulse channels is louder as I can barely hear the other channels.

More accurately, if I put the volume at 100%, the unaffected music is comfortable for listening. When the affected music is playing, I have to dial the volume down to ~10-25% for listening to be comfortable.

Stuff I've done with it:
- Backlight + bivert chip
- PAM8302A amp + new speaker
- Power regulator replacement (R6 CleanJuice)
- New battery terminals
- New volume potentiometer
- New capacitors (except those under the LCD because they're a pain)

It's possible that I forgot to test these particular games after installing the amp but before the capacitors. Anyone know what could have happened?

Thanks!

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3 Reply by TechnoMage

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TSC wrote:

Bump?

Seconded smile

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4 Reply by TechnoMage

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Thanks for the suggestions, guys!
I ended up going a different route to get us "seaworthy" in time for live performances.
I'm using FL's Patcher/Control Surface plugins in tandem with Sytrus to mimic NES pulse waves.
The patch uses one of the MIDI controller's beat pads to toggle between two of Sytrus' operators--one that has vibrato and one that doesn't.
When the vibrato voice is engaged, the mod wheel controls the vibrato strength.  The amount can be configured via an XY Controller that lets you set a min/max value for the vibrato strength.
It's not a rock-solid solution since toggling can cause an audible click during performance.
It does the job for now, but I'd like to improve it a lot more.

It sounds like your suggestions are way more in-line with what I'd like to do.  In particular:

if you're playing a composition from a DAW that doesn't have pitch parameters set already, there will be no interference from the slave controller

Thanks again for the suggestions, guys.  As I try to optimize the live loadout, I'll likely refer back to here.

P.S. Love your Christmas album, Doctor Octoroc smile

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5 Reply by TechnoMage

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Oh man...  This would be amazing to have...
But no Windows support sad

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6 Topic by TechnoMage

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Hey cm.o!

As the title implies, I'm looking to use mGB in tandem with a MIDI controller and am hoping to find a lightweight vibrato solution that I can kick on and off with something like the mod wheel on my keyboard.  Anyone have experience doing something like this?
Would greatly appreciate any insight and recommendations!

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7 Reply by TechnoMage

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This seems like witchcraft...

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8 Reply by TechnoMage

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Those DPCM tom fills are awesome!  Very tight sounding drum kit all together.
Very cool groove you've crafted here.  Keep it up!

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9 Topic by TechnoMage

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Hey cm.o!
I covered "Iron Blue Intention" from Castlevania: Bloodlines and wanted to share:
https://technomage.bandcamp.com/track/i … -intention

Enjoy!
-TM

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10 Reply by TechnoMage

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herr_prof wrote:

Im gonna save up my grandma's birthday money to get one

But that will take AGES wink

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11 Reply by TechnoMage

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PRESSED HEART wrote:

Let's say I'd be willing and in a position to put together a community-based (i.e., unofficial) "extended" document. What would you like to see?

ALL of these would be fantastic!  Personally, I'd be most interested in MIDI controller programming and DAW integration.
It would also be nice to learn more about what the wavetable (or "Wabetable" big_smile) is capable of and how to work with it.

If I can scrape together the cash to grab one of these myself, I'd be delighted to contribute however I can.

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12 Reply by TechnoMage

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2PLAYER wrote:

Yes...that manual certainly is a text explosion...

It would be FANTASTIC to see a "detangled" version of the manual for those of us who are crushed under the immense weight of that wall of text!  That and the exclusion of any visual feedback creates a pretty big roadblock for folks who haven't used any devices like this (present company included)

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13 Topic by TechnoMage

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Hey all,
Just curious to hear if anyone has plans to release anything around the North-American anniversary of the Game Boy smile

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14 Reply by TechnoMage

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Wow!  This is amazing news!
Thank you for all the hard work that undoubtedly went into making this a reality!

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15 Reply by TechnoMage

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Bumping as I would really love to hear if there is a solution to this. About to start tinkering with Arduinoboy and am expecting to hit the same roadblock.

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16 Topic by TechnoMage

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Curious to see if anyone has braved the gauntlet and tinkered with this thing yet.
Looks awesome and sounds even cooler in theory, but that manual is...  Daunting.

https://catskullelectronics.com/famimimidi

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