Ruins of Lemuria [Alternate Version] (Restored - Roland SC-88/JV-1080) - Golden Sun The Lost Age Vincent Dortel 2026-09-18 | Ruins of Lemuria [Alternate Version] (Restored - Roland SC-88/JV-1080) - Golden Sun The Lost Age
The Golden Sun Rises / End Credits (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun The Lost Age Vincent Dortel 2024-04-26 | Full restored soundtrack playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ The Golden Sun Rises ~~Technically it's not the "last" song that you hear at the end of The Lost Age (it's "Welcome Home"), but this is the song I wanted to upload last :) And what a song! A perfect ending for a perfect game.This is it everyone! The full soundtrack has now been restored!I've written a community post to talk about my next plans here: youtube.com/post/Ugkx_WdVgao4V8bFWvIF7aEcq5khzsQx1SRB~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them.~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Page One / Main Menu (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-04-24 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Page One ~~Technically this is the very first song that you hear when you start playing the first game (because the title screen doesn't appear until you've saved the game at least once). Such a cool song with a great atmosphere, it always brings a smile to my face.Fun fact: this is the only song, in the entire soundtrack, that has 11 instrument tracks in its sequence. But this is likely a mistake, because Camelot has set a limit of 10 simultaneous tracks in the audio engine (note: this number can vary depending on the game, but it can go up to 16. Limiting the max number of tracks is likely to be performance-related). So that "track n°11" is in the game data but it will never play. It's simply a delayed copy of track 10, to add that typical "echo" effect to the Music Box. I couldn't decide whether I should keep the track or remove it, and the difference is not big enough for me to upload two different videos, so you'll get both versions in one video! At 0:00 the track is disabled (this is faithful to the GBA version) and in the second loop at 1:26 the track is enabled. Let me know what you think!~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them.~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Crossbone Isle / Fuchin Falls Cave [Reupload - Fixed] (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-04-22 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Crossbone Isle ~~FIXED version of a previous video I did: youtube.com/watch?v=YahxCkQ_NvQ (the old video is still available but as unlisted)There was a mistake in the second loop, some instruments were desynced. Thanks to @BlaxeFrost-X for noticing the error! ~~~~What happens during the journey through the Karagol Sea, if you choose the correct people as replacement for the injured oarsmen? Crossbone Isle! (You can of course revisit the island later on) But you first hear this music inside the Fuchin Falls Cave and during several cutscenes.~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration) and Reaper.Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Welcome Home / Epilogue Part 2 (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun The Lost Age Vincent Dortel 2024-04-21 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Welcome Home ~~This is the song that plays during the second part of the epilogue. Spoiler alert: all the villagers were safe after all. This is an altered version of the main music theme.~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them.~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Welcome Home...? / Epilogue Part 1 (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun The Lost Age Vincent Dortel 2024-04-19 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Welcome Home...? ~~This is the song that plays during the epilogue of the second game, when the party comes back to Vale, only to find it destroyed. This incorporates an altered version of the main Golden Sun music motif (with minor chords).~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them.~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
The First Book Extended / Credits and Prologue (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-04-17 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ The First Book Extended ~~This is the long/extended version of the main Golden Sun music theme. It plays at the very end of the first game, during the end credits, and again at the beginning of The Lost Age during the prologue.I've also restored the title screen version of this song: youtube.com/watch?v=CSVN7HGLKkU~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them.~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
The First Book / Title Screen (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-04-15 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ The First Book ~~The main music theme for Golden Sun. Please note that there are two versions of this song: this one is for the "title screen", but there is another "extended" version that plays during the end credits and the beginning of the second game (I've also restored it here: youtube.com/watch?v=q11XjU3FVR4 )~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them.~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
