Chaser the Ultimate Gamer's Ultimate Ports (Listen and enjoy!) :) [2 NEW SONGS!] - Custom Music

It's about time to show off a lot of ports I've done. Please feel free to listen and tell me what you think of them all so far.

Unsampled ports:

1.) Beverly Hills Cop III - Axel Foley Theme [NEW and REMIX!]
2.) Dig Dug - Stage Theme
3.) DMX - X Gon' Give It To Ya [NEW!]
4.) DuckTales - Main Theme
5.) DuckTales - African Mines [Requested]
6.) Freak Nasty - Da' Dip
7.) John Carpenter - Halloween (Piano Version) [REMIX!]
8.) John Carpenter - Halloween (Guitar Version) [REMIX!]
9.) Marble Madness - Beginner Race (Level 2) [REMIX!]
10.) Mario Party 3 - Item Mini Game
11.) Metroid - Brinstar (Guitar Version) [REMIX!]
12.) Paper Mario - Toad Town [Requested]
13.) Sonic & Knuckles - Invincibility Theme [Requested] [UPDATED!]
14.) Sonic the Hedgehog - Act Clear
15.) Sonic the Hedgehog - Labyrinth Zone [Requested]
16.) Sonic the Hedgehog - Marble Zone
17.) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Special Stage [UPDATED!]
18.) Super Mario 64 - Dire Dire Docks/Jolly Rogers Bay [I will be making a sample version of this and the percussion version of this as well very soon]
19.) Super Mario 64 - Course Clear
20.) Super Mario Bros. 3 - Airship (Guitar Remix) [REMIX!]
21.) Super Mario World - Sub-Castle (Remix) [REMIX!]
22.) The Legend of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link - Village [Requested]
23.) Yoshi's Story - On the Beach [Requested]

Sampled ports:

1.) Castlevania 1 - Wicked Child
2.) DuckTales - African Mines [Requested]
3.) Paper Mario - Toad Town [Requested]
4.) Shinobi (Arcade) - Mission 1-2
5.) Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES) - Underground
6.) Super Mario Bros. 3 - Airship (Guitar Remix) [REMIX!] [Thanks CrispyYoshi for the inspiration.]
7.) The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - Platform Levels [Requested]
8.) The Legend of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link - Village [Requested]
9.) The Legend of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link - Great Temple [Requested] [Thanks to Supertails for original unsampled port.]

Accepted ports on SMWC:

1.) Dragon Warrior III (GBC) - Dark World (Alefgard) (U) [Collaborated port with omegazeroINFI]

I hope you enjoy them all and be prepared for more COMING SOON! Please tell me what you think. Thank you all.

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Got a new ported song WIP that I started today, and I will be making a sampled version of this and create the version with percussion in it as well. I hope you enjoy it. Please don't be shy to give me criticism.

Super Mario 64 - Dire Dire Docks/Jolly Rogers Bay (U)

[Just updated it of 1/13/2014]

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Remember that port of Wicked Child I did for the entry round of SMWCIdol 5? Well, awhile back I made a sampled version after I learned how to do it. Here it is for your listening ears.

Castlevania 1 - Wicked Child (S)

I hope you enjoy it and please leave feedback.

I also updated Dire Dire Docks/Jolly Roger Bay port. Tell me what you think of any of the ones I put up for you to listen so I can become an even better porter.

Thank you.

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New song? You got it! I had a request to make Supertails' legacy port of Great Temple sampled 8-bit style. Here it is:

The Legend of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link - Great Temple (S)

What do you think of it? Feel free to let me know!

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Damn, another song in the works. I decided to do this myself and make it rock hard. Here it is:

Super Mario Bros. 3 - Airship (Guitar Remix) (U)

Do you like or dislike it? Let me know!

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Originally posted by scooter102089

Damn, another song in the works. I decided to do this myself and make it rock hard. Here it is:

Super Mario Bros. 3 - Airship (Guitar Remix) (U)

Do you like or dislike it? Let me know!

Pretty cool remix! I do think this song needs a stronger bass, though. If you could vary up some of the rhythms (the percussion and the accompaniment guitar chords), I think that could improve this remix.

