Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Since people have been asking how to create custom loop points for SND Stream songs in SkyTemple, I thought I'd make a quick tutorial on how to set it up.
UPDATE:
Instead of exporting the two-mono track WAV file and importing it again, you can use "Mix Stereo to Mono" instead of "Split Stereo to Mono". It skips the export/re-import step.
0:00 - Intro
1:57 - Recording the Song
4:12 - Editing the Song
13:33 - Determining the Loop
21:15 - Creating the Loop
24:48 - Testing in SkyTemple
26:40 - Testing in MelonDS
Stolen Burrito's SND Stream Tutorial: youtube.com/watch?v=Ow3ADaCKGHc
Audacity: archive.org/details/audacity2.3.2 (newer versions have spyware)
DSLazy: romhacking.net/utilities/793
SkyTemple: skytemple.org
SND Stream: drive.google.com/file/d/1AqWpOye-xZP2sKNp3EMl1MIk-DMW44Qi/view (make sure to credit Irdkwia)
Wavosaur: wavosaur.com
Since people have been asking how to create custom loop points for SND Stream songs in SkyTemple, I thought I'd make a quick tutorial on how to set it up.
UPDATE:
Instead of exporting the two-mono track WAV file and importing it again, you can use "Mix Stereo to Mono" instead of "Split Stereo to Mono". It skips the export/re-import step.
0:00 - Intro
1:57 - Recording the Song
4:12 - Editing the Song
13:33 - Determining the Loop
21:15 - Creating the Loop
24:48 - Testing in SkyTemple
26:40 - Testing in MelonDS
Stolen Burrito's SND Stream Tutorial: youtube.com/watch?v=Ow3ADaCKGHc
Audacity: archive.org/details/audacity2.3.2 (newer versions have spyware)
DSLazy: romhacking.net/utilities/793
SkyTemple: skytemple.org
SND Stream: drive.google.com/file/d/1AqWpOye-xZP2sKNp3EMl1MIk-DMW44Qi/view (make sure to credit Irdkwia)
Wavosaur: wavosaur.com
![DDR MAX2 [JP CS] - ULTRA12 Oni Course](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e7bitAogNuQ/mqdefault.jpg "DDR MAX2 [JP CS] - ULTRA12 Oni Course
Ah, DDR MAX2. The first DDR mix I ever played and the one Im the most nostalgic for. Konami also realized their mistakes they made with the MAX US courses and actually made them make sense (kinda). ULTRA12 is the first course in this series that Ive ever attempted, but it took the longest out of all of them to get.
So, unlike the arcade version of MAX2 with 鬼道, ULTRA12 has a mix of Expert and Challenge charts instead of just Expert charts. MAX2 made some Challenge-only remixes of some songs that are usually easier than the Expert counterpart, so Im not sure what the point of that was. In this course, the Challenge charts are honestly pretty boring but annoying since you cant unlock them to practice until you complete them in an Oni course. Thats made harder since a handful of them are exclusive to this course. On the other hand, the Expert charts are quite fun to play, so the course doesnt suffer too much because of that.
This course took me so long to get. The major kicker was Maxx Unlimited. That song is the bane of my existence, particularly with the outro. I completed this course 8 months ago, and to this day I have never FCd Maxx Unlimited (I have tech FCd it, though). Tsugaru and Kakumei are fun charts, and Paranoia Survivor is actually one of my favorite boss songs. This was actually my first time ever getting to Paranoia Survivor in one of these attempts, so Im very glad I did as well as I did.
I failed so many times in Maxx Unlimited that I made an entire video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEhAY7mvxR8
Final Score: 95.5%
Player: Espik
Platform: PCSX2
Controller: Keyboard")
