81 Reply by yoyz2k

(8 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

@pselodux, I have not try this, but it should be a good idea. Do you use nanoloop mono in midi slave with the direct out mod ?

I have done some test, with my elektron a4 as a mixer today.
The best sound quality I get is with this setup :
- 1xgba  sp                  nanoloop 2.7    sync slave to lsdjmc2        audio input 2 on the a4 ;
- 1xgb dmg standard  nanoloop mono sync slave to arduinoboy  audio input 1 on the a4 ;

Honnestly,  no issue with nanoloop 2.7, no high pitched signal ( seem to work really better than with my electribe e2 in slave sync ).
But in this setup, for nanoloop mono, I need to put the lpf of the a4 to 90/127 because the dmg  send a high pitched sound when it is linked to the arduinoboy... A pro sound dmg seem to be worse on the same pattern.
So I may need to try the direct out mod to solve this.
But honestly, it will make me cry to solder this beautifull card smile

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82 Reply by yoyz2k

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I will try to record without sync first because i have no f*****g idea were to find the right stuff and i fear to be a little disapointed if I need three of this ( 2xaudio +1xsync minimal ) to see if it does the right job for me.
Do you have link to the loop isolator you use ?

And yes, I will try my arduinoboy to see if it is less sensible to this kind of noise.
I keep you informed because I have 5 dmg, 4 nanoloop 2x, 3xnanoloop 1.x, one mono, 1xlsdjmc2, 3xarduinoboy so... i have lot of test to play with.

I was able to record previously, but the audio quality is really important for me, and today I'm not satisfied.
I like to put reverb and delay on stuff and you need clean audio signal to do it. Without it, it began to be garbage record because the signal is too visible and if you put an lpf on it, there is nothing in the end...
I'm not the kind of guy which play a dmg without any effect, so... it's difficult to know how to find the right stuff.
And the nanoloop mono is really clean without sync.... So... it's really... not cool....

Anyway you gave me the right answer, it's not as easy as I thought first.

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83 Reply by yoyz2k

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So this ground isolator works ?
I should try to find one

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84 Topic by yoyz2k

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Hi nanoloop users,

yesterday I've use my nanoloop 2.7 on gba sp and nanoloop mono with a custom prosound bivert dmg to record a track.
I use a elektron a4 to insert the audio to add a reverb on top of each track.
I try at the beginning to sync them with a lsdjmc2, then with only sync cable, then without sync cable.

I found that the "sync" with a lsdjmc2 or the direct "sync" cable introduce a little bit of hiss and the sync signal seem to be merged a bit with the audio signal. So in the end I play a bit without any sync and I've got no sync signal merged and a pretty good audio signal, it seem to be clean. The good thing is nanoloop 2.x and mono can be well sync without any cable if you keep the same tempo on 2.x and mono.

So my questions is :
- is something wrong on my setup, are you able to reproduce the issue at home ?
- can we sync for example two dmg without hiss or signal merge, because it may come from gba sp+dmg which are not well compatible, it's not a problem for me to use two dmg, i've only one mono card, but I have a nanoloop 1.x card ;
- what are the possibility to record in sync without sound garbage and with a sync cable ?

I've seen this kind of issue this suller when I play my nanoloop 2 slave sync to my korg electribe 2. The sync signal is merged, the electribe e2 has not a good audio input so at the end you hear it. So when you play lots of stuff, it is not too visible, it is just in the beginning of the track or at the end of the track.

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85 Reply by yoyz2k

(82 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

I was not able to watch youtube and launch another audio apps at the same time ( both alsa client ).
If I use on this setup two audio jack compatible apps it works.
So seem to me a dmix problem, but it was a really modified debian with a lot of tweak, so I think I have just broke the alsa configuration file...

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86 Reply by yoyz2k

(82 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

Wahoo, so it's only me i think...

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87 Reply by yoyz2k

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Nothing about hardware I think in my case.
IMHO, it's only kernel related and packaging.
I use a hp laptop pavillon g6 amd 2 core with 4g of ram with debian unstable with the lastest kernel available.
I've switch to fedora 25 this week because I'd like to have a distro oriented desktop not a custom fluxbox wm anymore.

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88 Reply by yoyz2k

(82 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

What i mean is :
- when I use a straight alsa configuration, I have no lag, but only one apps is able to use the audio card ;

So this configuration sucks in 2016 smile
But I know people are able to use alsa with a dmix plugin and this people are able to use multiple apps without pulseaudio. So it's possible, I'm not able to use it. I may be a dump alsa guy, which don't know how to configure a alsa linux setup. I just know it's possible.

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89 Reply by yoyz2k

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Pulseaudio is not a great software, it burn a lot of cycle just running, I think it is not a good code. But at the same time I don't had a working alsa which accept multiple audio client at the same time. I know alsa is able to do it, but by default I was not able to make it works. And the doc is not simple...

Today, I think on linux you have to use :
- pulseAudio for desktop use
- jack if you want to use a low latency apps and you want to plug sound for one app to another, I don't know if it is compatible with a web browser, or wine, but most audio apps should be able to work with it ;
- alsa if every other thing fail wink

So I don't know for the future, I love alsa, it's just a lib with a bunch of kernel modu'e, but it is not rightly configured on the desktop ( debian ) to be able to run a multiple apps configuration...

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90 Reply by yoyz2k

(9 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

You are loosing your time IMHO.
Working is not enough, it will not sound fine, so in the end you may have poor user experience....

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91 Reply by yoyz2k

(5 replies, posted in General Discussion)

IMHO, try 2 or 3 apps.
Lsdj work for some people, nanoloop 1.x, 2.x for some other, lgpt for another.
But check 2 or 3 apps you like.
Then select one and work with it smile
have fun

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92 Reply by yoyz2k

(24 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

@humbletune, I don't inow if it is possible with the sound backend you are using, but with alsa, sdl and RTAudio you can choose the frequency of the app when you initialize it. It may be easier for people to have a binary which switch to the right backend at start.
In my code picoloop i do it here : https://github.com/yoyz/audio/blob/mast … TAudio.cpp openAudio method.
But the chip audio driver is maybe unable to provide different frequency, I don't own one.

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93 Reply by yoyz2k

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Sound great on this video smile

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94 Reply by yoyz2k

(329 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Thanks Oliver smile

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95 Reply by yoyz2k

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I try to start nanoloop mono 1.1 or 1.01 and nanoloop 2.7.9 as midi slave sync by using a lsdjmc2. And it seem nanoloop mono (m mode) does not start from step 0, nanoloop 2.7 ( e mode ) does.
So does I miss an obvious thing ?
In the end I'm able to sync all together, but it take lots of time.

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96 Reply by yoyz2k

(12 replies, posted in Other Vintage Computers & Consoles)

The "Note" buttons pull up the menu on my old 1.0.3 retroarch on psp.

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