Keep remixing, man! There aren't enough people doing remix/composition MMLs on this site!

Your songs are great here, and precise!

Originally posted by CrispyYoshi

Originally posted by scooter102089

Damn, another song in the works. I decided to do this myself and make it rock hard. Here it is:

Super Mario Bros. 3 - Airship (Guitar Remix) (U)

Do you like or dislike it? Let me know!

Pretty cool remix! I do think this song needs a stronger bass, though. If you could vary up some of the rhythms (the percussion and the accompaniment guitar chords), I think that could improve this remix.

Keep remixing, man! There aren't enough people doing remix/composition MMLs on this site!

Thanks a lot. I took your advice and I spiced it up.

Originally posted by Ruberjig

Your songs are great here, and precise!

I appreciate that, I put in a lot of time to make it precise.

Now like I said to CrispyYoshi, here is the spiced up sampled version:

Super Mario Bros. 3 - Airship (Guitar Remix) (S)

What do you think of it now CrispyYoshi and everyone else? Also, any ones I ported really stand out being the best?

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@Ruberjig - Thank you for liking my ports. (Sorry, it took so long for a response).

Thanks to HackerOfTheLegend for requesting a port, I made hopefully a nice rendition (Unsampled and Sampled}. He liked it and so I thought I'll link so everyone else can hear it too.

Paper Mario - Toad Town (U)
Paper Mario - Toad Town (S)

Do you agree with him that they're good or could they use improvements? Feel free to let me know.

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Originally posted by scooter102089

@Ruberjig - Thank you for liking my ports. (Sorry, it took so long for a response).

Thanks to HackerOfTheLegend for requesting a port, I made hopefully a nice rendition (Unsampled and Sampled}. He liked it and so I thought I'll link so everyone else can hear it too.

Paper Mario - Toad Town (U)
Paper Mario - Toad Town (S)

Do you agree with him that they're good or could they use improvements? Feel free to let me know.

Considering this was a request, I am concerned over the second version utilizing non-SMW samples on slots 01, 04, and 0E, which are all shared by the default SFX, causing the SFX to sound very funky. Assuming this is likely an AMK, AM405 or AMM port, I would suggest looking into loading samples past slot 13 (AM405 $E5, AMM $F3 (I don't recommend this tutorial, but it does mention how to use $F3), AMK #instruments)

Regarding the actual song itself...

SMW Samples Version: Nicely done. For the most part, it sounds great! I'd say this is good where it currently is, but if you want to improve it, here are my suggestions. First, the @0 and @4 are very harsh, and I would suggest lowering their volume levels a bit more (Not too much though, because they actually play the melody). Some of the harmony notes are also different from the original, and I would look into that as well. Getting even more in-depth, I also feel like the notes hold out a lot longer than the original, where the original took advantage of staccato (short notes) to make the song really... bouncy. At 0:31 I also think there should be an instrument change at that point on the @0 instruments, because the jumping notes sounds kinda funky otherwise. (iirc the original actually had an instrument change there too)

Non-SMW Samples Version: Pretty much everything said in the last paragraph besides the volume levels. In addition to that, however, sample 01 is very sharp in cents ($EE) tuning, and I would suggest lowering that by lowering the semitone tuning with h-1, then using a high $EE value to bring the pitch back up by... $EE $A0 I guess? You might need to play with that $A0 value. Sample 04 is also just a tad sharp, and you could try lowering that with the same method, but use an even higher $EE value, like $EE $E5. (Again, just an estimate from what I'm hearing, so I could be wrong with that value.)

I wish you the best of luck improving the track, and if you need additional help, #imamusic on CaffieNET's IRC server is filled with lots talented porters who'd be happy to help you with anything you need to accomplish!

They're both AM4 songs, by the way.

