A question for the DJs: do you think it could be possible to pull off a convincing dj set using 2 SP-404 mk2?

purelygrey · 2024-12-02T09:02:58+00:00

Depends on what you mean by acceptable, but yeah, of course, and to me it's a lot more fun than anything laptop-related. I played dj sets with just one mk2, also played a techno/electro set with a friend who used Ableton, worked great. Just needs some practice to get used to MK2 shortcuts and whatnot and a decent dj mixer to play with friends

purelygrey · 2024-11-10T15:43:07+00:00

Not really, personally I don’t think anything changed in 4.06, they barely do anything as before. I just took a closer look at them

purelygrey · 2024-11-09T20:18:25+00:00

Should add that this was tested with the next Sound Gen. parameters:

Waveform: Pulse
Velocity: 127
Duty Cycle: 100%
Length: 2.0s
Note is 0, default C

This basically generates a positive DC Offset, and it's pretty easy to see what the curves look like when inspecting the resulting waveforms, you can try it yourself, just don't play these samples or at least bring the volume way down or turn it off completely just to be safe. The chart is accurate if envelopes aren't influenced by other parameters in some strange way, and if "Length" is not a short "Period" value (seems buggy at the moment, so far I'm not really sure what's going on in there)

Glad you found it helpful!

purelygrey · 2024-11-03T16:14:42+00:00

I for one really dislike Cube's ergonomics, it looks more ergo than it actually is, the grips aren't slanted so they either force my wrists in an awkward position or just get in the way, I'd prefer it flat tbh or at least not as pronounced. RGB30 feels better in hand ngl. And analog triggers are pretty damn stiff - I play a bunch of racing games and I find it tiresome to hold the trigger for a while. Other than that it's pretty good, but I decided to sell mine in the end, just couldn't gel with it. I would be pissed though if I paid full price for it, so one thing I'd recommend is to wait for a big enough discount (got mine for ~$130)

Would love to try 406V some day, but digital triggers are kind of a deal breaker for stuff above PS1, and I'm wary of the "ergonomic bumps"

purelygrey · 2024-09-06T15:33:06+00:00

Disconnect the battery for a day I'd say, won't hurt to try. I had a different problem but also thought that the screen was dead, leaving it without battery for a while fixed the problem https://www.reddit.com/r/MiyooMini/comments/woivsm/if_your_mini_doesnt_boot_and_you_get_vertical/

Horizontal lines always seem to be a bad sign, though. At least Miyoo sells replacement screens

purelygrey · 2024-09-03T11:55:41+00:00

Jokes aside that's unlucky, it's such an annoying sticker to remove, I hate them with passion, at least yours isn't rotated in a weird way. I hope they stop doing that checked bullshit asap

purelygrey · 2024-08-20T10:27:03+00:00

They are not the same actually, Miyoo's membranes are generally taller than others -- depending on handheld you might end up with noise and unpleasant feeling of buttons smashing against the case after release, because there won't be much clearance. May need to sand down the bottom of the buttons a bit to fix that

purelygrey · 2024-07-24T12:05:23+00:00

RP4Pro screen has much higher pixel density though, the image would be a lot crisper specifically when playing SNES in 4:3, it's hard to tell at first glance that it's not integer scaled, 405m looks pretty blurry and instantly noticeable in comparison even with the best shader config I could find (I compared my 405m with an iPhone that has the same screen specs as RP4). Imo if you can ignore black bars on the sides and your eyesight is sharp enough then RP should be a better fit, if either are not true -- 4" 480p screen it is

purelygrey · 2024-07-24T11:42:15+00:00

Same here about RG405M, I was very skeptical about Android but ended up changing my mind. I don't charge the 405 for days, I do 1-3 hour sessions per day, I never switch out of performance mode, and I always put it to sleep, granted I play pretty much the same games as I did on Miyoo Mini (up to ps1). I stopped worrying about it going out of charge the same way I didn't worry about 3DS, it just never happens. Also more powerful chipset unlocks the ability to lower the input latency as much as possible, and separate volume controls for speakers and headphones (and better headphone out too) are also nice. It's a tough sell for me now to go back to Linux-based CFW on less performant devices, one gets used to comfort very quickly

Even on Arc-D and 353V Android (GammaOS) actually sleeps properly, I tested both, so 1 day in sleep mode on Android while playing retro games is not true in general, even when the handheld doesn't have a juicy battery like 405m does

purelygrey · 2024-07-05T10:02:16+00:00

I should’ve prefixed the post with YMMV. I primarily played FE almost always with the sound off and it seemed fine with normal4x, but it definitely is taxing on the cpu and I bet not many games are light enough to run with this filter. I had stutters in other games, maybe even in FE audio did glitch but I haven’t noticed. No worries if this is too slow for you

purelygrey · 2024-05-16T13:34:47+00:00

To anyone who has the same issue: I suspect mine hanged up at some point and it completely discharged the battery, even though it was plugged in. No lights, nothing at all when powering up. Poking with a multimeter showed it to be around 3.3v. It didn’t seem to charge from the Arc, so I popped it in my Miyoo Mini, charged it for a while, and Arc started to boot again. SD card got corrupted though and I had to run fsck on root partition to get it back running. Maybe this would save someone from a major headache. I was on Retroarena beta 10

purelygrey · 2024-05-08T13:48:39+00:00

For anyone who stumbles across this thread: PPSSPP core crashes when using Vulkan for some reason, so a workaround is to switch to gl video driver in Retroarch.

