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HAha. Well yknow. I still don't think I'll find something that entirely replaces it just yet, but still... this software could be so much more.

oops.. double posts.

What's wrong with using a laptop?

Btw.. offer stands for all, PM me your skype names if you'd like to spy on me making music in klystrack. I can answer a lot of questions and show you live examples if you're having trouble with anything. Sometimes, all you need is to see it done to understand.

MIDI is just a communications protocol. That gizmo just basically enables your DS to talk that language. It's primary use is to be able to sync/control your DS from another source (computer, other gameboys, a dead cat wrapped in ham). I don't know much about music on gameboys but I'm fairly certain there's more than a few music software that support sending midi data in and out. You can use that device to.. for example, load up Korg DS-10 and play it from a standard MIDI controller keyboard, or sync up two gameboys together.

From the website, their interface supports converting MIDI input into button presses, which means you can pretty much control anything you'd normally do on a DS, from an external device. Hell if you're patient enough you could compose a song that plays New Super Mario Bros from start to finish

The way I've always seen it, anything before the mixer/kp is your problem, so if you want a DI in there somewhere it's yours to buy. But anything after that point is the sound guy's problem. For your particular needs, a mixer will do fine and 99% of all sound techs are capable of dealing with a line level rca output. Most venues/bars that have DJ nights are already setup this way, and if you play a more traditional stage, the sound techs will have tons of little DIs on hand should the need for one arise.

That mixer however will probably add some noise and hum to your signal. I used to have the "realistic" version of this a long time ago, and the AC would bleed into my signal all the time. You don't notice it to much at home, but when plugged into a large sound system...it's damn annoying. You have to remember, Balanced signals basically just mean that your cables won't pickup interference between the balanced output source, and balanced input destination. Any noise/interference/goblins you have in your signal before converting to balanced will remain.

And finally, for your specific setup and cables... it depends on how you plan to make your music. This is a 4 mono channels mixer so if you want 3 gameboys in there at the same time, at least two of them are gonna have to output in mono (ie, no panning effects). You could use channels 1/2 for two mono gameboys, and channel 3/4 for a stereo one. Then take the ouput of your mixer, violently send that to the KP and give the KP's output to the sound tech.

If your GBs are prosounded, then you need 2 stereo RCA cables to plug all three in the mixer (two in mono sharing a cable, one in stereo using its own). If they're not prosounded, then use two 1/8" stereo jacks to stereo RCA to hook them up to the mixer. Then you'll need a stereo RCA cable for sending the mixer into the KP and then one other stereo RCA to send the KP's output to the sound tech. To record your setup, you'll need a stereo RCA to (whatever you need) cable. Most likely 1/8" jack if you are using the built in soundcard in your computer.

But to answer the original question.. a 12$ DI that doesn't sell in music stores...probably not a good choice

Shamless plug. There's not many of them yet, they do take a fair bit of time to write, but still....

http://n00bstar.blogspot.ca/p/klystrack-tutorials.html

also this:

https://code.google.com/p/klystrack/wiki/Commands