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21st-July-2011, 03:08
Quiji

Hey, look, Nemesis learned about pyrite. Yay for 3rd grade.
21st-July-2011, 03:10
Synthetik

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Originally Posted by Shardnax

Microsoft will fix it for free if it's RRoD'd, unless it's been flashed :wacko:.

Unless the three year warranty is up, in which case you're sol. :wacko:
21st-July-2011, 03:10
Slacker Magician

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Originally Posted by Quiji

HEY, I KNOW THINGS.

RRoD's are really simple soldering problems. You can easily just re-solder some contacts by yourself with no experience. That's why those myths like 'wrap it in a towel until it overheats' actually work (sometimes), since it would melt the solder and re-aline the contacts.

Not worth the effort when you can ship it to them for free. They gave me a year warranty as well.

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Originally Posted by Synthetik

Unless the three year warranty is up, in which case you're sol. :wacko:

Mine was well out of warranty when I sent it in :shrug:.
21st-July-2011, 03:11
Colamisu

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Originally Posted by Shardnax

Microsoft will fix it for free if it's RRoD'd, unless it's been flashed :wacko:.

Not if it's over three years old.

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Originally Posted by Quiji

HEY, I KNOW THINGS.

RRoD's are really simple soldering problems. You can easily just re-solder some contacts by yourself with no experience. That's why those myths like 'wrap it in a towel until it overheats' actually work (sometimes), since it would melt the solder and re-aline the contacts.

Not really a "simple soldering problem." It's the balls they used to solder the GPU/CPU onto the board. China (where they're manufactured) requires lead-free solder, but lead-free solder sucks balls. Generally you're supposed to use a reflow station to melt the solder and remount the chip. If you did it with a soldering pen you'd probably do much more harm than good. Same thing with the towel trick, really. But it's not meant to be a permanent solution.

But yeah. Like I said, out of warranty and once repaired.
21st-July-2011, 03:14
Slacker Magician

At least 360s are cheap :wacko:.
21st-July-2011, 03:16
Nemkoon

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Originally Posted by Quiji

Hey, look, Nemesis learned about pyrite. Yay for 3rd grade.

I have all the information on Third Energy on a disc somewhere.

Somewhere.
21st-July-2011, 03:21
Synthetik

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Originally Posted by Shardnax

Mine was well out of warranty when I sent it in :shrug:.

The year warranty covers everything aside from rrod. The three year warranty that covers the rrod is separate from the one year warranty. The more you know. :wacko:
21st-July-2011, 03:24
Nemkoon

........
Where the hell is Kermit?
He hasn't been on in how long?
21st-July-2011, 03:24
Slacker Magician

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Originally Posted by Synthetik

The year warranty covers everything aside from rrod. The three year warranty that covers the rrod is separate from the one year warranty. The more you know. :wacko:

Oh. Indeed :wacko:.
21st-July-2011, 03:27
Synthetik

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Originally Posted by Shardnax

Oh. Indeed :wacko:.

Of course I only know this because I had to pay $30 when my power brick died. :wacko:
21st-July-2011, 03:28
Slacker Magician

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Originally Posted by Nemesis

........
Where the hell is Kermit?
He hasn't been on in how long?

:shrug:

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Originally Posted by Synthetik

Of course I only know this because I had to pay $30 when my power brick died. :wacko:

The fan got it, I know it did :dread:. How did the power brick die?
21st-July-2011, 03:29
Nemkoon

:bed:
21st-July-2011, 03:30
Slacker Magician

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Originally Posted by Nemesis

:bed:

Bye.
21st-July-2011, 03:30
Slacker Magician

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Originally Posted by Shardnax

:shrug:

The fan got it, I know it did :dread:. How did the power brick die?

I said that backwards, I blame the heat, time to get some ice water.
21st-July-2011, 03:30
Colamisu

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Originally Posted by Shardnax

:shrug:

The fan got it, I know it did :dread:. How did the power brick die?

It came into contact with a slightly more massive brick. His girlfriend.
21st-July-2011, 03:31
Slacker Magician

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Originally Posted by Colamisu

It came into contact with a slightly more massive brick. His girlfriend.

:lol
21st-July-2011, 03:32
Synthetik

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Originally Posted by Shardnax

:shrug:

The fan got it, I know it did :dread:. How did the power brick die?

