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Non-NEC Console Related Discussion => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: roflmao on April 09, 2012, 04:01:22 PM
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UPDATE 1/22/2013:
Go here for all your listening needs: http://archives.tg-16.com/music_database.htm
Well, I've decided to shelve the website for the time being. I'll bring it back when: 1. I have time to make it the site I originally intended and 2. have also gone through and made all the file names and tags consistent.
While the site may be down, the soundtracks are still available since they are hosted on tg-16.com!
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Aero_Blasters_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Air_Zonk_GST.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Alien_Crush_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Batman_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Cotton-Fantastic_Night_Dreams.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Cyber_Core_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Detana_TwinBee_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Devils_Crush.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Double_Dungeons_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Dragon_Slayer_6.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Dragon_Spirit_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Dungeon_Explorer_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Final_Soldier_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Galaga_88_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Gate_of_Thunder.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Ginga_Fukei_Densetsu_Sapphire.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Gradius_2-Gofer_no_Yabou.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Gradius_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Lords_of_Thunder.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Military_Madness_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Neutopia_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Ninja_Spirit_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Pac-Land_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Parasol_Stars-The_Story_of_Bubble_Bobble_III_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/R-Type_Complete.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/R-Type_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Raiden_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Rayxanber_II_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Salamander_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Seirei_Senshi_Spriggan.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Soldier_Blade_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Street_Fighter_II_Soundtrack-Champion_Edition_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Super_Star_Soldier_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Ys_I_and_II_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/DevilCrashAlienCrush - Arranged versions added 1/26/2013
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Original Post:
Over the past couple months I've been slowly converting HuCard soundtracks and ripping CD game soundtracks and converting them to MP3.
I'm up to almost 40 OBEY soundtracks and wanted to come up with a way to share them with others.
For the past few evenings I've been tinkering with a quick and dirty wordpress website that will do just that.
http://turbomusic.risemedia.org/
It currently only has about 20 soundtracks up there, due to time and bandwidth, but if there seems to be some interest in this, I'll plan on adding the rest and more as I get them.
To download the zip files, you need to create an account (just a username and a valid email address) which will help me see if anyone is using it. :)
The site is pretty barebones and probably buggy, but please check it out and let me know your thoughts!
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This is cool, actually what I was looking for to get more turbo music on my playlist :clap: I will sign up for sure.
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rolfmaol. thx a lot for that great stuff :)
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registered! Great link Raffel Mayo. :)
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Groovy! Hey Joshua, I saw in the chatbox over there your question about being able to upload music. I think that's a great idea and think I have a way to set that up. It should just be a matter of assigning the proper permissions to the the account level. I'll have to do some tinkering with that.
Another thing I want to look into is integrating bittorrent as an alternative link for the soundtracks. I haven't used bittorrent a whole lot, but I bet I can figure out how to set it up.
A note about the soundtracks: All of the chiptunes were ripped from hes files found here: http://www.zophar.net/music/hes.html
The track and album information was ripped right from there as well. Some of the files are labeled better than others. A number of the soundtracks are labeled Track 1, Track 2, etc. While others have more appropriate title names. Also, some of the chiptunes are a set length (like 3:09) for every track, even though the actual music runs out early. So some of the soundtracks have a lot of dead air. I'd like to update the soundtracks at some point so all of the tracks are properly labeled and are the proper length for each track. And I want to embed an image of the game for the album artwork, which I don't think any of the chiptunes currently have.
But they are all listenable, which is the main thing to me.
The CD soundtracks are better labeled and I think have their album artwork already in place, but I think there's only 1 CD soundtrack available right now due to space. The 40 soundtracks I have on my hard drive take up nearly 1.5GB, and I could see this project easily taking up much more space, so I've got to figure out a good way to host this stuff without using up all of my personal web space (space I need to develop clients websites :P).
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I can host all of this (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png).
However, we should contact Paranoia Dragon so you ROFLMAO (and others) don't re-create all the files that P_D has:
(http://junk.tg-16.com/images/hany_in_the_sky.png)DL game soundtracks, including hucard ost's!
He had a thread with, literally, hundreds of games that were in .mp3 format.
I sent him a PM to see if he still has the raw files and if he'd be willing to upload them to tg-16.com...
NOW, his files might not have the best tags/meta-data, which is where the community here can fix things.
