Sonic 3 and Knuckles - Ice Cap Zone Act 1 - Oscilloscope Deconstruction

[@WaluigiisthekingASmith]

The sound waves look like they're shivering

[@TJ255]

Fitting

[@maverickhunterstupidiocy7779]

this is an ice level we're talking about

[@Senfyre]

Ah yes, the very light use of vibrato being oh so coincidental.

[@hyperon_ion9423]

... They are...! It looks like they added a tiny "waver" to to the waveform to give it that extra ringing echo! It's just such a tiny altercation you barely notice it! That "shiver" is way too uniform to be random error! Look at how stable the waves are on channels 3 and 4 when they're doing the chorus!

[@hallelujahcee]

It's a reverb like thing, even I am shivering

[@henrygreen2096]

2:53 That little "pew" and subsequent reverse snare noise, in channel 2, makes me think of sonic zooming by so quickly, that the snow breaks a second later.

[@Karnage233]

Hasan Abdul-Jabbaar wow, spittin’ facts over here

[@coolswag33]

Look at channel 2. That's exactly what it looks like.

[@nil8659]

when you go so fast that the snow stops responding for a second

[@ricardopurnell3923]

Sounds like a cat

[@haminationsclips7696]

Fucking SAME 🤗

[@bityoshii]

Channel 0: DAC’S Background Singers Channel 1: calm Channel 2: SNIFF Channel 3 & 4: Channel 1’s support PSG 0 and 1: energetic PSG 3: energetic Introvert DAC: KAKAKAKAKAKAKEEERRRR

[@GiordanDiodato]

PSG1 is also an echo of PSG0

[@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171]

*S N I F F*

[@tl1882]

psg 3 is basically dac

[@JNSStudios]

@@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171 that’s the part that got me XD

[@Saimonarts]

4:09 everybody gangsta til Channel 0 and DAC start groovin

[@tamirlapidus6994]

and PSG3

[@tamirlapidus6994]

@@dvdside he still there tho

[@ivanrabal5910]

Is Smooth criminal

[@nil8659]

the psg3 doing hi-hat: :(( no one notices me

[@Inky5]

"yeah"

[@DanTheLoler_17]

_now for the hard times puns_

[@vegas3352]

Damn you, you beat me to it

[@lsddreamemulator]

Ohyea ._.

[@davidblox1387]

I'm having Hard Times making a video

[@spicybreadproductions1972]

This must be the happiest day of your life, eh? Ignoring the other people who are having hard lives as you go by.

[@crash-wb8ij]

@@spicybreadproductions1972 *go commit being in a large crowd.*

[@KGR7Gamer]

3:13 Icecap on the Master System.

[@mcs9990]

It sounds good at 3:13 because it’s sounds like 8 bit game gear sonic games but there were other sonic game gear Games but sadly an 8 bit Sonic 3 was never made but it would be cool if there was and this would fit right if sonic 3 8 bit was made.

[@forevertoofr]

Yes xD

[@bluepikman7851]

That's because the PSG channels come from the Master System.

[@hydeyochipsyt]

Hey... That's pretty catchy!

[@KGR7Gamer]

@ElisianØhPläys Covid-20 Y'know, I wonder why they made the Genesis like that. There was no reason to do that, but they did. Its not like backwards compatibility was straight out of the box, because you needed to buy a Power Base Converter, so it can't be that. Good lord SEGA's choices were odd, and they still are.

[@Rammy_Latin]

Wait... Ice Cap has a hidden "yeah" sample in it????

[@Weyzar]

Bro wtf

[@Weyzar]

4:12

[@andyukmonkey]

Yeah, it's really hard to hear but you can just about hear it when you know it's there

[@KAUAH1212GAMER]

It's in the dac

[@Rammy_Latin]

@@andyukmonkey oh shit, just listened to the original, I CAN'T UNHEAR IT NOWWWWW

[@ClassicSonictheRemixer]

For Act 1, its a deconstruction, but for Act 2, its a remix!

[@imperatorzakura5045]

Like some levels in sonic 3 and knuckless UwU

[@imperatorzakura5045]

Without Lanch Base zone All 2 acts had the same music

[@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171]

@@imperatorzakura5045 Carnival Night, Ice Cap, Launch Base, most of Mushroom Hill, and Death Egg are practically identical in Act 2.

