33 Reply by Dire Hit

(33 replies, posted in General Discussion)

LSDJ but for gameboy advance.

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34 Reply by Dire Hit

(14 replies, posted in Releases)

Thanks for all of your support guys! It really means a lot to me. Next track is up for those who want it.

soundcloud.com/possibly-a-fake-link/shiver

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35 Reply by Dire Hit

(35 replies, posted in Trading Post)

I don't know how I feel about this.

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36 Reply by Dire Hit

(9 replies, posted in Past Events)

undergroundclouds wrote:

Dude you kilt it @ Turntable Sundae. That jam w/ Scribe was off the hook.

Scribe? As in Scribe the Verbalist? That dude is great, met him at folklife this spring and we've been shooting emails back and forth every so often. Great rapper, even greater guy.

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37 Reply by Dire Hit

(14 replies, posted in Releases)

Thank you all for the support! It's nice to hear that the music I've learned I want to make is something that people want to hear. There'll be more reasonably soon, on the same or a higher plane of quality. I love you all.

L-tron wrote:

Dude honestly your music rocks. HARD. And i will listen to it whatever u call urself but Heatshield is pretty random and imo a step down in name coolness from dire hit. Different strokes for different folks i guess

I mostly wanted to break free from videogames. I don't want that association, I'm using the hardware but my music has nothing to do with games at this point. I want a platform where I can begin to take my music seriously and I just can't do that named after a pokemon item.

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38 Reply by Dire Hit

(80 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

I love this. Are there any decent GBA flash carts out there?

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39 Reply by Dire Hit

(14 replies, posted in Releases)

HillyOTM wrote:
Dire Hit wrote:

Hey everybody, calling myself "Dire Hit" was stupid and I'm surprised it took me this long to change it. I'm now going by "Heatshield" for the forseeable future and I put together a small debut single & B side to kick things off.

But without a Pokemon reference in your name, how will people know you play chiptune?

Hopefully they won't. I'm worrying a lot less about what category I fit into lately.

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40 Topic by Dire Hit

(14 replies, posted in Releases)

Hey everybody, calling myself "Dire Hit" was stupid and I'm surprised it took me this long to change it. I'm now going by "Heatshield" for the forseeable future and I put together a small debut single & B side to kick things off.

https://soundcloud.com/possibly-a-fake- … ows-single

I'm extremely proud of the music I've been making recently and I think I'm finally starting to understand what kind of music I want to be making and how this all relates to the style I've been developing. I plan to move away from 1xLSDJ and add in nanoloop and FL Studio elements to the cyberpunk trap and hip hop sounds I've been making on one gameboy for the last year or so. Until then I have a few LSDJ tracks to release, and these two are going to be the first of several in the coming months. Thanks to everyone who supported me early on my musical journey, you've all helped me figure out exactly what I want to make and I think I'm ready to begin releasing music in a serious and intentional manner.

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41 Reply by Dire Hit

(84 replies, posted in General Discussion)

atomsmasha wrote:

eyyy

It makes me a little sad that I have no idea what happened to ant1 and that the "remember blipfest?" part is increasingly relevant.

That being said I think some of the things people are releasing now are orders of magnitude more technically complex (and in my opinion, better) than the chipmusic people tend to get nostalgic over.

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42 Reply by Dire Hit

(84 replies, posted in General Discussion)

shemusic wrote:

"Chiptune" music in 2015 is alive and well.. kind of.
For the younger audience and people that didn't really grow up with the 3 channel/1 noise setup, EDM + some random bleeps is "chiptune".
Just listen to some DJ Cutman compilations or Streams on Twitch. It's filled with EDM and bleeps.

I'm a huge fan of your work but this is the pot calling the kettle black.

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43 Reply by Dire Hit

(16 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Broke my leg now I can't do anything.

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44 Reply by Dire Hit

(9 replies, posted in Past Events)

Don't miss this if you can, this is a killer lineup.

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45 Reply by Dire Hit

(19 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

If I had to guess without hearing it the phasing issues could be from recording in mono instead of stereo. But that's just off the top of my head.

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46 Reply by Dire Hit

(19 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

A lot of that is just how the hardware works. Gameboys are noisy and imperfect, and it takes some work to get really good finished sounds out of them.

The phasing thing is not normal. Can you upload a recording so I can get a better idea of what's happening?

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47 Reply by Dire Hit

(18 replies, posted in Audio Production)

I don't soften my panning, I just add some slight mono reverb. I've always thought hard panning is part of the charm of LSDJ.

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48 Reply by Dire Hit

(18 replies, posted in Audio Production)

The vast majority of mixing problems stem from poor arrangement, not lack of EQ. Keep your instruments spacious and you won't have problems.

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