I had it stuck under a cabinet thing, and dust and dog fur clogged it up over a year or two. And then it short circuited. :wacko: Luckily the 360 was fine.

Dinner time! :drool:

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Originally Posted by Colamisu

It came into contact with a slightly more massive brick. His girlfriend.

Who needs intelligence with an ass like that? :wacko:
21st-July-2011, 03:36
Jazzmarazz

My next day off, I am recording several songs from my GB. They will all be covers and I will then post a thread called: guess the song.
For those of you lucky enough to be here this very moment, you all get a hint. The first few will be from SNES games. :wacko:

The point is to figure out what song I am covering in 8 bit. My method of play is via midi interface from PC to GB.
Who thinks this a nice idea?
21st-July-2011, 03:38
Colamisu

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Originally Posted by Jazzmarazz

My next day off, I am recording several songs from my GB. They will all be covers and I will then post a thread called: guess the song.
For those of you lucky enough to be here this very moment, you all get a hint. The first few will be from SNES games. :wacko:

The point is to figure out what song I am covering in 8 bit. My method of play is via midi interface from PC to GB.
Who thinks this a nice idea?

Seems to me it would be pretty easy. The difference between 8 bit and 16 bit sound isn't that big. Not to mention, we've all heard most of them in midi format quite a few times before.
21st-July-2011, 03:39
Slacker Magician

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Originally Posted by Synthetik

I had it stuck under a cabinet thing, and dust and dog fur clogged it up over a year or two. And then it short circuited. :wacko: Luckily the 360 was fine.

Dinner time! :drool:

Who needs intelligence with an ass like that? :wacko:

Anything good :P?
21st-July-2011, 03:41
Synthetik

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Originally Posted by Shardnax

Anything good :P?

Mmm... define good. Tis meatloaf and packet rice. Your basic white trash dinner, but at least it's tasty. :wacko:
21st-July-2011, 03:42
Synthetik

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jazzmarazz

My next day off, I am recording several songs from my GB. They will all be covers and I will then post a thread called: guess the song.
For those of you lucky enough to be here this very moment, you all get a hint. The first few will be from SNES games. :wacko:

The point is to figure out what song I am covering in 8 bit. My method of play is via midi interface from PC to GB.
Who thinks this a nice idea?

Oh yeah, I think this is a good idea, although I doubt I would be able to guess very many.
21st-July-2011, 03:46
Jazzmarazz

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Originally Posted by Colamisu

Seems to me it would be pretty easy. The difference between 8 bit and 16 bit sound isn't that big. Not to mention, we've all heard most of them in midi format quite a few times before.

I figure that I will start out simple and then move on to more modern songs. Also this has very little to do with midi since the sound will be produced from original hardware. I am only using midi as source I still have to set the length of note, pitch, envelope, wave form, octave, etc.

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Originally Posted by Synthetik

Oh yeah, I think this is a good idea, although I doubt I would be able to guess very many.

Don't worry, Im only starting out with SNES and then moving on. The few I start out with will be well-known classics anyhow.
21st-July-2011, 03:48
Slacker Magician

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Originally Posted by Synthetik

Mmm... define good. Tis meatloaf and packet rice. Your basic white trash dinner, but at least it's tasty. :wacko:

I'm not a fan of meatloaf but, it's gotta be better than what Jazz eats :wacko:.
21st-July-2011, 03:50
Synthetik

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jazzmarazz

I figure that I will start out simple and then move on to more modern songs. Also this has very little to do with midi since the sound will be produced from original hardware. I am only using midi as source I still have to set the length of note, pitch, envelope, wave form, octave, etc.

Don't worry, Im only starting out with SNES and then moving on. The few I start out with will be well-known classics anyhow.

Interesting. So you have a midi keyboard hooked up to a modded Gameboy or something? Sounds like fun. :)

Have you ever used a VST plugin called Syntendo? It's supposed to emulate the NES sounds. It's pretty fun to mess around with, you might be interested in it if you haven't already seen it.

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Originally Posted by Shardnax

I'm not a fan of meatloaf but, it's gotta be better than what Jazz eats :wacko:.

I don't mind it, although I grew up eating it so I'm probably a bit biased. :wacko:
21st-July-2011, 03:50
Jazzmarazz

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Originally Posted by Shardnax

I'm not a fan of meatloaf but, it's gotta be better than what Jazz eats :wacko:.

