Name: Episode 12: The Evolution of SunSoft Audio by Retro Game Audio in Retro Game Audio - In order from the oldest to the newest
Duration: 2 h 10 min 7 s
Description: A week late due to illness (thank you for your patience!), we're finally here to discuss the evolution of SunSoft audio. From humble beginnings making simplistic arcade and early Famicom audio, to amazing, top-tier video game soundtracks.

Dr. Forrest S. Mozer, creator of a speech synthesis algorithm, is credited at the end of Dead Zone for "Voice Program":  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nt7h9LW0e4

Part of the reason it's under-utilized has to do with the common sound drivers used for MD games; the SMPS only uses 3 of the 4 PSG channels and GEMS (used in most Sega of America games) is set up with General MIDI, which would have assigned FM instrument patches for anyone using that function.

That's a great point. Use of both sound chips by the best MD/Genesis composers wasn't to add more instruments as much as to make the instruments better. In Batman Stage 1, the lead (after the intro) runs in two PSG channels as well as two FM channels (one stereo left, the other stereo right).

If you want to hear some good stereo Game Gear stuff check out Pixelated Audio's latest show.  I would comment more often, but I listen with a podcast catcher.  It's part of my SoundCloud feed too, but I would just come here on SoundCloud just to comment. Great show. SunSoft sure made progress since those early games! 

hey nice podcast guys. i had a question, what was the shoot em up website you guys mention in the podcast? I cant remember where in the video it was.

These TG16 Kageyama tracks were so good I went ahead and listened to all the tracks on the .hes files for both games. Did you happen to notice that one of the unused (sound test?) tracks for Out Live is "Music 03" from Benkei Gaiden? Some of the wavetables and accompaniment parts are different; it almost sounds like a beta of the track that would end up being used in Benkei Gaiden. Both versions are really great!

The Batman TG16 soundtrack sounds like a Konami game. Mainly Turtles in Time and Sunset Riders. I think it is because of the samples they used. There are some 80's pop songs that use those. When I hear those sounds I have to play Turtles in Time.

I keep hearing about "Show Notes" but I don't see any.

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"Retro Game Audio is a monthly podcast dedicated to exploring the sound design and history of classic video game music. Hosted by Patrick Todd and Steve Lakawicz, Retro Game Audio hopes to not only highlight great video game music, but to also help listeners understand how it was made and what the audio hardware was capable of." From www.patreon.com/RetroGameAudio (Updated on 17.2.2018).

Retro Game Audio - In order from the oldest to the newest

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Patrick and Steve take a close look at the soundtrack to Magician, an NES game released in 1990. Developed by Eurocom and scored by Neil Baldwin. Show note links:
http://dutycyclegenerator.com/
http://nes-audio.com/
List of longest known nes tunes- http://i.imgur.com/fcPgE3b.png

Episode 1: An Up Close Look at Magician (NES)

We discuss Konami's Wai Wai World soundtracks, which include a variety of covers/ rearrangements of other Konami tunes. Show notes:
Info on Wai Wai World: http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/waiwaiworld/waiwaiworld.htm
Thanks to VengefulChip for providing a rip of the Castlevania Amiga soundtrack: http://vengefulchip.tk/castlevania-amiga/
Neil's quote regarding vibrato/ sound engine weirdness: http://dutycyclegenerator.com/


Episode 2: Konami's Wai Wai World Soundtracks

In episode three we give a detailed overview of the NES' sound capabilities.
Enduring some technical difficulties with the recording process, thank you for your patience!

Episode 3: NES Audio Overview

My co-host Steve makes music under the name Ap0c: 
https://ap0c.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/ap0c

Interview with Thomas Detert, Gordian Tomb composer:
http://www.remix64.com/interviews/interview-thomas-detert.html

MP3 rips from SID soundchips/ hardware:
http://se2a1.bigbox.info/soasc/index.php?av=0&sb=SOASC&ss=gordian&did=0&#did1

Episode 4: Gordian Tomb (C64)

This episode is all about the Sega Master System, Sega's 8-bit predecessor to the Sega Genesis/ Mega Drive. 

