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unexpectedbowtie wrote:I might be misunderstanding, so forgive me, but you can assign an envelope to any of the instruments in LSDJ.
That's an amplitude envelope, not a filter envelope.
Damn, so it is. That's what I get for posting right after waking up...
I've only messed around with LSDJ for a little bit on an emulator, but I know the synth instrument has a filter. Is there a way to asign an envelope to it? The main sound I'm looking for is short bass tones with quick filter evelopes.
I might be misunderstanding, so forgive me, but you can assign an envelope to any of the instruments in LSDJ.
Page 42 of the manual explains it. It's the 'E' command:
Just tinkering with analog sync after picking up a volca beats. Full disclosure, I wired up the cable with the extra wire in case I ever snag nanoloop.
Just checking with you guys to see exactly how I should expect this set up to behave, I'm new to this sync stuff. Is it normal to have to hit start on the gameboy at just the right time to make the phrases line up properly? As I have it, once I do hit start on the gameboy the tempo changes in sync as I adjust it on the volca and it starts out in a kind of tempo lock also- all good. Should I expect them to start together though? Or for them to line up automatically, with one waiting for the other? After typing this all out I'm guessing this is normal since the only info sent is a tick, but I just thought I would check with y'all.
I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to do (your post is a bit unclear!), but there are different kinds of MIDI Synch available with LSDJ.
Master mode sends the MIDI clock from LSDJ only. No notes are sent.
Slave mode receives MIDI clock from an external source, and awaits a start signal. No notes are played on receipt.
MIDIOUT mode sends the MIDI notes/CC values etc that you assign in LSDJ (Q00 is your friend).
(and LIVEMAP/SYNCMAP, but I've never used them)
I made a demo video to show exactly how to set up the MIDIOUT portion here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZfVMUw19_c
If you are only trying to synch the devices, and not send notes from the Game Boy, then I would set both at the same tempo first (both the Game Boy and the device you want to synch). I can't remember off hand if the Volcas require you to hit start manually for this kind of synch, but I know that they don't react to start messages when synching with other Volcas - so that would make sense.
If you hit start on one, and then the other at the beginning of the phrase, then the clock from the Game Boy should over-ride the tempo set in the Volca, and you can then alter it accordingly.
There's a great jam by jefftheworld that shows some of what you can do here when you get everything swinging away:
Hey so I notice a lot of Chip musicians like making entire tracks using only one device at a time, but I've always preferred the sound of recording several layers of sound in a DAW. Personally, the challenge of composing withing the limitations of a single chip is frustrating and the music made this way tends to sound very thin to me.
Does anyone else use traditional DAWs and overdubbing in making chip music?
Yup. I love the sound of chipmusic, but have always preferred layering up different sounds. My last release was written on LSDJ but then had a drum machine, and some other things added:
It would be possible to hack the Aboy code to change MIDI channels via CC commands from the Gameboy.
Mind. Blown.
This thread has inspired me. I might do a really short test run of my latest release on tape to see how it goes.
Sweet, thank you guys for the help! I plan on getting started very soon, and I'll (hopefully) be up and running soon!
I was also just looking at the akai mpx8, and for some reason it only accepts midi in on channel 10. Is there any way to change what channels the four channels route out to?
Not in a portable way AFAIA... but if you are routing MIDI through your computer you can re-route the MIDI data onto different channels. MIDI Patchbay is a good app for Mac. You could always get a Raspberry Pi to do this, but it's a bit more complicated to set up.
There's a question actually... if I managed to get a hold of a 4 track tape recorder, what would be the best way to record each channel individually? I could duplicate the songs and go 2xLSDJ, but that would still only give me two outputs...
Could always do 2xLSDJ and then pan each instrument so that I get 4 separate outputs. Any better ideas?
arlen wrote:I'm not really stoked about spending $200 on a busted tape machine, but for some reason a lot of people online think that's what their junk is worth unfortunately.
This.
Find a working unit in good shape that don't cost a crazy amount of cash it seem not simply
I'd probably go for recording it into a DAW first, and then record directly as stereo output onto a blank tape. That might not be the most lofi way to do things, but would still give some of the tape aesthetic. Cheaper too...
Recording a 4 channel pure cassette release would be pretty cool mind you.
I've thought about doing a cassette release for my (non-chip) band for years, but the reality is that I don't even own a cassette player, and don't know anybody that does - so it would be more for the pure hell of doing it than being of much use to anybody at all.
Jeff's video is awesome, and what inspired me to get into MIDI controlling. It's really good fun, and opens up a whole lot of possibilities. Here's a step by step explanation of how I got LSDJ to play with a Volca Bass:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZfVMUw19_c
The Laohu gave you the rest of the answers that you need.
if I have an older arduinoboy, do I need to update it's programming to do this?
Probably. Mine was pretty old and I had to update the software to get it to work. I wrote a bit about my experience doing that here: https://unexpectedbowtie.com/2016/01/20 … rduinoboy/
SketchMan3 wrote:This should be in members only?
It should be merged with the old thread and closed.
I don't really care where it goes, but merging it with a 6 year old thread doesn't seem to make much sense. I'm interested in who is active now, not people who were active in 2010.
Doesn't sound right. What LEDs are you using... is it a kit from somewhere, or DIY?
What resistor value are you using?
Followed! Also created a public list that I'll add you all to as we go along:
I've been pretty bad at following folk on Twitter; always forgetting to do so when I check out a new artist or release... but it's one of the places I check fairly regularly, so need to make more of an effort - especially to keep up to date with chip musicians.
SO.. Fling me your Twitter username and I'll give you a follow.
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