Roasted Avocado burgers on an everything bagel with lettuce, tomato and hummus and a side of fresh fruit including cantaloupe, peaches and raspberries. bitches.
21st-July-2011, 03:52
Colamisu

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Originally Posted by Synthetik

Interesting. So you have a midi keyboard hooked up to a modded Gameboy or something? Sounds like fun. :)

Have you ever used a VST plugin called Syntendo? It's supposed to emulate the NES sounds. It's pretty fun to mess around with, you might be interested in it if you haven't already seen it.

Blank GB cartridge flashed with some goofy synthesizer program, if I'm not mistaken.
21st-July-2011, 03:53
Colamisu

Y'know, I've never actually played Terranigma all the way through. Listening to the music, I'm thinking perhaps I should.
21st-July-2011, 03:55
Synthetik

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Originally Posted by Jazzmarazz

Roasted Avocado burgers on an everything bagel with lettuce, tomato and hummus and a side of fresh fruit including cantaloupe, peaches and raspberries. bitches.

Oh. My. God. That sounds fucking incredible. Tofu burger I presume?

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Originally Posted by Colamisu

Blank GB cartridge flashed with some goofy synthesizer program, if I'm not mistaken.

Ah, I see. Still pretty cool that it's the actual hardware sounds.
21st-July-2011, 03:55
Jazzmarazz

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Originally Posted by Synthetik

Interesting. So you have a midi keyboard hooked up to a modded Gameboy or something? Sounds like fun. :)

Have you ever used a VST plugin called Syntendo? It's supposed to emulate the NES sounds. It's pretty fun to mess around with, you might be interested in it if you haven't already seen it.

To answer your first question, yes. I can hook up any midi capable instrument to my gameboy via this mutha (built by yours truly :wacko:)!

And as for the software, I am using Famitracker which has an import midi option. If I so chose to, I could output into "fakebit" which is emulated 8bit, or I could do as the pros do and make my GB produce the sounds. That is on official hardware; some say it is noticeably better, me being one.:winner:
21st-July-2011, 03:55
Slacker Magician

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Originally Posted by Jazzmarazz

Roasted Avocado burgers on an everything bagel with lettuce, tomato and hummus and a side of fresh fruit including cantaloupe, peaches and raspberries. bitches.

I'll stick to dead animals.

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Originally Posted by Colamisu

Y'know, I've never actually played Terranigma all the way through. Listening to the music, I'm thinking perhaps I should.

Tera-what?
21st-July-2011, 03:57
Jazzmarazz

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Originally Posted by Synthetik

Oh. My. God. That sounds fucking incredible. Tofu burger I presume?

Nah, the gf hates tofu. :-/
We buy Morningstar Farms or Boca Burger.
21st-July-2011, 03:59
Colamisu

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Originally Posted by Shardnax

I'll stick to dead animals.

Tera-what?

Terranigma. Like Terra (earth) + enigma (mystery). Of course that's just the localized name. SNES action RPG, wasn't released in the US. It has an official EU port though, so you can still play it in English. I downloaded it umpteen years ago when I first discovered emulators, played it for 30 seconds to make sure it worked, then never really got it stated due to all the other games I found at the same time.
21st-July-2011, 04:01
Synthetik

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jazzmarazz

To answer your first question, yes. I can hook up any midi capable instrument to my gameboy via this mutha (built by yours truly :wacko:)!

And as for the software, I am using Famitracker which has an import midi option. If I so chose to, I could output into "fakebit" which is emulated 8bit, or I could do as the pros do and make my GB produce the sounds. That is on official hardware; some say it is noticeably better, me being one.:winner:

Damn son. You're like a mad scientist with electronics. :wacko: That's freakin' cool. Do you just hook it all up to your computer to record?

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Originally Posted by Jazzmarazz

Nah, the gf hates tofu. :-/
We buy Morningstar Farms or Boca Burger.

Boca Burgers are good. :drool: I'm not a vegetarian, but I do love me a tasty veggie burger.
21st-July-2011, 04:07
Slacker Magician

Quote:

Originally Posted by Colamisu

Terranigma. Like Terra (earth) + enigma (mystery). Of course that's just the localized name. SNES action RPG, wasn't released in the US. It has an official EU port though, so you can still play it in English. I downloaded it umpteen years ago when I first discovered emulators, played it for 30 seconds to make sure it worked, then never really got it stated due to all the other games I found at the same time.

