Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness - Roland SC-88 MIDI Soundtrack

[@ZapatosVibes]

Back when Blizzard still had its soul!

[@god6384]

yeah now they put lo-fi hiphop mixes on their youtube nobody cares about

[@Cynidecia]

@@god6384 it's amazing how far removed The Warcraft franchise in the modern day is to it's roots that you can see here. The source code to this game leaked so a fan made remaster would be cool.

[@somberwindsofficial8771]

Then again, originally Warcraft copied Dune 2...But, in any case after C&C you had hundreds of games copying its RTS style.

[@DarkWolf958]

@@somberwindsofficial8771 yea but it was blizzard that stuck gold with starcraft and made it a mexican standoff with 3 factions.

[@leandrotami]

Your soundcard is working perfectly

[@sfurta]

HMI Module Alpha Humana on approach to Space Station Mercury

[@daemonelectricity]

IT. DOESN'T. GET. ANY. BETTER. THAN. THIS.

[@andrascsirmaz3043]

@@daemonelectricity Enjoying yourself?

[@tharkas3077]

Your soundcard works perfectly* Me: Hell yea I'm ready for the Mars Mission.

[@binary132]

when I read this comment, the wav file stored in my brain 30 years ago played with 100% perfect unmarred fidelity

[@Plagueheart]

Roland was top quality, I had Sound Blaster AWE32 and wish i had a Roland growing up. But i am also glad that Warcraft Audio CD's played during game instead of the midi as it had better quality, I still have a love for the Gravis, Adlib, OPL3 midi fonts

[@p1k4x]

So underrated

[@tohopes]

Your sound card works perfectly!

[@YuryOsennyMusic]

This video deserves millions of views. The sound is great.

[@ParametricAvocado]

Gosh this sounds so much better than whatever soundcard I used to have back in the day.

[@peterjamesmmbago4433]

Fantastic ! Some of the tunes remind me of The Princess Bride score by Mark Knopfler ..

[@GregWidener]

These are great! Thanks for posting! Good background music while I work.

[@GamePlayShare]

I love how the front panel looks like a part of MD-80 cockpit.

[@FlexoShootFlexo]

You never touch the other elves like that

Thank you for this flashback

[@dominicperez3777]

The soundtrack is cool.

[@meowsandstuff]

Yay you're back!

[@inwrichnow6946]

I love this game.

[@SugamSimpleGameplays]

Thank you so much for this bru

[@아무생각없다-e3l]

masterpiece

[@Mew178]

I'm here to repeat the same thing I said before. So fucking glad I subbed.

[@sfurta]

Mew :D thanks

[@WieldingHavoc]

What about Warcraft I OST on Roland?

[@Mathin3D]

Not one dis-like, as it should be!

[@timtank3669]

O.M.G! Epico!

[@DhinCardoso]

Consider listing it in KZbin Music - great work - when Blizzard was a thing nowadays.. meh... those blue haired CEOs

[@Link-channel]

@Swampy: do you have any idea what hardware/software did they use to make the higher quality music tracks in the CD version?

[@sfurta]

Hi, hard to say. The popular pro modules were e.g. Roland JV-1080, 2080,. E-MU, KORG, also keyboards from Roland, Yamaha and others or custom samples. Software packages like Cubase, Pro Tools, Cakewalk were also well known among professionals. Fast Tracker, Impulse Tracker, Scream Tracker, OctaMed, Protracker at home :)

[@pawelw.9172]

@@sfurta I used the awe32 for the midi source back in the day, I must say this card made justice to the game, I can hear very little difference in fact.

[@guspaz]

​@@sfurta To quote Glenn Stafford (the composer of Warcraft II) in 2019: "The original equipment used to record the Warcraft II music was a Roland SC-55 layered with a Roland SC-88. I recall only certain sounds were doubled with SC-88 but not all. French Horns were doubled, and... probably some of the woodwinds too, and I’m guessing strings and choir too. I think Snare was better on SC-55 alone, maybe timp too, also reverse cymbal, and not entirely sure about the rest and would have to take it case by case." He used Cubase on the PC side.

[@iKaGe01]

Bit late I know but they sound identical to the CD playing off of Yamahas XG synth, S-YXG50

[@SeanKula]

17:10 That's the one!

[@uniquehedghog]

what about beyond the dark portal

[@FlexoShootFlexo]

what about it, john?

[@Davion197]

Kodo tag!!