As the title states above what do you consider "essential" for chiptune needs.
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ohgodno, Indiana
mainly just a backlight if you dont have a nuby
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Nottingham, UK
Unless you live in a cave or gig a lot, back light isn't essential.
If you're just learning, and aren't inputting your gameboy into miles of leads, the prosound isn't necessary.
Gameboy cup holder though. Can't live without that shit.
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b4by f4c3 wrote:
mainly just a backlight if you dont have a nuby
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babylon
seems pretty relative. i feel aesthetic mods should come second to things like an underclock or variable pitch, but thats just me.
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buffalo, NY
It's not aesthetic once you played a show without one with no light on stage. There's a function.
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Nottingham, UK
danimal cannon wrote:
It's not aesthetic once you played a show without one with no light on stage. There's a function.
I have a tiny lamp for gigging...
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IL, US
could go all out and wear night vision goggles, help with spotting atractive audience members as well
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Los Angeles, CA
I've been playing with no mods since I've been playing. Only one that's ever been an issue is the lack of backlight.
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babylon
danimal cannon wrote:
It's not aesthetic once you played a show without one with no light on stage. There's a function.
ok thats true. all im saying is you can get light without a backlight. you cant control pitch or midi without the special modification. does the op have to choose based on finances or something? cause you know . . . theres nothing wrong with a gameboy that has everything if you can afford it.
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ive never seen anyone practically use an underlock or pitch mod live. Its not very essential in my opinion.
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babylon
really? huh. ive played whole sets with an underclocked gameboy. i think they're the bees knees.
edit:grammar
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buffalo, NY
The wave channel play a C1, (even though it's listed as a C2) which is 32.70hz...
32hz is below what 95% of speakers can reproduce, you'd need a sub to hear it. (and a lot of subs bottom out at 35-40hz) Go ahead, program a sine wave at lowest C on the wave channel, all you'll hear is a faint overtone unless you have an incredibly ranged system, which is probably just an artifact from the 4bit waveform sampling.
What does this mean? Nobody ever should need an underclocked gameboy. For what you lose in processing power, you gain an octave you don't need.
Just my 2 cents