513

(41 replies, posted in Audio Production)

Post an example of a 128th note arp.

514

(9 replies, posted in General Discussion)

squidula wrote:

I'm preparing a speech last minute that will be demonstrating the art of making music on a game boy.
Is there any specifics I should include? I'm going to keep it broad and basic for the listeners sake.

plagiarize heavily from other similar presentations you'll find on youtube. that's what i do.

515

(10 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

XyNo wrote:

Do you have the same LSDJ version in both carts ?

yeah i would verify this first i guess?

try different gameboys, maybe one is fucked up? maybe the cord is bad? i don't know.

kineticturtle wrote:
nickmaynard wrote:

i'd book you in rochester, ny!

Awesome! We'd love to play with you guys!

Rochester, NC, Pulsewave... this might be a tour ferreals!

yeah! email me anytime. [email protected]

kineticturtle wrote:

The Glowing Stars is talking about being on the East Coast then. This could be a Rad possibility!

i'd book you in rochester, ny!

518

(12 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

to be fair, you could answer a lot of these questions for yourself after you get the cartridge.

ryba wrote:

How do you choose tracks you are listening to on Chipmusic?

if i recognize the user name, then i check it out. if i see someone referring to it in a thread and they make it sound interesting for some reason, then i check it out. if the title of the track mentions something interesting, like that it was made with some interesting hardware, then i check it out.

520

(34 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

ant1 wrote:

ztracker and openmpt are the best midi trackers

but they are not that great

openmpt has actually been really awesome so far. it does almost everything i want it to. i'm still figuring out how to program midi cc's and i can't figure out how to send program change info at all.

but yeah, openmpt is awesome.

521

(33 replies, posted in General Discussion)

ChipsChallengeBand wrote:

I don't know any music theory and I don't think you need any to make a good song.

EXPLAINS A LOT.

522

(34 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

Tinctu wrote:

Ahh MIDI Trakcer pattern editor ultra long tutorial... smile

yeah, i was able to do that. but how do you change or enter numbers on the pattern editor? typing numbers doesn't work. i tried "add pattern" or "delete pattern" and it didn't seem to do anything? if i tried to do that with an existing song, it would just add random numbers everywhere.

i don't know if an album cover has ever made me want to check out the album before now.

Bit Shifter wrote:

I just wanna know what a "Mario mustache ride is."

if this message board had signatures, i would put this quote in mine.

525

(33 replies, posted in General Discussion)

first, go to lsdjguides on youtube and watch every single video.

then i'd say, take it one piece at a time. start with drums. google stuff like "basic drumming" or "basic drum beats". check it out on youtube. you'll learn the basics like, put the kick drum on 1 and 8 and put the snare drum on 4 and C. then you can randomly place hi hats anywhere you can fit them in. if you do that, you should have an okay drum beat in a few minutes. change the tempo around.

then, when you program your melody, just stick to the following notes - C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C

if you do a bassline, don't do anything super fancy and just stick to the notes - C, F, G, A. and make them last a long time, like an entire phrase or 2.

that should give you something resembling a song pretty quickly. then you can experiment with changing things up later.

526

(34 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

nickmaynard wrote:
Tinctu wrote:

WTF Fruity Pops??? -> Renoise style is better...

RF1 MIDI TRACKER
http://www.rf1.net/software/mt

Best MIDI Tracker on Windows!

There are Linux trackers too, for example this one:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/fltracker/

;o)

OR SIMPLY BUY ATARI1040STE FOR 20-50USD AS ROLAND WROTE ON THAT JAPANESE PRODUCT PAPER...

oh wow, i just downloaded this and i think it might be perfect!

i can't export from the trial version to see if it works with my hardware but it looks great. i'll play with this some more and probably will buy it tonight.

actually, i wasn't able to figure out the pattern editor window at all. totally confusing. and i can't find a manual anywhere online.

what kind of computers made this music? awesome titles too, "COSAHEDRON". sounds like a starscream song.

528

(79 replies, posted in General Discussion)

noisewaves wrote:

how many afterparties/satellite shows can there be for one festival? holy shit.

i will only attend the ones that noisewaves plays.