Turn your GameBoy into a synth
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- I found a few ways to turn your GameBoy into.a synth using nanoloop mono, effects pedals, old gameboy games and more!
I had a lot of fun making retro 8 bit gameboy music! Get Nanoloop here:
⤑ nanoloop.com/
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Pedals used in this video:
⤑ Sunlight - • Old Blood Noise Endeav...
⤑ Microcosm - • Hologram Electronics M...
⤑ Arcades - • This pedal is like a g...
⤑ Lottie Canto Colour Palette - • Lottie Canto Colour Pa...
⤑ EQD Hizumitas - Coming soon!
Background music in this video:
⤑ Pokemon RBY: • Pokémon Game Theme Cov...
⤑ Pokemon Gym Theme: • Pokémon Gym Theme Harp...
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#GameBoy #VideoGames #Pokemon
It is theoretically possible that the reason our branch of the multiverse exists is so that Pokemon My Ass could be combined with the Fart Pedal. So, you know, well done.
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LMAO I’m so glad this all came together!
This comment made me fart
So. Much. Innuendo.....Must. Resist
👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣🖤
This is exactly the justification I needed to drunk order more retro gaming equipment.
Lmaoooo I order TOO MUCH retro gaming equipment lately
I've been using my Gameboy as a synth for decades! LSDJ is one of the best trackers available, and exclusively as a gameboy rom - they've always been super fun creative machines waiting to be set free :) This is super cool though glad to see people are still experimenting in this area!!
I've actually never heard of LSDJ!!!! Oh man I gotta check that out!! Thanks Nate :)
I think this might be the best way to use 64 gameboys ua-cam.com/video/cOzDvGR1evM/v-deo.html
@@emilyharpist LSDJ is the holy grail for making chiptune music, fully capable of creating extremely complex songs once you know your way around the tracker workflow and one of the neat things I discovered recently about it is you could technically upload your own samples onto it and have it run through the gameboy sound chip
If you like LSDJ, you might just love the Dirtywave M8 Tracker (assuming you've not seen it yet)
@@thelevicole I haven’t!! Thanks :)
I remember hearing this band from Chicago called "I Fight Dragons" who used Nintendo gear as synths during their live shows. They had modded NES controllers, the track and field pad, the Power Glove, and they used em to make some pretty catchy synth-infused pop punk tunes in the 2000s. Also, I can't believe the dramatic effect the Microcosm pedal had on the Pokémon music, damn!
IVE NEVER HEARD OF THEM!!! that’s so so cool, gotta check them out!! Also microcosm works wonders with gameboy sounds hahah
omg yes! Chiptune + your harp would be a dream come true 😍
I’m definitely gonna mix both soon!!!! 🤔
@@emilyharpist HYYYYYYPE
@@vanilla_milkshake lmaooo STAY TUNED!!
Ohh that'll be interesting!
Excitement!!
Crossover with Look Mum No Computer when? Such fun combos with the pedals! Around 4:13-4:55 sounds a bit "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" or "Lo, How a Rose 'ere Blooming", neat.
Hahaha that crossover would be AMAZING!!
You never cease to amaze... Trust your heart, you know what you are doing and always put out videos that are in line with the theme of your channel.
❤️ ❤️ ❤️ thank you so much!
@@emilyharpist you're very welcome 😊❤
I went to an hour-long seminar on chiptunes yet I learned more from the first three minutes of this video.
I'm still shocked by the fact that drum sounds from this kind of synths are just pitched noise.
❤️ ❤️ ❤️ I was shocked when I found out about the pitched noise too!!! It’s all so new to me hahah
@@joermnyc Yeah can make all types of percussion sounds with pitched noise and pitch-bent waveforms. The famous 808 kick is just a sine wave with a downward pitch sweep, 808 snare is high pitched noise layered over a quiet sine wave tone, and 808 tom is a sine wave with a downward pitch sweep layered over some low pitched noise.
