I Fight Dragons - Little Sound DJ (LSDJ) 101 - Chiptune Creation Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 4 сер 2024
- The first actual tutorial in the I Fight Dragons tutorial series!
This tutorial is a very basic overview of how to use a gameboy to make chiptune. It provides an overall introduction to Little Sound DJ and a basis for future tutorials which will delve deeper into the program and how to make more advanced music.
This video has helped me soil much w no one else said how to put in notes except for you. Thank you thank you!!
so much for a series
Thanks for the 101!
Awww I thought this was going to be a series :(
Great 101! Would love to see this as a tutorial series!
the first LSDJ tutorial that is actually well made/structured, thanks a bunch!
You're a fantastic teacher, really appreciated this! Definitely hope you make more!
Awesome tutorial!
Great stuff. This reallllyyy helped me a lot. Looking forward for some more!
I have had little sound dj since I started listening to you guys back when Jam Legend was still around, I NEVER knew how to use it and was to lazy to read the .pdf that came with it. I am SOO glad you guys are making these videos showing kind of how to use it! I'm actually going to order a Cartridge off that site and go find me a few game boys this weekend! THANK YOU SOO MUCH!
Thank you so much for this video! I have been trying to figure out how tho make LSDJ work with much frustration. I hope that you will still be creating any form of content in the future!
this is really an amazing thing you're doing, Brian. I've always been wary of trying my hand at chiptunes, but I see how simple it starts out. I have a few gameboys I bought just for this reason, so now i just need to order some LSDJ carts! also, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU GUYS IN CLEVELAND TONIGHT! WOO!
M0ar! We need a part 2!
This is a great tutorial!
Very nice tutorial. Looking forward to getting LSDJ myself!
This is the first well made and thought out LSDJ tutorial I have come across, it would be awesome to see this develop into a full series for anyone (myself included) beginning chiptune. Are you still planning to do so?
Really awesome tutorial, I'm going to give this a go. :)
@Quilabong You can transfer saves to/from your cartridge with the EMS flasher program using the "Read SRAM" and "Write SRAM" buttons. Emulator save files are compatible. (I've used OhBoy and VBA; both work perfectly.)
Great Tutorial,I knew nothing before I came and now I feel like smarter.Haha
Brian we need part 2!
nice tutorial !
@KokoEnFlanel Kitsch-Bent does sell some Gameboys with custom shells. They are even easier to get on Craigslist or even Ebay, though.
Darnit, now I am going to have to learn how to do thing properly and write a chiptune song with my gameboy haha
@DaltonMunnal There's Famitracker for NES/Famicom and Defflemask and VGM Music Maker for the Genesis. These are trackers run on the PC, though.
Please post more videos on this stuff. Im really trying to learn
Thanks, Brian!! This helped me out A LOT! Will you be making any more tutorials soon?
Thanks! Didn't know how to navigate
Dude, from one musician to another this was a very good tutorial and you explained things very well. My buddy just turned me on to chip tunes and I was trying to figure out what i would need to start doing this. That program looks very easy use since i'm very used to step sequencers so I'm very excited about this. My question to you is can you store presets or custom sounds you make in a song or do you have to write everything down then reprogram in a new song?
Finally got around to buying LSDJ and trying this out today. LSDJ works great on my Android phone with an emulator called GBCoid. I'm not sure how to export songs yet however, so that could turn out to be a challenge.
If you're using an Emulator on a phone and want to record into Ableton, FL, Or Logic...Plug the phone into an 1/8 aux port on an External Soundcard (use an adapter if needed), and route the soundcard as you would through your DAW :)
i wonder how Nintendo feels about this.
i think this is pretty badass :D.
Can any help me with this issue I'm having? I'm running LSDj as a ROM in VBA and I'm getting no sound from it what so ever. At first I thought it was VBA, so I loaded up Fire Red and I got the sound playing perfectly as soon as the game booted up. After that I tried LSDj again and still no sound when I press Start on my song. It is not working because of the Emulator or is there something wrong with the ROM that I have?
awww defo gonna have to pick this up now CURSE YOU IFD AND YOUR AWESOMENESS!
Where can I get that light? I dont want to use an internal led
Part 2?
sorry for another post but also curious could you program a song in lsdj on the computer using an emulator then flash it onto a cart then play the song on the gameboy? meaning could I program a song on my computer then play in on the gameboy via transferring it so you get that original gameboy sound? once again sorry for all the questions lol
Yep. :)
any other tutorials? great video taught me a lot just dont know if theres more to it or if i gotta figure the thing out on my own
I didn't end up making any more, although there are lots of other great ones out there!
