Castlevania 3 - Mad Forest - Oscilloscope Deconstruction - [PATREON REQUEST]

Requested by Redblaze27.
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The Mad Forest music from the Japanese version of Castlevania 3, but deconstructed and shown via oscilloscope. Enjoy!
This track is particularly interesting in that the Japanese version contains more sound channels.
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Oscilloscope Deconstructions: • Oscilloscope Deconstru...
Deconstructed playlist: • Deconstructed VGM
Pitch Shifted Playlist: • VGM Pitch Shifted
If you have any requests for Megadrive, SNES or Gameboy VGM you'd like edited in this way or other ways, let me know!

[@evainfrenchli]

To the patron who requested this. You're an absolute genius.

[@hollyfindlay4051]

Nice move! This song is a classic, and my favorite from Castlevania, period.

[@evainfrenchli]

Holly Findlay oh no, sorry I didn't request this. It was a typo. It was actually redblaze27 who did, they have commented around here somewhere. But this is one of my favorite jams especially from castlevania.

[@RookHMA]

1:37 the way the percussion is simulated in the square channels makes me grinning from ear to ear. So good.

[@dankmemes4794]

Really goes to show how good tracks can be with very primitive technology at their disposal

[@Redblaze27]

If you listen to the international version, it goes to show how much of a difference a few extra audio channels make.

[@cleidsonaraujopeixoto163]

How amazing the NES can sound with extra channels is and will always be beyond me.

[@STINKERMCGEE]

The famicom users were spoiled rotten in this regard.

[@CosmicCosmo1]

@@STINKERMCGEE yeah why did they get them and we didnt?

[@PizzerGames]

@@CosmicCosmo1 They removed expansion Audio support in America for No Reason, and you had to get your expnasion chip approved in america (not in japan)

[@LockeRobsta]

It's very apt that the sound waves for this song are dancing Tombstones.

[@Redblaze27]

I figured for my request that I wanted a track next to nobody would think to deconstruct, given Crazy Kings from Ristar seems like a matter of when than if it will. My tenative plan was for Stage 2's theme from Batman Returns on the NES (yes, that exists), but then I remembered how criminially underused Mad Forest is in the Castlevania series (its only used in Castlevania 3 & Castlevania Judgement as Sypha Belnades's theme) and the quirk with soundchip in the Japanese version of the game would offer more to play around with in a deconstruction than most NES titles.

[@evainfrenchli]

Thank you for requesting this. This is one of my favorites of all of castlevania, thanks to you and carpathia808 of course, I can finally hear how the composer placed all these notes. It inspired me to try arranging it myself lol. But man, that noise channel sounds amazing with the DMC.

[@zac.t3975]

and that when just happened to be the next deconstruction lol

[@DenkyManner]

The bass and drums slowed in tempo would make the perfect gangsta beat from the mid 90s.

[@VenusHeadTrap2]

This game sounds absolutely remarkable on the famicom. I’ll sometimes download the rom just to hear the soundtrack

[@Kurakresh]

I've been blessed with Castlevania deconstructions and I couldn't be happier.

[@serifAizawa]

salute to the patron

[@OMundodosRetroGames]

I love how the actual NES chip is used just for extra sections of the music, as this can be interrupted by the SFX, while the VRC6 is used entirely for the music, preventing the music being cut by the SFX, like in normal games.

[@zac.t3975]

Saw Wave and DMC are my favourite 2:51 is the best part.

[@jtg55]

Wicked beat! I know it ain't much, but I'm kinda still waiting for Marble Garden Act 2, and I'd love Sonic Spinball to get more of a taste of this.

[@mentalmutantc8044]

One of my favorite themes in all of Castlevania history, and here it is! Thanks a bunch!

[@Redblaze27]

No problem

[@jeangueule5538]

2 things I love on this special day ? This channel and castlevania ? You’re doing me a treat boi

[@TheSuperPlayer707]

The Akumajou densetsu OST it's dozens of times better than the Castlevania III one. I love the famicom's enhacement chips, sadly, those ones never camed out of japan.

[@i_play_projectm]

Im probably beyond late, but if you buy Castlevania The Anniversary Collection the Japanese versions of most if the games are included, INCLUDING Akumajo Densetsu

[@rofidel178]

I love your oscilloscope videos so much!

[@eloygarcia315]

Man this is so good! I hope more are on the way! Just discovered this channel and subscribed!

[@avonire]

1:38 is so shovel knight sounding

[@TheSuperPlayer707]

The "Squares" 3 and 4 are actually Pulse waves. It sounds similar here but aren't the same as the actual Square waves.

[@oscwavcommentaccount]

Sqaures 1 and 2 are also pulse waves, they just have less pulse widths.

[@gamezvideos2]

But pulse waves are square waves. Some call them rectangle waves because they can change their duty cycles (a normal square wave has a 50% duty cycle).

[@TheSuperPlayer707]

I know that the pulse waves can be called "square waves", but the ones on the VCR6 have problems working at 50%, something that the pulse waves on the 20A3 don't have issues working on.

[@oscwavcommentaccount]

@@TheSuperPlayer707 I tried it on famitracker and the vrc6 has the option for 50% square waves.

[@TheSuperPlayer707]

@@oscwavcommentaccount maybe the famitracker has fixed the issue of the original development kit. So that means that square waves are possible on VCR6 and you're right, sorry by my mistake.

[@ChristerMr6414]

E P I C 5:58 EVERYBODY NOW!!

[@TheSwillMan]

interesting how it doesn't use the triangle channel at all.

[@SpongeMagic]

Ooooo an NES/FC deconstruction! I would love to see a deconstruction of a track from a Sunsoft game like Gimmick or Journey to Silius.

[@Alufear]

So this has bothered me about Mad Forest in the JPN version for years. It's the quadruplet and quarter note at 0:05. Are they off key? Are my ears broken?

[@hallomeinnameistkarl216]

They do sound odd, but it seems Intentional. IDK how to explain it, it just gives me that vibe

[@TankMarko]

Im confused, so the NES had 2 square channels, 1 triangle channel, 1 noise channel and one dac channel. I thought the added channels were just 2 square channels and i saw channel......so was the triangle not used here or do i not get something

[@Natah_DN]

It has the Konami VRC6 chip, meaning an additional saw wave, and 2 more pulse channels, but with more settings in the width. And the sampler is actually DMC (or Delta Modulaton Channel). Many games used the DMC channel for just some drums, but Konami (and other companies) used it for melodies/basslines. It was limited in what the DMC can do, though.

[@Natah_DN]

And sometimes, the Triangle channel was unused (if it was not needed).

[@TankMarko]

@@Natah_DN Thanks mate, much respect

[@Natah_DN]

@@TankMarko ...why do you have an Australian accent when you comment?! (I dunno why, maybe you live in Australia?)

[@TankMarko]

@@Natah_DN hahaha😂 no I'm actually from eastern Europe

[@Nimta]

Famicom and NES too? Well then

[@bioman1hazard607]

Akumajou densetsu ftw!!

[@AndreaTovey]

Suuuu goi

[@blood-redeemeddragon]

Do you do deconstructions of Gameboy Advance songs?