Sonic 2 - Aquatic Ruin Zone - Oscilloscope Deconstruction

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The Aquatic Ruin Zone music from Sonic 2 but deconstructed and shown via oscilloscope. Enjoy!
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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!
Chapters:
0:00 - Channel 3
0:36 - Channel 4, (PSG 3)
1:13 - PSG 0, 1, 3
1:49 - Channel 1
2:26 - Channel 1, 2
3:02 - Channel 0, DAC
3:39 - Channel 0, 3, 4, DAC
4:16 - Channel 0, 3, 4, DAC, (PSG 0, 1)
4:53 - Channel 0, 1, 3, 4, DAC, (PSG 0, 1)
5:29 - Channel 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, DAC, (PSG 0, 1)
6:05 - Altogether now!

[@carlos.-.618]

0:38 I see where people say that channel 4 sounds like a “western whistle” but the way I’ve always heard it was as a subtle nod to the original Tarzan yell and the way it fluctuates in a similar manner in the Aquatic Ruin. You are in a forested area after all.

[@nthgth]

That's a very good point, and now it's the way I hear this. It just makes sense.

[@4b06chongshunhang4]

it is simply a sine wave

[@carlos.-.618]

@@4b06chongshunhang4 Your point?

[@tahutoa]

To be fair, the "western whistle" itself is based on a couple guys going "aa-AA aa-AA aaaahh" The theme song for the Good Bad & Ugly does use the whistle, but I don't think the version heard in the original film has the flute play the full "four notes then fall." In other words, if the yell heard in Good Bad & Ugly was based in part on what's known as the Tarzan yell, then in a roundabout way, both interpretations would be correct. Personally, I think it could very well be referencing both. GBU is based in Mexico, part of Latin America, and Aquatic Ruin is very much a Latin tune. However, as you said, Aquatic Ruin is based in a sort of rainforest, jungle-like area.

[@carlos.-.618]

@@tahutoa I see your point, but I’d connect the little fluctuations as a Tazarn thing (being in a tropical rainforest as you referred to it) and the music following a Spanish vibe considering the Amazon Rainforest is in South America.

[@painishere7984]

DAC be like: *[Furiously Clapping]*

[@michaelmurray7199]

Like those clap “rolls” in Donkey Konga.

[@RealFoxTrotFox]

*CLAPCLAPCLAPCLCLAP*

[@DoctorPoopenFarten]

Honestly the best part of this song

[@RealFoxTrotFox]

@@DoctorPoopenFarten correction: the only part of the song we care about

[@karlukvp]

@@RealFoxTrotFox Ur worng

[@TheSuperPlayer707]

Spaghetti Western + Argentinian Tango = this theme.

[@rofidel178]

It also sounds greek

[@TheSuperPlayer707]

@@rofidel178 kinda

[@GiordanDiodato]

i get more of a Greek vibe

[@theflashboy9360]

argentino papa

[@DRpotatoYT]

Yeah also a bit Ancient Greek

[@VenusHeadTrap2]

The beginning made me wonder if my left speaker had broke.

[@KhairiHamed]

The chips in the Genesis can do hard panning from the left, right, and center.

[@spriteamogus404]

0:46 is a part of why Aquatic Ruin is my favorite Sonic 2 zone.

[@chimklee]

Honestly, same

[@BasedPureblood]

I like the 2:26 because it's strong.

[@whiteeeveeangel]

@@BasedPureblood I mean, it's the main melody, of course it's strong... Personally, I'll go with the counter-melody and harmony right at the the beginning on channel 3

[@TommyzWorld]

2:48 is just my favorite because it sounds like some intense song that someone made for their loved one

[@Shreder3.0]

For me 3:03 is strange...

[@CreeperDudeBro]

The instruments definitely give off that tango vibe, and I love it.

[@HeartPlusUp]

Man back then they had to work so hard just to get a delay stereo effect on the melody. They had to use 2 channels just for that. For context, now days in a DAW you can just apply an effect like delay and the programs handles it for you. We have so much control over how our music sounds.

