Slider - Super Mario 64 (Deconstructed Oscilloscope)

[@annieoddo1475]

Nintendo: “check out this new sound capability! You can have insanely realistic sound samples! You could have a full orchestra! The sky’s the limit!” Koji Kondo: “whistling and banjo sounds it is”

[@mr.oscilloscope]

lol. gotta love the ingenious of the legend.

[@H128]

What about the main instrument? Can't seem to figure out what it is.

[@DarkSeal00]

@@H128A fiddle/violin

[@TheZombersLMAO]

@@DarkSeal00 it's a harmonica

[@sedion]

​​@@H128in the soundfond I downloaded the sound is identified as a fiddle

[@MishKoz]

I never realized there was piano in this song before

[@mr.oscilloscope]

didn't know myself until I started doing the Oscilloscope.

[@chimmychuck]

@@mr.oscilloscope how do you isolate these?

[@mr.oscilloscope]

@@chimmychuck I rip the Midi files using N64 Midi Tool

[@chimmychuck]

@@mr.oscilloscope do you know how to do it with snes games?

[@mr.oscilloscope]

@@chimmychuck Not yet

[@barrysteakfriessimp_real]

this has made me realise the slight delay some instruments have, like they're imperfectly in time with the rhythm and that makes Slider sound so much more organic and lively, as if it were being played by actual people rather than midi soundfonts. it's neat

[@mr.oscilloscope]

It's a smart way to take advantage of what limits that were there. I also find it very smart as well.

[@Linkdouble0zero]

It's likely it WAS played by hand with a midi board

[@hatenafrog8412YT]

​@@Linkdouble0zero yeah, Koji Kondo recorded some of the music's tracks by hand, an example of not playing by hand is Metal Cap's drawbar organ notes

[@jaydenbridgescomedy]

​@@mr.oscilloscope \ Mr. Oscilloscope, which channel is the DAC/Drums??

[@JackTheFairlyOddParentsFan]

Channel 4​@@jaydenbridgescomedy

[@chriso1373]

Imma have this baseline stuck in my head all day

[@kingofbleh]

Listen to Running With the Devil's baseline you'd be stoked

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Indeed.

[@erroroliver]

Mr. Oscilloscope can you please give me a link maybe google drive with this song but only one channel plays and its split up into different files? do you get what i mean also 2:30 can you please make a version with only them channels its really nice

[@NachoCheeseDorito-Kun]

As a bassist that's just my natural reaction to any song.

[@chriso1373]

@@NachoCheeseDorito-Kun thanks for replying to this, bringing it back up for me, and getting it stuck in my head again

[@TheRealBatabii]

Why do I remember the banjo being a lot louder

[@ciudadri]

Me too, this video has the percussion channels too loud or something

[@blackdog5186]

There’s more Bass in the ds version

[@TheRealBatabii]

@@blackdog5186 yes but I played 3D All Stars more recently than 64 DS

[@mariotheundying]

to me at least, the first time I bothered to hear more things that are not the main melody, the banjo is always one of the 3 that pop out more

[@DizzyEyes94]

I love the fact that the whistle is vaguely detuned. It really gives this song the psychedelic panic present in the actual game for this section

[@Caisadilla]

My God when the piano can be heard it goes really hard, man

[@Bluefire397]

The satisfaction of playing through the song in your head during bits without the main melody and getting the timing exactly right

[@maeveelizabeth9739]

as an autistic person who grew up with this, this itches my brain in THE NICEST WAY POSSIBLE thank you so much for making this

[@maeveelizabeth9739]

also never realized how much the piano ties this song together! I didn't even know there was a piano in there until now

[@emileoxd6602]

@@maeveelizabeth9739 same

[@EM88005]

what does being autistic have to do with anything lol

[@BubbagumpTester]

Me too

[@IanRulzU]

I just recently got into these types of videos and have been loving getting to hear many beloved songs unfold and come back together at the end being able to hear every instrument. Its like reliving hearing the songs for the first time but in a new light.

[@mr.oscilloscope]

That's how I first felt when I discovered Oscilloscopes. It felt like I was stepping into a whole new line of genre of videos.

