Hooray

[tgies]

Okay it's done.

This is an NES cover of a Sega Mega Drive tune. For some reason this struck me as a good idea.

Download: nsfe or nsf for VRC7-aware NSF players (I recommend foobar2000 with the foo_gep plugin), or ogg or mp3 for everything else.

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[tgies.livejournal.com]

/*
      SONIC 3
       END 1
       
     NES cover
    by BOX TEAM
      (tgies)
*/

#TITLE SONIC 3 - END 1
#COMPOSER BOX TEAM
#MAKER 2007 Tony Gies

#EX-VRC7 // Konami VRCVII FM synth on

#BANK-CHANGE 8 // move channel H out of the way because it's huge

// volume envelopes
@v0 = { 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 | 12 } // lead
@v1 = { 14 12 12 10 8 8 6 4 4 2 0 } // a drum
@v2 = { 15 13 13 12 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0  } // crash

// pulse width envelopes
@0 = { 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 1 } // bass square

// set up channels
ABCDEGHIJ t143

// set up samples
@DPCM0 = { "go2.dmc", 14}
@DPCM2 = { "what2.dmc", 13}
@DPCM4 = { "it.dmc", 14}

// loop back to here
ABCDEGHIJ L

A l2 o5 @01 @v0       // lead
B l8 o2 @@0 v4        // doubles the bass
C l1 o4               // reed guy
D l16 o4 v14          // some drums
E l4 o0               // samplez
G l8 o2 @@3 v12       // bass
H l16 q2 o3 @@13 v12  // beep
I l2 o4 @@8 v9        // violin
J l2 o5 @@12 v9       // violin 2

// intro
AJ r d+ d+ c+1 d+ c4^8 c+4^8 d+4 < a+4 d+4 > d+4 a+4 g+1^1^1
AJ r d+ d+ c+1 d+ c4^8 c+4^8 d+4 d+1 f1 f+2 g+2 g+1
I r g g f1 f+ g+1 d+1 c+1 f+1 c1
I r g g f1 f+ g+1 g1 g+1 a+1 c1
C [g g+ a+ > c <]4
D r1^1^1^1 [@v1 a8 v14 c32 r32 c32 r32 @v1 f8 v14 c32 r32 c32 r32]50
E c1 c2^8 d8^4 c1 c2^8 d8^16 d8^16 [c d]7 d8 c8^16 c8^16 [c d8 e8 c d]19
GB [d+ r4^16 d+16 d+ r4^8 c+ r8^16 c+ r8^16 c+ r4 f+ r4^16 f+16 f+ r4^8 g+ r8^16 g+ r8^16 g+ r8 g+]4
// AUUGH                                                |                                                           |                                                       |
H [d+ > a+ g c+ > d+ < g d+ a+ g d+ > d+ < d+ g d+ a+ g < c+ > > d+ < c+ > d+ < f c+ > c+ < c+ f c+ g+ c+ f c+ g+ f < f+ > g+ c+ g+ f+ c+ a+ c+ f+ c+ > c+ < c+ f+ c+ a+ f+ < g+ > > c < d+ > c < g+ d+ > c+ < d+ g+ d+ > d+ < d+ g+ d+ > c+ < g+]4

