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Title: Calling From Heaven
Post by: Omegasigma on March 05, 2013, 01:06:04 AM
Eh Im surprised I havent done this one yet to be honest, but heres another song, staying on track with the Castlevania music lately, after this one, Im tempted to actually learn how to make music on my Commondore 64, the actual hardware

Castlevania Bloodlines: Calling From Heaven (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKHeFPuv3XU#)
Title: Re: Calling From Heaven
Post by: Lelygax on March 05, 2013, 01:39:09 AM
Im here tempted to end my life like all mornings before going sleep and read that title, its so tragic that makes me laugh and enlightens my day xD

Anyway, nice remix.
Title: Re: Calling From Heaven
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on March 05, 2013, 08:25:43 AM
The 2nd lead need to be toned down in volume/velocity.  It's supposed to simulate an echo effect in some of the spots.
This sounds... converted.
Some notes are off, too.  As if they went out of range on the synth.
If you're using a soundfont, whatever the lead instrument is may not have a high enough range to play some of those notes, which explains the tune playing the highest possible note, and sounding off-tune.
Title: Re: Calling From Heaven
Post by: X on March 05, 2013, 09:35:37 AM
This version you did sounds a lot like another Midi version of the same tune I had heard some time ago. At least the first few seconds of it anyways. I agree with Jorge about the echo effect and other displaced notes. Give them a fine tuning then it should sound much smoother.
Title: Re: Calling From Heaven
Post by: Omegasigma on March 05, 2013, 11:43:28 AM
I beleive I used the "wingroove" midi, I could be mistaken since there is 4 different versions of this song, with varying lengs on my HDD >.> and I dont know how old this song was, since alot of data has been carried over through the years
Title: Re: Calling From Heaven
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on March 06, 2013, 06:20:39 AM
Ahhh... I remember Wingroove.  That takes me back.
Wingroove, Yamaha XG-100, and Roland VSC carried me through those extra-poor years where I didn't have a soundcard that could handle soundfonts.
Now?  It's all software-based.  Gotta love the march of technology (that and I cannot afford a hardware rig for the sounds).
Title: Re: Calling From Heaven
Post by: Omegasigma on March 06, 2013, 08:29:36 AM
yeah my midi program is a dinosaur now "AKoff Music Composer"
Title: Re: Calling From Heaven
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on March 06, 2013, 10:29:24 AM
So is mine.  And it STILL can't do pitchbends more than two semi-tones.
It's infuriating as it's one of the few things that's stopping me from using it full-time.
Title: Re: Calling From Heaven
Post by: Omegasigma on March 21, 2013, 07:36:54 PM
Im digging out a dinosaur laptop, only cause it has a similar midi chip to the genesis, so im going to experiment on that old tank, well it uses an FM Synth which does sound very genesis, so why use software when I got the hardware here
Title: Re: Calling From Heaven
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on March 21, 2013, 09:08:05 PM
FM-Synthesis.  Man, that takes me back.
The OPL-2 and OPL-3 used to do that.

You can get synths that do that now though.

You can also just use FMMIDI:
FMMIDI (http://milkpot.sakura.ne.jp/fmmidi/index.html)

Will post some results later. :D
Title: Re: Calling From Heaven
Post by: Omegasigma on March 22, 2013, 09:10:39 AM
nice, im also very tempted to bring my old commodore 64 out and learn how to make Mid files for it