1 Reply by A Touch Electric

(7 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

I personally find the "L" and "V" commands help to make a lead more interesting, especially because you can use them in so many different ways.

Using "L" commands, you can slide notes up or down to imitate vocals or just plain crazy sounds; using "V" commands you can add some "character" to them, and combining the two makes things even more interesting.

For instance, I was able to create a sound in my song (check under my profile if you're interested) similar to the falling sound Mario makes in Super Mario Sunshine (that downward spiraling "Wahhhhhh!": find it here under "Falling" for reference (http://themushroomkingdom.net/media/smsunshine/wav)) by combining "L" and "V" commands.

There's a couple handy videos on the commands too, like these by Zef: http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/9635/ … kthroughs/

Hope this helps!

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2 Reply by A Touch Electric

(5 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)

Aw dude, this is sweeet. I have a couple of  'full-length' videos that I reference a lot (Danimal Cannon's and Zef's are included); this is going in the collection. big_smile

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3 Reply by A Touch Electric

(91 replies, posted in Trading Post)

Hey everyone, this is a quick review of a custom CGB I ordered from thnikk (with some pictures for accompaniment). I call it The Thunderbolt (at least for now) big_smile

thnikk was great to work with, guys. He gave an honest estimate of price and time first thing (both of which turned out to be exactly right), and I got it in the mail today, in under a week after completion (at most it was 4 days).

In terms of his work, the body of the CGB was in great condition; you could barely tell that it was used apart from some slight wear on the back sticker and the beginnings of the 'cartridge scars' every Game Boy will get over time. As you can tell from a couple of the pictures, there's a slight adhesive line on the screen along the right border; thnikk warned me from the start that something like that could happen while removing the frontlight from an SP for use in the CGB. I'm alright with it; I know how hard it can be to avoid leaving behind absolutely any adhesive, plus it doesn't obscure anything on the screen. And besides, what's a musical instrument without some character? wink

A bit of a happy accident with this unit is that the buttons glow slightly from the frontlight (which you may or may not be able to tell from the pictures; thnikk told me that he didn't intend or expect for that to happen). I'd say it was a favourable surprise. smile

But the real beauty is the pro-sound.

The pro-sound is FLAWLESS. I can't hear the SLIGHTEST bit of hum or crackle from the CGB when nothing is playing in LSDJ (or something is and there's silence); it's DEAD quiet. I can barely even tell it's on, to be honest. Just perfect for recording. Plus the location of the jack is perfect too; I can slip it into my pocket with my 'phones plugged in, and still be able to reach the Start button to start a song (I tend to do this when I'm working on a song and I have to move around and I want to keep the sound fresh in my mind). It's a tiny bit of an adjustment to work my hand around the headphones when they're plugged in, but it's just something to get used to; not bad at all.

Overall, I'm really impressed with thnikk's work and how he handles his business!

www.thnikk.com

10/10, would buy from again. big_smile

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4 Reply by A Touch Electric

(6 replies, posted in General Discussion)

@nerdsome I understand that, mate. I was up late and desperate, plus I didn't know how to email any admins since there wasn't a contact link anywhere that I could see. I looked around this morning and was able to see that Freque is the owner, and then I found his email under his profile. That's my fault, I suppose.

@basspuddle Haha, first thing I tried when the site wouldn't come up, man. It definitely was down for some time, I made sure of that.

@wailord That's actually probably exactly (lolwut) what happened..I did try remaking the account, but it gives me the standard error of "That username already exists" and "That email address already exists". Now that I have his email address, I'll shoot him an email.

@bitman Yeah, the site comes up just fine for me too, just without the part of being able to login hehe. (Big fan btw; you're one of several that got me interested in chipmusic)

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5 Topic by A Touch Electric

(6 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I honestly hate to make this my first post on cm.o (about another site, no less! *gasp*), but I couldn't think of anywhere else to post this. tongue

I'm having an issue logging into noisechannel.org. My account was working just fine from when I created it on Wednesday up till (Thursday). On Friday, it appears that noichan went down for a good long while, and when it came back up, I couldn't log in anymore. The single post I made when my account works provides a link to what should be my profile, but when I go there, all it says is "Nothing found. Sorry!"

I've tried resetting my password, rebooting my machine (lol, I know, but you never know!) clearing my cache, cookies, and temp files, using multiple browsers, the works.

I'm not sure if anyone else has had this issue (I searched both sites and Googled it, but no dice; all I find is an old post from 2011 on here and the person's solution (using their email as their login) didn't work for me). Can anyone help me or has anyone experienced this? Sorry to be a bother.

P.S. Honestly not choosing one site over the other, just dipping my feet into both. Also, if this is the wrong section for this topic, I apologize.

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