They used to make actual LSDJ carts way back in the day, but they have really old versions of the software. This is preferable because you flash news versions of LSDJ onto the cart and back up the .sav (Song Data).
114 Dec 18, 2011 11:15 pm
Re: Piko Piko Detroit - Community for chiptunes and more! (47 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I'm off from classes until January 26th so anything before that would be great. During the school semester, I'm free on the weekends since I have Fridays off. My Aunt has a place in Detroit so lodging shouldn't be an issue. With winter break coming up, I'll have a month to work on set for the show.
I don't know about weekly shows, but a monthly or bi-monthly get together seems more doable, you don't wanna wear yourself out.
115 Dec 17, 2011 11:31 pm
Re: What mic do you use to record handhelds? Or do you prefer line-in? (23 replies, posted in Audio Production)
include music.h wrote:
Just finished a rough mix of the song I'm working on with the gameboy mic'd up. Mix needs a lot of adjust, but this is the sound I was going for.
Wow, Surprisingly good, was surprised it actually turned out well.
116 Dec 17, 2011 11:27 pm
Re: YFW you realize this is actually bit shifter. (28 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Extreme music for pole dancers.
117 Dec 17, 2011 4:31 pm
Re: My LSDJ.SAV backup if you want. (remixes?) (12 replies, posted in Collaborations)
Nice to see the community sharing. When we learn from each other, we all win.
118 Dec 17, 2011 5:17 am
Re: Reactions to Chipmusic (141 replies, posted in General Discussion)
The worst is when people say stuff like, "you're just putting in a game and playing the game with it hooked up to a speaker."
119 Dec 17, 2011 12:36 am
Re: DMG cleaning and modding tips needed (24 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
Zef wrote:
If you're going to do any mods, you might as well do them on a decent GB,
Word, the first mod I did I had the LCD and the sound chip die on me after I finished D:
Keep looking around on craigslist and then swap the best parts from multiple DMGs into one.
120 Dec 14, 2011 3:21 am
Re: Red backlit pro-sound DMG for sale (6 replies, posted in Trading Post)
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
121 Dec 12, 2011 11:38 pm
Re: Why do we settle for EMS? (38 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Seems like the problem isn't the cartridge designs, it's the lack of collaboration between LSDJ's software and the Cartridge maker. Seems like LSDJ needs to be written specially for a certain cartridge, Not the cartridge trying to meet LSDJ.
122 Dec 12, 2011 5:23 pm
Re: Why do we settle for EMS? (38 replies, posted in General Discussion)
nitro2k01 wrote:
The Nanoloop cartridge has an extra EEPROM chip instead of SRAM. This means it needs no battery and that you have to save your song before turning the power off.
Why don't cart markers just use this design? Or are you not able to flash custom roms and savs?
123 Dec 12, 2011 12:04 am
Re: Why do we settle for EMS? (38 replies, posted in General Discussion)
The one question I keep asking myself while reading this discussion thread is how does the Nanoloop cartridge differs from the the Flash carts and the EMS carts. I know you can't flash your own custom ROM or Sav files onto the Nanoloop cartridge (Hence why I'd never buy one), but what advantage does it's closed hardware cartridge design have over the Flash/EMS carts?
124 Dec 11, 2011 4:40 pm
Re: How Do You Record and Produce Chipmusic With Good Sound Quality? (26 replies, posted in Constructive Criticism)
Okay, so I took everyone's advice, made myself a rum and coke, and threw together a little song. SovietBoy - Work In Progress
This is raw recording that was just a pro-sound gameboy I ran through the hardware mixer and into my mac to record. I used minimal EQ on the mixer. No post-production editing.
125 Dec 10, 2011 11:20 pm
Re: How Do You Record and Produce Chipmusic With Good Sound Quality? (26 replies, posted in Constructive Criticism)
accidentally hit submit, ignore post. Will respond later.
126 Dec 10, 2011 9:34 pm
Re: How Do You Record and Produce Chipmusic With Good Sound Quality? (26 replies, posted in Constructive Criticism)
danimal cannon wrote:
You have to make it huge in your arrangement, not in post production magic.
How does one make it huge in the arrangement? Also please define what you mean by huge.
127 Dec 10, 2011 8:16 pm
Re: How Do You Record and Produce Chipmusic With Good Sound Quality? (26 replies, posted in Constructive Criticism)
Lazerbeat wrote:
Have you tried recording something other than your gameboy? There is a possibility you messed up the pro sound mod.
Edit - Sorry, that wasn't intended as hostile I am a well known botcher of all kinds of things.
It's cool man. No it sounds fine when I'm writing songs. Only the recorded song sounds a little weird. I think I just need to Equalize better. Gonna have to try it over winter break.
128 Dec 10, 2011 5:05 am
Re: How Do You Record and Produce Chipmusic With Good Sound Quality? (26 replies, posted in Constructive Criticism)
kineticturtle wrote:
Crooked Sidewalks wrote:Reply to part one; USB is almost automatically better than the sound card. The data transfers faster, allowing for higher quality.
1. Try recording without the mixer (straight into the jack) and see what happens. You may very well be fucking something up with that mixer in line. If you can get it to sound halfway decent without the mixer, then try working the mixer back in. You haven't really given any details on how you are plugging the mixer in, so hopefully you aren't using the headphone output or something like that.
2. Eventually buy an audio interface; if all you can afford right now is that Behringer thing, wait. You need to get something that will actually do a better job than your internal sound card. Save up a couple hundred bucks at least.
Reply to 1) I just got the mixer last week so I'm still learning how to use it. I have winter break coming up so I'm going to focus on recording then. As for audio hook up: I send everything into the hardware mixer, fiddle with the knobs, till I get it close to what I want, then either run audio straight to my speakers using RCA Tape Out, or straight to my audio recording program via a 3.5mm cable to the Mac's line in and then I redirect the audio back out to the speakers from the line out. Pic here.
Reply to 2) I'm glad you said that because I just spent a couple hundred dollars upgrading my set and really don't wanna spend money unless I have to. I don't really care if my stuff is studio quality, I just want it too not stick out with it's bad audio quality if you mixed it in with other tracks in a playlist.
From what I'm gathering, I just need to equalize better and figure out compression.