The Golden Sun Sets / To Be Continued (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-04-15 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ The Golden Sun Sets ~~This is the short track, shortened version of the main theme, that plays at the very end of the first game, alongside the "To be continued" message, right after the cutscene with Kraden and Jenna stuck on the Idejima peninsula.~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them.~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Magma Rock (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun The Lost Age Vincent Dortel 2024-04-12 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Magma Rock ~~Finally, the quadrio of Elemental "Rocks" (Air, Aqua, Gaia and Magma) is complete! This is one of the last dungeons in the game, with another banger tune from Mr Motoi Sakuraba.~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them.~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
There Goes Briggs! (Restored - Roland SC-88/JV-1080) - Golden Sun The Lost Age Vincent Dortel 2024-04-10 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ There Goes Briggs! ~~The "Steel Drums" sample is only used in two songs in TLA: "Apojii Islands", and this one: "There Goes Briggs!". You'll hear it first at the beginning of the game, when Echo gives you a tutorial on the Djinn and Summon system, and then later when Briggs steals the ship from Alhafra.~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Apojii Islands (Restored - Roland JV-1080) - Golden Sun The Lost Age Vincent Dortel 2024-04-08 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Apojii Islands ~~I actually started working on this track in January, it just took me 4 months until I was happy with the final result, it's crazy! This is because I was constantly adjusting the "Steel Drums" sound. This is a bit technical but I'm going to try and explain:I figured out some time ago that the sample came from the SR-JV80-05 World card. There is a preset called "Steel Drums2", which is a layer of several waveforms. But when I was listening to the GBA sample, it was clear that the sound had been altered! @freejusticehere624 figured it out. The tail portion was modified to create a custom loop effect (originally, the sample doesn't loop!). There are also little additional subtleties, like some audio artefacts that appear when the sampled note get down-sampled quite far in the low ranges (but they are part of the original sound).I spent a few weeks adjusting everything, in the end I'm using a combination of notes directly recorded from the hardware, and individual notes altered in post-production (one by one!) and playing via my VST. To get the best of both worlds.And track 4 is just the Balaphone :)Massive thanks to Justice for his help. We discussed the Steel Drums a lot over the last few months. He spent a lot of time experimenting and tweaking the sound, he absolutely nailed the restoration process of that particular one. Fascinating and inspiring!~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Trouble is Brewing (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun The Lost Age Vincent Dortel 2024-04-04 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZmOk so, I made an incredible discovery while I was investigating music from Mario Golf: Advance Tour. It turns out that the other Camelot golf game that was released just a few months later on GameCube, Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, has all the GS2 drum samples, but uncompressed, in HQ! Apparently, Motoi Sakuraba reused those samples in a few other games (so far I have confirmed they are present in Tales of Destiny 2 and Tales of Symphonia). Just to clarify, Toadstool Tour doesn't reuse other Golden Sun "signature" instruments, but just the drums are enough for me to complete my work!The difference in quality can be subtle, I was already quite happy with my current "restored" drum kit. But on some tracks it's definitely better, so I think I'll update and re-upload some of my old GS2 videos at some point! Watch this space ;)I'd like to thank @ThePonyGuy1998 for his precious help! He took the time to explain to me how to extract the Toadstool Tour GameCube samples using a tool called Amuse :)~~ Trouble is Brewing ~~You'll notice that this song has 3 tracks dedicated to drums! Track 8 has something that looks really close to an actual prog rock drum solo, which is not surprising, knowing Sakuraba-san's background :)This song plays during "tense" moments, like at the beginning of GS2, when Venus Lighthouse gets activated and Idejima peninsula breaks away from the continent. It plays again when you get a warning from Alex, Karst and Agatio in Champa, and one last time, right in front of the final boss.~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Agatio and Karst (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun The Lost Age Vincent Dortel 2024-04-02 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Agatio and Karst ~~The theme of the duo of antagonists from Prox, Karst and Agatio. This track plays when you confront them at the top of Jupiter Lighthouse. And surely you've noticed that their boss fight song is a modified, faster version of their theme. Fun fact: in this one, two tracks are dedicated to the Timpani!~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
