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How to make Sega Genesis music (in 1994)

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GEMS. The Genesis Editor for Music and Sound Effects. One of the most popular sound drivers for music on the Sega Genesis. but how did it work? That's what we explore in this video! a BIG THANK YOU to the following cool dudes for taking the time to answer my questions: John Miller Kurt Harland Larson Mark Miller Tommy Tallarico somasis r57shell everyone in #vgmrips everyone else I forgot to mention TABLE OF CONTENTS: 0:00 Introduction 0:38 History 1:49 Hardware 4:10 For Musicians 5:18 Making Sounds 6:43 More Sounds 9:15 Making Song 10:39 Priority Mailboxes 14:36 Something new ---- all of the songs used in this video used the GEMS driver! here's the list of games and songs used: 0:04 Batman Returns (Final Act (No Loop)) 0:39 Vectorman 2 (Bog Jam) 1:49 Earthworm Jim 2 (Lorenzen's Soil) 4:09 Tale Spin (Italy, Greece, India) 4:54 Comix Zone (Episode 1, Page 2-2) 5:18 Flashback (Diary) 6:43 Earthworm Jim (New Junk City) 7:14 Earthworm Jim 2 (Title) 7:33 Earthworm Jim (New Junk City) 9:15 Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel (Cliffs) 10:38 Sonic Spinball (Machine) 13:24 Cool Spot (Rave Dancetune) and also a blast of games at 0:09, in this order: Action 52 (Man At Arms (Even Levels)) Marko's Magic Football (Suburbia) The Berenstain Bears' Camping Adventure (Honey Hunting) Paperboy 2 (Menu) Ariel The Little Mermaid (Character Select) Sonic Spinball (Toxic Caves) ---- some sources and notes: editor for music and sound effects“&source=bl&ots=0i87vznbKI&sig=nD7j0oPK2ZB38aIgZZpJoD8L7cw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_sdKKj9zUAhUG4CYKHYsDDmsQ6AEIQjAE#v=onepage&q=“genesis editor for music and sound effects“&f=false my notes on how to emulate GEMS: The song that appears at the end is a cover of a song that Laxity (of Vibrants, and Maniacs of Noise) wrote in 1997, titled “I'm a Dick“ the original is here: or on youtube: or an Adlib cover: you can download my GEMS version of the song here: #!mxF23RqR!7UD1D2U_SG0wJ71NdcYJS1BurXNYTEHn-9v2A5grlQM ---- a quick correction: 2:24 this is a parallel cable connection, not a serial cable. (specifically a 25-pin printer cable connection, to quote the manual.) thanks happyscrappy! 9:44 CC actually stands for “Control Change“, not “Continuous Control“. thanks KarjamP! ---- Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoyed! As this is not a mix, I'm not charging anyone on patreon for this video, but I appreciate your support!

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