[@imperatorzakura5045]

@@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171 Yes I know

[@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171]

@Uzi Rana I know.

[@Dullrig]

I love that little "yeah!" sample in DAC.

[@Karnage233]

crippled pig Same! It’s so cool

[@CCShakeCatYT]

Sounds like "Hey" to me

[@arrasogeral5005]

Michael Jackson

[@nthgth]

I'm partial to the "szhooom" myself

[@haminationsclips7696]

Yep… it’s like launch base

[@mellowanimations7237]

If you’re deconstructing ice cap zone… could you call it… an ice breaker?

[@leadpaintlucifer]

@Rhys Higgon uhh I dont think this has anything to do with that comment but you do you I guess...

[@buddyhoney8161]

Leave

[@JeiHeirumaru]

N(ice) one lol

[@catomax26jeev]

@Rhys Higgon It's a NES (Nintendo Entertainment System.).

[@swirlycube9293]

Nah, put this on the Sonic 3 Ice burg.

[@ChristerMr6414]

You've been hit by a Smooth Ice Cap with Hard Times 11:06 EVERYBODY NOW!!

[@fermariedulpina1892]

;-; never talk about hard times its the best music ;-;

[@BatMane95]

2:18-2:47 End of Act 2's theme. Also best part in my opinion.

[@Kapin05]

Let's be honest, 4:09 is an absolute bop in its own right

[@Karnage233]

Yes!

[@glitchedblood]

Agreed

[@madnessgrunt4785]

just add PSG 0 and 1 and its even more of a bop

[@THEGOLDENXGOLEM]

Ice Cap Zone Act 3

[@FWnatanzin]

6:01 !!!!

[@VenusHeadTrap2]

The first 3 minutes of this are so.. relaxing..

[@imperatorzakura5045]

Agreed Calm Winter So slow ⛛ to run Sonic...

[@Threshroge]

It could have should have would have been for an ice cap zone four

[@nthgth]

Contemplative in a calm frozen setting

[@poxfudd1824]

It very much is

[@2097xl]

Wow, Brad Buxer really used all of the channels to recreate hard times

[@nthgth]

And he wisely changed the 4-on-the-floor to a classic electronic music beat

[@twiff3rino28]

@@nthgth Popular in Eurotrash music in 1994.

[@nthgth]

@@twiff3rino28 yeah all the way thru present day. It works for Ice Cap though

[@slapshotjack9806]

Every song used all the channels

[@chaotic_fox7254]

a couple of weeks ago i heard original hard times in mall

[@KJrLawland]

8:18-8:46 is my favorite. I'm guilty of having Tails flying at this part just to make it sound like this.

[@pastyIe]

Tails cutting off 1 and 4 by flying is just amazing.

[@clonefighter1996]

-You mean -_-3-_- and 4?-

[@TheOofaloofa]

DAMMIT TAILS!!!

[@prywatne4733]

it's funny because that part of the video sounds really closely to the instrumental of the original song, look up Hard Times The Jetzons Instrumental

[@Birthnote]

3:14 is PERFECT for a night time version with winds howling in the distance

[@nebulatheowl]

I've always thought IceCap's music never got the attention it deserves. Thanks for bringing it to light!

[@TheOofaloofa]

For real.

[@theoneonly5454]

same. still my fav ice & snow zone

[@i_used_adblock_to_watch_this]

It's literally the most overrated song in the entire game. Don't know what you're talking about, 😂

[@JustAFunnyFella]

@@i_used_adblock_to_watch_this It's overrated. Because it's good.

[@jakighcolburnchannel3584]

Never got the attention it deserves? Many people, including me, consider icecap to be the best theme in the game, what are you talkin’ bout?

[@mengo329]

I dunno why but the PSG channels during the chorus give this a really "cold" feeling

[@LeVainCasque]

Fitting for the stage.

[@BBWahoo]

Ironic considering this is fire

[@quackersencheese5081]

In other words, Act 2.

[@SteveDaBartender]

c

[@KGR7Gamer]

@@SteveDaBartender ?

[@Optimistical]

@@KGR7Gamer C = "Si." "Si" means "yes" in Spanish/Espanol.

