Even recording directly from line-in is kind of tricky sometimes because of the way the Game Boy handles mixing Center, so starting from an accurate emulator like BGB is a good step.
353 Sep 4, 2012 8:01 pm
Re: recording the sweet sound of chiptune (18 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
354 Sep 4, 2012 7:10 pm
Re: recording the sweet sound of chiptune (18 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
holy shit this thread.
Serious Response: Just record it from BGB right now, that'll be way easier to get a "clean" recording from if you don't know how to use Audacity.
355 Sep 4, 2012 5:08 pm
Re: .Please tell me how to delete my account. (27 replies, posted in Bugs and Requests)
Xuriik wrote:
George wrote:WHY ARE YOU SHOOTING?! SERIOUSLY, you think we want to read that?
PEW PEW
Those shell casings are the wrong size for the chamber of that pistol. 
Holy shit, I've been in Texas too long. 
356 Sep 3, 2012 7:07 pm
Re: Customized gear thread (1,206 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
That's the one. 
357 Sep 3, 2012 7:06 pm
Re: Pianocade Chiptune Synthesizer (46 replies, posted in Other Hardware)
ant1&2'd!
358 Sep 3, 2012 8:54 am
Re: Customized gear thread (1,206 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
Originally I was trying to find a way to fit the PROM into the casing without having to cut it, and that just didn't work out.
I cut the front out by scoring it deeply on the inside and snapping it off with pliers, which worked very well, but I didn't do the best job of it and that's why you can see the small crack on the top edge that's been super-glued.
Black is the current production run color of PROM cartridge PCB from kitsch, if you just get the PCB by itself. The only real work I did was solder the PROM in place, cut the case, get fresh with the silver sharpie, and double-side tape the board in the cart.
I just realized that you may be under the impression that is a cartridge box. It is just a clear cartridge case, I don't keep my PROM carts in the boxes I keep flash carts and production carts in.
359 Sep 3, 2012 5:42 am
Re: USB Port on EMS Cart not working (5 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)
Do you get a popup in the status bar? If the driver is working right, it will be detected as an "EMS Inter-link Cable."
I got lucky and it worked for me the first time without too much trouble, in a virtual machine even. 
Anyway, this is a shot in the dark, but you could try uninstalling the program and the driver and rebooting your computer to install it fresh again. Either way, it sounds like it's on the computer end and not the cart, so there's probably no cause for panic.
On that note, in theory anyone else with a working installation of the EMS software could back your cart up, so if you have a collaborator in the vicinity perhaps you could try it on their computer.
360 Sep 3, 2012 2:51 am
Re: Customized gear thread (1,206 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
Well, if we're posting our weird custom carts now, here's my sloppy hood-lookin' Pushpin cart:
361 Sep 2, 2012 11:09 pm
Re: Mad Head for Hire (Low Cost) (13 replies, posted in Graphics, Artwork & Design)
I'm so glad you said it before I did, George.
362 Sep 2, 2012 9:12 pm
Re: How do you feel about your own music? (3 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I hate it.
When I listen to something I made and am pleasantly surprised by it, that's a really good feeling.
363 Sep 2, 2012 8:18 pm
Re: I only have a right stereo channel under certain conditions? (7 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
You might have messed up the board or the potentiometer for the audio output.
Since I can't see it or troubleshoot it myself, all I can suggest is that you check your wiring again and see if you've unwittingly damaged or disconnected part of the signal chain. If you have a multimeter, you can use it to test individual parts of the signal path, like the potentiometer.
At this point, I'd take a break from this game boy (and these threads 
) and get another one to treat tenderly, then save this one for parts, or to work on later after you've learned more.
364 Sep 2, 2012 6:01 pm
Re: Can you read music? (102 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Yeah, I've only ever played rhythm section, so I'd be right there with you.
That said, the only thing between me and competent sight-reading now is years of cumulative practice.
On that note, this post now serves as a reminder to myself to do sight-reading flashcards as part of my Rocky Balboa chipmusic training montage. 
365 Sep 2, 2012 5:46 pm
Re: Can you read music? (102 replies, posted in General Discussion)
An easy way to figure out tenor clef, and any other clef like it, is to remember that the entire family of clefs it belongs to is called the "C Clef."
It's called the C Clef because the line of the staff that intersects the center of the clef is always C.
366 Sep 2, 2012 5:43 pm
Re: Customized gear thread (1,206 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
Hahaha, wow. 
367 Sep 2, 2012 2:45 pm
Re: Customized gear thread (1,206 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
How did you backlight the D-Pad?
I've heard of it being done, but I've never seen it done before. I also haven't heard an explanation of how anyone has done it.
368 Sep 2, 2012 12:15 am
Re: nooblish nooby noob needs help (15 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
You're definitely better off with a dedicated Game Boy flash cart for game boy programs. If you want to get an EZ Flash IV, there are some fun programs for GBA as well, but you definitely want to run Game Boy programs on a native cart.
If I correctly recall, the way that Game Boy Advance backwards compatibility works is that there is essentially an entire Game Boy Color CPU on a chip inside the Game Boy Advance, and there is a switch in the cartridge slot that detects if you have a Game Boy Advance game or a first generation Game Boy / Color game plugged into the cartridge slot. That's why you get a Game Boy Color boot screen when you plug in an older game instead of a Game Boy Advance boot screen.
So, when you put LSDj or another program on the proper cart, it's actually running on the internal Game Boy Color in you GBA, versus running on an Emulator on the GBA.