Mana KazamiHikawa Motoharu's theme, shining brightly with power. When I look up at the sky, I wonder what it might be like to fly. Where shall these wings take me? I could go anywhere, see anything. But, perhaps, now that I think about it, the best place to be right now is actually precisely here. Actually, I'm afraid of heights. =========================================== This is an arrangement from the Touhou fangame "東方夢旧市 ~ Glory of Deep Skies". Composed by ELEMENTAL SYMPOSIUM (Spectral Nexus, GizmoTheDragon, Aka Kyuketsuki, Tokiko Tatsunagi, Mana Kazami)
[GoDS OST] Jewel of the Sky-Ruling Dragon God ~ Quintessential Fragments (Zenith Peak MIX)Mana Kazami2020-05-14 | Hikawa Motoharu's theme, shining brightly with power. When I look up at the sky, I wonder what it might be like to fly. Where shall these wings take me? I could go anywhere, see anything. But, perhaps, now that I think about it, the best place to be right now is actually precisely here. Actually, I'm afraid of heights. =========================================== This is an arrangement from the Touhou fangame "東方夢旧市 ~ Glory of Deep Skies". Composed by ELEMENTAL SYMPOSIUM (Spectral Nexus, GizmoTheDragon, Aka Kyuketsuki, Tokiko Tatsunagi, Mana Kazami)
#東方風自作曲 #TouhouStyle[PC-98 Arrange] Deathscythe ParadiseMana Kazami2024-02-01 | Hi everyone, it's Mana. Once again it's been a long-- actually, let's just get right into it!
This is a PC-98 arrangement of the song "Deathscythe Paradise" composed by Wanwan for the Touhou fangame "Tri Focuser ~ Outside the Traditional World".
This song is truly one of the coolest Touhou-style original compositions I've ever heard. At least to me, it hits a lot of things that I find cool: metal, gothic, and it feels anime-like. Oh and scythes? Scythes are cool.
Anyway, a few years ago, I wondered what it would be like if, instead of sticking to ZUN-style PC-98 restrictions, I went all out and used every feature of the PC-9801-86 that I could figure out. The most notable "upgrade" is the usage of the PPZ8 driver, which allows up to 8 sample channels. This arrangement is the end result of my research and experimentation over these past few years.
Lastly, I wanted to say that this style of arrangement will not be a regular thing on my channel. Future Touhou PC-98 arrangements will likely return to the familiar ZUN style of arrangement that I've always done.
I made this arrangement as a birthday gift for someone 💜 Since they seem to love stage 5 boss themes, it wouldn't be too surprising if I end up arranging more of them around this time every year. Is that me promising to upload at least once a year? Maybe.
Anyway, happy birthday!! And to everyone else, I hope you enjoy this too!
#東方旧作風 #TouhouPC98Style[PC-98 Arrange] Extend Ash ~ Person of HouraiMana Kazami2021-07-18 | This is a Touhou PC-98 style arrangement of "Extend Ash ~ Person of Hourai"
Are you all tired of hearing me arrange my favourite song from Imperishable Night yet? Well, I hope not, because yes, here it is again!!
This is my third time making a PC-98 arrangement of this song. And like?? Honestly?? Can you blame me? This song is SO GOOD. The extreme reverb on trumpets, the fullness of everything coming together, everything. These are all things that I've never felt that I was able to capture in my previous arrangements of it.
I think I should mention, the first time I arranged this song was actually my first experience with writing PMD MML! But now... with better knowledge of MML and a few hours away from the deadline... here we go!? I'll check in here when I'm done.
Alright, so, I'm back! Somehow, it seems that this arrangement turned out to be a sort of combination of my first and second arrangements, except now with plenty of echo on the leads and panning for everything! I hope it's nice to listen to.
#東方旧作風 #TouhouPC98Style[PC-98 Arrange] Gensokyo Millennium ~ History of the MoonMana Kazami2021-07-09 | This is a Touhou PC-98 style arrangement of "Gensokyo Millennium ~ History of the Moon"
It's Eirin's theme! I really, really, love this theme despite not actually being a good enough Touhou player to hear it very often. This probably goes without saying, but I had A LOT of fun with this arrangement. Specifically with trying to do the most I could with the limited polyphony. Oh! I also, like with Voyage 1969, changed some of the drum patterns to better fit the PC-98 Touhou style. I feel like this might become a regular thing with my arrangements in the future... (foreshadowing)
#東方旧作風 #TouhouPC98Style[PC-98 Arrange] Voyage 1969Mana Kazami2021-07-02 | This is a Touhou PC-98 style arrangement of "Voyage 1969"
Voyage 1969!! This is a super spacey sounding song, which very much fits the mood of the game. So, how do we make a chiptune sound spacey...? ECHOES! Very. Chippy. Echoes. But this song has more than just echoes. This time around, I decided to "compose" my own drum patterns which I thought would be more suitable to the characteristic drum style of PC-98 Touhou themes.
