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due to my age i'm not into it absolutely, but i could became fan of this little toy, the nintendo gameboy.
i friend of mine from italy got this interesting blog about synth and sequencers (above all synths indeed).
in this case there is this video to show how to midi control a game boy with a product from Firestarter
...this is the blog
http://synthvibrations.wordpress.com/
this blog is also a site: http://synthvibrations.com

...this is the label wich produce the midi thing http://www.firestarter-music.de/lsdj/...
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Awesome idea!
I sample a lot of sounds from my gameboy color and my friends NES and other video games.
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Gameboy is the bomb.
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LSDJ!!! Don't forget Nanoloop too. I used LSDJ on a Game Boy emulator back when I had a PSP. Nice little piece of software considering the hardware it's designed for. The OG DMG grey brick has a great sound. My brother's girl has one I've been trying to talk her out of for years.
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this is crazy. i always saw those (used) gameboys at ridiculous prices here...what kind of card you have to have in order to make sounds with gameboy? i don't know anything about the gameboy "toy"...
anyway something says to me that this midifier hardware costs more than the gameboy itself...
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Here's some links to get you on the path. You can buy LSDJ cartridges, LSDJ MIDI interfaces, even LSDJ QWERTY keyboards for the Gameboy so it can used more like a traditional tracker.

http://www.littlesounddj.com/lsd/

http://nonelectronics.com/

http://store.kitsch-bent.com/
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thanx
but in practical thing, what do you have to see/ask when you buy a gameboy in order to make music? has it to have some cartridge something?
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LSDJ and Nanoloop are the cartridges with music creation software. You'll want one or both of them.
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when i went to europe long ago my band stayed with a whole bunch of dudes in france that played lsdj and circuit-bent toys. you gotta check out the artist PAZA. he is a wizard. haha my old band 8-bit did a split ep with him for beck in 2005 (gameboy variations). he did his tracks on lsdj and i faked it and did mine all in reason :oops:
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8bit is cool.
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DS for me..

my fav sound chip was the snes one
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cartesia wrote:DS for me..

my fav sound chip was the snes one


is this midizable?
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Ds 10 will fuck ya head up


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ellaguru wrote:
cartesia wrote:DS for me..

my fav sound chip was the snes one


is this midizable?



everything is! it might not be so easy though.. i dont think anyones made a kit.
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