[@wawazx5215]

Literally same. And I am obsessed !

[@Escanimations]

Am I the only one who thinks 8:26 is INSANELY good?

[@eggtvbr5779]

no

[@4U70_DeadAuto]

no

[@Speed_311]

nahhh, you're good, I like it too.

[@Glitchywastakenagain]

No

[@levivalverde6789]

No

[@RuckusHuckusYT]

hearing the actual individual instruments separately *really* makes me re-think old style game music. Also shit brings me back to the golden days of N64 childhood :3

[@BerdlyGaming]

I’m SO glad this exists!! I was giving this song an actual good isolated listen with headphones for the first time, when I suddenly noticed there was a sick ass piano undertone on the offbeats at 5:03 that I had never heard before. It became my new favorite instrument in the song to kinda latch my brain onto while listening, and I came to this video in hopes to hear it isolated. This is everything I dreamed of and more. Thank you!!!

[@takeshitatnall5496]

Time-stamping 5:00 because it hits like crazy

[@saintgelatin]

i love seeing videos like this because it makes me appreciate just how tight the composition was in SM64. given the limitations of the time, everything still sounds really nice on its own, but still meshes beautifully into the final song. you can recognize every individual element on its own as slider, but you still don't really GET slider until they all come together, which is incredible to me

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Couldn't agree more on that statement. Nintendo was the one to not dissappoint, espically when it came to their music.

[@moggioz7165]

why hasn't a real bluegrass band or just a band in general covered this yet 😭 listening to the instruments separated, i realize this song is actually way more performable than I originally thought it was. the only part I'm not sure if can be played is the banjo, because I don't play banjo. I don't know what's physically possible or not 😂 but everything else is within the realm of reason for a live performer.

[@Einfabio]

Insane how good the sound quality was in this game. For a 90 game really good

[@NachoCheeseDorito-Kun]

It's really funny to listen to stuff like Goldeneye, Star Fox 64 or even the unfonished music from Dinosaur Planet and compare it to later versions of the games, but you get to Mario 64 and the N64 Zelda games and they're so ridiculously clear and crisp.

[@Einfabio]

@@NachoCheeseDorito-Kun ikr

[@jesse4437]

I never realized the first note of the melody is actually 2 notes. My life is a lie.

[@venosito]

5:00 DAYUMMMM

[@ThymeHere]

I love when music is de-constructed like this.

[@ArialWingdings]

You know, I got a tin whistle and thought this song would be fun to cover-though I doubted I could find the backing track without any whistling. There's some assembly required, but I guess this works out!

[@WindowsXPguy_NTSC-U]

0: Bass 1: Banjo 2: Accordion 2 3: Piano 4: Percussion 5: Accordion 1 6: Whistle

[@Tommy-pv1vh]

I think they are violins not acordins

[@jakeferrison2487]

​@@Tommy-pv1vhFiddle

[@Itsyallanimator]

@@Tommy-pv1vh they are accordion

[@moggioz7165]

​@@Itsyallanimatorthose are violins/fiddles lol

[@Itsyallanimator]

@@moggioz7165 well I think it’s accordion

[@Charred_Foxy_Boiii]

Sounds like super Mario 64 kitchen

[@absolutenobody1secondago431]

0:54 as someone with headphones i can confirm this hurts my ears

[@mutantemolina3708]

Channel 5's solo is mind nourishment. I love how every instrument overlaps and how that solo brings the song to a full circle. Sublime, subtle; yet extremely fun and playful. Thanks for sharing.

[@DonnieTheCroccy]

Ahh, so this is how Silvagunner makes all their slider rips.

[@causticarmadillo]

These videos tickle my brain in juuust the right way.

[@SadLivingPerson]

This man’s a legend, for sacrificing his time so we can learn about music more in detail.

[@devtec31]

[06:13] - It's whistle time again!

[@brianarsuaga5008]

I did NOT remember slider having such a banging drum kit. Kick drums? In my mario 64?

