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<cr1901_modern> natarii: I want a (new) FM synth soundtrack for doing work tonight. If you're doing a MegaGRRL vid/demo, what's your go-to soundtracks?
<cr1901_modern> (Anyone else is free to participate)
<cr1901_modern> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1velVMs7vqM Hmm, this'll do to start with (never heard it b4 tonight, if you can believe it)
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<andlabs> ah you want to do work with some hardcore music
<andlabs> I mean there's nowhere much to go up from contra hard corps
<cr1901_modern> Instruments remind me of Vectorman 2
<cr1901_modern> Story Begin is a personal favorite
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<fseidel> normal ending is among my favorite tracks in the entire genesis library
<fseidel> also, STICK TO IT AND BELIEVE IN YOUR POWER
<cr1901_modern> The naming of these tracks could be better
<fseidel> somewhat off topic, but apparently, all the song titles for toaplan games were from random guys at the CD label
<fseidel> and the original composers just named them "stage N BGM" etc.
<fseidel> for at least some of them, anyway. IIRC Masahiro Yuge did the song titles for Tatsujin
<andlabs> cr1901_modern: the better question is what soundtracks are you familiar with already
<fseidel> cr1901_modern: not sure if you've heard it before, but "Illumination Laser" for X68000 has great BGM, all FM, no PCM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8y9PTXrwQ
<andlabs> upload that to vgmrips =P
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<cr1901_modern> andlabs: My current list of VGMs... it's not exactly a lot
<cr1901_modern> http://ix.io/2IF6
<cr1901_modern> fseidel: I have not heard this... pretty good
<andlabs> what is S3Proto_1993-11-03_VGM-Rip
<andlabs> oh I misread that as E3Proto
<cr1901_modern> ValleyBell's rip of the Sonic 3 proto
<andlabs> okay so I can't tell what kinds of music you are going for but
<andlabs> you have devilish and verytex so you might as well go for other hitoshi sakimoto things like gauntlet 4 and master of monsters (md)
<andlabs> you have tf4 so I'd say get all the tecnosoft
<andlabs> all the tecnosoft
<andlabs> for bosconian there's slap fight md
<andlabs> I actually prefer arcade vapor trail
<andlabs> and if you have el viento you'll need granada and sol-feace
<cr1901_modern> sol-deace*?
<cr1901_modern> Oh... huh, it actually is "feace"
<cr1901_modern> Okay this is wild: https://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=50648. Illumination Laser was a game assumed lost, almost completed in 1994. It was found in someone's private collection.
<cr1901_modern> The original dev got a copy from that collection, finished the game, and released it
<ValleyBell> Sol-Deace was the US name, IIRC.
<cr1901_modern> andlabs: >I actually prefer arcade vapor trail
<cr1901_modern> I alternate between preferring Genesis and Arcade version.
<ValleyBell> (The MT-32 / CM-64 versions are better though.)
<cr1901_modern> Starship Rendevous, by Sakimoto, is also very good
<cr1901_modern> That might actually be his first work
<natarii> looks like you already got some good suggestions cr1901_modern, i'd also recc some homebrew stuff
<natarii> https://d34d.bandcamp.com/album/future-2612 https://nmlstyl.bandcamp.com/album/workplace-ergonomics very different styles but i quite like these two albums
<natarii> lots of good stuff on BOTB too
<cr1901_modern> botb?
<cr1901_modern> Oh wow, Illusion Blaze is good :o
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<ValleyBell> Can someone explain to me why you need an account on BotB in order to download anything?
<cr1901_modern> Holy shit Illusion Blaze goes hard- excellent OPL2 music
<natarii> idk. i think i used bugmenot last time
<natarii> i have a set of all the genesis vgms from there as of a few months ago if you're interested
<cr1901_modern> sure, sampling it will give me something to do on nights like tonight :P
<ValleyBell> cr1901_modern: I can recommend anything by D.A.C and SoundTEMP.
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<ValleyBell> Those Korean musicians really knew what they were doing with the OPL2.
<cr1901_modern> ^This.
<cr1901_modern> It's like they know exactly how to use the chip to the full potential
<cr1901_modern> It sounds very little that I've heard before
<ValleyBell> And: They mostly use AdLib Visual Composer
<cr1901_modern> What's "AdLib Visual Composer"?
<ValleyBell> which is what many Western developers used for composing AdLib music as well
<ValleyBell> It saves ROL files.
<cr1901_modern> Well an old version is on Vetusware: https://vetusware.com/download/AdLib%20Visual%20Composer%20v1.52/?id=11237
<cr1901_modern> and also in the link you sent me
<ValleyBell> all game OSTs with ROL, MDI or CMF files were probably made with Visual Composer
<cr1901_modern> I have a lot of packs to sample and download- tyvm :D
<ValleyBell> If you feel "lazy", you can also just get the all-in-one package: https://vgmrips.net//forum/viewtopic.php?p=11851#p11851
<cr1901_modern> Good to know this exists
<cr1901_modern> andlabs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6piqZx1Dxto Awwww that's cute...
<cr1901_modern> the original soundtrack used a PSG chip
<cr1901_modern> so they ported it verbatim w/o using the synth?
<cr1901_modern> err w/o using the FM synth
<cr1901_modern> afaik, yuzo koshiro didn't do most of the Bosconian tracks... just the last few
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<andlabs> I opened the X68000 box and it's actually a pretty neat unit and the mouse is pretty neat too
<andlabs> lots of ports and it's even got a built in retractable handle
<fseidel> andlabs: the handle on those machines delights me far more than it really should. It's got such a nice action.
<andlabs> indeed
<andlabs> also nice action: tapping random keys on the keyboard
<andlabs> note: I am not a keyboardphile so I could probably be worng
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