Green Hill Zone - Reason 4

I'M BACK!!!
Learning some FM synthesis used by Masato Nakamura http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masato_Nakamura on first Sonic The Hedgehog Zone. I've downloaded the MIDI and tried to reach FM voices (Sega Genesis) as close as possible.
This music begins at 2:45.

Watch my other video. Thanks.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• sonic
• green
• hill
• music
• zone
• masato
• nakamura
• reason
• midi
• fm
• synthesizer
• synth

[liammillay2]

the real song starts at 2:45 dont waste your time and wait for it to start

[thiagotecnico]

@liammillay2 Yes, was in video description

[Romxero]

Great stuff! I think its worth mentioning that the yamaha chips weren't actually FM, they were PWM which creates a sound similar to FM.

[thiagotecnico]

@Romxero Yamaha YM2612 is trully FM. Sega genesis used 3 different chips, one for pwm, one for samples like "segaaaa" and other for FM sounds. Try to download Gens emulator, open a game like Sonic and disable some of the soundchips by the emulator's menu bar. You can hear differents synths in 1 console.

[Biopharmer]

Thor has better FM oscillators, which are a LOT closer to the yamaha ones in the genesis.

[thiagotecnico]

@Biopharmer thats true

[jakamneziak]

this is very accurate. I can tell the differenece but to the casual listenenr it would be VERY difficult to tell apart. Superb work there. I just wish you would try to make your own stuff instead of emulating what has already been done, because your talent for audio deserves more than raw replication.

[DeLe1000]

Check out my videos using my own tracker, it uses the YM2612 and the SEGA Genesis itself. And the track is very very accurate. >Regards.

[NF2K]

@Romxero @thiagotecnico I believe the YM2612 actually uses Phase Modulation (as well as containing an 8-bit DAC)? But correct me if I'm wrong. Other than that you have the TI SN76489 incorporated for Master System back compatibilty but often used in conjunction with the YM chip for more diversity/awesomeness, although I don't think that's classed as PWM since it only generates square waves (although with some clever ROM programming could simulate PWM).

Anyway, nice remake :D

[figaro589]

@thiagotecnico

you can also do the same with a modified model 2 Mega Drive :)

[Meteotrance]

actualy with reason i have not pain to emulate some FM sound of classical videogame sound, even Snes or Nes sound is easy to do with very low sampling. but the synth inside like maelstorm or subtractor can do a fine job, also scream distortion is awesome if you want to do lofi character to sample.

[sparkster7744]

@thiagotecnico

How did you made that cool Bass line? :P

[Romxero]

@thiagotecnico Sorry I was incorrect. I believe its Phase Modulation.Not Pulse Width Modulation. I know software synths now are FM because computers became so powerful, but I think that those chips where PM, the DX7 was actually PM as well. But I could be wrong, I had to refine my thinking off of wikipedia lol.