The Royal Palace (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-03-29 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm ~~ The Royal Palace ~~There are four "palaces" in total in Golden Sun, and this track plays in each of them: Lord McCoy's palace (Bilibin), Hammet's palace (Kalay), Babi's palace (Tolbi) and finally, King Hydros' palace in the second game (Lemuria).~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Happy Towns (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-03-25 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Happy Towns ~~The theme for "happy" towns like Bilibin and Kolima, after you've lifted Tret's curse, but this is also the theme for the town of Lunpa, which you briefly visit early in the game but officially you only come back much later, to save Hammet from Dodonpa. This gets reused in GS2's Gondowan Settlement.This track uses a combination of both Flute 2 and Flute 1 (they share the same midi channel). For both instruments, I'm only using the individual (restored) samples that were used in the game: full-patch versions don't work well here, the sound of additional samples differs too much from the original feel of the track.~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Alone / Shebas Theme (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun The Lost Age Vincent Dortel 2024-03-23 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Alone ~~Also known as Sheba's Theme, it can be heard for the first time during a cutscene right after you get the wings for the Lemurian ship (and you get out of Atteka).~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
A Little Friendship / Ivans Theme (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-03-21 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Place Your Bets! (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun The Lost Age Vincent Dortel 2024-03-19 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Having Fun (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-03-15 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Having Fun ~~You'll hear this track when you play mini games in Tolbi (in the first game), Lemuria and Contigo (in The Lost Age). This is also the theme for the Battle mode lobby.The midi track extracted from the game has the same problem as "Desert Heat": some crucial modulation instructions get lost during the export. Thanks again to Justice for noticing the difference! I managed to find the bug in GBA Mus Ripper and fixed it. My fork can be found here: github.com/justedni/gba-mus-ripper. Justice believes that this modulation effect was meant to change the MusicBox sound into some kind of rotary organ. I like this idea!~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Desert Heat (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-03-10 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Desert Heat ~~There are three Desert dungeons in Golden Sun. Lamakan Desert, Suhalla Desert in Golden Sun 1 and Yampi desert in Golden Sun 2. (Note that the GS2 version of that track would be slightly different since the drum kit uses completely different sounds! I might upload a version at some point)@freejusticehere624 and I have been discussing the Golden Sun sounds on a regular basis, so I can't thank him enough for his help. He found out that there was some missing modulation information on the midi file extracted with GBA Mus Riper, affecting the Nylon-Str Gt tracks. It's something that I would have totally missed! (Note that basically this affects any "remastered" version that you can currently find on Youtube, since they are using the same midi files)So I investigated GBA Mus Riper's source code, found the problem and re-built my own version of the tool. I made a code fork here if anyone's interested: github.com/justedni/gba-mus-ripper (you can look at the commit history for the list of changes). Also, Justice is the one who helped me identify the correct sample to use for the Nylon-Str Gt in the first place.~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Boss Battle (Restored) [Extended 10min] - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-03-05 | Extended version of "Boss Battle" (from Golden Sun 1), a track that I initially restored in September 2023. I've improved my mixing techniques since then so I updated the mix a little bit!Original video: youtube.com/watch?v=vlRT7b235xI
Inside Tret / Altin Peaks Flood (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-03-04 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Inside Tret / Altin Peak's Flood ~~That song first plays at the end of Kolima Forest, when you are inside Tret Tree, trying to get him back to his senses. The song reappears a bit later when you visit the town of Altin while it's completely flooded.And yes, I mentioned it in previous videos but when I was investigating how to properly restore the soundtrack, I discovered that the modulation effect was tempo-based on the GBA: the pitch gets modulated and the speed varies with the song BPM. I couldn't find a way to do this with existing soundfont plugins so I implemented it in my own VST, using portions of ipatix's source code for agbplay.I'd like to thank ipatix once again for publishing the code for agbplay on github. And I also want to thank FreeJusticeHere for discussing that LFO with me, and also for helping me identify which sample I needed to record to get the correct sound for the "Nylon-str. Gt"! :)~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Forests Requiem (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-03-01 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Marion Club Double Match / Putts Theme (Restored music) - Mario Golf Advance Tour Vincent Dortel 2024-02-29 | Such a catchy track. And can you believe that the loop is only 30 sec long?Restored using my usual techniques (see my Golden Sun videos to learn more about the process).Music composed by Motoi Sakuraba.