[@onyxx300_]

something i noticed about mario games in the 90s is that the percussion in a lot of them went super hard

[@NachoCheeseDorito-Kun]

I always thought Mario Kart 8 was the one that started the Percussion Madness, but no. It was always there lol

[@Oathkeepaw]

The piano is so good omfl-

[@awesomecoolmanepic996]

YES

[@SubroOrbus]

Channel 4 goes hard, God bless!

[@GProgress]

This channel has a criminally low amount of subs. A+! This scratches an itch I never realized I had. Instant sub.

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Thanks! The MIDI/Oscilloscope community is honestly underrated.

[@devtec31]

[01:16] - It's whistle time!

[@Itsyallanimator]

It’s not whistle it’s accordion

[@MaggieMay3922]

I have every part memorized on their own because a while back I remade this song with noteblocks in Minecraft (not very well because the timing was off lol) so it's very interesting finally hearing it separately and not me just doing all the work in my brain lol. Please keep making these!! They're so fun!!

[@NachoCheeseDorito-Kun]

I love how some channels are written to be ever so slightly off beat or out of tune. Really adds to the insanity.

[@stevengoomba6490]

This is super cool! I always try to whistle along to the song but the last part it’s a little to high for my register. Like others have said, the jazzy piano is super nice and I wish it was easier to hear in the full song.

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Yeah, everytime I try to whistle to the high part, I drop down an octave so I don't get light headed. The piano really should've been a bit louder. I honestly didn't know that it had piano originally until I played the game again and heard it.

[@AlexStrook]

So satisfying

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Very much so!

[@jimbobsclayworld2439]

This made me realise how ahead of it’s time the n64’s sound chip was…

[@not_yoshmen]

The n64 doesn’t have a soundchip. The CPU does that.

[@jimbobsclayworld2439]

@@not_yoshmen wow…

[@Pikmaniac_le_vrai]

Amazing. I love the kind of banjo playing on channel 1. I'd love to be able to listen to it by itself.

[@matias9978]

The bass made me so happy omg 😍

[@deathpie24]

I've been listening to these types of videos for a while and someone mentioned these could make great ringtones And I very much agree

[@Knjives]

You’re literally the goat this is exactly what I was looking for

[@mariorafaelcalfipanolmedo6659]

March 18th, 1943 - The Pacífic 0:02, North American, P-51 Mustang (Pilot: Mario Segale) 2:31, Mitsubishi, A6m (Sakae Engine) (Pilot: Koji Kondo)

[@kirbo-de-metal_2.0]

I love Channel 4 (I don't know what instrument it is) in this music. This is why I prefer the In-Game version over the OST Version.

[@etetgg1364]

This is really good.

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Well, I'm flattered! thanks!

[@Fern_125]

I just fucking love the bass here, i know i heard it somewhere else and i found this video, i would like to find a video that is only the bass from slider. Also, great video man.

[@Nyaalexi]

Waow, I never realized that Nintendo 64 music used these types of waveforms. I just thought that Sega Genesis music was interesting lol.

[@HH-in3qg]

3:18 WE BEATING KOOPA THE QUICK WITH THIS ONE 🔥

[@beamngfanatic2913]

You should deconstruct SM64’s endless stairs theme to see how the Shepard tone was implemented into it.

[@Deryck1311]

Happy birthday Deryck Kesmam!

[@madebyalon3]

1:17 wasnt this same instrument used in the mii channel

[@san_d9995]

I think it’s a different instrument with a Similar sound

[@edmervlewis660]

2:14 penguin cafe orchestra vibes

[@Coolaidjammera]

Best loop at 0:00 and to 9:06 best thing!

[@Thevectornine]

me when i drink 12 grams of caffeine: 0:00

[@toniee98]

Very good job, but it's missing a channel, the piano notes were supposed to have higher pitched ones in the stops, and those happen in a separate channel

[@ethanmerrikin1544]

Very cool.

[@cassidyclassify7810]

Learning the whistle part😭😭

[@BaconBoī90]

2:31 one of the instruments sound like a Minecraft note block

[@OGNFace]

this video made me appreciate the slider ost even more

[@kleveronefourthreetwo]

Haha, time for ytpmving, thank you so much.

