Mario Sound Effects: A Transcription

UPDATE! You can download a PDF of the sheet music here:
http://markdesimonedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/mario-sfx.pdf
The question is, what on earth are you going to do with it?

I wanted to study the old 8-bit Nintendo sound effects... see what they were made of. Here, I've tried to reproduce them in Finale, my music notation software. What you hear in Finale is midi playback, with Finale's "Standard Human Playback." In Audacity, you hear the bona fide sound effect. If there's enough interest, I'll post slower playback footage for the other sounds.

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• Super
• Mario
• Brothers
• Nintendo
• sound
• effects
• Transcription
• SFX
• 8-bit
• Finale
• Audacity
• programs

[ravenhandley]

the soudn effect at 0:32.. whats that from in the game?

[shizohal]

@ravenhandley It's a 1UP! When you get an extra life.

[Greenman1147]

can you make a picture, page sized so that this can be used as sheet music?

[shizohal]

@Greenman1147 Check the video description above for a like to the PDF :)

[KrlosRodz]

Please post the Finale file...Thanks!!!

[shizohal]

@KrlosRodz I put up a PDF if you're still looking for music :)

[KliusEscarlopini]

nice work! :3

[shizohal]

Dude! Go for it, I was hoping people would find this stuff useful. Maybe give me a shoutout?

[IXTps3]

Hello, you did a great job! could you give me the notes of some of the sfx? I'm trying to play a video game but do not know how to be the position of notes

please

[tizzdizz]

I still think this is awesome man. Way to go.



[fetymann]

Doooood! what a trip! I'd love to see the other ones!

[vinceandlilly]

Could you make a midi file?

[Pikachu4565]

AWESOME!

[GeminiProgramme]

This is absolutely AMAZING! Great job!