[@SonicEclipse456]

Even i do that when making genesis tracks with DefleMask

[@8888ate]

Music sounds worse now days

[@dspangs]

The PSG channels really went off on this one😳

[@Carlos_3.0]

But what about that DAC channel though?

[@LunaTheStars]

@@Carlos_3.0 The DAC was pretty weak on this one

[@pErSoNaRo]

Mystic Cave too.

[@lilddm8558]

@@LunaTheStars Whaaaat??

[@jacobnix9952]

@@LunaTheStars ?¿?¿¿?????????

[@hdrenginedevelopment7507]

Amazing how a simple echo with channel 2 really makes the whole song for me. The depth and atmosphere added by such a subtle effect is amazing.

[@vinisasso]

As always in Sonic tracks, when Bass and DAC come, they take it all over.

[@TommyzWorld]

Those are the parts I wait for

[@SelulekoMakhanya]

Me too 3:03

[@LightspeedAdventurer]

This and Hill Top are definitely my favourites in the entire game. Aquatic Ruin because the music and visuals are really nice and it's relaxing to play, and Hill Top for the visuals and music too, and it's really fun too.

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

I feel bad for knowing 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly' music reference in Mirage Saloon in no time but it took me a bajillion years to remember it from this, DESPITE ME PLAYING SONIC 2 FOR MUCH LONGER THAN SONIC MANIA AND THIS BEING MY FAVORITE TRACK!

[@otakuthegreat]

3:02 Channel 0: Allow me to introduce myself

[@ClausMusic]

Thanks for the colonoscopy decontruction!

[@JNSStudios]

😂 autocorrect strikes again!

[@thiccdoge2002]

Colonoscopy? srsly wtf

[@thiccdoge2002]

Its oscilloscope

[@nil8659]

@@JNSStudios autocorrect more like autofailure !!! xD

[@jorgitoislamico4224]

@@thiccdoge2002 r/whooosh

[@santiagobambicha5218]

0:38 mirage salloon

[@michaelb.2662]

Your right it does

[@nicholasalexander973]

Or every western movie lol

[@Kite-Tsune]

1 act

[@Ghosty_Dosty]

I didn't hear it.

[@Kite-Tsune]

Yes

[@foraqualia]

I love those deconstructions! Can definitely hear some lambada and samba influences in there. All in all, Sonic compostions are beautifully inspired. Marble Zone from Sonic 1 would be an interesting candidate for deconstruction as well.

[@NORAMA01]

by far my favourite song in the game. it's so complex yet still fits together perfectly.

[@Imposter-the-hedgehog-exe]

4:02 I LIKE THIS PART

[@anatnis]

This song is amazing when deconstructed. Without channels 1 and 2 it's like a completely different song. The jungle/wilderness vibe is gone and it sounds very samba. Channel 3 definitely has big time Latin flair. Super cool.

[@jamessanders8693]

Yo at 3:40 channel 3 and 4 was on point 🔥 🔥 🔥.

[@theshinycharmander258]

3:02 Put on 0.75 speed and it sounds like a tribe music

[@SailorSunshine]

3:03 Announcer: Fight!!😈 Guess the reference.😉

[@SailorSunshine]

@scrubthispie You're correct.😎 (Sorry for replying a month later😅)

[@zavierzanetti2357]

Unrelated smh

[@quinnblade6631]

My first guess was cuphead.

[@SailorSunshine]

@@quinnblade6631 Which boss theme has the same beat? 🙂

[@memelord1790]

@@SailorSunshine it's similar to floral fury

[@GregoryLTaylor]

Wow! I didn't realize how layered this song was!

[@Hasoon-os4id]

The DAC sounds like claps

[@shapes5500]

it is

[@MegaTheman25]

lol

[@nthgth]

Are we sure it's not meant to be castanets?

[@victorlgcarvalho]

When well used like this, the Genesis' sound system is amazing.

[@stradley_]

Hearing the PSG’s is so cool. An 8 bit version of this song would be sick

[@io9671]

I love when PSG 0 and 1 sync up.