[@levivalverde6789]

I liked this só much more than the others:D

[@hatenafrog8412YT]

Channel 0 - Acoustic Bass Channel 1 - Banjo Channel 2, 5 - Fiddle Channel 3 - Acoustic Grand Piano Channel 4 - Percussion Channel 6 - Whistle

[@BunnLilah]

I dunno why I always thought the solo was the banjo but it's very clearly the violin lol

[@yanoesappletastico8260]

I have been corrupting mario 64 enough to have made this myself and know it still really awesome, im also right now doing what i call “instruments swap” where i don’t fuck the music, just get the instrumental set changed randomly on all songs

[@rudjsjq]

I'd rather listen to this work of art than ponk

[@Johnny_Franco-12_Scratch]

Channel 5 smells good for some reason

[@imkrilledbro]

BRUH THIS SOUNDS SO GOOD 5:01

[@GMKGoji01]

I've never heard a piano in this song before! What?!😮

[@ToonyKid]

How you do these descontructed oscilloscopes?

[@4kChannel]

These are great

[@ThatGuy-te9wh]

You gotta do Waluigi Stadium

[@Wolfie15]

awesome

[@nehemiah5001]

I REALLY LOVE 7:11

[@Lucy-qc3ke]

With certain instruments cut out it sounds like something from super mario B3313

[@jaydenbridgescomedy]

Mr Oscilloscope how did you made this Oscilloscope Deconstructed/Corrscope video? (tell me please) 🥺🙏

[@SpaceFighter2004]

I didn't realize that was a violin playing the main melody. Idk what instrument I thought it was, but I didn't think it was a violin

[@Camparsero]

Hey man, amazing vid, how do hoy decompose every instrument? Do you create every instrument or is it from the game itself?

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Thanks! I use a soundfont that uses the game’s instruments, and I rip the sequences from the game using N64 Midi Tool. Though I heard VGMTrans could work.

[@Camparsero]

@@mr.oscilloscope cool man, thanks!

[@shadesoftime]

Couldn't recprding individual channels from the actual game work? Like, recording the song in an emulator channel by channel and then lining them up

[@someobscuremusicchannel]

@@shadesoftime the framerate might not be perfect then, the recording might have lag in it

[@rudolphroy9795]

8:43 all channels!

[@Johnny_Franco-12_Scratch]

Channel 6 isn’t whisling, it’s a high-potched sine wave edited a bit

[@rydia_ma01]

Why are some of the channels playing multiple notes at once

[@Dylanimado]

Subscribed, please deconstruct more Mario themes!

[@SmaIlHum]

i don't think these are just 6 channels perhabs they should be called packages or clusters or something

[@deusexmaximum8930]

2:25 5:00 7:29

[@mariorafaelcalfipanolmedo6659]

Bass: Rolls Royce (Merlin) Drums: North American

[@meowistforlife]

Stupid Penguin get out of my way

[@SilentSpecte3r]

Did you enhanced the sound in anyways? Because I swear that piano is beraly hearable in the original one. This is pretty cool

[@BroadCastPlanet]

I think you were an employee at Nintendo from 1994-1996 as a Music Specialist for Super Mario 64

[@asadhaider7734]

Can you make the first part a one hour version?

[@velvet__san7287]

2:31 need this timestamp

[@blackdog5186]

The bass made the song

[@judef]

How does the oscilloscope manage to keep a zero crossing in the center at all times

[@Tronked]

0.5 the voices are coming

[@AcademicJaedon]

5:00

[@remi9789]

How do you split them without noise ?

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Oh, I just ripped them out from the game directly.

[@The_epicchicken]

sounds kinda creepy at the start buut also good

[@michelesolimine3739]

Me wen I walk down the street

[@AcousticJammTheGamer]

So how do you decide which combinations make it into the video, anyways?

[@mr.oscilloscope]

Whatever sounds good together/doesn't cause slience over a certain amount of time, really.

[@piptune]

How do you deconstruct songs like this?

[@mushmello526]

Channel 2 sounds so sad