Making the Music for the Space Quest II Remake (Part 1)

This is part 1 of a developer's diary by myself on how I record a typical musical piece for Infamous Adventures' Space Quest II Remake. I also realize that my camera-handling skills are super awesome (read: horrible) but I'm sure you can get through it until the Camstudio screen-captured but :).

Also a couple things I should have mentioned in the video: A SysEx message is short for a System Exclusive message which means basically that a SysEx file (has a SYX extension) has MIDI information specific to a certain MIDI module such as the MT-32 and its specific SysEx for custom instrument creation and custom messages on its LCD screen, as you can see in the intro to the video.

Also, the MT-32 was the musical standard by Sierra for their games and was supported starting with King's Quest IV up until games around the 1996 era, I believe. So in using it for the Space Quest II Remake, I'm being very traditional in the true Sierra way :).

Infamous Adventures:
http://www.infamous-adventures.com/

My Music:
http://brandonblume.commerceculture.co.uk/

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[sslaxx]

Is the game using any of the music from the Apple II version?

[BrandonBlume]

@sslaxx Unfortunately, no. That was the initial plan but then a second composer was brought on board and the vision changed slightly. I plan on making my own remake in SCI0 with SCI Companion/Studio, however, and will incorporate themes from the Apple II version for that.

[sslaxx]

@BrandonBlume Interesting. Hope that works out!

Is any of the music beyond the Space Quest theme from other games?

[BrandonBlume]

@sslaxx Nope. Everything is original (besides Vohaul's theme I guess).

[Gangularis]

When are you guys going to release this game????

[BrandonBlume]

@Gangularis When it's ready to be released. We could release it now but you'd be very disappointed. Don't worry, it's coming.

[ny2j7]

Got the remake a couple weeks ago. Fantastic Job!

[soultaker76]

Looking forward to SQ2. And your music is always great.

[xan1242]

How to even make Sysex messages?I use Midi Quest 10 XL.

[saintaureus]

Interesting setup. Space Quest is awesome, keep up the good work!