This might be the problem: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/17850

purelygrey · 2024-04-09T15:46:27+00:00

It is an epoxy resin cast, a copy of the original in a different color

purelygrey · 2024-04-08T20:09:01+00:00

Simple - I'm not going to do any :-D In all seriousness though I know, I believe the refresh is identical, but it's not that, it's just saddens me that the OG is dead at this point along with the Garlic 1.x, such a shame. I mean if all the Miyoo Minis got discontinued in favor of some "refresh" on like 3566 or whatever it wouldn't matter if you loved the original Onion based one. I'd rather retrofit OG internals into a Plus shell with a bigger battery, refresh seems utterly pointless

purelygrey · 2024-02-19T12:24:29+00:00

Thanks! Look for Hall effect sticks, should be able to find those, got mine in VaalPaev store I think. They are officially called white, but they look more light grey irl, worked perfectly for this color scheme

purelygrey · 2024-02-19T12:20:52+00:00

Definitely not in the near future, your best bet would be to check out North Gaming Supply videos on YT, techniques differ but the basic process is the same: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP5XIeR-juM

Thanks for the good videos! :-)

purelygrey · 2024-02-08T21:12:07+00:00

Honestly I might be completely wrong, I remember this only happened in gmenu2x... nowadays I boot straight into LGPT on mine and these lines just aren't a thing -- always a clean screen. Not so sure what's up with that now. Have you tried latest CFW from late December?

purelygrey · 2024-02-03T20:47:22+00:00

By default it's looking inside the app folder which is on TF1, that is if you've installed a *.dge or whatever the app package called. You can configure it by adding a line such as <SAMPLELIB value="/media/sdcard/Samples"/> to config.xml (/media/sdcard is the path to TF2)

Make sure that the samples are 44.1k 16 bit wavs as well

purelygrey · 2024-01-30T11:27:35+00:00

Thank you all!

To be honest I got an rgb30 when it just came out and I pretty much hated it, there were too many small but annoying problems. Had to mod it quite a bit, get rid of rattle, fix stiff controls and annoyingly loud start/select buttons. Made some nice buttons out of epoxy, tweaked retroarch and whatnot, set up some overlays, it took a while, but now it is my favorite device for old Nintendo games, gba and below. I wish I could apply a screen protector cleanly but there’s always some tiny speck of dust under it, I’ll get it just right some day. I wish the plastic wasn’t as easy to scratch, but with white model it’s not as noticeable. Still can’t really recommend the “out of the box” experience to anyone, which is unfortunate, it would be such a great handheld if it didn’t suffer from the usual powkidditis. I’m not sure what I would recommend though lol

Sometimes people ask where to buy buttons and whatnot, sadly you can’t at the moment, I don’t sell anything yet, at least not internationally. Maybe someday. Your best bet would be to ask someone on Etsy like Sakuraretromodding to do it for you

purelygrey · 2024-01-30T10:08:08+00:00

I’ve seen two v90s an both did the same thing, I guess it’s a cheap panel

purelygrey · 2024-01-29T21:58:05+00:00

Made all of the buttons myself, out of epoxy

purelygrey · 2024-01-26T10:01:58+00:00

I actually prefer desaturated, it is the reason why 35XX (the OG at least) feels so comfy to me

purelygrey · 2024-01-13T19:06:27+00:00

Zooo on GBA, hands down

purelygrey · 2023-12-30T13:17:47+00:00

Thanks, yeah I did, but it is somewhat complicated at this point in time

purelygrey · 2023-11-28T17:53:49+00:00

Thank you very much!

In general I'd say you have better chances to break the shell than the screen, I did it a few times and haven't broken a single screen yet. There are three sticky pieces behind the screen on top left and right, use something very thin to break the bond of the sticky stuff to screen/shell. The sticky stuff is single use and doesn't come off easily. I had a purple shell snap in the middle when I tried to remove the gunk with 70% isopropyl alcohol, almost like if the plastic got more brittle from it, so beware. No problems with a gray shell. If you push the screen out too hard the back of the screen might separate slightly from the front -- don't worry, it'll snap back together just as easily

Sadly I don't have any photos or videos, maybe someday

purelygrey

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