That's what I was wondering about :P. I'd say I'd check it out but, I have lots of games I still need to finish :wacko:.
21st-July-2011, 04:08
Jazzmarazz

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Originally Posted by Synthetik

Damn son. You're like a mad scientist with electronics. :wacko: That's freakin' cool. Do you just hook it all up to your computer to record?

Well, I use a USB to midi cord which plugs into the midi IN jack (that piece has both IN and OUT) and then the GB link cable to my GB. I have a custom ROM on my GB that translates the data from the pedal into sound. My gameboy has what is called the "prosound mod" which routes the pre-amp audio to a custom fitted headphone jack, which removes static introduced by the internal amp. It cannot power a pair of headphones, but is not intended for this since I kept the stock headphone jack. It is used strictly as a line-out jack. From there I plug it into my line-in on my desktop and record.

My gf has a cheap pedal that she got ages ago called "French Toast." I want to see what it can do when introduced to this little setup. :D
21st-July-2011, 04:19
Slacker Magician

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jazzmarazz

Well, I use a USB to midi cord which plugs into the midi IN jack (that piece has both IN and OUT) and then the GB link cable to my GB. I have a custom ROM on my GB that translates the data from the pedal into sound. My gameboy has what is called the "prosound mod" which routes the pre-amp audio to a custom fitted headphone jack, which removes static introduced by the internal amp. It cannot power a pair of headphones, but is not intended for this since I kept the stock headphone jack. It is used strictly as a line-out jack. From there I plug it into my line-in on my desktop and record.

My gf has a cheap pedal that she got ages ago called "French Toast." I want to see what it can do when introduced to this little setup. :D

@_@

I understood all of it, except why you'd do these things with a GB :wacko:.
21st-July-2011, 04:21
Synthetik

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jazzmarazz

Well, I use a USB to midi cord which plugs into the midi IN jack (that piece has both IN and OUT) and then the GB link cable to my GB. I have a custom ROM on my GB that translates the data from the pedal into sound. My gameboy has what is called the "prosound mod" which routes the pre-amp audio to a custom fitted headphone jack, which removes static introduced by the internal amp. It cannot power a pair of headphones, but is not intended for this since I kept the stock headphone jack. It is used strictly as a line-out jack. From there I plug it into my line-in on my desktop and record.

My gf has a cheap pedal that she got ages ago called "French Toast." I want to see what it can do when introduced to this little setup. :D

Wow. Must have taken awhile to get all that setup. What do you record into, Audacity? I'll be interested to listen when you get around to making the thread. :nod:

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Originally Posted by Shardnax

@_@

I understood all of it, except why you'd do these things with a GB :wacko:.

The same reason people climb mountains I'd wager. BECAUSE IT'S THERE! :wacko:
21st-July-2011, 04:26
Jazzmarazz

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Originally Posted by Shardnax

@_@

I understood all of it, except why you'd do these things with a GB :wacko:.

Spoiler warning:

http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/fo...nkastupid.jpg]

For recording chip tunes. Sure I can make music any other way, but I prefer the sound of 8bit.

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Originally Posted by Synthetik

Wow. Must have taken awhile to get all that setup. What do you record into, Audacity? I'll be interested to listen when you get around to making the thread. :nod:

Yeah, audacity. Funny thing, while I was experimenting in audacity, I found that you do not need a mic plugged in from your computer to hear you. If you yell loud eneough, the pins that connect to the mic's plug can pick up your voice. :wacko:
21st-July-2011, 04:29
Slacker Magician

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Originally Posted by Jazzmarazz

Spoiler warning:

http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/fo...nkastupid.jpg]

For recording chip tunes. Sure I can make music any other way, but I prefer the sound of 8bit.

Yeah, audacity. Funny thing, while I was experimenting in audacity, I found that you do not need a mic plugged in from your computer to hear you. If you yell loud eneough, the pins that connect to the mic's plug can pick up your voice. :wacko:

Doing it with a keyboard and a synth program just wouldn't be cool enough, would it :wacko:?

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