[@ZphyZphyer]

@@Optimistical *Español Yeah im spanish

[@nil8659]

@@SteveDaBartender no

[@mballextra]

1:51 I think you already know this is the end of Ice Cap Act 2

[@adam15214]

I love this zone. This was the first sonic 3 song I learned on my keyboard during music class in middle school. Shut everybody up real quick. Lol

[@minecraftgamer99999]

I'm learning star light zone on keyboard

[@MegaJessness]

Listening to these and thinking about how I remember the music, it's actually pretty cool how much the memory completely matches the deconstruction. It's also surprising to me which melodies were actually the PSG square waves and how the PSG noise added just that little something more to the percussion. I can only imagine how Streets of Rage tracks would look, especially Go Straight from SoR2.

[@enderdavid_hdde348]

4:10 HERE WE GO🤣

[@imkerrusin]

What I find incredible is that this was originally a unreleased track recorded by the Jetzons in the 1980s (Which Brad Buxer was a part of). I guess he had this stuck in the back of his mind wanted to use it.

[@russellgxy2905]

Wait so is the deconstruction of Act 1 just separately reused for Act 2? I'm not sure if that's lazy or clever Edit: Dang this kicked off :0

[@trancethehedgehog7552]

Its separately used for act 2. Kinda lazy if you ask me

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@trancethehedgehog7552 I mean it was kinda like that for Launch Base Zone Act 2 as well. may have been less to do with laziness and more to do with cartridge size limitations.

[@sonicfanatik]

The track deconstruction between acts was for Carnival Night, Ice Cap, and Launch Base; the 3 main level tracks Michael Jackson's team worked on. Angel Island, Hydrocity, and Marble Garden were all made by Sega's own sound team, which is why their Act 1 and Act 2 themes are so vastly different.

[@andyukmonkey]

@@trancethehedgehog7552 Perhaps they were pressed for time? Strange how so many people conclude laziness is the answer

[@trancethehedgehog7552]

@@andyukmonkey Well, no. The genesis is perfectly fine to handle it.

[@KOOPAS1234]

4:10 Channel 0: You've been hit by a Smooth Criminal

[@Theplumna]

Ahh vibe

[@inkywright]

Ice Cap is the greatest song I've ever heard, instantly memorable when compared to Hard Times. The heartwarming chorus, the excellent drum line, the crystal noises, the subtle bass, the square waves adding that depth, the Smoorh Criminal beat, and the subtle snowboard bleeps ...Oh God, is it all here and it's just great! I'll never forgive SEGA for cutting this one, especially cuz MJ didn't do it, and I think that this oscilloscope proves its brilliance in depth and cinematic appeal.

[@heyosixteenstudiosinc.4825]

11:06! Final Result when all channels play

[@DRpotatoYT]

My favorite song in all of the sonic franchise

[@EJayyDreadHead]

Same

[@madnessgrunt4785]

Same

[@deeperth8679]

Same

[@George-zk4nv]

Same.

[@i_used_adblock_to_watch_this]

How original 😏

[@wellplayod1957]

11:06 is when the song is complete

[@princesslordprettykittypoo4444]

Ily

[@mentalmutantc8044]

Are we dealing with another Channel 0 and DAC again? If so, I'm okay with that. Also, PSG 3.

[@powerlevelvlog1089]

When you hit your feet It is pain It is pain When you hit your feet

[@Arasarcan]

It's some kind of apotheosis when in the end all channels work hand in hand. Following the build up step by step and then seeing it all coming together is just a magical moment to me. Thank you for creating all of these!

[@TJ255]

Hard TImes

[@tech34756]

I’m surprised to find out one of the sounds was actually produced by Channel 2 (at about 0:01), I always thought it was produced by PSG3.

[@daniellehedges1980]

Makes sense tho cuz PSG3 is usually the little white noise zips that play in the background

[@daniellehedges1980]

Or less a zip sound and more of a tik or tap sound

[@tech34756]

@@daniellehedges1980 It sounded like some kind of white noise to me, which is why I suspected it.

[@nil8659]

the FM channels can mimic the sounds of all the PSG channels.

[@tl1882]

@@nil8659 and louder

[@Swaggless]

Hard times! (Happiest days of my life) Hard times come byyyyy!

