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Thanks for listening!😁

Thanks for listening. This game is a cult classic released by Data East Co., Ltd. (Deco) in Japan. It was originally an arcade game, but when it was ported to the Mega Drive, the background graphics and sound were improved, making it a strange game.

Thank you! I tried this song because it's my favorite GainGround song. What's fun about GainGround is that you don't just rescue friends trapped in the virtual world, but also use their avatars' abilities to overcome it together. Battles in virtual worlds are now a technique that can be seen in a variety of content such as games, movies, and anime, but I think it was a rather rare situation when it was released.

damn straight someone call the fireman this shit is on fire 🎆PARTAYYYYYY!!!! 🎆❤‍🔥😆

@@huangdimusic ☝🏻this one knows it!!

That's right. This song uses 10 patterns. I used up all the patterns so I couldn't fit them all into one pattern bank.😅

@@SoundOptimize awesome keep at it 😀

@@SoundOptimize Well done on a good job. I know your pain with using all of the patterns and banks up. Clearing them is like having to choose which children to keep 🤪

Thank you! I'd like some manufacturer to make a hardware synthesizer (sampler?) with SNES sounds.

@@SoundOptimize ye bro start samplin' more shit on your megasynthesis 😁

damn straight

It's modern retro music hardware. I never thought I'd be making music with Mega Drive sounds in 2024.

@@SoundOptimize agreed 👍

@@SoundOptimize but we are

Thanks 😄

@@SoundOptimize you're welcome

The sequencer of MEGA SYNTHESIS (LIVEN series) is certainly unique. It took me a while to get used to it. In particular, the step-based sequencer required me to reset the knowledge I had gained from DAWs that allow mixing note lengths. Even now, when I create a sequence by layering notes, I think about it more difficult than with a normal sequencer, imagining and analyzing the current situation. It is much easier to create a sequence using a DAW, but it is fun to try to see how far I can go using only the device itself. I hope you can have such an experience with ROLAND JD XI. By the way, by coincidence, I am currently analyzing the Atomic runner (Chelnov) in order to challenge it next time. I am busy so it will be a while before I can do it, but I think I will be able to make an interesting sound cover, so please be patient. Thank you for always watching my videos!😄

@@SoundOptimize well with the roland jd xi ill be breezing through I'm sure as I will be ordering it over next couple of weeks. I'ts a bit of more professional kit which im familiar with like the electribe mx which I love , you can edit each note lenght step by step and you have more control on stuff you do and the mega synthesis didn't feel like that to me which was a shame really as is like you said you have to take it in a different approach and sequencer isnt easy to master. Anyways love the stuff you do with it and looking forward to your new covers 😄 Cool! Chelnov's theme is really catchy and the other track from blades of vengeance is really good also definitely check them out 👍 I'm also uploading some music I made from past years including some mega drive chiptunes with vst, you're welcome to check my channel and listen if you'd like. As for your Jewel Master cover it's excellent. Real tight and excellent programming as always.

@@huangdimusic I usually use Elektron and other hardware sequencers, and I use them intuitively. (Though Elektron is also quite unique.) LIVEN has a small display and a variety of functions packed into a small body, and as its name suggests, it is designed for live performances, which may be why it has taken on this form. I personally think that if I want more detailed sequence control, I will use it via a DAW. JEWEL MASTER was particularly difficult to reproduce the free solo part in the second half. The original sound is always bent, so it is difficult to determine the exact notes, and I have to cheat quite a bit to reproduce this with MEGA SYNTHESIS. I have also subscribed to your UA-cam channel and enjoy your videos. The synth sounds are like my favorite 90s to 2000s (in a good way, of course), and they are super cool.👍🎹

@@SoundOptimize Elektron is good even tho I stopped bothering about new gear since everything I have is great already. You mentioned that you use them intuitively and that's the way is supposed to be. ''LIVEN has a small display and a variety of functions packed into a small body, and as its name suggests, it is designed for live performances, which may be why it has taken on this form. I personally think that if I want more detailed sequence control, I will use it via a DAW.'' As for the Liven, I think that even for a Live the screen is extremely limited unless you completely mastered it and you know every nook and cranny of it. As for Midi, yes totally , also if you can find the midi numbers to switch sounds be better, else you'll be stuck with same patches by midi number since you're limited to 6 channels. Also personally FM Synthesis has a lot of quirks that are hard to control (master) that's why I don't like it. I go classic analogue all the way. I'm sure the Jewel Master was really hard to reproduce, takes a LOT of Effort to come up with such a good thing on that machine. ''The original sound is always bent, so it is difficult to determine the exact notes, and I have to cheat quite a bit to reproduce this with MEGA SYNTHESIS.'' yeah it's like I said the legato thing is really too much on that machine that's why I returned it. ''I have also subscribed to your UA-cam channel and enjoy your videos. The synth sounds are like my favorite 90s to 2000s (in a good way, of course), and they are super cool.'' ''(in a good way, of course),'' ofc bro I'm old school. 😄 thank you very much and glad you like it also. 🙂 keep up the good work. 💓🙂 Domo Arigato.