Frozen in Prox (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun The Lost Age Vincent Dortel 2024-02-26 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Frozen in Prox ~~This song was actually composed for Golden Sun 1, it briefly plays at the very end of the game, when Felix tries to prevent Sheba from falling off Venus Lighthouse. But this is mostly remembered as the theme for the village of Prox, which you visit at the end of the second game.~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Mystical Shaman Village (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun The Lost Age Vincent Dortel 2024-02-23 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Marion Club (Restored music) - Mario Golf Advance Tour Vincent Dortel 2024-02-22 | To me this is the equivalent of "An Adept's Home" for Mario Golf Advance Tour :pThis is just a short break from my usual Golden Sun videos, they will return soon ;)
Palms Club Tournament (Restored music) - Mario Golf Advance Tour Vincent Dortel 2024-02-21 | Another banger from the Mario Golf Advance Tour soundtrack.As mentioned in my previous video, Motoi Sakuraba and the developers at Camelot reused a lot of Golden Sun 2 assets in that game, and that includes all the sound samples. You immediately recognize Sakuraba's style in the song, and the same instruments that we all know from Golden Sun.This is just a short break from my usual Golden Sun videos, they will return soon ;)
Palms Club Single Match (Restored music) - Mario Golf Advance Tour Vincent Dortel 2024-02-19 | I just couldn't resist! :) Did you know that Camelot released that game just a few years after Golden Sun 2? And that they reused a lot of Golden Sun assets, and Motoi Sakuraba also composed the soundtrack. After further investigation, I can confirm that the sound samples in the game are the exact same ones that were in Golden Sun 2 (but with a lower sample rate, so even lower quality). Which means it was an easy task for me to restore that track!There's a separate drum track just for the "hand clap" sound, and interestingly, it was already in the GS2 sample bank but wasn't used in any song. Sadly, like with most GS2 drum samples, I couldn't find a 100% accurate match on the Alesis DM5 but I found one that was close enough. Which is why I'm showing off the DM5 in the video ;)I actually never played that game as a kid, I only discovered it a month ago, and it's awesome! Great gameplay! Thanks to the few people who told me about it in the comments! (I know I also need to try Mario Tennis now)If you're new to my channel, please check out my Golden Sun restored videos! youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cg
Kalay (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-02-16 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Winterly Imil (Restored) [Extended 10min] - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-02-11 | Extended version of youtube.com/watch?v=AoGm3Lnwasg
Winterly Imil (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-02-09 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Winterly Imil ~~One of the most peaceful tracks in the game. It becomes the main theme for Imil after Mercury Lighthouse is activated, representing how the healing powers of the lighthouse's water were able to eradicate the flu epidemic.If you're curious about the restoration process, I'm using a combination of several techniques. First I record the main instruments (here, the Oboe, Picked Bass and Pan Flute) with my Roland SC-88 Pro. I carefully select which samples play because sometimes the "full-patch" versions are too different from the game version. The synths (here, it's two Triangle ones) need to be rendered separately because they were custom-made by the Camelot programmers for the GBA and you can't reproduce them with the SC-88 or any existing VST. I created my own VST, using some low-level code from ipatix's amazing tool, agbplay (ipatix was able to create 100% accurate, reverse-engineered versions of those synths!). The VST allows me to record the GS synths at the highest possible quality, and also get some effects that otherwise can't be fully reproduced with the SC-88, like the GBA LFO.~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration), Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Hopelessness / Troubled Towns (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-02-06 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Hopelessness ~~The theme that plays when you enter a city that is under some kind of trouble: Bilibin, Imil, Kolima, and Lalivero, until you manage to solve their problems.~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration) and Reaper.Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Oriental (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-02-01 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Oriental ~~A fun track that plays when visiting the "oriental" locations in the first game (Fuchin Temple, Xian and the Lama Temple).~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration) and Reaper.Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
An Adepts Home / Vale (Restored) [Extended 10min] - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-01-28 | Extended version of youtube.com/watch?v=G83g1o5Bo6E
An Adepts Home / Vale (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-01-27 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ An Adept's Home (Vale) ~~The amazing, peaceful and relaxing music that plays when you're in your hometown, Vale. This track uses several of the custom Golden Sun synths: the pulse-width modulated square wave and the triangle synth. I'm using my custom VST, built around agbplay's low-level code, to reproduce those synths. The other restored instruments come from the SC-88 as usual.~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration) and Reaper.Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
The Final Beacon (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-01-25 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ The Final Beacon ~~That track plays at the very end of the first game, when Venus Lighthouse is lit. It comes back when Mars Lighthouse is also lit, at the end of the second game (which is probably why people named that track "The Final Beacon").If you listen carefully, you'll notice that this is a modified, slowed-down version of the Golden Sun main theme.~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration) and Reaper.Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Prelude / Three years later (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-01-25 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Prelude (Three years later...) ~~The very short track that plays at the end of the prologue, after you get knocked out by Saturos and Menardi. This is the short version of another track, "The Final Beacon", that plays later in the game, and comes back at the end of The Lost Age.Fun fact: the sound test version of that track (which is the sequence that I'm using) is slightly longer than the one that plays in-game, because the screen fades to black a few seconds before the actual sequence end time.~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration) and Reaper.Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Mars Lighthouse (Restored) [Extended 10min] - Golden Sun The Lost Age Vincent Dortel 2024-01-22 | Extended version of youtube.com/watch?v=jW_ljxUHva4
Jupiter Lighthouse (Restored) [Extended 10min] - Golden Sun The Lost Age Vincent Dortel 2024-01-22 | Extended version of youtube.com/watch?v=ZGFQ2AjDjJw
Venus Lighthouse (Restored) [Extended 10min] - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-01-22 | Extended version of youtube.com/watch?v=149gkBykH3o
Mercury Lighthouse (Restored) [Extended 10min] - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-01-22 | Extended version of youtube.com/watch?v=7wg3txw0fEESince it's been a very long time since I first uploaded the regular version of that track, and in the meantime I've improved my knowledge and mix techniques, I've made a few changes to the track!
