Name: Artist Feature #10: Dean Evans by gstdaisuki
Duration: 13 min 42 s
Description: Dean Evans: one of the incredibly talented musicians at Ocean, best known for his work on the SNES version of Waterworld. Let's explore how his worked evolved over time, from the SNES and beyond!

This is nice selection of music. What games are represented in this feature?

Hey, btw - have you made an RSS-feed that can be read by a podcast app?

The official OST release for MegaMan Battle Network Chrono X. There may be additional tracks not available in the game itself.

18 - MMBNCX - Navi Customization

ROUND 2 / Blast Off【FM音源リアレンジ】

This is the first MIDI cover I've made in fucking aaaaaaaages that uses Microsoft's GS Wavetable Synth built into windows. The last time I made a MIDI in this manner was like... 6 years ago?

I wanted to see if I could use it to match certain sounds used in the original song with those from the MSGS synth. Well I say that, but I'm actually not using anything Microsoft-y in this cover, I'm instead using a soundfont based on MSGS run through a MIDI engine, in this case, Qsynth, a Qt frontend for FluidSynth that runs on Linux.

But I've stayed true to the limits of MSGS the whole way through, not using any Chorus or Reverb effects, everything you heard is as accurate to MSGS as can be. If I wanted to do an echo, I had to duplicate a channel, and copy/paste notes around, detune and change the volume of said notes, just as you would with the real thing. It also adds a bit of a chiptune-y charm to the creative process, and the sound itself. It was a bit of a pain trying to get everything where it needed to be, especially cuz I had to do a bunch of channel changes using MIDI CCs to get everything to fit. I very nearly ended up using all 16 channels, and even considered breaking the limit and using 32 instead, but I kept it to 15, and used MIDI CCs where necessary, as I said.

This also means that, considering I wanted to match the ADSR envelope on each of these sounds, and the sounds themselves have their own ADSR that can't be changed with CCs, I had to actually automate the volume knobs on each one myself, semi-manually. FL Studio makes it really really easy to work with MIDI automation events, and copy/pasting stuff is painless, I'll spare you the details right now, but I'll just say there's a good reason I use FL for MIDI stuff, it's got all the joys of an old-school MIDI sequencer with none of the frustration.

But yeah, that's about all I have to say about this one. Hope you enjoy listening as much as I did making it!

[Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth] ~ Hexion: "The Hexagon I've Dreamed Of [Form Select Mode]" MIDI Cover

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Part of MAJ7 cover ring 4! This is a cover of the wonderful track by @metatronlives- https://soundcloud.com/metatronlives/nocturnal-vitality

NOCTURNAL TRANSIMISSION - Original By Metatron (Maj7 Cover Ring 4)

original soundtrack for gameboy-themed indie game Unlinked Mask.

Spinned Crow (Rooftop)

One of the tracks off of francesbrumes' Indigo album, check it out!

https://soundcloud.com/francesbrumes/sets/indigo

Jummbox link : https://tinyurl.com/2yffckx9

Listen with headphones, and enjoy =)

Digital Espresso w/ francesbrumes

lovers wisdom.mp3

soundtrack from Add Astra demo by Arise & Joker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7vRufNr414

.pt3 file: https://zxart.ee/eng/authors/p/pator/add-astra-act-2-act-3/

Add Astra

Composition, Arrangement: Yoann Turpin. 2024
Artwork: https://www.deviantart.com/fenrisdarkpit/art/Vulnerable-heart-676080006

Piano Song: Get out of my head

Dean Evans: one of the incredibly talented musicians at Ocean, best known for his work on the SNES version of Waterworld. Let's explore how his worked evolved over time, from the SNES and beyond!

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Artist Feature #10: Dean Evans

Game SoundTracks, lovingly curated by theme.
This is just the audio portion of my video mixes, so do check out my youtube channel for the full experience!

Artist Feature #10: Dean Evans

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