The Elemental Stars (Restored - Roland SC-88) - Golden Sun

Описание: Playlist with all my other Golden Sun restored tracks:    • Golden Sun 1&2 Full Restored Soundtrack  
Lossless FLAC files can be downloaded here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

~~ The Elemental Stars ~~
You've asked for it, here it is! :) I started working on this one several months ago but I wasn't entirely happy with the result. I needed to "get it right". I have to thank once again ‪@freejusticehere‬ for helping me identifying the right samples to use on the SC-88 for the Music Box and the Flute 2.
Fun fact: in the game, sequences can only have a maximum of 10 tracks. Here, the 10th track changes instrument throughout the sequence between the Pan Flute, Oboe, Choir Aahs and Flute 2. It is used to add the typical Golden Sun echo effect done by repeating the notes with a slight delay, a different pan and a small detune.
Since I recently released my VST, I thought it would be nice to include the little visualizer that associates each track ID with an instrument name and a vu-meter.

~~ 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 (https://github.com/justedni/goldensun....
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