And you can make drums like that using any sound plus pitch sweeps and layered noise, really.
@@emilyharpist If you can get hold of a copy of Korg DS-10 for Nintendo DS that's totally worth it. The 4 "analogue drum sounds" are just samples - you can make the samples using the synth engine though so anything goes but multiplexing noise in different octaves to produce hi/open/closed hats is very satisfying. It's possible to get an (almost) workable KPS string sound and pitch that. Anyway - totally worth playing with. Also - Electro-plankton - it doesn't do much really but it's fun and relaxing.
I have no musical background or talent whatsoever but damn, this setup looks so much fun to play around with! I'm really tempted to get into this stuff myself! Really inspiring! Thank you!
Do it!
Yesss!!! For this kind of stuff you don’t need to be an experienced musician!! It’s so fun :)
Daniel, if you want to...you have to 🤘
What a phenomenal trip down memory lane! I couldn't stop my happiness at the remixing of the Pokemon Center theme! Pokemon MyAss is good too, I guess, but it sure doesn't have the same nostalgia factor.
lmaooo the nostalgia factor is only sorta there with MyAss
My morning coffee came out of my nose. Thank you for the laughs. Your content is awesome.❤️
Hahaha thanks so much!!! I’m so happy to make you laugh :)
When I was listening to what you did to the Pokemon center theme I imagined I was hearing what the Pokemon inside their Pokeballs on that healing machine probably hear when it turns on.
It's the sound of the Pokemon immortality machine drowning out the ridiculously inappropriate music playing in every Pokemon hospital.
Thank you for taking me on that journey.
Omg you’re so right - I didn’t even think of that. So cool!!!!
As a musician, an old school gamer, and a lover of classic bit tunes, this is utterly remarkable.
Plus its nice to see the original gameboy, those things are a piece of history for sure!
Thanks Paul!! I had so much fun making this video, so glad you enjoyed it :)
Woooooaaa this is so cool! Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks for being here ❤️
Well, that was a lot of fun :) there's some interesting add-ons for the GameBoy - IIRC there's a MIDI adapter for it and you can run it as a MIDI sequencer.
I need to try that!!!!! Wow thanks 😊
I'm to lazy for fiddly input mechanisms, but the electric Kalimba + a rack of VSTs seems like the ultimate kid friendly setup. Not just loops, sort of always sounds good whatever you play and not as frustrating as the guitars and keyboards I've been trying to teach.
Honestly I think you’re right!! That would be a really wonderful way to introduce kids to music and electronic effects!
The title of this video does not accurately describe the insane awesomeness that I just witnessed. Love it! Happy holidays!!
hahaha thank you so much!!! Happy Holidays!! 🥰❤️
It's really wonderful that you made this video. I bought my nanoloop cartridge a few years ago and I absolutely love
it (I still keep the envelope in which it came in the mail because it makes me happy to have a piece of snailmail from
Oliver Wittchow!! Especially because I wasn't even sure it would even survive the trip from Germany to Mexico, which
is where I live). I was always bummed that there weren't more videos featuring the nanoloop on youtube, but your
video has shown me that there are other people that really appreciate this little piece of techno-wizardry, and after
they see your video, I'm sure that many, many more will. Thank you!!!
the pokemon+blooper synths are so cool! I pictured an underwater dungeon
I had so much fun with blooper and the Pokémon music!!! It’s actually insane haha
Another unexpected and enjoyable video - thank you!
Thanks Simon!! 🥰 I had so much fun making this one!!
That is so cool! Love what you're able to create from such seemingly 'simple' setup!
Thanks Kasper!!! Sometimes simple setups are really the best
Love it! Thanks for posting this video!
*SOOO FRICKIN' DOPE* 😯
This sounds so cool. Great job dude.
Emily may be the cutest person on UA-cam reviewing pedals and such
I saw F*ck Buttons open up for Mogwai back in ‘08, and remember seeing them using game boys with similar sounding mods. Great sounds!
