This is just a picture of all the stuff I used to use for making Gameboy beats. Things I actually made here are the several messy cables- LSDJ sync in the upper left and analogue sync in the middle- and the Altoids tin splitter, which took stereo 1/8" to separate 1/4" for recording.
I made a handful of LSDJ tracks in 2015, put it down, then made a bunch more in 2017, and since haven't touched it. It's fun for making music while walking around outside, and the unique sounds and strict limitations make you get really creative. Honest-to-god, I just hear dirty synth noises, but most folks obviously think of vidya games. The sound doesn't lend itself to being taken very seriously, which is actually part of the appeal- low pressure. Anyway, I got some good composing experience while appearing to be playing Gameboy.
The TI-82 in the upper left ran Houstontracker, which is a free tracker for TI calculators that's fun to use- still under sporadic development. I hoped to sync it to LSDJ by panning a click track to one side and extra tones to the other. I guess that if I ever make more music this way, that might end up being my shtick.
I made a handful of LSDJ tracks in 2015, put it down, then made a bunch more in 2017, and since haven't touched it. It's fun for making music while walking around outside, and the unique sounds and strict limitations make you get really creative. Honest-to-god, I just hear dirty synth noises, but most folks obviously think of vidya games. The sound doesn't lend itself to being taken very seriously, which is actually part of the appeal- low pressure. Anyway, I got some good composing experience while appearing to be playing Gameboy.
The TI-82 in the upper left ran Houstontracker, which is a free tracker for TI calculators that's fun to use- still under sporadic development. I hoped to sync it to LSDJ by panning a click track to one side and extra tones to the other. I guess that if I ever make more music this way, that might end up being my shtick.
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