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Nah I think you guys are right. I'm not putting enough work into the basics and looking for tricks to compensate. It's something I do a lot and need to work on. Gonna focus on song-craft and attention to detail like variations which I'm lazy about.
It always comes back to the fundamentals. I've been lazy for a few years, Need to up my game!
I use 7F for my empty chains 
I usually use 3-3 so that the bass and the kick feel like they happen simultaneously. I do sometimes use the D command to swing the hats.Guess I need to go back to the woodshed and study some save files.
How do?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf6f4S_TJNI&
This track really inspired me this morning and I just can't make anything that has this kind of groove. My kicks and bass lines just feel really locked down, rigid and mechanical. I've tried adding some swing, but its hard to do when the groove is at 3-3 to lock the bass in. I'm really struggling.
I guess my question is, for you more advanced folks, how do you humanise the groove between the WAV and the NOI while still squeezing them for all they're worth?
While you have some interesting compositional ideas, its all very undynamic and everything is kind of the same squarewave sound. Try using different pulse widths, envelopes and arps to distinguish the voices. Also embellishments wouldn't go amiss, a bit of vibrato and slides in and out could breathe some life into it.
As someone mega interested in Hybrid styles this is so cool. Definitely sending you an email about my new project.
So cooool.
(double post jesus christ sorry)
Oooh, this is really nice.
LSDJ learning goes in 3 stages:
1. Learning how to use each channel.
2. Learning how to juggle channels to cram loads in!
3. Learning to make it sound like you're not cramming when you are, and learning to sound like you're cramming when you're not.
Also WAV is the most flexible tool in LSDJ and you'll eventually use it for everything.
EDIT: Double post, this only happens to me on this forum...
Yo this album is really dope! And it's named after one of the best beverages ever so what's not to love
We had more than a couple of pots of it while we were mixing!
I love it, great work
Hey man thanks.
Be sure to send it along to anyone who you think will like it 
Glad you like it!
https://deafanese.bandcamp.com/
Deafanese is a two piece from Nottingham UK who make banging tunes about being sad, but also kind of hopeful. We're not a chiptune project, but LSDJ has its hands all over this album. There's loads of delicious of pulse leads and a WAV crunches you guys will enjoy, juxtaposed against all the warm analogue synths. There's also a few weirder things in there, like a solo from a rare Dirty Electronics "Dirty Carter Experimental Sound Generator" from my time in the Dirty Electronics Ensemble.
I'm sure you'll find something to love, I'm very proud of this!
EDIT: we're open for gigs around the UK as well....
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People like you forever give the finger to the "Chip is a gimmick crowd". Three months in and we've already got a serious AOTY contender.
Is there a video of the Hannibal Buress thing? I'm not sure I believe it.
Mixing is 90% arrangement, 5% levels and 5% everything else. I've been trying to follow the roboctobus school of thought recently. Make it sound as good as possible in LSDJ alone and then maybe doing some gentle stuff on the masterbus at the end, which is what you're doing by the sounds of it.
If you're recording the tracks separately and you do a lot of stuff with grooves, sometimes they don't match up properly in the end. And also, if you're using hardware, you can end up with a pretty nasty noise floor imo.
One thing I seriously recommend is comparing your levels with musicians you really like. Think about where X artist sits their kick/bass/etc in the mix.
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