I was working on a YM2612 cover of Prelude from Castlevania III, but I couldn't seem to get the instrumentation or the notes of the arpeggios right. So I decided to do this instead! I think it turned out amazing! Definitely an improvement over the Wily Wars version. I exported this song as a ROM and played it on my Analogue Mega Sg in order to simulate the DAC noise effect that a real SEGA Genesis would have. The version that comes straight out of DefleMask sounds a lot different without the DAC effect! It's a lot more aggressive and makes the whistle patch sound similar to a square wave despite it actually being a sine wave.

I decided to use a whistle patch because I wanted it to represent Proto Man. He loves whistling.

Only the YM2612 is used, no PSG, and all patches are custom made; no presets! Probably half of the time working on this song was dedicated to making the instruments sound good. Making FM patches sure is hard!!

Check out my other SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive music!

COMPOSER

Yasuaki Fujita (Bun Bun)

DRUM SAMPLES

Roland TR-626

ARRANGER

Alexander Emenheiser (@ade-syndicate)

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