Oh man I wish I was at that show, that sounds amazing!!! Thanks so much ❤️
I just love this new twist on your channel. Mind blown! This channel is gonna get big... 👍🏻
back in the early 2000's there was a whole music trend like this and they had a concert called "Blip fest", really wild stuff.
maybe you should reach out to effect pedal manufacturers to sponsor a video of creating original content with other youtube folks? could be rad.
Wow! I’m blown away again! This is really a cool channel. You’ve inspired me to wanna pick up guitar again and experiment with other pedals maybe I’ll own a harp one day
That makes me so happy to hear!!! ❤️ thank you SO much for being here!!! I highly recommend getting a harp 😂
@@emilyharpist I’m glad I found your channel! And your cover of “Aquatic Ambiance” is brilliant and evokes the same ambiance as the original. Pun intended. Take care 👍
OMG LOL that finish was exquisite!
Lmaooo you know I had to!!!!
This is AMAZING. Got almost a Bach Chorale feel once you threw Microcosm into the mix!
Yes! I felt the same way - like a really eerie Bach chorale!!! So much fun
I truly love 8bit ports of songs! I don’t know much about it but the few streams I’ve caught of guys porting songs to snes are really interesting. Truly a labor of love and much respect for them.
I really want to try the SNES method!
LSDj for the GameBoy opened up a new world of music creation for me. Been doing it for 10+ years now!
I need to get one!!!
4:10 gives me a lost vibe feeling, like the character of an 8 bit video game is lost somewhere in a void. This is so cool and inspirational I've been dying to get my gba sp to work like this and I'm gonna push to do it now, thx u ^^.
Effects pedals makes everything sound great.
They really do hahah
OK I can finally see what all the fuss is about the Microcosm pedal. Sounds amazing here.
Lmaoo YESSSS JOIN USSSSSS MICROCOSM ENTHUSIASTS !!!
@@emilyharpist the fart pedal gag at the end was a work of genius, too
This is the best, I’ve heard of this but always assumed it was to complicated some how lol. I need to get one! Keep up the awesome work!
I highly recommend!!! Thanks so much ♥️
This is great! The Pokemon cover was great and the great demonstration of pedals on retro game systems really opens some fun thoughts. Pedals through TV too, maybe? Earthbound with tentacle? Journey with reverb?
But most importantly, that poor ditto got better.
Hahaha I’m SO GLAD THE DITTO GOT BETTER!!! Thanks so much Matthew :) Pedals with games and TV opens up an insane rabbit hole I can’t wait to dive into 😂
That would be perfect to create music for retro inspired games
Oh, that's super neat! It works really well with those pedals and as a backing track for the kalimba too. I wish I still had my Game Boy; I'd totally buy one to write chiptunes with. I did have a Korg Synth/Sequencer for my DS years ago and think it's still in a box somewhere. I should dig that thing out; it was pretty robust and had some decent features.
Thanks! They make a Korg Synth for DS?!? whaaaat
@@emilyharpist It was a game actually! You could make your own sounds and sequence loops and songs and stuff. It was pretty sick.
Such a great video Emily!! Makes me very happy to see you also are messing about with these old retro gaming consoles to make music!! Sounds AMAZING with your pedals! Next thing you know you'll be falling down the next rabbit hole and doing the same with a SEGA Genesis and Commodore 64!! hahaha!! (at least, that's what happened to me lol) ✌🐀
Hey friend! Yes the logical step is to make music with all of the classic system chips. Your Sega stuff is sick. The sounds are just killer!
Thanks so much!!! Hahaha I already feeling myself falling down MANY rabbit holes!!
I like when more people discover nano loop and lsdj.