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Thank you! The music in this game is really cool👍

Although it doesn't show on the screen, we also use SmplTrek for the final adjustments in this video.😀

@@SoundOptimize Hehe!

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Thank you! I saw the video you introduced and thought it was cool, and it reminded me of the MEGA-CD version, so I decided to try it. I'm trying my best to reproduce the techniques and sounds using only the main unit's functions. A lone hero. Wolfchild.😀

@@SoundOptimize yeah its really good game , like I said its very underrated not many people know about it, but its great game and the music is great too as you know. u did really great , i love the rendition you made with the mega synthesis, you sure spend a lot of time putting it all together and all those fast notes they're all there, great work you did really! ❤️

Thank you! All the music in this game is cool and good. By the way, I haven't played the game yet.:D

Soundlock is a great way to remove track restrictions. By sound-locking rhythm tracks that do not use PCM (e.g. kick, snare, hi-hat, etc.) to individual steps, you can play rhythms on a 1FM track. This is a method that was also used in Mega Drive games. As for the FM sound import function, as far as I know, I think this is for restoring the FM sound (SysEx file) backed up with MEGA SYNTHESIS. Therefore, I don't think it is possible to import parameters of FM sound files created with other hardware. In addition, there is a parameter conversion table with the actual YM2612 in the download area of SONICWARE's support page. This is a table that converts the original parameters of YM2612 to settings for MEGA SYNTHESIS, and I read an interview with Yuzo Koshiro, who also created preset data for MEGA SYNTHESIS based on this table.

@@SoundOptimize yeah wouldve been cool if we could import sounds from other games using RYMcast or something but seems that's not possible so everything has to be done by ear. Got my mega synthesis today and learning how to work with it. Really impressed by it, sounds exactly like the mega drive and it's sounds tight even better than on the videos! I'm really happy with it. I also got a lot of samples from games from the legend of renegade if you're interested just look him up on youtube. I'll be sampling them Wolfchild drums for sure 🤣

@@SoundOptimize well i got my mega synthesis today and im really happy with it. batteries dont last very long btw , kinda like a game gear. waiting for my volca psu to arrive tommorrow anyways. got the conversion table you mentioned and seems all the parameters are reversed, like on the 2612 is 128 the mega synthesis is 0 from what i understood. if importing sounds directly to the MS is not possible then only way is to use a pc import to a tracker and check all the parameters and program it manually on the mega synthesis. As for the rest, still learning the instrument and in the future be sampling drums too, be fun.

​@@huangdimusic Welcome to the world of MEGA SYNTHESIS! MEGA SYNTHESIS (and the LIVEN series) can be operated on batteries, but I purchased an adapter set. To stop concentrating on the remaining battery power. Strangely, the parameters of YM2612 itself seem to be different from general synthesizer parameters. Therefore, each hardware and software manufacturer seems to be thinking about whether to make it closer to the actual chip operation or to make it easier to use as a synthesizer. When I have a tone that I want to port to MEGA SYNTHESIS, I convert the parameters of the software (ChipsynthMD or RYM2612) to MEGA SYNTHESIS and input them manually.

@@SoundOptimize thanks for the advice! I will do that if needed as at the moment i'm still learning how to work with it. 😄

Thank you for watching the video! To achieve this, you will need a cable (such as Roland BMIDI-1-35) to connect the E-4 and SmplTrek via MIDI.😄

@@SoundOptimize many thanks! And I am wondering which folder should I put samples in Smpltrek?

@@LihaiZheng I usually save Smple files in the following location. [SD CARD(ROOT)>SmplTrek>Pool>Audio] In the Audio folder of this path, folders are created for each instrument, KIT, and phrase to save sample files. This is because the POOL folder is a folder that can be accessed from any project.

@@SoundOptimize Thanks Bro! Detailed

Jammin'!😎

Everything about this game is unique and good. I'm not good at STGs so I couldn't clear it, but I like the game design.

sorry. I don't know much about Jesper Kyd (composer?), so I don't know if it's possible to do that, but I can almost perfectly reproduce the Mega Drive sound.

