Thinking out of the box in the limitations of a box.
Bandcamp release includes the LSDJ sav/project file!
This is a track about thinking out of the box while inside the limitations of a box. It’s my first attempt at making a song using only a Nintendo Gameboy.
This song is heavily inspired by vocaloid and anime openings, the most important influence being “Bocchi The Rock!” . It’s an amazingly creative show about a socially anxious guitarist who dreams of playing in a band, which I can heavily relate to!
I used “Little Sound DJ” for the Gameboy to make the entire thing, it’s a surprisingly capable music tool despite it being on such old and limited hardware. Now that I’ve modded my Gameboy with a better screen and sound quality I’m able to use LSDJ to it’s fullest extent! Playing with LSDJ is a lot of fun and you can get cool sounds from it with enough experimentation. The portability of a Gameboy made it incredibly easy to write music wherever I went. At some point I even brought it to my work office when I got bored...
shiny gameboy acquired!! ✨ pic.twitter.com/Bkh3cZpEqx
— sunnexo (@sunnexomusic) April 28, 2023
I’ve used FL Studio well over 6 years by now and I’ve gotten used to the almost infinite things you can do with it. You could make a project with a hundred instruments and FL would still work fine. That however made learning LSDJ quite a challenge, because it seemed like there was barely anything to work with! LSDJ only offers 4 sound channels and a tight memory limit. Whenever I made a new section in the song I would fear that I’d run out of memory before the song even ended! Guess it’s safe to say I’ve developed a retro complex...
I want to thank @pouale and @defmech for giving feedback on the track, pointing out things I never would’ve found on my own! Please check them out, they’re Gameboy wizards.
22/04/2023 - 13/05/2023
art by @avolicis
Bandcamp release includes the LSDJ sav/project file!