Michael's Texas Embrace

I decided today that it was winter. It's actually about 34 degrees outside. It's overcast as far as you can see. Maybe it's drizzling a little. A day to sit inside, watch a DVD, and eat some spicy ramen noodles. Except, you have to keep the blinds closed to keep up the illusion, otherwise you see how bright and hot it is out there. I can dream...

I'm still playing with the gameboy and the ring modulator. Here's my second gameboy song:

In Space No One Can Hear You Disco

This one is just gameboy and ring modulator. I panned my bass and drums to one side and my lead to the other and split the signal with a cable, so the lead could run into the ring mod, letting me tweak my lead in real time. Only, to then have stereo sound, you have to have a new set of non-panned instruments, and you have to twist the knobs on the mixing board real fast to pan the tracks to the right position for stereo. It's fun.

Oh, Andrew asked for links to the programs used for video game music making. You can use an emulator and do it on the computer. Sometimes it's a little glitchy, but it gets the job done.

The program I'm using is Little Sound DJ. If you go to the site you can download a free demo version. The page also has links to gameboy emulators. You might want to download the manual too, and check it out, there is a learning curve. There's also a link down at the bottom to the LSDJ wiki, which has some good info.

Also, Nullsleep has a good tutorial to get you started fast. It's under the "Documentation and Tutorials" section.