1,425

(23 replies, posted in Releases)

I was enjoying this album again today on a better system, and I could really appreciate the songs more. Coming home to the video was a nice treat! Thanks again. I've been sharing this with friends, and you've earned a permanent spot in my listening rounds.

1,426

(14 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Er, Don Preston is ferreal, don't get me wrong, but Subotnick/Buchla/Moog are all on the same level - people who BUILT the synths for people like Preston.

1,427

(304 replies, posted in Trading Post)

justinthursday wrote:

I just quit one of my jobs so I'm down to only working full time.

hardcore

1,428

(42 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

It's really funny that there seems to be a lot of interest in this, but nobody wants it for the same reason I do (i.e. separate ideas I want to make into one song, as opposed to combining songs for ease of live performance).

Bit Shifter, I hope Wizwars' quote/reply clears up the way that I see it. Deep copy with a cloning paste is what I'm after. On top of that, most of the stuff I want to move around is incomplete ideas, and I could probably put three or four of them together as is before they even came close to running out of space in LSDJ!

Also, "cloning paste" sounds like some weird sci-fi shit.

1,429

(14 replies, posted in General Discussion)

get it? "plugging"?

Seriously, awesome. And Buchla is a sweet guy if you ever get to meet him.

1,430

(42 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

xero wrote:

it would be nice to at least be able to hold the copy paste data even when switching songs.

Well, anything that you can copy, you can paste into a different song, but like I said it's a "slim copy" - if you copy a bunch of chains, only the chain numbers move. What this would be is a "deep copy/clone", which would copy all the information related to the patterns being copied (pattern numbers, pattern contents, related instruments tables, grooves) - and then if it were pasted into another song, it would clone all of those things to new chain/pattern/instrument etc numbers, rather than replacing existing ones.

That would be cool, but unlikely. I don't know how much space LSDJ has to hold copy/paste info.

I really feel like an external solution is best (or at least more likely) for this - just a way to combine two .lsdsng files and perform those cloning operations as a one-time thing into a new .lsdsng file. So hopefully nitro will bless us with his talents and solve this problem once and for all. Thanks for even considering it, yo!

1,431

(42 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Is this possible? I have a few things which were generated as separate ideas which I would like to combine as one song without re-programming one entirely from scratch into another.

For shits and giggles, I tried simply copying and pasting across songs with all the patterns selected. LSDJ allows copy and paste between songs, but of course it's a slim copy, so it remembers, for example, pattern numbers and their sequence, but none of the information contained therin.

I'm hoping someone has created some kind of Java tool or something to do this that I just couldn't find by searching, or that someone more familiar with writing tools like that would have a suggestion? I'm really not a coder, so I'm just crossing my fingers. smile

1,432

(18 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Hemisphere wrote:

i had to follow a combination of tutorials and then wing some of it

This is key. There are variations in game boys both due to changes on Nintendo's end and all the abuse many of these things have been through in the last 20+ years, plus everyone has different tools, different levels of skill, etc. Soak in as much information as you can from as many sources as you can, and be open minded to changing the process as you go. Don't follow any instructions verbatim.

I've quoted it once and I'll say it again, Hemisphere, that's a super clean mod for a first timer, and you have every right to be proud of it. smile

1,433

(10 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I use it a ton - it affects my purchase decisions, but if there's a good reason not to include it I wouldn't call it bad form.

oh okay, just checking

if you were close I would have loaned you something

best of luck

Where are you located?

1,436

(4 replies, posted in Motion Graphics)

Auris Apothecary is the fuckin' shit, btw. They release tons of rad stuff on obscure and weird formats. I have a glue record and a microcasette encased in a candle from them (neither of which I have listened to yet...). They're very good about curating acts. Whenever I have to track down some ridiculous playback method to view or listen to something, I'm never disappointed!

1,437

(23 replies, posted in Releases)

Bought this without previewing or seeing anyone else's comments.

Put it on my iPod and listened on my way towards a very very long day at work at 7am.

I am thoroughly pleased. smile

1,438

(127 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Jellica wrote:

these people hilariously think otherwise!

Wow

although the one with the Saint John's Arms on their wrist is not bad.

I've had two ideas for tattoos for a few years. They have stuck with me, I still want them. One of them involves long straight lines though.

The other is the logo for a video game franchise which is not related to chiptunes and is long dead, but is very relevant to the early development of my creativity in relation to technology. It's also a simple looking logo which is somewhat obscure.

1,439

(189 replies, posted in General Discussion)

It's the sounds that attracted me too. When I originally got into it, I was getting started as a composition student in college, and it added a nice palette of sounds to what I had available.

The limitations of various hardware platforms are not really any more extreme than those of, say, a string quartet. In fact, in some ways LSDJ is like a string quartet where the two violinists have an 8 octave range, one of them can also play the bass drum and make funny noises, and the violist can make their viola sound like a bunch of other instruments or can talk or play drums, but the cellist can only gurgle and press the bow really hard on the strings to make it squeak. When you're coming from the perspective of writing for human performer, the ability to take a "player" and have them switch instantly from one thing to another is super powerful.

Decktonic wrote:

there's an "image" aspect underlying it all; an opportunity to be part of something underground, to get some street cred, to be able to point two middle fingers at all the douchebags playing guitars and drums and say "I'M COOLER THAN YOU BECAUSE I MADE ALL THIS ON 1 GAMEBOY." Stuff like that.

Yeah, that's definitely a thing. Ironically, when one attempts to use chiptunes to be hip outside of the scene, it usually doesn't work (see "worst reactions to chiptunes" thread for more info), yet people often seem to keep thinking it will.

Of course there are positive elements to being part of a scene - the camaraderie and support from just being part of a forum like this is a great example.

1,440

(189 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I hypothesize that people generally choose the guitar (acoustic or otherwise) because of concerns regarding either accessibility (technical or financial) or image.

Both of these seem to sometimes apply to chip musicians - financial accessibility (although not technical accessibility) is often cited as a reason to get involved with chip or low-bit music. Image is rarely cited outright, but seems to be relevant in terms of wanting to be involved in a "scene".