[@Swaggless]

@@OldManFrederick Ahhhhhhhhhh! I stand corrected.

[@Swaggless]

@@OldManFrederick LOL, when I'm wrong I'm wrong. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@bkuey24]

Hard times come by* Edit your message lol

[@Swaggless]

@@bkuey24 Wow. I write 3 lines of lyrics to a song, and get issued 2 corrections. My ears must be broken. Fixed. :P

[@zachzi2368]

Im having *hard times* trying to conplete this act really

[@EloirTroyack]

Saddens me to know the 90's will never be back again

[@EJayyDreadHead]

Ikr

[@edwardclark6731]

(laughs in 2090s)

[@princesslordprettykittypoo4444]

Hang in there bro 🙏🏾

[@TerraKing]

Happiest days of my life that this track was finally deconstructed.

[@mcs9990]

At 4:11-5:13 sounds good

[@KingOfPkXdGameplaysEAnimacao]

@Ryder from grove street MJ Confirmed

[@reallyblue]

There is my love at 4:15 💜

[@CringusMcDingus]

Whoever does the bass for this game's soundtrack is a genius

[@roetemeteor]

Half sonic team which is good in its own right, but the other half is Brad Buxer, which was MJ's sound guy. He had worked with him for years. Brad knew his stuff as you can hear.

[@chrissysonicutdrloz]

For me, trying to pick a favorite channel in this song is like choosing between Sonic and Shadow- just give up, I love it all.

[@PeskyPlumber69]

I got an ad for Ice Breakers, what a coincidence

[@JeiHeirumaru]

The background beat for this zone is just so fucking fire, bro Forever love this zone 💙

[@CyranoLeRapier]

Aaah, I'm so damn happy you got to this! Thank you for these videos, they have been so incredibly fascinating.

[@JNSStudios]

Probably one of my favorite sonic songs :)

[@jaredgmoore]

sounded like there werent any Hard Times making this deconstruction.

[@Antluvstrains]

I feel like act 2 should have used 2:20 as the melody before switching back to the main one. Just my personal opinion though.

[@ThaJ8k]

I once believed I actually got transported to a beautiful glacier because of this music.

[@kitsunnnneee]

Dude me too

[@ZeroWind2014]

Is it me or some parts of the bass sounds like it's saying "are you okay, are you okay?"

[@Tisisrealnow]

The waves are dancing, look at them go!

[@KINGDJACOBI]

When I first played this zone I was having a Hard Time trying figure out where to go.

[@chickennuggets753]

Happiest day of your life when you finally figured out where to go

[@George-zk4nv]

Wow! This must've took forever to record. I bet a lot of y'all can create these in GarageBand.

[@haminationsclips7696]

Just did it : ) be thankful that took a few days

[@George-zk4nv]

I wish I did something like this because I’m not a musician.

[@axelcutythetvguy786]

0:00-1:23 When Tails starts flying

[@Karnage233]

LOL! I was thinking the same thing! It’s because the flying sound overlays the channel 1 and 4

[@Sol_Z]

Nice And Icy ❄️

[@WaluigiisthekingASmith]

The sound waves are "shivering"

[@Mystery_CoolDude]

Looks like those waves are having a hard time making those sounds

[@aaroncallahan1062]

The sound waves are shivering

[@gablink5190]

i love the bass and DAC in this song.

[@pbpra7379]

I like how the waveforms are 'shivering' as it's Ice Cap

[@tronzon3560]

Your work deserves more attention, that's awesome

[@sleepverygood]

the channel 2 "pew" can actually be felt (in my opinon) because i have quad channel headphones

[@itamax]

Amazing...when Channel1 plays all by itself it sounds so different then when it plays along psg0 and psg1.

[@theultimateswagon]

Close enough, welcome back Ice Cap Zone Act 2

[@0DRONZER]

3:14 eyo this sounds so epic

[@jtg55]

This is satisfying But where's my Marble Garden Act 2?

[@KingOfPkXdGameplaysEAnimacao]

Not here dumb

[@jtg55]

_I wonder where_

[@skakirask]

The first portion of this with all the "beat" portion stripped away reminds me of something like Golden Axe.

[@Nyaalexi]

I really like how with the PSG channels, it gives a very subtle echo effect to the main channel.

