Background of SNES/SFC music and a secret of Follin's composition

赤帯 Takashi Kawano @aka_obi

環境音とゲーム音楽というと、フォリン兄弟の「ソルスティス2」（SFC）も入るかな。文字通りのBGMに徹していて、テーマがふと現れてはふと消える。一曲中に無音も挿まれる。アンビエント的だけど、当人はむしろ「ニューエイジ」を目指したかったのかも。FCでの一作目と良い対照をなしてる。

Andrew Lemon 🍋 latest OST #DFuzedGBC @_lemon

@aka_obi I'm so fond of the SFC's audio chip :) lovely bit of h/w there! Tim's stuff was ridiculously nice too :D

Andrew Lemon 🍋 latest OST #DFuzedGBC @_lemon

@aka_obi I still think one of the most underrated SFC soundtracks is Neugier <3 wonderful stuff in that game.

赤帯 Takashi Kawano @aka_obi

@_lemon That's for sure :) Do you know @osoumen's C700, an AudioUnit plug-in that emulates SPC700? You might like it. http://t.co/KzpC4CEC

Andrew Lemon 🍋 latest OST #DFuzedGBC @_lemon

@aka_obi aww brill :D hehe keep meaning to make a snes sampler to run on h/w - just lack of time :(

赤帯 Takashi Kawano @aka_obi

@_lemon Very nice selection and digging ;D I guess you are a fan of YMO. My fav one is The Lost Viking. Funky beats by Charles Deenen <3

Andrew Lemon 🍋 latest OST #DFuzedGBC @_lemon

@aka_obi hehe yes lovely stuff *Grin* no idea how people do not mention Neugier more - brill music+YMO connection+its great fun too! :D

Andrew Lemon 🍋 latest OST #DFuzedGBC @_lemon

@aka_obi hehe another good one for fun minimal beats is dolucky puzzle tour (not sure of correct Japanese name) secret stage music = <3

Andrew Lemon 🍋 latest OST #DFuzedGBC @_lemon

http://t.co/OvwuggBW <3 Neugier, music by Yukihiro Takahashi/YMO (off h/w too - I can tell as its got the correct bg noise :P)

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赤帯 Takashi Kawano @aka_obi

@_lemon Maybe Neugier is, if anything, unremarkable in Japan, too. Your recommendation is cool. Recently SFC music becomes popular again.

赤帯 Takashi Kawano @aka_obi

@_lemon Some try to compose SPC MOD in JP chip scene. I wanna know how composers made SFC music and what "trackers" they used at the time.

Andrew Lemon 🍋 latest OST #DFuzedGBC @_lemon

@aka_obi I have the neugier cart here somewhere hehe :D for the music? ppl either had their own driver/replay (asm) or used bespoke trackers

Andrew Lemon 🍋 latest OST #DFuzedGBC @_lemon

@aka_obi looping sounds was tricky - a lot of people used to just code the tunes (tim did) but some had special tools targeting the h/w

Andrew Lemon 🍋 latest OST #DFuzedGBC @_lemon

@aka_obi its a shame so many of the tools are lost now :( pals in my group even lost old mod->snes converter due to busted amiga hd -doh- :D

赤帯 Takashi Kawano @aka_obi

@_lemon The amiga is worthy of a better cause. BTW if I remember correctly coda @codatrigger used .IT > Snes converter in some way.

赤帯 Takashi Kawano @aka_obi

.@_lemonさんにSFCのVGMがいかに作られたかきいてみたところ、興味深い回答をいただいたのでRT。mod->snesコンバータはやはり存在したのですね！

Andrew Lemon 🍋 latest OST #DFuzedGBC @_lemon

@aka_obi http://t.co/OelOTQ0i here is one of the Factor 5 sfc dev units, lots of action over the spc chip :) \o_

Andrew Lemon 🍋 latest OST #DFuzedGBC @_lemon

@aka_obi http://t.co/AwpQ5PpE - here is a modern .IT > Snes converter + source code btw m8 :)

赤帯 Takashi Kawano @aka_obi

@_lemon Many thanks for the info! Ah, mysterious art/technique is still mysterious, but these facts interest me :D

Andrew Lemon 🍋 latest OST #DFuzedGBC @_lemon

@aka_obi happy to bore u to death more about the snes/sfc *grin* just remind me or ask anytime u need info m8 \o_ lovely machine!

Louis 🎹 @LouisGorenfeld

@aka_obi @_lemon anyone know what Follin used? His music sounds so trackerly

Andrew Lemon 🍋 latest OST #DFuzedGBC @_lemon

@LouisGorenfeld @aka_obi afaik he coded it but there was also a bespoke midi interface+system they could use back then to preview sfx/music

赤帯 Takashi Kawano @aka_obi

@_lemon I have wondered - "Why .MOD > Snes converter is not found? Nevertheless .XM > Snes and .IT Snes converters are exists."

Andrew Lemon 🍋 latest OST #DFuzedGBC @_lemon

@aka_obi prob because the SPC chip has envelope control and both those formats let u control the env. of a sound natively + more channels

Andrew Lemon 🍋 latest OST #DFuzedGBC @_lemon

@aka_obi ppl were doing stuff in Oktamed for ex. -> converting that to SPC format (as 8chn too) many yrs ago too