Show notes:
https://segaretro.org/ (a lot of our history notes come from here!)
http://www.smspower.org/Development/SN76489 (more details about SMS PSG audio)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9lGeAz1z1lxJtSlWhX30w )(Adrian Gauna uploads hardware recordings of Sega music, it's the source of some of our audio)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0CAA9FE7A2C6D20F (My upload of the MSX Final Fantasy soundtrack)

Episode 5: The Sega Master System

A week late due to illness (thank you for your patience!), we're finally here to discuss the evolution of SunSoft audio. From humble beginnings making simplistic arcade and early Famicom audio, to amazing, top-tier video game soundtracks. 

Episode 12: The Evolution of SunSoft Audio

The Coffee Zone

The Coffee Zone [VRC7]

This is one of my earliest tracks, inspired by a music I heard in the Karnov arcade at the time. I did this before coding my Compact Editor, so all was written directly into the music driver's source code.

It's made of small musical phrases interchanged and transposed to make the tune longer. Nothing really interesting, just an old curiosity : )

Russian (ZX Spectrum 128, 1989, unreleased)

Hawkeye is one of the first video game soundtracks I ever composed. The game itself was the first parallax full-screen platform game on the Commodore 64 created by the Boys Without Brains (BWB). This is the preview of the remake, which me and my brother are producing in my brother's music studio. Thanks for all the feedback, guys! We're going all the way in. Stay tuned on this one!

Cheers guys! Play it loud!

//Jeroen Tel (and Kees Tel)

Tel Me More

Hawkeye

Jeroen Tel - Hawkeye (Preview)

Made with Deflemask 12 - YM2612+SN76489
Mastered by:  NICKELPUNK ( https://nickelpunk.bandcamp.com/ )
BotB Rank:  61st/312

This year, I'm challenging myself to write and release 100 tracks. I've been busy writing tons of this year so far... this is the first in the whole series (hence the title!).  I've decided that I will complete this goal personally and but keep folks updated as I go - this will include both personal and commercial tracks too!  Right now, I'm up to about 22 - still a long ways to go!

1 Of 100 [Battle of the Bits - Winter Chip XIII]

First time using the genMDM. This is an original track I made to test out the YM2612 FM chip on the Sega Genesis.

I did not use the 2nd sound chip, the SN76489 PSG at all. There are 6 channels of audio. I used the 6 channels on the FM chip with no changes to patches mid song. 

I decided to keep the limitation of the 6 channels, but do some EQ and Compression to the tracks, as I was after a particular aesthetic. Sorry to all you purist Chiptune artists out there :-)

68-YM2612FM

Here's an MS-DOS rendition of G A H by Chromelodeon from The Final Recordings. This was the middle tune in my chipspace open mic set at MAGFest this year to celebrate Chromelodeon's reunion. Man, what a show that was. I had meant to post this online earlier but there was a small change I wanted to make and I didn't have access to my DOS rig until today. Please enjoy! And go see Chromelodeon if you ever get the chance!

G A H

A journey in music and inspiration. Something to really enjoy and cherish... Life empowering, love embracing.

I composed this song for my contributors to the now-infamous "Tel Me More"  project.

This song is also being made as a bonus track on the actual Commodore 64 in multi-speed.

Special thanks for the ongoing support from many of you: friends and family, but in particular:  Kees Tel (my brother), Irene Tel (my sister), Jan Cloin (my brother-in-law), my dear friends: Leon van Rooij, Dirk Sloos, Carl Ellement,  All the guys in Maniacs of Noise! <3, Traveller Keyz 2020!, Jorg van den Elsen, Tom Geevers, Roel Meulemeesters & last but not least, Dr.P & Mr. John! <3

And... in the up and foremost my daughter Janne and her pets: pet rats: Ietje, Wiesje, Bloempje & dog: Guusje & turtles: Roos & Ferdinand & the giant snail: Perkamentus. =D

The Journey continues!

The Open Soul

Jeroen Tel - The Open Soul (preview) (v22)

Tekst en Zang:  Jeroen Tel
Muziek en Arrangement:  Kees Tel

(C) 2020 K. Tel & J. Tel

Corona Corona

Laat Maar - Corona Corona

Just listening to some tunes and talk. 'Tis all.

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