this chord progression has bugged me for years so I finally decided to spend some time trying to remake it

then I ended up remaking the whole song. oops. accidental cover woo!!

Metropolis Street Racer - Menu (Cover)

2023.6.24llrec21.18.7

This was my contribution to “POWER! GS”, which I composed on 2024-02-14. Please check out the rest of the album at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO3KEwceJTs, there's some amazing stuff in it! There's also a full download there, including the MIDI files.

This is a recording from my Roland SC-7 and represents what I heard while composing this. The version on the album is a bit different, because it was recorded on a Roland SC-55mkII and was mastered. I've uploaded that too at https://soundcloud.com/hikari_no_yume/beyond-the-stars! My comments from the liner notes:

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The recording in this album is from a Roland SC-55mkII, but I actually wrote this song for my Roland SC-7. The SC-7 is the SC-55's obscure General MIDI-only little sibling: smaller and less featureful, but generally sounding very, very similar.

Actually, it has some GS-ish features; this song uses the reverb, chorus, TR-808 drums, and adjustable low-pass filter. I couldn't test on an SC-55 myself, but I hoped whatever I wrote for the SC-7 would transfer well, and thankfully it did! Interestingly, the piano tone is a bit different, but the rest seems to be identical.

If I'm somehow not the only one out there who still cares about this tiny beige box, you're in luck: I included SC-7 SysExes alongside the GS ones in the final MIDI file, just for you. <3

I wrote three different songs for this collab, but somehow it was only this one, written in a few hours on the day of the deadline, that I was happy enough with to submit.

The seed of this song was just me playing around with ninth chords. I love that wide and ambiguous sound! I didn't have a clear mood in mind while writing it, but the sparkly high-pitched arpeggio reminded me of Space Cadet 3D Pinball, and slow melancholy flute parts always make me think of JRPGs and the feeling of adventure, so I tried to come up with a title evoking those themes.

Programmed with Sekaiju. SysEx generated with SoundPalette.

beyond the stars (POWER! GS) (SC-7 version)

Nothing of note happened. So we just won't talk about it. This track was made for the SampleMancers collaboration album! Please listen to the full thing over here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzDUVdToq4s, with all the tracks and samples up for grabs over here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-Gk_WbRw8pzHqP4WwHaQoWLXJpPomV5y

All the songs were really good!!

As always, you can download the module from my site over here: https://catonator.net/works/trackers/files/PsychicPicnic.xm

Sorry btw that the old links got broken when  I reorganized my site. I'll try to fix it soon.

Tools used:
ModPlug
FL Studio (used to mix, eq & master track in post)

Psychic Picnic

Track 7 of POWER! SampleMancers, a compilation album in which we made a bunch of original samples then proceeded to only use these samples.

EXODINUM IMBALANCE

My first of two tracks for the DTM MIDI Central POWER! SamplerMancers collab album I hosted. Join the fun: https://discord.gg/SGdKSGn

FULL COLLAB ALBUM STREAM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzDUVdToq4s
DOWNLOADS (FLAC/MP3/SAMPLE PACK + LINER NOTES): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-Gk_WbRw8pzHqP4WwHaQoWLXJpPomV5y

This was largely inspired by old crazy DnB programming, but I wanted to add my own twist to it by doing it on an SPC700. Fitting 26 samples(!) into 38KB feels like magic wizardry, and then managing to get a full 5 minute song going on that poor machine was brutal. But I am certain the results paid off, and am in love with this song.

POWER! SampleMancers

Riffmancers

My entry to 'POWER! SampleMancers'

This song was composed in Sekaiju using my Yamaha TX16W sampler, utilising my Digitech DSP 256XLII and circuitbent Fostex DE1 effects units, then multitrack recorded into Cakewalk.
My bestie dusthillresident who is also on this album helped figure out some of the harmony and gave me useful feedback, without her it wouldn't be finished!

Full album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzDUVdToq4s
YT Upload: https://youtu.be/xDOWgLERKFY

Capisce-koma (POWER! SampleMancers)

Transcription by Me.

My MIDI repository.
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/5/folders/1fwEQAXriXLlPR9Sq6X8fU10BkYi5ZsGg

[Roland SC-8820 / SCVA] My Castle Town - Toby Fox

Make sure to visit Sega Channel for all your Sega Genesis/MegaDrive Music needs! soundcloud.com/groups/6-channel

Upstairs

This track was composed in Sekaiju on the Yamaha MU90R module for Speedy's 'POWER! XG' album. :>

Cover art by HaruMKT for the album.
For the whole thing and the source MIDIs, please check it out here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjGGUXESnZs
Thanks!

Right Time Left

I woke up one day and wanted to record really distorted guitars and put them on top of sampled drum loops. Here's the result.

Tools used:
A guitar (cannot remember the manufacturer)
FL Studio
E-mu ESI-2000
Nord Lead 2
Polestar Magnetics X-Static Goldmine
Best Service Voice Spectral vol. 1
Zero-G Chemical Beats
Zero-G Cuckooland Unhinged
Sony Industrial Toolkit - Methods of Mayhem