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(6 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

the web of resistors (voltage drop) you would have to solder to get the power right and cutting the sp frontlight to size without scratching it (looking at it the wrong way will put scratches into it). if you pull it off make a tutorial because i have wanted to do it too.

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(6 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

physics will prevent this from ever happening.

115

(4 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

go onto lsdjsng.com then. i saw a few christmasy things there. you have to upload a sav file of your own to get access tho

116

(4 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

dont be a poser and pretend other peoples songs are yours. put in a little work

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(10 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

If you want to make louder kits in lsdj, you may need to start from scratch. Find the samples you want, open them in audacity. Now play it. If it doesn't go into the red on the little sound meters (in the upper right corner of the audacity window) you need to select the whole sample (ctrl+a) and go to the effects menu and click amplify. Only increase it by .1 db to start with. if that wasn't enough, undo the amplify you just did and try increasing it by.2 (you can guess on how much more after that). the key is to do it in 1 step.  The more you screw with a sound the farther you get away from what you originally wanted. All samples are different because i have increased some by 3 db and it didn't do anything. Bottom line here is that you want your sample to touch the red a little bit. When you have this, start a new window of audacity. In the bottom left corner, select 11468 hz. go back to old audacity window select all and copy it. Go to empty audacity project with 11468 hz and paste into that. this will shrink the sound some, so play it. Amplify it again as you did before in small amounts until you find where it is at the max without sounding like ass. Export it as wav (microsoft) signed 16 bit pcm. Now open your rom with lsdj patcher and load the samples into an empty kit. Now name your new kit. Save this kit if you want (if you like it and want it after you update lsdj).
A lot of people say to make your sounds as small as possible for making kits, but there are 51 of them to fill. Just keep it under 2 seconds. I did experiment with 44100 hz and could only get 4 samples into a kit. They were hella loud though. The dmg can actually make subs bottom out with some bass samples if you put them into the rom right.

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(1 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Is it possible to overwrite existing samples in lsdj? I tried replacing speech instruments, and it broke how instrument 40 works. however those same kits that i re-did sound really amazing when used as kits. Can I replace some of the samples within what is there? the lsdj patcher wont allow me to delete a whole kit without keeping 1 sample.

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

how old is your micro sd card? are the contacts dirty?

120

(24 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Pick up some sort of ear training app or book. You won't understand theory until you can discern pitch. Start by memorizing the sound of the difference between 2 notes like c to c# (minor 2nd), c to d (major 2nd), etc up to an octave (the next higher c note). please realize music moves lower in pitches as well, so learn c to b etc on down to the lower c octave. once you know this, when you hear music you will be able to write what you hear (be prepared to dump months of your life into this skill). Don't make a habit of copying other peoples songs though. only do it for training. If you think up songs you need to be able to write down (or put them into lsdj) your melodies SO YOU DON'T FORGET THEM. It's not hard to carry a gameboy all the time (just in case something comes to mind). Starting today, carry a voice recorder so you can hum tunes into it that you think of. you can come back to your ideas after you know how to decode them.
Today's homework...
http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/30
http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/31
DO IT

you could find a ribbon cable from another device. there are plenty of scrap electronics. how many wires are there? if you manage to  find one with more than is needed, you can trim them away with a razor.

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(13 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

If your gonna glue it, dont try to glue just one side. put a tiny amount on both sides. if you use something that gives you a little time stick and unstick it then set it. (my boss taught me all about gluing)

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(13 replies, posted in Trading Post)

can these flashers write to a bleepbloop?

124

(9 replies, posted in General Discussion)

ill beta test the shit out of your prototype.

125

(9 replies, posted in General Discussion)

i am pondering this kit of yours, but dont know if arduino can do what i need it to do for a hacking thing. someone said it could but another guy told me rasperry pi is the only way to recover. of course i dont have to even go through with my risky thing, but i just know next time i have beer i will do it...

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(9 replies, posted in General Discussion)

So it is happening, but just needs time. that's good. I wont jump the gun on this then. Do you have a blog about this project that i can follow, zii.hrs?

what happened to this project? this is what i want.

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(9 replies, posted in General Discussion)

has an arduino boy been made from a rasperri pi? i might do something that could brick my 3ds and ill need one to reflash my nand anyways...