Oh yeah, it's not Voyage 1969BPM anymore. Hopefully it's more enjoyable this way (lol)
#東方旧作風 #TouhouPC98Style[PC-98 Arrange] Retribution for the Eternal Night ~ Imperishable NightMana Kazami2021-06-25 | This is a Touhou PC-98 style arrangement of "Retribution for the Eternal Night ~ Imperishable Night"
This song, on its own, already has quite a nostalgic feeling to it, I think. The instrumentation for this arrangement basically wrote itself, except... I needed to find a more suitable instrument for the shamisen (which ended up sounding more like a koto lol.) Also, the sound effect in the intro might sound familiar to those who have played through Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream. Since it's such a cool "weiw" sound, I definitely couldn't leave it out!
#東方旧作風 #TouhouPC98Style[Touhou Style Original] The Stars of Our Souls Align TonightMana Kazami2018-07-07 | Hi everyone, it's Mana. It's been a long-- actually it hasn't, has it? It's good to see you again(?) Happy Tanabata Day!
This time I decided to try composing a song that fits the image of something. The theme of this song is simply "stars", which seems fitting for today. It's called "The Stars of Our Souls Align Tonight".
As I normally don't compose with anything particular in mind other than "Touhou", it was nice to try doing something different for once. But it seems to have become Touhou Stars-style? Is that a thing? Lol.
MP3: https://kazami.page.link/stars_mp3 #東方風自作曲 #TouhouStyle[Touhou Style Original] Twinsoul SwitcherooMana Kazami2018-02-10 | It's been a long time... wait, how long has it actually been since the last long time...? Anyway, hi, this is Mana with yet another original!
... Or is it?
Legend has it, that there might be a "second Mana Kazami" running around. They might look the same as me, but in fact, they have a completely opposite personality to mine. Honestly, I'd be pretty creeped out if there really were another Mana Kazami out there, though...!
Anyway, back to reality. What I wanted to portray in the form of music came to me a lot more clearly this time than before, so I had to make sure this opportunity didn't go to waste. Though it might be a little bit difficult to portray the notion of a Doppelgänger, I hope the mischievousness of it all came through!
This video was made by AxeBane. Thank you very much~☆ #東方風自作曲 #TouhouStyle[PC-98 ZUN-Style Arrange] Because Princess Inada is Scolding MeMana Kazami2017-11-01 | It's been a relatively short time since the last long time if you consider my past habits... Wait, what does that even mean? Hi everyone, it's Mana with a... PC-98 arrange?! It's Minoriko's theme from Mountain of Faith!
So, I thought it had been a while since the last PC-98 arrange, but I was shocked to find out that it's been over TWO YEARS since my last one was uploaded to YouTube! This one is... a bit different than what I'd have done in the past. Some of the channels are panned and It uses all 6 FM channels this time, although I made a second version that uses just 5 to allow for sound effects to play properly in-game. There's also some changes to the song to make it sound more... authentic to what ZUN might have done back then. I'm not sure if people would prefer it to be closer to the original, but I definitely enjoyed arranging it this way.
There's likely more PC-98 arranges to come in the future, so expect them (but not too much, because... well, you know my "schedule" by now).
Also, a little side note, I've decided to change the way I name my PC-98 videos. [PC-98 ZUN-Style Arrange] will refer to arranges specifically in ZUN's PC-98 style while [OPNA Arrange] (or any other sound chip, minus "ZUN") will refer to an arrange on the sound chip in any style I want. Just thought I would mention this in case I start doing FM things outside of ZUN's style of it. If anyone else has a better idea for titling than this, please let me know, since this current idea is a bit awkward.[Touhou Style Original] La Mort de Notre SoleilMana Kazami2017-05-04 | Once again, it's been a long time. Should I stop saying that? Probably. (I won't, though.) So... Hi! This is Mana with another original!
Did you know that two years ago today, I uploaded my first Touhou-style original? Yeah. Well, shortly after composing that song, I started working on another song. It's called "La Mort de Notre Soleil". It remained unfinished for quite a while before I revived it a few days ago. I'm actually very out of practice with anything musical at this point, haha.
