I feel most inspired when listening to songs that blow my mind. I hear these crazy, awesome tracks that just work so well, and feel this urge to make something just as good. For some reason, this is particularly the case when it comes to listening to chiptunes; I've never been quite so inspired to write as I have with chipmusic. I listen to tracks and just start dissecting it for fun, trying to hear what they're doing in each channel at any given time. It's really motivating when I'm able to emulate the effect on my own, except using my own musical influences and choices--I think the best feeling I get as a musician is that moment when the artistry/techniques you've borrowed mesh with your own style in a productive, additive way. And to be honest, that's what I love the most about this genre--every artist can be super unique, and that's hella inspiring. 
33 Jul 9, 2012 9:36 pm
Re: What inspires you to write your best work? (73 replies, posted in General Discussion)
34 Jul 8, 2012 8:36 pm
Re: is it worth spending time on a song? (121 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I have no idea how you guys finish songs in one sitting. 
I've only written a couple of tracks using LSDJ, and the one's I've finished have taken me at least a week to get done. Most music I write takes about that long, if not longer (<--the normal case). I guess I just try to make every little second of the song as interesting as the one before it, so it becomes fairly time consuming, but in the end I would say it's absolutely worth it. I've found that there's very few feelings like finishing a song (chiptune or otherwise), listening over it a couple of times, and saying "man, I worked really hard on this, and I'm so happy with the way it turned out."
That being said, the opposite feeling of being unable to finish a song sucks. But we all already know that.
35 Jul 8, 2012 4:54 pm
Re: Mastering/mixing in LSDJ? (23 replies, posted in Audio Production)
Mastering I really don't do too much other than evening out some peaks with a multiband. I have however been really into using Mid-Side EQ to get your bass all very mono and tight as hell. Definitely an improvement over my previous recordings.
More of a general mastering question here (to which I am also a relative noob), when you're evening out your peaks, are you basically looking at the track through a spectrum analyzer as it plays and lowering peaking frequencies accordingly? If it's a global EQ, how do you get that to not affect other parts of the song where that frequency might not be peaking?
And wat.jpg on "Mid-Side EQ", please explain this magic.
36 Jul 8, 2012 6:11 am
Re: Mastering/mixing in LSDJ? (23 replies, posted in Audio Production)
Is the variability of LSDJ's tempo too great to possibly record each track by itself in Live mode mix them in another DAW? Or would that be cheating?
37 Jul 8, 2012 5:38 am
Topic: Mastering/mixing in LSDJ? (23 replies, posted in Audio Production)
Hey guys, sorry if this is a little noobish. I'm pretty new to mixing/mastering LSDJ tracks, so I was wondering what you guys' approaches were. Do you do a lot of post-LSDJ work in FL Studio/Logic/Reason etc, or do you try to keep it all contained to LSDJ? What are some of your typical steps when getting the mix to sound just right?
38 Jul 7, 2012 12:41 am
Re: Welcome to CM.O! (Introduction Thread) (676 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Hey everyone, I'm Connor. I'm an Electronic Production student in Boston, one who lurrrves his chiptunes. In a fit of nostalgia one night, I downloaded the (awesome) soundtrack to Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, and from that ended up discovering the wonderful world of chip tracking. I'm really enjoying listening to all of the great chipmusic on this website and others, and am finding it quite a lot of fun to listen very hard to every track and think, "how is he getting that particular sound?" I've got some tracks up here and and on my soundcloud (http://soundcloud.com/soleviio) and I'd love it if you guys would let me know what you think!
Anyway, I've quickly realized what a wonderful community this is, and I can't wait to get to know all of you a lot better than I do! Happy chipping everyone
39 Jul 7, 2012 12:18 am
Re: New Track, would love some CC! (12 replies, posted in Constructive Criticism)
Uh. . . Yeah. I'm in love with it.
Thanks man! I'm so glad you think my nooblet musics are worth a listen. You already know how much I like your stuff.
I'm sorry, I need to stop making it all about me.
I like this music. It's catchy and complex all at the same time. Every time I hear chipmusic like this I think "This is what the classical music of today should sound like".
Haha, it's funny you should say that, since I kind of started this track with the idea of blending a Bach-esque baroque sound with the chipmusic style. Glad that seemed to work!
Don't take that to mean I actually make stuff that sounds anything like Solevilo's music. "I wish" means exactly that. Like tossing pennies in a well.(hmmm... that'd make a good album title...*noted*), nothing will come of it. I've tried copping other peeps style... does not work for me.
Just to clear things up even more.
NOW MOAR CC for the OP!
All I can say is... make more music like this. *Goes of to search for more Solevilo music*
Thanks man, I really do appreciate the encouraging comments. And I totally feel you, I don't think it's good to necessarily "copy" other peoples' styles, but I will say that in my short time using LSDJ, I've learned a -ton- by just driving in my car and trying to figure out how my favorite chipmusicians do what they do in LSDJ. Listening critically is key, I suppose!
40 Jul 5, 2012 11:04 pm
Topic: New Track, would love some CC! (12 replies, posted in Constructive Criticism)
Hey guys, this is my latest track using LSDJ. I'd love to hear what you guys thought did/didn't work out!
41 Jul 5, 2012 10:58 pm
Re: Frostbyte - 2012 (87 replies, posted in Releases)
This is quality chipmusic, bro. 
Really inspiring to my nooblet self. What kind of setup were you running for the album?
42 Jun 30, 2012 3:05 am
Topic: First Track With LSDJ, would love some CC (6 replies, posted in Constructive Criticism)
Hey all, this is my first track using LSDJ, and I was wondering what you all thought worked out/what I could improve upon. I recorded this using an emulator.
Thanks guys!