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I guess I don't understand what the difference is between using two DMGs versus adding synths or guitars or any additional equipment, really. It's not pure 1xLSDJ, is all. You're just adding to the equation. People are bringing up not being technically impressed or questioning the point of composing with a game boy, so I wonder what people think about LSDJ + anything else. Am I missing something? Just curious.

I love both, but I tend to gravitate towards straight LSDJ releases. I assure you it's not some kind of philosophical thing on "what chiptune is" at all-it's a purely an aesthetic choice and not a workflow one! I think it's because I'm really specifically interested in that exact medium. I've also personally been messing with Renoise and I listen to releases with all kinds of instrumentation very often but 2xLSDJ hasn't really caught my eye yet in that sense. I guess I haven't heard a 2xLSDJ song yet that made me say to myself, "holy crap I really gotta try syncing gameboys." The closest thing I ever would get to that is where I wrote a song on 1xLSDJ and still demanded something more to fill the arrangement which hasn't happened to me (yet). Even then I might just use the same gameboy and multitrack the needed part live, but I haven't come to a point where I wanted to have a whole nother dedicated empty channel for it. Maybe sometime in the future.

SketchMan3 wrote:

I try not to let "technical prowess" get in the way of my enjoyment of music. As long as it sounds cool, that's impressive enough for me.

Exactly. I honestly don't care about "pushing the limits of the medium" or any of that noise. I write using 1xLSDJ most of the time because I simply enjoy the sounds, enjoy the fact that it's self-contained in one portable unit for composition, and I like the way it makes me think. 2xLSDJ makes you think in a similar yet-different way too (as stated before, nothing is really different except it's just doubling the capabilities and power!) but I haven't found a motivation to try that myself yet outside of just pure curiosity.

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377 Reply by an0va Nov 2, 2012 5:43 pm

Re: 2 x LSDJ vs 1 x LSDJ (134 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

I'm with you L-tron. Personally, I haven't been super into any one 2xLSDJ song and if there's one I can remember off the top of my head, it's usually a very minimal one that could've also sounded great on 1xLSDJ***. Sure I respect the method, but I think the sound pallete just gets almost TOO thick for my tastes in 2xLSDJ. Especially since the entire basis of modern chip music is hinted towards "more is more," I think the sound gets really over-saturated for me. I like space-sometimes I listen to old minimal VGM, or something like Tadpole's "Heart on a Line," and I miss that. This has nothing to do with the amount of channels (hell I love chip vsts and sample-based tracker stuff), but I think it's because you're cramming double the amount of the same exact LSDJ techniques. The same tables, sound design, and soundset. I understand that potentially the two instances can have two different instrument sets , which is cool, but I don't know. For me, it literally sounds like I'm listening to two songs at once. It's exactly double the features of 1xLSDJ, which are already pretty huge, so that might be why. Looking forward to hearing a 2xLSDJ song that really blows me away in the future but I haven't had one to do that to me like with 1xLSDJ. (yet!)

***Except for maybe Zen Albatross. I saw him rip dicks with 2xLSDJ making chorused/phased hyper basses. But I've also seen him kill with 1xLSDJ. idk I'm weird let's talk it out

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378 Reply by an0va Oct 31, 2012 5:48 am

Re: SKGB & MOONTONE: Gettin Crunk In Tha Castle (10 replies, posted in Releases)

:3

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379 Reply by an0va Oct 31, 2012 4:27 am

Re: SKGB & MOONTONE: Gettin Crunk In Tha Castle (10 replies, posted in Releases)

but seriously: ZOMBIE BOOTY POP

FOR THAT WE SAY, .... DAG "YO"

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380 Reply by an0va Oct 31, 2012 4:27 am

Re: SKGB & MOONTONE: Gettin Crunk In Tha Castle (10 replies, posted in Releases)

did you seriously just release a split compo featuring yourself with yourself

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381 Reply by an0va Oct 31, 2012 1:44 am

Re: Yet another rip off (69 replies, posted in General Discussion)

On top of everything, this has got to be one of the laziest instances of sampling I've ever seen. We've all seen some straight up rips before, but this is like 99% the original track.

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