Carnival Night Act 2 (Sonic Origins Remastered)

[@MasteredRealm]

The processing I applied here basically eliminates the strong low pass filter on the recordings in Origins, but it doesn't clean up the heartbreakingly unfinished arrangements. Still, I think having these out is important, even if for preservation purposes.

[@leanycat]

0:20 - did... did i just hear a smb1 koopa shell sound effect? or is it just me? lol amazing work on this edit dude

[@MasteredRealm]

Hahaha OMG it's even in the same key! kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3ivoXiFn9Snpqs

[@cubedtothex]

Wow, just….wow 😂

[@H128]

Oh my god

[@theraymansonicandretrogamesfan]

I thought the same thing

[@rapidloaf]

I just love this song, period, and seeing it get love and attention makes me happy. This sounds great! I wish it were in the actual game.

[@sixteenbitify]

If only there’s a way to hack the prototype tracks into our original cartridges using easily accessible tools.

[@mb8w27]

In my opinion, it’s sound like a sad day

[@Leo_D_Vinci]

In both the 1103 proto and the Origins rendition, the transition to the higher pitch in the intro (taking place briefly in 0:03) is mostly clean and sounds better on the ears. Meanwhile, in the PC rendition (and thus versions based on it), this transition is blocky and sounds mostly empty; just something interesting I noticed, and something to note if we are to believe the Origins renditions are earlier prototypes.

[@futabamajima]

I think the PC recordings were very rushed, launch base act 2 sounds mostly like someone started recording the melody, panicked part way through and forgot to fix it, instead of it being an intentional aspect of the original version

[@andevode]

Nice treble boost! I can actually hear the bass line now! Lol! Side note - I hope you fixed the loop in Launch Base Act 1. That one is my favorite (or best-of-the-worst) Origins track - and possibly my favorite out of all the *official* versions of that song.

[@MasteredRealm]

I did not as I wanted to be accurate but MCT did fix it in the collab recreation we made kzbin.info/www/bejne/l56vgqiAf6yjapY

[@andevode]

​@@MasteredRealm Oh! Awesome!

[@BOB_youtuber]

The koopa shell sound at 0:20

[@rapidloaf]

Bruh yes 😂

[@cubedtothex]

Perfect music to fall asleep too…

[@MasteredRealm]

If you want nightmares... sure haha

[@Tim_Brody]

Was that Mario kicking a shell- 0:20

[@TonyIsCool45]

Oh I heard it!

[@Tim_Brody]

@@TonyIsCool45 glad I’m not delusional. :D

[@supervideogamer3607]

The dac and bass sounds identical to the prototype that you can hear the bongos at 0:22 I'll say

[@TheAlphazoneYT]

I’ll never understand why they didn’t just use the original prototype renditions of these tracks & instead gave us horribly mixed versions. The thing is they could update the game at any time & give us the option for those tracks but still refuse to. 😑

[@efeloteishe4675]

Because there are sound bugs in the prototype

[@imperialny2739]

Yea, like Colors Ultimate did

[@TheAlphazoneYT]

@@imperialny2739 My thinking exactly

[@TheAlphazoneYT]

@@efeloteishe4675 And yet they still sound leagues better than what we actually got in Origins

[@Zaphod-ef9yz]

The problem with music is there is no one size to fit all, its all opinion and personal taste. To me, the prototype tracks of Carnival Night have sound bugs in, seem unfinished and the choice of instruments sound too close to Angel Islands. The music across 3&K have numerous similarities but are typically disguised through instrumental variety. I find Ice Cap depressing, not just because "Hard Times" is such a banger but proto/origins Ice Cap has creativity on par with a polyphonic ring tone. Its so empty and the fact that multiple fan remixes have transformed this melody into something amazing just highlights how unfinished the original is. I love both proto/origins Launch Base aside from the military march, I can't pick a favorite between these or the original retail "MJ" track, they are both really good. I am just confused as to why they felt limited to recycling these tracks rather than doing all new and why the audio quality is so poor.

[@theraymansonicandretrogamesfan]

When you listen to it in the actual game on Origins, it does sound like it is from the Model 1 Sega Genesis, but this remaster makes it sound like on Model 2.

[@plushdude600]

holy frick if this is updated in the game I would regain myself to this game

[@thoseonetrains]

i hope to god the prototype they used leaks because i can faintly hear the bass instrument that's also in 1103

[@tboneanimatetwoaccount2094]

IMO, while not as good as the actual prototype song, this does sound better than in the S&K collection. This actually does appear to have elements of the 1103 proto, like the bassline and the transition out of the intro.

[@wendyschickennuggets]

Kinda sounds sharper and less muffled than it was on origins

[@DAJTheYouTuber_2007]

is it bad that i like this over the prototype version?

[@CheddarVG]

While this doesn't sound nearly as good as the 1103 version, I think it's still a worthy trade.

[@shalpp]

Technically it's possible to recreate the original recordings since the voice patches used still exist in the game. I might fuck around at some point and try to recreate the Origins versions with better sounding leads (the main problems imo being act 1 having poor use of the square channels as the backing psg/echo maybe a programming error, and act 2's lead suffering from the squares phasing each other out [at least that's what i think it's called] )

[@MasteredRealm]

If you're gonna change stuff it's not technically a recreation anymore, is it?

[@Watermelloncat123]

Bro that start up of the music is so goofy💀

[@Enriquito445]

What happened to the MJ sound team remixes?

[@MasteredRealm]

I made IceCap 1 and 2. Polo Blue made Launch Base and SiIvagunner made Carnival Night. It's all been covered.

[@Enriquito445]

@@MasteredRealm oh ok

[@oshabot1646]

0:22 aaaaaa

[@MasteredRealm]

~ Happily playing the vibraphone off key ~

[@CauaFriendsOficial]

Unpopular opinion: I like this version more than the Proto/S&K Collection one.

[@MasteredRealm]

Blasphemy!

[@CauaFriendsOficial]

@@MasteredRealm it sure is

[@IDHLEB]

Congratulations, you have the same hearing disability as Jun Senoue

[@colburnrescores6654]

Even with this uncompressed variant, this still feels lifeless and sad.

[@FreshTillDeath56]

Even after all of the effort here, the origial pc version sounds better than this. They really didn't have to do literally anything.

[@MANGOM1LK]

tbh i think i kind of prefer the instrumentation in this version compared to 1103 ^^; the latter sounds like it's using the same instrument on every FM channel or something

[@elweycristiano64]

no costaba nada poner la original

[@MasteredRealm]

Costaba royalties! 🤣🤣

[@parapparappa3578]

I love the prototype songs it's just origins absolutely butchers them. Sonic 3 Air and sonic 3 complete remastered thw whole ost way better. Its like sega just took all the music and put them underwater. And the compression is absolutely disgusting

[@AnActualPersonInASeaOfIdiots]

As much as I'm not a fan of this rendition, i have to be honest: the intro in this version is more accurate to the prototype than the PC version of S&K.