561 Reply by roboctopus

(30 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)

Thanks guys.  I hope people get something out if them.

mrhmouse wrote:

Looking forward to more articles! I actually use a similar technique to what dylanbrochill posted: a table of Exx commands and one Gxx command to get the speed right.

I hope each article sparks some conversation like this.  The table echo is useful too.  I'll definitely be revisiting echo tricks later.

Also, hi fellow Alabama chipper!  big_smile

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562 Reply by roboctopus

(30 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)

Let me know if you want to do a guest column, haha.  wink

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563 Topic by roboctopus

(30 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)

For anyone interested, I'm going to be doing a weekly-ish column on LSDJ techniques at Noisechannel.org aimed at intermediate users.  Each week I'll try to go fairly in-depth on a specific technique or aspect of LSDJ, complete with visuals and audio examples.

First one is here: http://www.noisechannel.org/posts/4409

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564 Reply by roboctopus

(84 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Vile wrote:

Because the modded ones allow you to hook them up to a mixer. That's why I said Famitracker was better to get first.....

You can still run a stock DMG into a mixer though... Seriously, there's no need to mod a DMG right off the bat.

Alister likes Anamanaguchi.  Don't they use famitracker for a lot of chip parts?

Just download famitracker.  Watch some youtube tutorials on how to get started, then play around with it.  Boom.

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565 Reply by roboctopus

(16 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

I like monosynths.  I know you said that puts you off, but the new Arturia Minibrute looks really cool.  Full analog, knob-per-function controls, nifty arpeggiator.  I haven't played one yet, but it sounds pretty cool on demos... Looks to be around $500.

http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/pro … intro.html

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566 Reply by roboctopus

(31 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

I've used cheapo Behringer mixers for years, never had a problem, sound is good, plenty of inputs.

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567 Reply by roboctopus

(18 replies, posted in General Discussion)

It really is all about trial and error.  I tend to get the best results when I let the guitar fill out the mix or accent the chip.  I have the best luck when I keep the chip arrangements a little lighter to leave room for the guitar in the mix.  But I'm usually doing acoustic guitar and it seems to take a little more work to get the mix sounding nice.

Just experiment.

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568 Reply by roboctopus

(5 replies, posted in Releases)

There's some crazy good programming on this thing.

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569 Reply by roboctopus

(53 replies, posted in General Discussion)

You guys sure are fancy!

I play the jaw harp ok.

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570 Reply by roboctopus

(18 replies, posted in Constructive Criticism)

That's actually very promising sounding.  Mr. PR1MATE is right--it could use a bridge and (maybe) a lead line, but the sound is tight so far. 

Also, yay for Southern Chip!

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571 Reply by roboctopus

(52 replies, posted in General Discussion)

egr wrote:
Aeros wrote:

go install a prosound.

NOW.
seriously, the difference between a prosounded gameboy versus one with a regular output is like night and day. not only does it make your sound output insanely higher, but it also makes the sound clear as crystal compared to that garbled crap they call the stock output jack. just. do it.

Meh.  Output mod on a dmg is highly overated and I feel unnecessary.  It helps on gbc but still not really necessary.


I sort of agree... most of my stuff has been recorded from a stock one. 

However, if you compose with the channel volumes pretty low to emphasize a nice clean wave kick (say, pulse instruments with envelopes in the 60s and below) the noise gets pretty noticeable.

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572 Reply by roboctopus

(14 replies, posted in Releases)

Before I even listen to it, I gotta say, that cover is extra hot.

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573 Reply by roboctopus

(2 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I'm not a cop, but I can bust your ass?

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574 Reply by roboctopus

(52 replies, posted in General Discussion)

danimal cannon wrote:

Echo everything everybody said but I wanted to tell Roboctopus that I loved "Virga"

Hot damn.  It's like I have street cred.

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575 Reply by roboctopus

(52 replies, posted in General Discussion)

The most obvious LSDJ tip I can give is this: if your wave channel isn't loud enough, turn down your pulse and noise channels.  It seems obvious, but that fact didn't occur to me for awhile.  Turn down everything else to really pump up the bass.  (drawback to this is the panning clicks will be more noticeable.  Making them less noticeable takes some artful masking.)

-Work on panning. I hear so many LSDJ tracks that are mono.

-Backup your .sav. Backup your .sav. Backup your .sav.

-Whenever you listen to an LSDJ tune, think critically about it. Try and imagine how it was programmed.

-Check out other people's .sav file for nifty tricks!  You can snag some nice files at http://lsdsng.com/ (I recommend this one, because it's extra tasty: http://lsdsng.com/song/colour-television )
My EP includes my .sav: http://www.archive.org/details/Pb046Rob … BeenErased  So does Zef's: http://www.noisechannel.org/posts/1033  Danimal Cannon included his .savs, though that release isn't free. (it's worth the $$ though.)

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576 Reply by roboctopus

(80 replies, posted in General Discussion)

an0va wrote:

Who wants to make and sell on bandcamp a Legalsounds compilation? We'll just take back and use the songs that were already taken. tongue

I'm also down for teh lulz.

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