Thats so cool, I've always wanted to make some proper gameboy music using just the sound chip of the gameboy. The closest I got was with the gameboy camera which has a decent sequencer in it too
Reminds me of the band Anamanaguchi, in their first album (and probably more after, idk too much) they used an NES as an instrument
I love them!!! I had no idea they used a NES though!!! Wow
The pokemon center music segment had me feeling like I entered the Twilight Zone.
Hahahah same honestly!!!
Dude that Hizumaras with the kalimba? Unreal.
Yessss! I can’t wait to try it on harp!!
As promised! The GameBoy episode. Love your channel
😊 I always follow through!!! Thanks so much for being here ❤️
@@emilyharpist always a joy. Hugs from Germany :)
I'd pay good money for a full album of the Blooper + Microcosm stuff, it's like if The Caretaker used chiptunes instead of ballroom recordings
Honestly I really want to make one!! Right now I have a ten minute version of that one on my bandcamp!!
your gonna have to - all those pedals (especially the microcosm) are an absolute rip off
Fun, exploration, great attitude while sharing talent and knowledge. Your channel is outstanding in the most awesome way.
I wish you what you deserve: A few million subscribers. Keep on harpin' !✌️😊
Thank you so so much ❤️
this is so awesome, love your content.
Thanks, Chase! ❤️
Saw this video thumbnail, and was 100% in, now you also play lovely harp covers, and review "guitar"(?) Pedals!? Yes!
Been looking to get my guitar loving friend a pedal for his birthday, used your reviews to greatly help! :)
I can't even fathom this, this is wild!
Haha thank you so much!!! This was SO much fun to make!!
Wow, Emily!! You do some amazingly cool demonstrations on your channel. I’m just totally blown away by the super cool content of your channel. Keep it up! You totally have a subscriber for life here in Rockaway, NJ. I definitely will share this with some of my friends as well as my girlfriend, who can sing and does appreciate music as well.
Hey Liam!!! Thanks so much for your kind words 🥰 I’m in Long Island, always nice to see another New Yorker on here!! I appreciate you!!!
This was such a fun video. Loved it
Thank you!!! ❤️ I loved making it 🥰 thanks so much for being here!!
This just makes me too happy
This whole video was wonderful, and I like how Ditto got all borked-out when you did pedal magic on him, but I have to say that the way you pronounce "ass" makes this video at least 48282477327843 times better. Thank you so much for that. I had to watch it again.
Lmaooo thank you Aaron!
Now I want to turn my Boss SY-1 synth into a GameBoy.
Love your videos!
I need one of those Boss Synth pedals!!! They’re so awesome
@@emilyharpist I LOVE my SY-1. The other night I was jamming with friends and the bass player did not show up....SY-1 to the rescue.
The organ patches are wicked cool too. I mix my guitar even with the organ tone and viola, I'm Pink Floyd in a box. Love it. Well worth the $200.
Freakin awesome!
I want that microcosm so much anyway ..thanks again for the awesome video!
Thanks Nick!!! Microcosm is SO GOOOOD!
Wow that sounds so good! Also super cute necklace!
Ps I dance like ditto
Thanks Kyle!!!! I WISH I could dance like ditto! 😂
That cheeky smile at 2:08!
😊
Glad to see the Microcosm was used and the ending was hilarious!
Hahaha thanks so much!! I use the microcosm whenever I can 😂
I have a gameboy midi mod but I havent used it in years, this makes me want to revisit it
Do it!!!!
The dancing ditto gives me life.
SAME
Well who cant appreciate an old school gameboy hack 👏 thankyou
😊 thanks!!
This is way too cool! Still got my old Gameboy somewhere!
Awesome!!! I highly recommend trying to make some cool sounds with it if it still works!!!! 🥰
I love this a lot.
Thanks JC!!
Look mom no computer vibes, love it 😊!!!
Yessssss
This is the sickest thing I’ve ever seen
Very Cool! Very. Very. Cool. I'm old and quite analogue, and the endless electronic possibilities for music both mystify and delight me. And I'm so glad you included the Fart Pedal at the end. It would have been a crime against comedy (or something) not to!