I also feel that there should be
(1) an .hes archive (for folks who use sound emulation) and
(2) an .mp3 archive (for folks who use mp3's).
I can host all of this.
The challenge, as I see it:
(a) I want everything to be high-quality (.mp3 @ ______ kB/s) and accurate (track info/meta data)... high-res scan of cover art is a plus...
(b) I want everything to be uniform, consistent (formatting)
(c) So we need to have some general guidelines (for all contributors to follow).
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I agree. High quality all the way. It is possible for me to host the website at my location and store the files at your location. Also I should be able to set it up so members of the site can upload/update content. .hes and .mp3 options would be great. The mp3s that I've ripped have all been converted from .hes via Winamp to CBR 192k .mp3s, so they're pretty high quality. With CDs I usually use a program called Exact Audio Copy which allows me to encode them as VBR, which I think technically may be slightly higher quality than CBR 192, but with these tunes, I don't think I'd be able to tell the difference. Also, once the chiptunes were converted to MP3, they were run through a normalizing utility that brought their volume up (straight out of .hes they sounded pretty quiet, which I'm assuming is to compensate for other in-game sound effects).
Ironically, this all started because I tried to get ahold of Paranoia Dragon around the start of the year when I remembered his amazing list, but never heard back from him, so I decided to venture out on my own to have a resource available 24/7. If we can use the ones he's already put together, that would be awesome.
Thanks for offering to host the files. That's way cool. :D
As an aside, I added Batman, Dungeon Explorer, Sapphire, Gate of Thunder and Gradius 2 to the site today. :)
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Ah, you tried to get ahold of me??? Crap...did you PM me? I'm looking thru & don't see any :-k I did get the one from Esteban. Yeah, I'm willing to help. I can't even remember if any of my stuff has tags or whatever, other then the main files being named their propers names. There are probably the occasional game I have music ripped from that has missing chiptunes or no names at all. I did the best I could, & ripped them all as high as possible for mp3's, though, I no longer can use that mp3 maker with Windows 7 :P I have a free mp3 maker, it's decent, but, if anyone has any recomendations for a really good one incase I need it??
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book marked for later
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Hey Rofl, check the DE soundtrack again. Every song has been copied twice. =)
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Hey Rofl, check the DE soundtrack again. Every song has been copied twice. =)
Ha! So that's why it's a 100 meg zip file. I thought it was kind of odd.
Thanks!
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Ok, so I looked at the zip file and compared it to the original .hes file and the .hes file contained all the duplicates as well. I've updated the zip file at turbomusic so it no longer contains the duplicates. Thanks for bring it to my attention!
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Gah, I haven't uploaded any music in ages, I forgot about my old thread ](*,)
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Hey Paranoa, I don't remember if I PM'd you or not. :oops: It wasn't until recently that I found out in my profile settings I can automatically save every outgoing PM, so before then my records are pretty spotty. It wouldn't surprise me if I just posted in your thread and left it at that though. :D No biggie. I hope I didn't come across as speaking down about you - that wasn't my intention. I really appreciate all you've done.
I think between you, me and esteban, we can work out a really cool system to have these hosted all the time and freely available. I can spend some time in the evenings updating tag info, but it would be great if we could get a couple volunteers as well.
Since yesterday I've had roughy half a dozen people create accounts and about 20 downloads so far, so there appears to be some interest in this. :dance:
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Thanks for the site, I downloaded some Dragon Spirit and Super Star Soldier for old time sake.
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Do you guys have the soundtrack for Cadash by any chance?
I have the soundtracks for Dracula X and Parasol Stars that I can offer if needed.
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Hey Paranoa, I don't remember if I PM'd you or not. :oops: It wasn't until recently that I found out in my profile settings I can automatically save every outgoing PM, so before then my records are pretty spotty. It wouldn't surprise me if I just posted in your thread and left it at that though. :D No biggie. I hope I didn't come across as speaking down about you - that wasn't my intention. I really appreciate all you've done.
I think between you, me and esteban, we can work out a really cool system to have these hosted all the time and freely available. I can spend some time in the evenings updating tag info, but it would be great if we could get a couple volunteers as well.
Since yesterday I've had roughy half a dozen people create accounts and about 20 downloads so far, so there appears to be some interest in this. :dance:
No worries, I didn't take it that way.:)
Cadash is right here
http://www.filefactory.com/file/2al4l5q2zka5/n/Cadash_Turbo_rar
Thanks for the site, I downloaded some Dragon Spirit and Super Star Soldier for old time sake.