Taopo Swamp (Restored) [Extended 10min] - Golden Sun The Lost Age Vincent Dortel 2024-01-22 | Extended version of youtube.com/watch?v=kncdWu-OXKoRequested by @BlaxeFrost-X :)
Set Sail! Through the Karagol Sea / Tolbi Bound Ship (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-01-17 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Set Sail! Through the Karagol Sea (Tolbi Bound Ship) ~~I'm happy to publish this new restored track to celebrate the re-release of Golden Sun 1&2 on the Nintendo Switch today! It's also one of my favourite tracks and favourite moments from the first game. It's such an awesome track that it's been used by Nintendo on several promotional trailers over the years.~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration) and Reaper.Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Mysterious Caves (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-01-14 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ Mysterious Caves ~~I really like that track. I remember that on my very first playthrough (when I was a kid), it took me ages before I could hear the entirety of the loop, because I was constantly interrupted by random encounters. Once again, Motoi Sakuraba's score is truly amazing. The midi tracks are more complex than you'd think on this one! Massive thanks to @freejusticehere624 for his guidance regarding the NylonStr sample.~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration) and Reaper.Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
The Angarian Journey / World Map (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-01-11 | Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKzt4avW8iLpm1sXSsT7OKnohNo5V6cgLossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OiPtUuToPE6oCHN_OkBSslOEtL9-2uZm~~ The Angarian Journey ~~The majestic overworld theme from the first game. When you're playing, it's difficult to hear it in its entirety if you don't stay idle (because of the frequent random encounters). Fun fact: it's the only song in both games that use the "Trumpet" instrument.~~ Details about the restoration process ~~Tools used: GBA Mus Riper (midi and samples extraction), agbplay (synth restoration) and Reaper. And also my own VST plugin (github.com/justedni/goldensunvst).Hardware: Roland SC-88 Pro, Roland JV-1080, expansion card SR-JV80-05 World, and Alesis DM5.Midi files: the sequences are extracted directly from the game but need to be heavily modified in order to play them on the physical modules.Sounds: most samples have been identified over the years, but some sounds come from my own research.Synths: in Golden Sun, synths are specific to the internal audio engine, they are completely separate from the other instruments. ipatix managed to reverse-engineer those synths and made the code available on github. I'm using his tool, agbplay, to export them from the game in high quality (at a higher sample rate than what the GBA is capable of)Drums: Golden Sun 1 uses samples from the SC-88 but on Golden Sun 2, Motoi Sakuraba changed all the samples. While some of them have been identified and come from the Alesis DM5, most samples still haven't been found to this day. I've extracted the samples from the game, denoised, re-panned and cleaned them. ~~ Thanks ~~Mega thanks to Bregalad (GBA Mus Ripper) and ipatix (agbplay). I would never have been able to do those versions without their incredible work.Massive thanks to the VGM Instrument Sources community, and especially FreeJusticeHere for his invaluable advice and help!Special thanks to Coaltergeist and Cyanne for inspiring me!Original song composed by Motoi Sakuraba. #GoldenSun #RestoredOST
Felix Battle (Restored) [Extended 10min] - Golden Sun The Lost Age Vincent Dortel 2024-01-10 | Extended version of "Felix Battle (Restored)".Original video: youtube.com/watch?v=NAnuDHsrA5I
Jenna Battle (Restored) [Extended 10min] - Golden Sun The Lost Age Vincent Dortel 2024-01-10 | Extended version of "Jenna Battle (Restored)".Original video: youtube.com/watch?v=PfaszscHlAI
Isaac Battle (Restored) [Extended 10min] - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-01-10 | Extended version of "Isaac Battle (Restored)".Original video: youtube.com/watch?v=ciO-4WimV3w
The Elemental Stars (Restored) [Extended 10min] - Golden Sun Vincent Dortel 2024-01-10 | Extended version of "The Elemental Stars (Restored)".Original video: youtube.com/watch?v=nBHanxWrMSM
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