Sunvox is a chip tunes synth/sequencer application that gives you the tools to create and save your won music. Search Youtube and you'l find a number of tutorials for it.
There is also a garageband plugin for midi. I'll google it and see if I can find it. It's cool because you can import any midi file and then replace the standard midi instruments with the chiptune plugin and voila you have a completed chiptune song.
It works with Garageband, so I just use a lead from the GameBoy to the laptop and record my composition as a complete song in GB.
You can try and install a 'pro sound mod' to a GameBoy - easier than it sounds - you can see it on my GB (the silver thing at the bottom) here: http://campl.us/crGE
This is essentially a second sound port that boosts the bass output and clears some of the background hiss.
You'll need to buy a copy of LSDJ - a licence is about $2 I believe:
And you'll need a GameBoy, obviously! The original ones have a better sound in general, but day to day I do most of my tunes on a GBA SP (clam shell, backlit - easily found for cheap on ebay).
You can always bypass the whole cartridge/GameBoy thing by using your licensed LSDJ software via a GameBoy emulator on your computer. I prefer to use the actual hardware though, as the sound is more authentic, and it's less fiddly to use with real buttons as opposed to a keyboard!
Most importantly, it's great fun to use! Careful though, you'll get odd looks composing on the bus!
@Scitunes, yeah that's a good one I use it too. I posted about in in the forums before though I didn't know it was also on a Facebook page. @Quantumsheep I think I've heard of an all Gameboy band before, this is probably the app they used on their gameboys.
Interesting what people do with their tech old and new.
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try this link:
http://www.facebook.com/YMCK.official
Scroll down and select your OS
Yes you can, through the headphone socket of the gameboy into some sort of recording equipment.
I use this: http://store.griffintechnology.com/imic
It works with Garageband, so I just use a lead from the GameBoy to the laptop and record my composition as a complete song in GB.
You can try and install a 'pro sound mod' to a GameBoy - easier than it sounds - you can see it on my GB (the silver thing at the bottom) here: http://campl.us/crGE
This is essentially a second sound port that boosts the bass output and clears some of the background hiss.
You'll need to buy a copy of LSDJ - a licence is about $2 I believe:
Here's a Wiki to help you get started : http://littlesounddj.wikia.com/wiki/Little_Sound_Dj
And some good youtube guides here: http://www.youtube.com/user/lsdjguides
Next you'll need a cartridge to burn LSDJ onto via USB - I recommend this: http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/usb-64m-smart-card
And you'll need a GameBoy, obviously! The original ones have a better sound in general, but day to day I do most of my tunes on a GBA SP (clam shell, backlit - easily found for cheap on ebay).
You can always bypass the whole cartridge/GameBoy thing by using your licensed LSDJ software via a GameBoy emulator on your computer. I prefer to use the actual hardware though, as the sound is more authentic, and it's less fiddly to use with real buttons as opposed to a keyboard!
Most importantly, it's great fun to use! Careful though, you'll get odd looks composing on the bus!
Hope that helps!
QS
:DDr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Quantum_Sheep
Web: https://quantumsheep.itch.io
@Quantumsheep I think I've heard of an all Gameboy band before, this is probably the app they used on their gameboys.
Interesting what people do with their tech old and new.