[@GracenT-uh7hp]

Ice cap is the best one

[@carterwilliams5202]

I like how Channels 1 and 4 look like they’re shivering

[@FireandIceEAS1684]

11:06 is just the start of ice cap all over again which is sick as f**k

[@glitchedblood]

Bass and Percussion only sounds really good

[@bluz0r69]

Felt like I've just had a hard time listening to this.

[@sackerlacker5399]

This is how the song play when you’re playing becuase the sound effects are blocking all of the channels

[@chisatatum649]

For Steven harrold ❤ this reminds me of your beautiful mixes. I love your mixes and this too

[@lance9738]

the sonic franchise has too many banging themes this is arguably my favorite tho

[@vittosphonecollection57289]

2:59 The channel 2 looks like sonic running and the snow following him

[@MA-naconitor]

The whole memory for PCM-samples went to this song lol

[@ClausMusic]

Thanks for the caleidoscope construction!

[@KGR7Gamer]

Bruh its oscilloscope not caleidoscope..... and kaleidoscope isn't even spelled like that......

[@Rammy_Latin]

@@KGR7Gamer I think he was making a joke??? I dunno, maybe not.

[@KGR7Gamer]

@@Rammy_Latin this was my inner grammar police coming out lol

[@edwardclark6731]

GOOD OL AUTOMATED /j

[@SuperDupTNT]

4:08 funky part

[@Dummigame]

While the MD2 did goof up some of the audio balancing, it did make the yeah stand out a bit more...

[@HollowLeif]

4:10 you can tell this was Michael Jackson with the way this beat sounds lol

[@koenzeven]

Except it's "Hard Times" by the Jetsons

[@vstorm8339]

Poor ice such hard times.

[@cosmicalize]

Jokes aside this deconstruction is really _chill_

[@sedox3145]

Maybe my top 1 track of the classic sonic games, so perfect and fitting for an ice level

[@swirlycube9293]

We’re gonna miss you Michael Jackson, people keep saying he was involved with Sonic 3

[@roetemeteor]

Very indirectly. He never did the music but Brad Buxer and some of his team did, which MJ allowed. That's why he's credited.

[@bongocat1-g9b]

The sound waves actually look like they are shivering

[@tommymcivermciver5433]

👌I felt that sweeping sound

[@retrorampage205]

Channels 1 and 2 sound very very calming

[@Bunihime]

Channel 2 makes it sound like somethings playing reversed i love it

[@trickshot25]

Channel zero looks like the background. (an ice cave)

[@Nimta]

I feel like I've seen this before, but I don't care because this is on my favourite zone

[@NinjaCacodemon_IsSus]

1:50 Dang this part hits hard

[@mrjab6313]

3:14 hard times happiest Days of my life. 4:09 Annie, are you okay? So, Annie, are you okay? Are you okay, Annie? No se por que por que esa parte me recordó a smooth criminal.

[@lsddreamemulator]

Who disliked this??????????

[@abysspegasusgaming]

Robotnik of course!

[@ThaProd1gy]

Metal sonic

[@lucahategan]

Vadim

[@daniellehedges1980]

Infinite

[@ThaProd1gy]

@Super Mario Michael 2 mecha sonic is in sonic 3 metal is currently being repaired for the events that happen in mania

[@OYJluv]

I love this song so much

[@TheOofaloofa]

Can we just admit that this could be montage music?

[@deadprognoz]

You should try music from Castlevania. Dracula X/Rondo of Blood and Super Castlevania IV are good places to start, they have awesome snes music.

[@fadedshadesobvious]

0:01 is like mechanoly at its finest, it sounds and FEELS somber.

[@twiff3rino28]

The Z80 bass drum sample is interesting 🤔

[@takedoesstuff]

If sonic 3 had a pause, with pause music, some of these beats would probably be included

[@buddychristoGaming4239]

1, 2, and 4, make up the main, and the minor. I do also really like like the DAC. "Com'on!"(From Sonic CD. I like that one :P), the only thing I hear that sounds like a voice is, "pah". 0 aka the bass, I can confidently say is a main no matter what. DAC also really holds the song up as a good one, it is like the instrumental, even though the whole thing is a instrumental. ...Think of it as like the instrumental of a song with lyrics, the instrumental role is DAC.