// middle part
AJ [c4^8 c+4^8 c4]3 c4^8 < a+4^8 g+4 > [c4^8 c+4^8 c4]2 d+1 g+1 g+1 f+1^1 <
C > c < a+ > c c c < a+ > c d+ d+ c+ c+ <
I [d+4^8 f4^8 d+4]3 d+4^8 c+4^8 c+4 [d+4^8 f4^8 d+4]2 g+1^1 > c+1^1 < b1 > >
GB g+1 f+1 f1 f+1 g+1 f+1 f1 e1 a1 d1 g1
H < g+ > a+ g+ g+ > c < g+ g+ > c+ < g+ g+ > d+ < g+ g+ < g+ > > c+ < g+
H < f+ > a+ g+ f+ > c < g+ f+ > c+ < g+ f+ > d+ < f+ g+ f+ > c+ < g+
H < f > a+ g+ f > c < g+ f > c+ < g+ f > d+ < f g+ f > c+ < g+
// end of first Bit
H [< g+ > a+ g+ g+ > c < g+ g+ > c+ < g+ g+ > d+ < g+ g+ < g+ > > c+ < g+]2
H < f+ > a+ g+ f+ > c < g+ f+ > c+ < g+ f+ > d+ < f+ g+ f+ > c+ < g+
H < f > a+ g+ f > c < g+ f > c+ < g+ f > d+ < f g+ f > c+ < g+
H < e > > d+ < g+ e > d+ < g+ e > d+ < e > d+ < g+ e > d+ < e g+ < a > >
H c+ < g+ < a > > c+ < < a > > c+ < g+ < a > > c+ < < a > g+ < a > > c+ < g+ < a > > c+ < <
H d > > c+ < f+ < d > > c+ < < d > f+ < d > > c+ < f+ < d > > c+ < < d > > c+ < f+ < g >
H b f+ < g > b f+ < g > b f+ < g > b f+ < g > b < g > f+ b <

// rest
ABCGIJ r1^1
E c1 c2^8 d4 d8
H a+ > > d+ < g+ < a+ > > d+ < g+ < a+ > > d+ < < a+ > > d+ < g+ < a+ > > d+ < < a+ > a+ < a+ > >
H d+ < g+ < a+ > > d+ < < a+ > > d+ < g+ < a+ > > d+ < < a+ > g+ < a+ > > d+ < < a+ > g+ > d+ < <

// last part
AJI d+4^8 f4^8 g4 a+4^8 g+4^8 f4 f+4^8 a+4^8 > c+4 c4^8 < g+4^8 d+4
AJ d+4^8 g4^8 a+4 g+4^8 f4^8 c+4 a+4^8 > c+4^8 f+4 d+4^8 c4^8 < g+4
I d+4^8 g4^8 a+4 g+4^8 f4^8 c+4 f+4^8 a+4^8 > c+4 c4^8 < g+4^8 < d+4
C [g g+ a+ > c <]2
D r1^2^8 v14 < a+16 > r16 @v2 f4 r1^1 [@v1 a8 v14 c32 r32 c32 r32 @v1 f8 v14 c32 r32 c32 r32]8
E r1^1^1 c2^8 d4 d8 [c d8 e8 c d]4
GB [d+ r4^16 d+16 d+ r4^8 c+ r8^16 c+ r8^16 c+ r4 f+ r4^16 f+16 f+ r4^8 g+ r8^16 g+ r8^16 g+ r8 g+]2
H [d+ > a+ g c+ > d+ < g d+ a+ g d+ > d+ < d+ g d+ a+ g < c+ > > d+ < c+ > d+ < f c+ > c+ < c+ f c+ g+ c+ f c+ g+ f < f+ > g+ c+ g+ f+ c+ a+ c+ f+ c+ > c+ < c+ f+ c+ a+ f+ < g+ > > c < d+ > c < g+ d+ > c+ < d+ g+ d+ > d+ < d+ g+ d+ > c+ < g+]2

seriously.

[trapezzoid.livejournal.com]

I gotta do a Michael Jackson cover one of these days.

[tgies.livejournal.com]

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' or whatever it's called.

I forgot, I was going to make the lead in this start playing the vocal melody to Stranger in Moscow if one loops it five or so times. Should figure that out later.

[nathew.livejournal.com]

i am having more fun listening to this now than beating sonic 3.

[tgies.livejournal.com]

yeah i used to have to beat sonic 3 just so I could hear this

[nathew.livejournal.com]

not that hard to do, the final robotnik fight is actually pretty lame, just that the pre-battle with him always made me lose coins to the cannonball thing.

sonic 2 was the best of the three, in my opinion.

[nathew.livejournal.com]

oh god you should do that shitty drumbeat that plays when knuckles shows up like "oh look at me i'm an edgy and hip urban echidna"

[nathew.livejournal.com]

or also some toejam and earl music, that would be fucking excellent

[tgies.livejournal.com]

whoa yeah
i'm working on some original junk right now but there's an idea

[tgies.livejournal.com]

a cappella