Lmao the fart pedal lives on!!!
2:45 ngl, this would make a great horror game song in 8 bit style XD
You’re so right!!!! 😂
Thanks for another very, well interesting video.
Hahaha thank you!!!
Very cool!
Thanks!!!
This was great
No u
Ok that's awesome.
Thanks Hannah!!! ❤️
That fuzz is beautiful
RIGHT?!
@@emilyharpist looking forward to watching your review of the Hizumitas! :D
An oldie but a goodie. A classic in fact. It’s also available on iOS
It is?!? Whaaat
And android.
Well, that explains why there was a Game Boy in the wall in some videos. I'm sure someone must've already mentioned it, but you should check LSDJ too. It's an amazing tracker for the Game Boy.
Haha yes! I haven’t heard of LSDJ before a few comments on here, but now I have to check it out!!
It was helpful in that I had no idea PMA existed. Thank you. Life officially improved as a result.
Lmaooo I found out about it a few weeks ago and my life has been at least 5% better!!
@@emilyharpist at least!
Amazing
This becoming an inspiration for anyone who are willing to compose a music to create a wholesome music using anything that could possibly used 😳
(Sorry for my english)
Your English was great!! Thank you so much ❤️
Music is so cool
Super super cool
Thanks!! ❤️
Yʻall are dope af!
Thank you!!!!
LSDj and Nerdseq, Gameboy Camera, recently tried mGB which is glitchy af for me, but got to sequence a DMG off the Keystep. Good shit.
I have a gameboy camera!!! 🤔
Being old I remember Korg DS10 for the Nintendo DS
Omg yes I want that so bad!!
Would love to get a Nanoloop cart but it's been impossible to find someone selling one and the stock has been depleted for a long time now.... It's cool that it's not just a rom and actually a hardware analog synth circuit using the carts PCB, but it also makes using it really hard lol
Ugh I KNOW!!! The struggle is real!!
4:30 when the shrooms (or slowmo) kicks in 😂😂
LMAO I felt the same way
This is so funny: I was just thinking yesterday how cool it would be to put a circuit bent Speak and Spell through a Microcosm and wondering what you play on the harp to it
Thank you for a bunch of ideas lol.
Haha no problem!!!
Interesting!
🥰
oh hell yeah, nanoloop!
Awww yissss I wish I knew about it sooner!!
Pokemon Green
So so good!!
The way you said ass was freaking hilarious 😂
Lmao it’s my Long Island accent!!!
G'day Emily,
So Cool, I still have my GameBoy & games, they all still work perfectly 😁
No way!! That’s so cool. I had to buy this gameboy but I still had a gameboy color and advance laying around from childhood!! I’m so surprised they all still work. Thanks Shane!!
I am a big fan of LSDJ but haven't checked Nanoloop out...yet! Happy freaking Friday!
I never knew about LSDJ until I saw some of these comments!!! I really want it!
@@emilyharpist get ya an EZ Flash JR cart and load it up! It's a lot of fun and you can pretty quickly make very melodically complex tracks. My newest video is a LSDJ jam 🤘
@@Two-Eyed_Boy thank you for the recommendation!!!!
Cool!
Thanks Steven!
ahhh this is so cool!! Lately I've been really tempted to get a new gameboy since I discovered my parents threw mine away (I guess the old batteries leaked and ruined it!!) and I feel like this video is enough justification to buy myself one. :-) lol
Hahaha dooooo it!!!! Get a gameboy :)
James Rolfe a.k.a. AVGN would be so proud of you!
Ok seriously that’s the biggest compliment I think I’ve ever gotten!!!!🥺❤️❤️❤️ AVGN is a treasure to this world lmao I love James Rolfe so much!!!!
lul ^^
Now we're getting somewhere!
😊
Amazing 🙂
Thanks!!!
@@emilyharpist Urw Emily 🙂