This particular song was composed for an imaginary boss that's capable of manipulating the sun to the point where they could make it explode or something if they really wanted to. (Scary.) It has an interesting time signature, 11/4 and the chords are... well, it sounds very much like something that Misora or Kana Kasagi (coughs) might do.
Even though there's so much going on, I hope it's easy enough to listen to.
I'm not French, by the way.
This isn't related to this video in particular, but I just wanted to say that my video titles will be in English from now on (and maybe in Japanese also, using YouTube's translation feature thing.)ヴォヤージュ1969BPMMana Kazami2017-04-01 | It's an April Fools' Day video. -- Hi, it's Mana. I'm not dead! I haven't had much time or motivation to do much lately, so have an April Fools' thing.
by the way I'm Kana Kasagi【アレンジ】 燈籠の誘導を従え 〜 Fox Fire 【Arrange】Mana Kazami2016-03-17 | I suppose it hasn't been so long since my last upload... right...? Hi everyone, this is Mana!
This is an arrangement of Misaki Rindou's "Follow the Guidance of the Lantern ~ Fox Fire." I decided a while ago to make an arrangement of this song as a sort of "thank you present" to Misaki for arranging Graceful Descent. Also, this song somehow has a very Misora-like feeling and I like that.
I think my next video will also be an arrangement, perhaps of an official Touhou theme... That's something to look forward to by the end of 2016 (lol).
Misaki's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBh5...【東方風自作曲】 不自然な発明 ~ Artificial Paradigm 【Original】Mana Kazami2015-11-19 | Long time no see, this is Mana. This time, I tried to make a stage 2 boss theme. The song title is "Unnatural Invention ~ Artificial Paradigm."
The song was composed with the idea of a boss that likes to experiment with artificial intelligence. I wonder how that might manifest itself in danmaku form?
I'm still trying to learn more about mixing my songs. It doesn't help that this song has so much going on in it... Hopefully everything is balanced at least to a tolerable level.
One thing to note, I will soon be changing my YouTube name to either "風美間無" or "Mana Kazami" to stay consistent with my name on other sites (the channel link will stay the same.)
Finally, here's a list of all of my equipment for anyone that's been curious:
【Synthesizers】 EDIROL SD-90 Yamaha MU2000EX
【VST Plugins】 Super Quartet LM-4 MarkII Virtual Guitarist 1 Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition Groove Agent 2
【Headphones】 Sennheiser HD598
【DAW Software】 FL Studio 9 (for composing) FL Studio 11 (for mixing)
【MIDI Animation Software】 MIDITrail【東方風自作曲】 心地よい春風 ~ Graceful Descent 【Original】Mana Kazami2015-05-05 | しろ.zip uploaded an original!?!? Yup. Time to go into detail about a song I never thought would be finished.
The song's title is roughly "Pleasant Spring Breeze ~ Graceful Descent." It's a stage 1 (or 2 maybe) boss theme that was composed for "KS Project." It's a 4-stage game that may or may not have an extra stage. It's something I won't be talking about for now, though. Eh? I'm not even talking about the actual song yet, am I? Well... I feel like a lot of PC-98 elements are in it, notably the drums and bass. This description really is getting sort of cluttered, so I'll stop there.
What am I even supposed to use for tags here...?「素敵な墓場で暮しましょ」をアレンジしてみた/Lets Live in a Lovely Cemetery (Arrange)Mana Kazami2015-04-18 | Yes, it's a random idea, I know, but I still decided to upload it. I guess these are the types of arranges that I make when I'm not uploading PC-98/Windows-style ones... Should I make more like this?
About the arrange though. This was partially inspired by "Like the Brilliance of Fairies," specifically the version in Strange and Bright Nature Deity 2. I don't usually work with these types of instruments so it may sound a little strange... I can't really say it matches the style of music in any Touhou game. Oh well.[Arrange] Solitary Girl ~ Sentence of NatureMana Kazami2015-04-09 | This one's interesting... It's a combination of two of Sylvysprit's songs (Modernized Ancients ~ Distruth of Nature and Solitary Horizon ~ Subjective Passage) with Misora's 「薄命なる少女 ~ Sentence of death」 Can you count all the time signature changes? There's some 5/4, 6/4, and a combination of the two to make 11/4. ...I have no idea what to put for tags so I'm just going to leave it blank lol.