You might want to check out my Super Star Soldier, as it includes no less then 7 remixes done by Hudson, & I believe 1 (professionally made) fan track that I was able to track down! I don't know if my chiptunes are better or not, they sound nice & clean, might be worth checking them out, but here's the link for the entire she-bang!
http://www.filefactory.com/file/780cw0dex8j/n/SuperStarSoldier_rar
Also, I believe I have the arcade version of Dragon Spirit. And as for Cadash, I may have not only the arcade version, but also a version where I combined the arcade & Turbo version.
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P_D, check your PM. We have to get you uploading to tg-16.com so you (and fellow tg-16 members here) don't have to worry about filefactory/megaupload/crap.com! (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)(http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)(http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
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I've made a big update to the site this morning. All of the soundtracks are now hosted at tg-16.com so a huge thank you goes out to esteban! Also, I've added 9 more soundtracks (some real gems!) bringing the total available up to 34! More are in the works.
Read more about the update and the new soundtracks here: http://turbomusic.risemedia.org/9-more-soundtracks-added/
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And I have done...........nothing! I've been extremely preoccupied with life, as well as making music for Jungle Bros., & I have both this, & the Ys 4 dub I need to work on! Patience people!
Question roflmao , are you including the chiptunes with the soundtracks(like in Ys 1 & 2)? Also, when we have all our stuff up on tg16, should we have mutiple versions are soundtracks, or should be eventually narrow everything down to 1 soundtrack for any games where there's multiple contributers? I have some interesting stuff in some of my soundtracks that I include, that can't be found easily(tg16 remixes I've discovered, & some I've made myself), not to mention chiptunes from cd games. :-k
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Would it be possible to include the HES files on your site as well? With Kaminari's site gone, it's hard to find a host with a full set of HES rips.
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Holy crap! Kaminari's gone?? What happened?
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And I have done...........nothing! I've been extremely preoccupied with life, as well as making music for Jungle Bros., & I have both this, & the Ys 4 dub I need to work on! Patience people!
I sure can relate. I didn't know when I was going to be able to get to updating the site, but an opportunity unexpectedly appeared, so I took it! Who knows when I'll next get to the site... :P
Question roflmao , are you including the chiptunes with the soundtracks(like in Ys 1 & 2)? Also, when we have all our stuff up on tg16, should we have mutiple versions are soundtracks, or should be eventually narrow everything down to 1 soundtrack for any games where there's multiple contributers? I have some interesting stuff in some of my soundtracks that I include, that can't be found easily(tg16 remixes I've discovered, & some I've made myself), not to mention chiptunes from cd games. :-k
I'm open to suggestions on how to categorize the files. The files can be tagged, so we can get pretty creative with the categorization. One of these days I'll update it so they are at least broken down by chiptune / redbook. I'd also like to make the files searchable by either the US title or the PCE title and have them broken down into TG16 / PCE.
I think if we have different versions of the same game, we should keep your copy. :D My copies don't have any extras; they're pretty barebones.
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Do you guys have the soundtrack for Cadash by any chance?
I have the soundtracks for Dracula X and Parasol Stars that I can offer if needed.
It took a while for me to appreciate Cadash but it does have some great melodies in there..
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Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that I'm planning on taking this site offline this weekend. It'll be down for awhile until I get around to upgrading my web hosting account to allow for more resources. And the site needed a lot of attention and wasn't getting it. :)
All of the files are actually stored at tg-16.com (thanks to esteban!) so they should still be accessible in case anyone wants them in the future.
