The little 4 track cassette recorders tend to (ham-handedly) do some of your EQ work for you with a lot of chip stuff i've found
17 Apr 13, 2016 8:31 pm
Re: Anyone ever record chip on cassette? (69 replies, posted in Audio Production)
18 Mar 18, 2016 3:59 pm
Re: Spectrum Analyzers? (3 replies, posted in Audio Production)
why not use a plugin? it doesn't make a ton of sense to me to run something like this in series in your recording chain. will just be an extra bit of noise...
you could just run a second monitor on your computer and pull up any number of free spectrum plugins and you have effectively the same thing?
Bluecat has a pretty good free suite for this stuff
19 Mar 5, 2016 12:24 am
Re: BOSS RPS-10 - awesome production potential (3 replies, posted in Audio Production)
your videos are really well done!
20 Jan 3, 2016 12:05 am
Re: Technical Requirements for Chiptune Album (10 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Robin wrote:
This probably sounds dumb, but when saving my tracks as mp3s, what bitrate is most suitable for music made on a DS? (I'm using 128, but I'm thinking maybe I don't need such a high rate for such lo fi music?)
How are you planning on releasing these recordings?
Unless there is a particular codec you're set on, it shouldn't be necessary to convert your lossless to MP3. Most release platforms will handle the conversion themselves (bandcamp etc.)
Also, 128 definitely is not a "high rate" it's pretty antiquated and there will be noticeable distortion introduced to your music, easiest to hear in quiet sections that will sound unnaturally "warbly"
Normalize your mixes is a good idea as well. If you're looking for a mix straight from your DS without any buss processing then just normalize to somewhere around -.3 dBFS
Spaces left before or after a recording is to taste. Small bits of added silence can help differentiate your music from music played before or after it on an iPod or some playback device. CD's are typically set up to automatically insert 2 secs of silence between tracks, so you if you're planning making CD's it may be less necessary.
21 Sep 1, 2015 7:59 pm
Re: Problems between Gameboy and Mixer (with LSDj) (8 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
A stereo TRS cable is good, just try a different one than the one you are using to see if that specific cable is the problem, they can go bad pretty easily
22 Sep 1, 2015 7:53 pm
Re: Problems between Gameboy and Mixer (with LSDj) (8 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
Giusv wrote:
Ok. I'll try unbalanced cables. Thank you very much
Not exactly what I meant, but yeah, try a new aux cable
23 Sep 1, 2015 7:37 pm
Re: Problems between Gameboy and Mixer (with LSDj) (8 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
there aren't really "balanced" stereo trs cables. there are balanced mono TRS cables and stereo TRS cables. This doesn't sound like the problem though.
Have you just tried a new cable?
24 Aug 18, 2015 1:56 am
Re: Little Sound Assembly 2015 Compilation Album (4 replies, posted in Releases)
cool!
25 Aug 4, 2015 4:57 pm
Re: Looking for advice regarding intro/buildup and mastering (2 replies, posted in Constructive Criticism)
Boosting 50 hz seems like the wrong way to go if you're looking for punchiness. I would try gentle high pass starting at 40 hz and a shallow cut at 200-250 hz, then see if you like the sound better
26 Jul 21, 2015 6:58 am
Re: CC for song. Feels like it's missing something. (3 replies, posted in Constructive Criticism)
i'm not sure any of the parts could really be considered a melody line except maybe the bit at the end?
everything loops at 2 measures, so you what you have now is basically textural. that could be cool if you commit to it and really fill up the arrangement, or you could use it as a bed for a longer progression that moves the piece somewhere.
27 Jul 16, 2015 10:24 pm
Re: Free Old Camera Sample Pack (14 replies, posted in Audio Production)
28 Jul 16, 2015 10:15 pm
Re: Free Old Camera Sample Pack (14 replies, posted in Audio Production)
barbeque wrote:
can somebody host a .zip of this ?? not able to dl from anywhere
i'd be happy to put one up w/ op's approval. if not i could PM you a link?
29 Jul 15, 2015 1:11 am
Re: Recording LSDJ For Minimal Noise (16 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
do you get the same hum if you record off of something like an ipod?
30 Jul 15, 2015 12:34 am
Re: General tips on recording and mixing? (18 replies, posted in Audio Production)
herr_prof wrote:
I disagree, you can mix just fine on a good song on the stereo recording.
Not saying you can't make a good mix out of lsdj, just not as modern of a mix (aka complex stereo field, surgical parameter automation, submix processing, effects, track eq, etc.)
plenty of awesome recordings have been made over the years without any of that stuff, but avoiding them definitely gives a certain vintage quality, which isn't necessarily bad or displeasing and definitely more "gameboy".
31 Jul 14, 2015 10:56 pm
Re: General tips on recording and mixing? (18 replies, posted in Audio Production)
generally you'll want to multitrack if you're looking to get a modern sounding mix out of LSDJ
32 Jul 9, 2015 5:12 am
Re: Developing/building a song from smaller parts (14 replies, posted in General Discussion)
just write a bunch of "songs" in the same key or tempo or like related keys and then figure out some graceful transitions and modulations and junk