ENJOY YOUR PRESENT「夢消失 ~ Lost Dream」をWin風にアレンジしてみた / Vanishing Dream ~ Lost Dream (Remastered)Mana Kazami2015-03-21 | Inspired by this remaster here: youtu.be/6_UUH7MWqdw I tried to have some fun after the loop...「エクステンドアッシュ ~ 蓬莱人」 を東方旧作風にアレンジしてみた / Extend Ash ~ Hourai Victim (PC-98 Arrange) [Ver. 2015]Mana Kazami2015-02-28 | And it looks like I've been missing for a few months again. I've been having all kinds of problems lately (spilling water on a laptop is bad). Anyway, I decided to redo this song because I wasn't completely satisfied with how the first version turned out.
Ver. 1 → youtube.com/watch?v=RXlSZwPIlRQ Ver. 3 (2021) → youtube.com/watch?v=AUtrW0djJKI幽夢 ~ Inanimate Dream (未使用バージョン) をWin風にアレンジしてみたMana Kazami2014-09-09 | PH風?「神話幻想 ~ Infinite Being」をWin風にアレンジしてみた / Infinite Being (Remastered)Mana Kazami2014-09-05 | Wait, what? I did a Mystic Square theme? Also, Twitter because why not: twitter.com/mana_is_bored眠れる恐怖 ~ Sleeping Terror をWin風にアレンジしてみた / Sleeping Terror (Remastered Version 2)Mana Kazami2014-07-28 | I decided to redo this one. Witching Dream might be next. Oh, I forgot to loop it... Ver. 1 → youtube.com/watch?v=Gx4hKflE2pM霊戦 ~ Perdition crisis をWin風にアレンジしてみた/Spirit Battle ~ Perdition Crisis RemasteredMana Kazami2014-07-01 | WHY ISN'T CRISIS CAPITALIZED
High volume warning, kind of. (Well, higher than most of my videos)
Still no headphones, unfortunately. :L幻視の夜 ~ Ghostly Eyes を東方旧作風にアレンジしてみた / Illusionary Night ~ Ghostly Eyes (PC-98 Version)Mana Kazami2014-06-09 | Too lazy to write a description right now.ロマサガ3風 モンスターキングダム・ジュエルサモナー通常戦闘曲/Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner - Battle Theme (SNES Version)Mana Kazami2013-12-19 | My first non-Touhou video, I think.
I'm almost surprised at how long a YouTube video title can be.
PMDMML is easier. Or maybe I'm just not used to panning. Also, I somehow managed to mess up the end of the video that badly.
that endingプラスチックマインドを耳コピしてみた/Plastic Mind RemakeMana Kazami2013-11-04 | 東方怪綺談 3面ボスのテーマ。
Mystic Square stage 3 boss theme.Love-Colored Magic (Remastered) [OLD]Mana Kazami2013-10-28 | There's two versions of it in the video, second one starts at 1:22.se_pause (NES Arrange)Mana Kazami2013-07-15 | Seriously.Witching Dream (Remastered) [OLD]Mana Kazami2013-01-28 | The trumpet was originally going to be the saw used in Dark Side of Fate, but I changed my mind because I didn't think it fit with the other instruments.
The image is real, I made a mistake somewhere. That game will never be happening anyway.
lolminiparagraphsDream Land (Remastered) [OLD]Mana Kazami2012-10-12 | I did this a while ago, but for some reason I never uploaded it.The Gensokyo the Gods Loved (PC-98 Ver.) [OLD]Mana Kazami2012-01-23 | This could have been a lot better, so I might redo it in future. Did this as a.. request(?) I suppose.
this is really bad a littleYear-Round Absorbed Curiosity (NES Ver.)Mana Kazami2012-01-19 | My first NES style remix. It's not perfect, but it's not bad.
Maybe I shouldn't have used that "woosh" sound in the percussion.Grave of Being (PC-98 Ver.) [OLD]Mana Kazami2012-01-08 | I was too lazy to make an actual video.
This might not be perfect because I didn't have a MIDI to use as a reference.The Far Side of the Moon (PC-98 Ver.) [OLD]Mana Kazami2011-12-26 | A late Christmas present for anyone that is actually subscribed for PC-98 music. Uh.. Oops, the video is longer than the song..
MP3 (Better quality): http://db.tt/RTOzABBA
You can request which song I should do next in the comments.Sunny Rutile Flection (PC-98 Ver.) [OLD]Mana Kazami2011-10-25 | upload gaps