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I just updated the original post with direct links to each of the soundtracks found on TurboMusic. The files are stored at tg-16.com so even though the site will be down, you'll still have access to the soundtracks. :)
Here's the list again:
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Aero_Blasters_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Air_Zonk_GST.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Alien_Crush_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Batman_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Cotton-Fantastic_Night_Dreams.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Cyber_Core_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Detana_TwinBee_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Devils_Crush.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Double_Dungeons_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Dragon_Slayer_6.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Dragon_Spirit_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Dungeon_Explorer_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Final_Soldier_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Galaga_88_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Gate_of_Thunder.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Ginga_Fukei_Densetsu_Sapphire.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Gradius_2-Gofer_no_Yabou.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Gradius_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Lords_of_Thunder.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Military_Madness_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Neutopia_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Ninja_Spirit_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Pac-Land_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Parasol_Stars-The_Story_of_Bubble_Bobble_III_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/R-Type_Complete.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/R-Type_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Raiden_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Rayxanber_II_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Salamander_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Seirei_Senshi_Spriggan.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Soldier_Blade_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Street_Fighter_II_Soundtrack-Champion_Edition_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Super_Star_Soldier_Soundtrack.zip
http://tg-16.com/mp3/Ys_I_and_II_Soundtrack.zip
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Dude, thank you ROFFLE MAYO!! That made it super simple!
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DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYUM!
Nice
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Plus, I'm working on a nice "front end" web interface for folks who want to explore (& download/browse) all these tracks (and more!!!)
Stay tuned...
http://archives.tg-16.com/music_database_test.htm
I have not added roflmao's files yet (I will!)
So far, the files on the test page are from Paranoia_Dragon (the quality, tagging, etc. might suck...I haven't really investigated them)
roflmao, if you can tell me about the quality of sound/meta data of your files...they might be better than P_D's (I'll offer both, regardless, so folks can choose)...
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IF YOU WANT TO HELP OUT, HERE'S A TO-DO LIST... (http://archives.tg-16.com/music_database_test.htm#help)
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I have a ton of redbook tunes stored away, PM me if interested.
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I have a ton of redbook tunes stored away, PM me if interested.
THANK YOU (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
I think the dilemma I'm facing is this: can we create a collection that is consistently tagged (accurate info), "high quality" sound, with high quality album art?
What should our standards be?
These days, with amazing screen resolutions, I think 1200x1200 pixel cover art is a minimum... I know .mp3's are far from ideal, but they just are so damn versatile (I like streaming a song through my browser when, ha!, browsing music...I want to be able to link to specific songs when chatting to folks, etc.)
Also, I need to throw an .hes archive up on the page, too (again, I'd want excellent cover art and meta data for .hes files).
As always, far too much work (even if it is crowdsourced here at pcefx, which is the only way it will happen in a timely fashion) but I'm going to build this anyway, even if I'm the only one who uses it. (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
BASICALLY, my PLAN:
(1) In order to be "complete", any and all files will be included (regardless of quality)
(2) Folks will help improve quality of all the files, slowly the crap is weeded out and only the best available
(3) Consistent, standard quality achieved
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These days, with amazing screen resolutions, I think 1200x1200 pixel cover art is a minimum... I know .mp3's are far from ideal, but they just are so damn versatile (I like streaming a song through my browser when, ha!, browsing music...I want to be able to link to specific songs when chatting to folks, etc.)
I think MP3 files are perfectly fine quality. Most listeners can't tell the different between 128kbps encoded MP3 files and CD-quality audio. If there's some question, go for 256kbit encoded MP3 files. That's what all the music stores on-line do. While we are not the general public, it's pretty clear that the general public has declared that "good enough" is, well, good enough, especially if it is very convenient. If people are chanting for higher quality, we could, as a community, encode a few key tracks in FLAC as well.
Also, I need to throw an .hes archive up on the page, too (again, I'd want excellent cover art and meta data for .hes files).
You should see if you can get your hands on permission to host the latest revision of NEZplug++ and Mednafen as well, so that we can play the HES files.
BASICALLY, my PLAN:
(1) In order to be "complete", any and all files will be included (regardless of quality)
(2) Folks will help improve quality of all the files, slowly the crap is weeded out and only the best available
(3) Consistent, standard quality achieved
Sounds good to me. We should draft some preferred encoding settings (latest LAME with this bitrate and these flags, recorded from real hardware/ripped straight from the CD) and some acceptable encoding settings (LAME, no special flags, this bitrate, from Mednafen or NEZplug++/ripped straight from the CD). As long as people specify their methods for submitted files it will be easy to replace lower-quality files as newer, better ones come along.
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I have a load of PCE sound rips in .pce ROM format and not HES as well.
Another question is how to tackle audio from CD - pure music only, complete CD audio or selected music/voice tracks (such as the beginning of Ys)?
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Been downloading these mp3's all morning long. Great stuff roflmao! Thanks for posting up the download links ..