@@SoundOptimize he is. check Subterrania, Red Zone , Adventures of Batman and Robin ;) he made excellent music

@@SoundOptimize all i know is that he used all 6 fm channels also for drums so probably wont be possible to replicate his music on this machine or maybe it is i dont know lol also music from wolfchild is very good check it out , great drums too 😜

@@huangdimusic When I searched for his name, Assassin's Creed came up, so I thought he was a modern composer, but it seems he has also composed several works for GEMESIS. Unfortunately, all of these games have not been released in Japan, so I have never touched them, but when I watch the videos, I see that there are a lot of great songs. The drums and bass sounds are good too! MEGA SYNTHESIS has limitations on FM tracks, but for example drums can be sampled as PCM to obtain 3-voice polyphonic sound. In this challenge, if multiple FM tracks are used in the rhythm, the FM track is secured by sampling to the PCM track once.

@@SoundOptimize also he was very influenced by rave music back then so his songs have a lot of that like sounds morphing kinda like acid which is really cool, i love subterrania

thank you! I like that patterns can be played back in chains, so you can create songs using just the LIVEN sequencer.

@@SoundOptimize ive been thinking of grabbing one and thats the feature that ive been wondering how many patterns can you chain at max? 16 or more? cuz im interested in making some tunes with it. I mean, probably ya won't need much since game tunes arent that long anyways lol

​@@huangdimusic I just did a test regarding chain playback. MEGA SYNTHESIS stores 16 patterns in one pattern bank, and there are 8 of these banks. There are 128 patterns in total, but chain playback can span banks, so up to 128 patterns can be played consecutively. However, a pattern cannot be placed multiple times in a chain. When chain loop mode is turned on, when the last pattern in the chain finishes playing, it will return to the first pattern and continue playing. When loop mode is turned off, the last pattern in the chain will continue to play in a loop. Regarding BPM, you can also choose between playing at the BPM saved in the pattern and playing at global BPM.

@@SoundOptimizeso you can chain any of the 128 patterns available but how many patterns can you chain thats my question

@@huangdimusic The number of patterns that can be chained is 2 to 128. A pattern number can only be used once in one chain, and the same pattern number cannot be used twice within a chain.

Thank you for watching the video! LAST WAVE is a very good ending theme.

Did you enable the LED Chasing option? If you press step while holding function in step mode, the sequencer LED will Chasing positions 1-16 regardless of the sequence page. Switching the mode again will return to the previous movement.

この機種の場合は互換バッテリーにて延命できましたが最近の機種だとバッテリー交換非対応なので本体の交換・修理となってしまいますね💦保険とかに入っていれば比較的安めでできるのですが・・・

@@SoundOptimize ちょうどお返しプログラムの期限でドコモに返してしまいました🥲これは違約金確定ですね😭😭

Thank you for watching the video! This video does not use MEGA SYNTHESIS preset patches, but instead converts the parameters used in Plogue's ChipsynthMD to MEGA SYNTHESIS parameters. Alternatively, you may be able to use INPHONIK's RYM2612 (and RYM CAST).

Thank you for watching the video! What's amazing about Twisted Electrons is that they proactively update the versions of their hardware even after a period of time has passed since its release. It's a great machine with more and more features.😊

@@SoundOptimize Seriously, the 4 kit variation is a mind blowing feature, and to be able to switch and alter each one so smoothly... it's amazing. I've missed out on the last 3 batches, but im looking every day, some twice, so i dont miss.

@@totalSLACK The variety of sounds is a really nice update. By the way, what I liked most about this update was the sandboxing of KIT (although it is not introduced in this video). With the previous method, I sometimes had to overwrite the KIT of another song, which was a problem, but I'm very happy that with sandboxing, I don't have to worry about that anymore. The steps to create a sandbox are a bit tedious, but the batch file provided by TE was useful.

thank you! This is FM Sound (4 operators)!🎹

thank you! At MEGA SYNTHESIS CHALLENGE, we will continue to explore what we can do with just the functions of the main unit.🕺💃

Thank you for watching the video! When I made the comment about Bonanza Bros., and recently while watching a funky alien drama called ALF that is being streamed for free on UA-cam, I wanted to try T&E. I'm sorry that some of the phrases are not perfect due to the limitations of the main sequencer and my lack of technical ability.😅

@@SoundOptimize Alf! 😄Kids loved that show back in the 80s. There was also an animated series and comic books based on it.

@@Helvetica_Scenario I'm jealous because the anime version is not broadcast in Japan. In the drama version, famous Japanese singer-songwriters and legendary comedians voice Alf and Will. Ha Ha Ha!😆

The two funkiest aliens in the universe． 😎Jammin'!👽

Thank you for watching the video! Check out the G2 Challenge List in the summary section of this video. The download link (Gumroad) to GFAM Patch is listed in the video summary section of GFAM (MOOG DFAM style synth). Other MOOG style synths are not yet completed and have not been distributed. I would like to publish these someday...

thank you! CRYING (BHB)'s characters have strange designs, but the music is organic and wonderful.

Thank you for watching the video! Tom can also select multiple waveforms, so you can perform various experiments.