@RadicalPresident Well, the way to get that understanding is different for each person. But a multitude of things can help.
Do you play an instrument? If so, that'll help.
Have you written music before? Good understanding comes with experience.
Do you understand music theory? Even a little bit can go a long way. Learn scales to begin.
Hope that helps. But there's never a surefire answer to that question. It's all about practice and time.
@werewolfofdeath1 sure, but you probably don't wanna use those. the lsdj drains too much battery and since the pocket doesn't have enough power, it'll probably mess up your songs and stuff. i think you can use it fine if you have a charger for the pocket to give you a steady supply of electricity.
Can this work on gameboy color too? I know thats a stupid question but just wandering cause i see them with the first gameboy.
Where did you get that snap-on light piece?
@coltonlikesguitar it does :) I use a gameboy color myself.
How do I delete things? Like a note I put in the wrong space
Is there a cartridge for super nintendos I have a hand held super
When is the 2nd part coming out?
How did u flash lsdj onto that cart with Mac
@coltonlikesguitar Works on all Gameboys except GBA Micro, including Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Pocket, Gameboy Light, Super Gameboy, GBA, and GBA SP.
nvm already figured it out. C:
Where would I find a little sound DJ? IFDs you're awesome!
I wish you would do a tutorial on how to use controllers to make music! Like so they can see.
more tutorials please
This is a cool clip, Where can I purchase a lil' sound dj cartridge? I still have my old game boy and super game boy too!.
+Eurodance90schick whats a super-game-boy?
+PancakeForge It's a cartridge that you put into the super Nintendo game slot where you can put Gameboy games in to play on TV.
+Eurodance90schick oh ok thanks :)
You should make the screen more visible, it's too small and blurry right now. Awesome tutorial though, but already knew all of this.
Also, when will you come around to tables and synth? I already know everything about LSDj but the tables and synth.
How do you get the LSDJ download onto the Cartage?
I don't understand what that means. Sorry I'm a beginner.
+Huascar Holguin Cartridge* mate, it's a Cartridge
I can't find the LSDJ cart anywhere? :(
I know this is an old comment, but you'd be better off buying a GB Flash Cart and then loading the LSDJ ROM on to the cart. Official LSDJ Carts are very rare now, and quite expensive.
To make it easier to see, couldn't you use Super Game Boy and use a PVR or something to capture full screen video instead of trying to record the GB screen? Still a great video, and helpful immensely, I just figure that might make it a little easier to see what you are doing.
@Graystar18 Not too hard once you get the hang of things or have used a tracker like LGPT before.
Do they still sell gameboys? I want one
how do you delete stuff. i gots a cartridge that has a load o' shit on it that i want to get rid of.
Mac jeje.....y like PC.....greatings.
I agree with the guy under this comment.
@munchluxe63 I highly recommend Kitsch-Bent, he is a great guy.
Part 2 please? :D
the way i do t3h tunes of chip is i have a nes controller to usb in to the computer so i have the same buttons and a rely long cable to jam out with. is it true chiptunes? no. does it work? HELL YES! see you guy's at W.T.!
A Game Boy Advance will work, right?
Fluffyguy1 I have the same question!, also can I upload the program into a supercard via sd?
Fluffyguy1 No different sound chips. A device from the 1990s will obviously have a different sound chip than a one from the 2000's. Hope that helps. :)
Ok, but still, Will it work on a game boy advance! Even if it has a different sound chip. Like other gb games will run on a gba
Fluffyguy1 I'm not sure. Wont sound the same thats for sure.
Well the sound chip must have the basics of the gb one, the gba one probably just a more advanced version of the same card. (see what I did there, advance as in gba)
A+B
getting and setting up lsdj sounds hard
PART. 2.
oh yeah my bad a tracker Psifork is right
This is easier than a tracker...
What is the purpose of doing this actually on a Gameboy? Wouldn't it make much more sense to take the same software and run it on like a computer? I must be missing something
It is always better to use the original hardware. No emulator could recreate the original sound of the gameboy soundchip, at least not 100%.
Plus, using hardware has the tactile advantage over computer. A, B buttons and a D-pad are well suited to navigate a tracker like.
@Magicmarker is also right, there are sound differences.
Ultimately if you prefer the computer you can run this on an emulator or as a VST in a DAW.
You look like Amir from College Humor
This is cool af but seems way too tedious compared to a modern sequencer
@gonzojournalism46 lacklustre(.)net/redmine/projects/ems-flash/wiki
Nintendo has no problem with this, as they wont lose any money with it. Possibly just cool how we rebuild it to more than pplay games.
feh lsdj is shit easy to use i just want to learn the compounds of a good song