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Well all of the HuCard soundtracks I created using a plugin for winamp that would convert .hes to mp3. I think they are all 128kbps cbr mp3 files (I know, not ideal, but they sound pretty good). I then used a batch tagging utility to add what I could, Game Name, Developer, Year Released and song titles (when possible). Also, most of them I ran through SoundBooth and normalized the levels so I don't have to turn them up in the car. :) So they should all be pretty consistent.
The CD soundtracks, however, are a mixed bag. Some I've ripped using Exact Audio Copy and some I got from other forum members or elsewhere. So sound quality, file naming conventions, and tags are not consistent.
Also, thanks to MotherGunner, I've added another soundtrack to the list: "Devil Crash Alien Crush"
It's arranged music from those 2 games. Sounds awesome!
http://tg-16.com/mp3/DevilCrashAlienCrush
As an aside, looking at the .nfo file included it looks like it was ripped by a "blindell" back in 2010... Hmmmmm, I wonder who that could be. ;)
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complete CD audio or selected music/voice tracks (such as the beginning of Ys)?
That's what I did with Dungeon Explorer II, I might've done that with Ys 4. I know I did include Perfect Collection editions & some mashup's of my own with Ys 4. In any case, yeah, it's hard to know how extensive the soundtracks should be.
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Yep, that was me. I ripped it to FLAC as well. I believe I had them over at UG.
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OK, thanks for all the info, folks. It looks like we are going to find a way to make this work :)
(1) It doesn't hurt to include tracks from cinema scenes... if folks don't like them, they can delete them.
(2) 256kbs (constant) seems good.
(3) TEDIOUS is the best way to describe everything I want....
OK, fellows, I got a another chunk of the list done...
http://archives.tg-16.com/music_database.htm
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This probably won't help, but I have a set of edited-together complete Hucard soundtracks that I use in the music videos on my site. They are all in 1 file each, not individual tracks.
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This probably won't help, but I have a set of edited-together complete Hucard soundtracks that I use in the music videos on my site. They are all in 1 file each, not individual tracks.
That sounds interesting. :)
I'm happy to check it out. I'll PM you later. Which probably means much later :)
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The Ninja Spirit music is beyond nuts. SO MUCH AMBIANCE! I'm really into track #6
Thank you again so much for making this available.
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I'm glad you guys are digging these.
I find it kind of funny that I put a solid weekend of work into building a website to host these soundtracks and it's been sitting lifeless for nearly a year, when all I really had to do was link the soundtracks in a thread for people to enjoy. Derp. :)
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I'm glad you guys are digging these.
I find it kind of funny that I put a solid weekend of work into building a website to host these soundtracks and it's been sitting lifeless for nearly a year, when all I really had to do was link the soundtracks in a thread for people to enjoy. Derp. :)
You just need a banner to promote them, with a big PLAY BUTTON and a PCE next to it or something. lol
I've digested a bunch of info from the site, but honestly this was the first time I had seen that page. Bookmarked directly now of course :D
I got them tunes playing in the car and my kiddos love it.
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You just need a banner to promote them, with a big PLAY BUTTON and a PCE next to it or something. lol
I've digested a bunch of info from the site, but honestly this was the first time I had seen that page. Bookmarked directly now of course :D
I got them tunes playing in the car and my kiddos love it.
I know! My kid loves listening to old video game music in the car (as do I)! Don't bother bookmarking the site. It's now on hiatus. But all of the soundtracks are linked in the original post of this thread now. :)
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I'm looking for F1 Dream soundtrack...it's damn near impossible, no HES and in the game, the music is drowned out by the loud motors
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I'm looking for F1 Dream soundtrack...it's damn near impossible, no HES and in the game, the music is drowned out by the loud motors
Hey Ninja Spirit,
All of the chiptune soundtracks I converted to .mp3 were pulled from http://www.zophar.net/music/hes.html.
While I see a number of F1 games listed there, none of them are titled "Dream" so I don't know if I can help out currently. :(
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Here is a direct link to the HES (Use 7Zip to extract the archive)
http://hes.joshw.info/f/F-1%20Dream%20(1989-08-25)(Capcom)(-)(NEC%20Avenue).7z (http://hes.joshw.info/f/F-1 Dream (1989-08-25)(Capcom)(-)(NEC Avenue).7z)
Source: http://hes.joshw.info (http://hes.joshw.info/)