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* cr1901_modern waves hi to the new chatters since he last checked: SceneCAT, natarii, and Cerpin I think
<natarii> o/
<cr1901_modern> Not much going on the past few days, but thanks for stopping by (natarii: I think I saw you on a Masto instance) :3
<cr1901_modern> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLpd8GJlxhE <-- what I was listening to while driving home
<fseidel> cr1901_modern: dear lord do I love that soundtrack
<fseidel> Toshiya Yamanaka is underrated as hell
<fseidel> his work on Knight Arms is awesome too, shame the game is garbage
<cr1901_modern> Spindizzy 2 by him is also really good
<fseidel> I'll have to give that one a listen, I've never heard it
<cr1901_modern> He's done a few others I don't remember offhand
<fseidel> wow, that title screen art is... really something
<cr1901_modern> isn't it :P?
<cr1901_modern> apparently he's still semi active, but seeing as he doesn't have a Twitter acct Idk if I can get ahold of him
* cr1901_modern got a PC-98 composer in here about a week ago :D
<fseidel> I saw the logs, that was pretty cool
<cr1901_modern> But I was the only person awake :'D
<fseidel> maybe you can get Yuzo Koshiro to drop by some time :-)
<cr1901_modern> Ah well
<cr1901_modern> I don't currently have plans to slide into anyone else's DMs, but yes I should try
<cr1901_modern> That was a brazen gamble on my end that paid off. valsound could've easily blocked me
<cr1901_modern> Sakimoto would be another person I'd in theory like to get in here, just for his work on Devilish alone
<fseidel> I also love his vapor trail arrangements
<fseidel> Terpsichorean may be the best FM driver on the MD
<fseidel> that freaking vocal chorus effect in Devilish is absolutely nuts
<cr1901_modern> Not familiar w/ vapor trail arrangements (although that is also a damn good soundtrack, both arcade and Genesis)
<fseidel> I meant the Genesis version
<fseidel> arrangement of the arcade
<cr1901_modern> He worked on that :o?!
<fseidel> yeah, he did the sound driver, and I also think he did the arrangements
<cr1901_modern> I... did not know that
<ej5> star cruiser, hmm, that's a nice theme
<cr1901_modern> ej5: Official name of the star cruiser theme is "Drastic Days Will Come"
<cr1901_modern> it's very apt IMO
<fseidel> Hitoshi Sakimoto and Shougo Sakai are credited for the MD version
<cr1901_modern> Wow, TIL. But that wouldn't be the first soundtrack by him that I loved _AND_ I didn't know he did :P
<ej5> hmm, did you see my tweet with the amiga version of wing commander?
<fseidel> there's a chance that Sakimoto only did the driver and Sakai did the arrangements, there's no info on who did what
<ej5> very strange to play a game with a totally different, non opl2 sound track.
<ej5> cr1901_modern
<ej5> sorry :P
<fseidel> interestingly, GDRI states that it uses a separate driver from Terpsichorean, this may be the precursor to that driver
<cr1901_modern> ej5: I saw it, but I'm not sure I've heard the opl2 version
<cr1901_modern> it's prob similar to games that had both a SNES and Genesis port
<cr1901_modern> _if_ the songs were shared
<cr1901_modern> since SNES is all samples, and Genesis is... well, not usually samples
<cr1901_modern> fseidel: >But that wouldn't be the first soundtrack by him that I loved _AND_ I didn't know he did :P >>
<cr1901_modern> Look up Starship Rendevous. Apparently Sakimoto _also_ did that game
<cr1901_modern> it might've been his first.
<ej5> cr1901_modern, adlib version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfRvCSBD4q0
<cr1901_modern> I didn't know until much later that he worked on that game
<cr1901_modern> https://blog.criware.com/index.php/2016/06/14/a-few-words-with-sakimoto-san/ Yes, it was his first game, according to this interview
<ej5> cr1901_modern, music for the adlib version was composed by the legendary george sanger, aka The Fat Man
<ej5> we should totally try to get him in here ;)
<cr1901_modern> If anyone knows how to contact him, please try :P
<ej5> haha of course he's on twitter. @TheMightyFatMan
<cr1901_modern> ej5: Yes the soundtrack difference is... jarring
<ej5> ok i've @'d him, let's see what happens.
<cr1901_modern> ej5: Cool, thanks
<cr1901_modern> fseidel: Sakimoto also did a good vocal chorus effect on TG16 for Magical Chase (a most sickenly cute game)
<cr1901_modern> https://twitter.com/TubeTimeUS/status/1101666185014173696 Autodesk was wrong, I don't know what to tell you
<ej5> haha
<fseidel> magical chase is in my top 5 PCE soundtracks for sure
<fseidel> cr1901_modern: since you like the arcade version of Midnight Resistance, you'll probably like this masterpiece (if you haven't already heard it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCMQUe-fW_E
<fseidel> Azusa Hara's best, IMO
<fseidel> I hated it at first, but at some point, something clicked, and it's now my absolute favorite OPL2 soundtrack of all time
<cr1901_modern> I get a Gradius vibe from it for some reason
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<cr1901_modern> (the AY-3 variant)
<fseidel> huh, that's not something I've ever really thought Psycho-Nice Oscar sounded like
<fseidel> *Nics
<cr1901_modern> Idk why I get that vibe, I just do :P
<cr1901_modern> It's not like I'm an expert at OPL theory lmao
<cr1901_modern> (or AY-3 theory for that matter)
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<ej5> non-yamaha theme song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6ELw_eKL8w
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<cr1901_modern> ej5: Found the capacitor that I lost while desoldering that OPL2 board a few days ago
<cr1901_modern> I found it while looking for _another_ part I managed to lose today- a surface mount resistor
<cr1901_modern> is there like some sort of conservation law for this shit?
<Ultrasauce> sounds like you should just buy a tape of 1k resistors or something and sprinkle them around
<cr1901_modern> mmm
<cr1901_modern> I think it the law only works when I actually need said part at this exact moment
<cr1901_modern> anyways I have access to another one, just don't feel like setting up hot air station
* cr1901_modern has a small workbench following JIT inventory principles
<Wohali> i have a large parts stock following the "rescue all the things going to the scrapyard from former employers and estate sales" principle
<cr1901_modern> rescue all parts costs nonzero storage space and very nonzero time :(
<Wohali> yeah, i am selective
<Wohali> but i do have an excellent selection of passive components now, at least thruhole stuff.