@lemonrind Actually, it wasn't an MT-32 that this originated from, it was a Roland Sound Canvas SC-55. I own both an MT-100 (MT-32 with a sequencer) and an SC-55mkII and the Sierra logo from the DOS version of KQ6 CD sounds *exactly* like in this video. Yet the logo sounds completely different when using the MT-100.
But you are quite right that the Sierra logo music in KQ6CD Windows was a recording of a MIDI file outputted from a synth.
This is NOT a midi file. It was arranged as a midi, played back on a Roland MT-32, but then recorded to a sampled audio wave file. This way any sound card could play it back. Most sound cards of the day used the OPL2 synthesizer for MIDI, which sounded like crap.
Ah...memories came back...
Felipehc188 7 months ago
I love the LSL6 version of this :) low down to "presents" :D
PacMani 1 year ago
@wocko1 I stand corrected.
lemonrind 1 year ago
@lemonrind Actually, it wasn't an MT-32 that this originated from, it was a Roland Sound Canvas SC-55. I own both an MT-100 (MT-32 with a sequencer) and an SC-55mkII and the Sierra logo from the DOS version of KQ6 CD sounds *exactly* like in this video. Yet the logo sounds completely different when using the MT-100.
But you are quite right that the Sierra logo music in KQ6CD Windows was a recording of a MIDI file outputted from a synth.
wocko1 1 year ago
Dooo doodloodleLoodleleeLOODLELOOOO!!!! Bum bum BA bum! Ding, dong.
WorldChallenge 1 year ago
PHEW!! sierra!
Tiamat583 1 year ago
@AlienX99999 Sierra were dead in all but name by the time Vivendi merged its game division (Sierra) with Activision.
sslaxx 1 year ago
Activision Should Not have killed sierra they made good games.
AlienX99999 1 year ago
This is NOT a midi file. It was arranged as a midi, played back on a Roland MT-32, but then recorded to a sampled audio wave file. This way any sound card could play it back. Most sound cards of the day used the OPL2 synthesizer for MIDI, which sounded like crap.
lemonrind 1 year ago
the sierra logo and MIDI file, as a child, terrified me.
chapanese96 2 years ago