[@Nyaalexi]

Channel 4 is just a sine wave, very interesting. And I didn't notice it before listening to this deconstruction, especially since there is a square wave played on top of it.

[@Nyaalexi]

In the first part of the song, anyway.

[@Mbhb-ik5mo]

This music was originaly going to be used for a desret level but suprisenly it fits very well for aquatiq ruin

[@PaulPower4]

0:36 aha, there's the clave.

[@aluigiFromKart]

Yoooooo i love this song

[@SaviorLight]

I like to come to time to time just to loop or restart these deconstructions. They're just too catchy.

[@reallyblue]

So many different things going on in this piece. I have always loved this one in a different way.

[@dominiccasts]

I knew something (PSG 0&1) was harmonizing with the tenor part (channel 3), but I could never quite make it out in game. Thanks for this.

[@mareeyomario123]

I like this catchy song! Does anyone else like it, too?

[@Natah_DN]

I do!

[@RealFoxTrotFox]

I never wanted to leave the zone

[@BeachBear64]

SHAME ON ME FOR FALLING IN THE GUNK IN CHEMICAL PLANT BEFORE MAKING IT HERE I WOULD JUST STAND THERE WAITING FOR THE GOSHDARN PLATFORM ID JUMP AND FALL!

[@davidgreen1236]

i cant get this theme out of my head, its too good

[@MarsHock]

I've been watching through a tone of these and they are amazing to watch since I'm trying to learn more about FM synthesis. One recent tidbit I discovered is that FM instruments sound really good with reverb added, and it looks like most of the Sonic songs have one of the FM channels dedicate to providing some reverb to one of the other channels. It's happening with the "lead" instrument here (Channel 2), happens in a bunch of S3K stuff too. Maybe that's part of the Sonic secret sauce.

[@vinisasso]

Indeed. When I think of the essence of Sonic soundtracks, it's always about the pumpin' funky bass, harmonic support from varied instruments alternating in two channels, and the 'reverbed' leads. And boy this sauce delivered.

[@BoxySonic]

Yeah, and you can use that one trick to add either reverb or delay depending on how far you offset the notes

[@Sonic_and_Mighty]

Sonic secret sauce

[@coolbluelights]

Hearing this with channel 1 missing this has such a salsa like feel to it

[@jdog8173]

This is awesome! you should do metropolis zone next! 👍

[@Desmaad]

I think he's already done that.

[@DMARtunes]

@@Desmaad not an ossciloscope

[@jdog8173]

as an ossciloscope

[@agentblackbird9435]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWLNoZ6rot2NqLs

[@skymatrix6962]

Listening to the beginning with just channel 3 made me feel like my left ear was clogged.

[@IDHLEB]

Olé!

[@phillholbrook9515]

The clave on PSG3 is so dope

[@andytheezboy2903]

i still can't figure out what musical genre is this

[@mr.megadrive6881]

I have the some issue. The rythym and drums suggest salsa, while the instrumentation gives an old western vibe. I would lean further toward the salsa/latin end. The bassline, chord progression and rythym are the majority of the song and they're very salsa/latin.

[@Desmaad]

@@mr.megadrive6881 Which is weird for a set of largely Greek-seeming ruins.

[@RandomGamingItsM3Creeper]

Desmaad as a Greek I’m not even sure what Ancient Greek music sounds like

[@makita3680]

@@Desmaad Could be Roman ruins, hence the Latin connection.

[@andytheezboy2903]

@@_kardus yeah me too, it kinda reminds me aslo of jazz pop from 50's and early 60's

[@ashhan781]

Yoooooooo!!!! Whoever did this I love you till the end of times!!!! This is pure amazing!!!!

[@Pyro03333]

3:39 sounds like it could be the Start of the act 2 theme

[@10spongeboiloud36]

Bro that channel 3 one is fire

[@AJtheRatty]

Love the thicc bass sound in channel 0

[@android21evil19]

This was so beautiful to watch and listen to.