Originally posted by CrispyYoshi

Considering this was a request, I am concerned over the second version utilizing non-SMW samples on slots 01, 04, and 0E, which are all shared by the default SFX, causing the SFX to sound very funky. Assuming this is likely an AMK, AM405 or AMM port, I would suggest looking into loading samples past slot 13 (AM405 $E5, AMM $F3 (I don't recommend this tutorial, but it does mention how to use $F3), AMK #instruments)

Regarding the actual song itself...

SMW Samples Version: Nicely done. For the most part, it sounds great! I'd say this is good where it currently is, but if you want to improve it, here are my suggestions. First, the @0 and @4 are very harsh, and I would suggest lowering their volume levels a bit more (Not too much though, because they actually play the melody). Some of the harmony notes are also different from the original, and I would look into that as well. Getting even more in-depth, I also feel like the notes hold out a lot longer than the original, where the original took advantage of staccato (short notes) to make the song really... bouncy. At 0:31 I also think there should be an instrument change at that point on the @0 instruments, because the jumping notes sounds kinda funky otherwise. (iirc the original actually had an instrument change there too)

Non-SMW Samples Version: Pretty much everything said in the last paragraph besides the volume levels. In addition to that, however, sample 01 is very sharp in cents ($EE) tuning, and I would suggest lowering that by lowering the semitone tuning with h-1, then using a high $EE value to bring the pitch back up by... $EE $A0 I guess? You might need to play with that $A0 value. Sample 04 is also just a tad sharp, and you could try lowering that with the same method, but use an even higher $EE value, like $EE $E5. (Again, just an estimate from what I'm hearing, so I could be wrong with that value.)

I wish you the best of luck improving the track, and if you need additional help, #imamusic on CaffieNET's IRC server is filled with lots talented porters who'd be happy to help you with anything you need to accomplish!

Thank you CrispyYoshi. I took your advice and I fixed up the sampled version. Stupid of me, I already fixed the sample placements so it won't screw up the SFX, but I didn't send the updated SPC on this site. So, there should be no problems of that in the version I gave HOTL since he got the most updated one. Now, I made it more staccato using ADSR and getting the volume more accurate. So, here it is:

Update to Toad Town (S)

[By the way, HOTL is right. It is AM4.05.]

Thanks again for your advice.

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Quick new song I put together from a MIDI...the twist is that I added the percussion part myself from scratch. Maybe it could be used for a P-Switch...

Dig Dug - Stage Theme (U)

Hope you enjoy it.

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Toad Town: That's ALOT better!

Dig Dug: This song originally didn't have drums, but it sounds great!

Originally posted by Ruberjig

Toad Town: That's ALOT better!

Dig Dug: This song originally didn't have drums, but it sounds great!

Thank you Ruberjig, but it was CrispyYoshi's suggestions that made it sound better.

Yeah, I don't know why but the Dig Dug song felt a little empty so I tried to add percussion that fits it from scratch to to pump it up a bit. I'm glad you like them.

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Yeah, new song (blah, blah, blah) Possibly could fit as a bonus stage. I know it don't sound exactly like the original since I had to take a part out to make it fit within SMW limitations. I figured it wasn't as important to have in. In case you didn't see it in the showoff thread, here it is:

Mario Party 3 - Item Mini Game (U)

Don't hesitate to tell me if it sucks or not since I put together less than 2 hours.

Edit: Just updated it. I hope it'll suck less for you all. Please enjoy!

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Been awhile since I made a song so here's a version to rock out to.

Metroid - Brinstar (Guitar Version) (U)

Hope you enjoy and feel free to criticize.

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It's been awhile since I posted in here, so I thought I would put a new one in here that I did a little while back.

Sonic 1 - Act Clear

I also updated Marble Zone, since it had a few issues.

Sonic 1 - Marble Zone (updated)

Hope you all like them. Feel free to write a comment on it, thank you.

(Edit: I just updated "Act Cleared")

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Another new Sonic song? You betcha! Here's my SPECIAL song from Sonic 2.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Special Stage (U)

Some tweaking will still be done with it and a sampled version will come after. Be sure to let me know about possible fixes. Thank you.

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Certainly quite the interesting theme... I'd see this in a roller coaster type level, or even something athletic. I haven't heard the original, so not really much feedback can be given.

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