[@t.connerproductionsinc.8046]

Channel 0: Bass Channel 1/2: Soprano Channel 3: Alto Channel 4: Tenor

[@tl1882]

shouldnt 0 be baritone

[@IcedCakes-X]

@@tl1882 r/wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

[@tl1882]

@@IcedCakes-X r/wooooshwith4osandnoh r/notawoooosh

[@ArielSaturn]

**engine start** **sonic woosh from you to there**

[@sarahb4513]

neat. would love to see something like this on anything from the PvZ soundtrack.

[@dhthegreat1292]

Channel 3 alone sounds almost like the beginning of an act 2 remix As time goes on more of the melody would get added in, starting with channel 1, so forth and so on

[@Gacha_Nazrinofficial]

Jahn Davis remix?

[@jonahabenhaim1223]

At the beginning it almost sounds like palmtree panic past

[@crollwtide9452]

The sine sweep-line sound on channel 4 is pretty cool

0:40 wait... I recognized this rhythm from somewhere 🤔

[@Morhamms357]

gotta love that wild wild west whistle!

[@memeridicxle3692]

I don’t hear it..

[@sanicmaniac]

*in a water level*

[@Morhamms357]

I swear to god it’s there, it’s at the very start of the song, after the first 7 main notes

[@sanicmaniac]

@@Morhamms357 I know I was just saying it's ironic that it's in a water level

[@michaelb.2662]

Floral Fury from Cuphead at 2:13

[@JerpyTH]

thats not funny.

[@stardoglofii]

@@JerpyTH It's not a joke, dumba**

[@reisen912]

@@stardoglofii let him alone dont give him the atention he needs

[@TackSmackIsDenied]

I can KINDA hear it

[@Elgoku10pulgadas]

What from What?

[@MoonlightStatic]

YES! It starts off with the best part!

[@davibarbosadasilva.0703]

0:43 funk brazil. This is hit sound is brazilian

[@G.S._]

Funk is THE WORST

[@davibarbosadasilva.0703]

@@G.S._ funk this is cultural and critic bad, i'm not like this is categoric music.

[@G.S._]

@@davibarbosadasilva.0703 ok eu sei que vc é br, sem ofensa, treina um pouquinho mais o ingles, ok? E eu tava falando minha opiniao sobre funk ._.

[@gabrielb.1454]

Existem muitos BRs aqui no carpathia hehe, bom saber disso. Se tretar com algum gringo já sei quem chamar

[@grand3861]

Damn right ear frels good at 0:00

[@Inky5]

People always said this sounded very western and tango, but I've always viewed as very tribal and Indian like like especially this flute noise here 0:38

[@TommyzWorld]

Same I sometimes get that vibe

[@YgorG]

One of my favorite Sonic 2 Tunes!

[@alesio2946]

I really like this awesome song, it's like conga xd

[@jamaldeldinglenut563]

Am I the only one who hears Lava reef at the beginning?

[@XEPER888888888888888]

Star Light Zone next

[@Astraision]

You could've said please...

[@volvo145]

I had no idea that this game had snare bass and also Tom’s in its drums the times I have never heard before but now I can’t hear them :-)

[@arcball33]

this brings back memories

[@prisca318]

WOO! I like it!

[@mubarakplays153]

Cool music!

[@chaos_catt]

honestly, one of my favorite Zones in 2.

[@vinisasso]

Sometimes SALSAesque, sometimes LAMBADAesque, sometimes SPANISHesque. It's hard to get more latin than this. I wished the levels weren't that short. Amazing work.

[@NinjaCacodemon_IsSus]

0:00 Ch3 0:37 Ch4, PSG3 1:13 All PSGs 1:50 Ch1 2:26 Ch1, Ch2 3:02 Ch0, DAC 3:40 Ch3, Ch4, Ch0, DAC 4:16 PSG0, PSG1, Ch3, Ch4, Ch0, DAC 4:53 Ch1, PSG0, PSG1, Ch3, Ch4, Ch0, DAC 5:29 Ch1, Ch2, PSG0, PSG1, Ch3, Ch4, Ch0, DAC 6:06 Every channel

[@Mikez754]

My favorite soundtrack❤️❤️

[@ShadowReaperX07]

For those of you trying to figure out some inspiration: Chick Corea - Spain

[@234BANDICOOT]

Esto es magnífico, epico

[@alexpuerroxd4802]

No esperaba encontrarme otro hispanohablante por aca jeje

[@234BANDICOOT]

@@alexpuerroxd4802 viejo, los buenos gustos no tienen fronteras

[@alexpuerroxd4802]

@@234BANDICOOT jaja Ok :)

[@234BANDICOOT]

@@alexpuerroxd4802 animo, a disfrutar los ost

[@alexpuerroxd4802]

@@234BANDICOOT eso haré :) Menos mal que me las descargué con una pagina jejeje

[@silent.revolution2168]

Three flute notes. People : omg western Latin songs, mostly Peruvian, are known to use flute. But I understand that these three notes might remind you one of the most well known western Bgm.

[@RomioriTheGamer]

0:00 lava reef

[@clonefighter1996]

Kinda???

[@MikeZeOfficialM8]

@ Romiori yo profile photo tho

[@ChristerMr6414]

Labyrinth Zone 2. Basically a whole lot better. 6:06 EVERYBODY NOW!!

[@korenzissu3531]

6:05 is the complete version

[@xxsupergod21xx]

PSG 0 PSG1 and PSG 3 singing together make the song sound like it's an 8bit version

[@ORestart]

Channel 3 is so cute

[@Joako360]

Some latin rythm 👏👏👏👏

[@memeridicxle3692]

Yep

[@magicalmerengue7025]

Such an underrated song....

[@outfordouglas]

Since when?

[@FelipeTSilva]

psg 3:is a funk🎶

[@hahasfs3409]

DAC: Time to do some latin claps

[@danielvacio9769]

The DAC sounds much like a mix of bass and maybe a snare while Channel 0 is a mix of bass and a high hat

[@internetexplorer1593]

When 3:02 comes in, I can't be the only person that tried to mimic the base line sound wave with my hands, right?

[@evanthegamingpocket6362]

I actually hate this level more than any other in Sonic 2 (except Death Egg). The water sucks, the foreground scroll effect is off putting and that sringboard where you leap out of the water in those stupidly placed badniks that send down PISSES ME OFF! Anyway music's great with that drumroll and claps in the DAC and a deep bass. Metropolis Zone Oscilloscope Deconstruction next pretty please with half a cake on top.

[@WorldWithOEnd]

Git gud

[@Chree1s]

There is a way to not touch the water at all and thats to take the top path. No hate at all if its your least favorite stage, as I'm not a fan of oil ocean

[@hahasfs3409]

You stroke? Aquatic ruin is my most favorite zone. I just need to run and few jumps and boom! Done in 21 seconds

[@zr0se_ch]

3:02 💖

[@UnderMyDeadBody]

I would like to listen to it in a echo voice one day if you can do that. ☺

[@16-bitflipp]

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW HE GAINED ACCESS TO ALL THE INDIVIDUAL SOUND CHANNELS ?

[@Milesprowerboy5]

3:02 sounds like a tribe song

[@jacobybennett8163]

4:53 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@TheOfficeandGummiBearsFan]

This Song Sounds Exactly Like The Cantina Band Music from Star Wars Episode IV: a New Hope!

[@Caullandpower]

The DAC is making all the camping sounds

[@ZeekkoW]

channel 0 be hittin diferent

[@LauKillamunII]

80s Chicago city with Salsa. Or carribbean sea

[@hansraute3587]

Con ypu deconstruct the battle theme of ff6 or castle corridor of castlevania aria of sorrow?

[@CCShakeCatYT]

What does DAC stand for?

[@Napoleon678]

Digital-to-Audio Converter

[@slange420]

Miles Prower 543 it’s digital to *analog* converter

[@TackSmackIsDenied]

​@@slange420analog horror reference-

[@outfordouglas]

Did anyone else confunded marble garden with aquatic ruin?

[@jurassicsight]

Jurassic Park 2 (1997) Aquatic Ruin Zone

[@shamimaislam9406]

Channel 3 Sounds like boss theme