Sonic 2 - Oil Ocean Zone - Oscilloscope Deconstruction

[@isaiahmiranda7609]

Let's be honest, the kickass bass in this song is what completes it and makes it so good.

[@zac.t3975]

True

[@Kapin05]

Same with all Sonic music, to be fair.

[@seronymus]

This takes the cake especially the Morshu version

[@ThaProd1gy]

That mini slap🅱️ASS

[@link3hyrule]

I always wait for the segment when the DAC kicks in!🥴

[@xenonsketchesletsgo]

1:29 for all the drum lovers

[@Speedupp87]

I feel like this part's better for that

[@InsanePsychoRabbit]

This music seems like it was originally written for that infamous cut desert zone.

[@j3remy_]

you are right! it sounds more like it

[@jayesper4390]

But it still seems to fit, probably the one other environment it could work with.

[@TheSuperPlayer707]

Actually the Aquatic Ruin theme was planned for the desert zone. Just hear the original Masa's MIDI and you can hear that "Clint Eastwood" feeling in the instrumentation. The theme from up here it was always planned to be for this level. The placing of the music in the Simon Wai and Nick Arcade prototypes were wrong so, it cannot would be taken to be a reliable reference to the originally planned placing of the music.

[@TheSuperPlayer707]

Here is the demo, just in case: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIDYfnisard9pc0

[@TheSuperPlayer707]

@Christian Canali just check out the Sonic retro development page. There's a lot of information that you can read there.

[@zac.t3975]

2:08 that moment of silence is just perfect

[@pytha7]

Even in *this* song, the bass and drums are absolute fucking fire

[@AverageJoeMama]

> Implying Oil Ocean’s theme normally isn’t

[@ChristheBroken]

The bass almost consistently has an up-down pattern with a build up at the end of the loop. Reminds me of all the elevators, slides and platforming in the level

[@CartoDarko]

@@AverageJoeMama iiiiii'm confused

[@AverageJoeMama]

@@CartoDarko It implies Oil Ocean’s theme usually isn’t good.

[@CartoDarko]

@@AverageJoeMama but it bangs so hard :(

[@Manu-ei2yj]

Oh my God, PSG2 finally shows up on one of these

[@thedangboi7198]

I always thought that noise was just my shitty TV making CRT noises

[@JoseDelCid-MetalZephyr]

PSG2 never gets love.sad:(only OOZ gives it love

[@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171]

Sonic 2 2P Level Results does this too.

[@Desmaad]

It has to do with how the noise channel (PSG3) works. Basically, in order to get more flexibility, PSG2 has to be turned off.

[@LunaOfTheStarsMusic]

@@Desmaad from what I’ve heard, it’s because PSG3 (Noise Channel) steals music information from PSG2 when the two channels are playing at the same time. So to make things work better, they just exclude PSG2

[@andytheezboy2903]

0:14 i n s t a n t c h i l l s

[@j3remy_]

2:53 Oil Ocean Act 2

[@MidnightNyxJ]

He didnt mean it like that

[@MidnightNyxJ]

Yknow in sonic 3, act 2s have different music, so he said it like that becuz it sound cool, and usually act 2s have good music or not

[@MidnightNyxJ]

Plus sonic 2 act 2s music stays the same as act 1

[@talyllynn]

stop making the basslines the act 2 themes

[@UntitledChanl]

@WarioNation please, stop.

[@jtg55]

I have to admit, hearing 0:55 alone made this zone sound _way_ creepier than the original.

[@jtg55]

Funny how Dr. Robotnik is based off of Teddy Roosevelt, who was a trust-buster against robber barons like those who controlled all the oil. Did I just overthink this? _Yes. Yes I did._

[@WarioWarily]

@@jtg55 No, you did not overthink, you didn’t go too deep into the rabbit hole.

[@savetheevo]

@@jtg55 But the Sonic franchise originally came from Japan tho. But the points you make are very good. They look eerily similar except that Teddy Roosevelt has hair

[@Doreivis]

Literraly reminded me of this ost from Mario Land kzbin.info/www/bejne/iafTnJZjd7Brns0

[@DrunkSonicYT]

It's almost like Freddy Fazbear was playing this on the radio just down the hall.

[@BackPalSA]

It's so interesting. The Oil Ocean Zone bass is definitely very sonic, but the overarching melody feels very middle-eastern.

[@edwardclark6731]

It sounds arabkc ito mr

[@Tisson8891]

Definitely sounds Arabic like

[@Dragonfire511]

Sounds Saudi Arabia to me.

[@Weyzar]

I like how they used channel 3 for the noise to give way for psg 2 to create square waves

[@bluepikman7851]

Not actually, Channel 3 is only used for Brass, and PSG 2 isn't even capable of playing Square Waves. In this theme, the Noises are just being played at really high pitches.

[@bluepikman7851]

Actually, I'm an idiot. PSG 2 isn't the noise channel, but PSG 2 was always capable of making square waves. I got confused with PSG 3, which is the noise channel. I don't see PSG 2 be used often because it's reserved for sound effects.

[@WarioWarily]

@Higor Joseff PSG 0 - 2 are square waves, PSG 3 is Noise.

[@binguloid]

@@bluepikman7851 PSG 2 is actually used to control the pitch of the noise. Without it you can only use 3 noise pitches.

[@bluepikman7851]

@@binguloid Well I would've thought. Every single music piece in this game that uses the Noise channel never uses PSG 2 for instrumentation.

[@savetheevo]

You know it's bouta be good when DAC goes into action

[@radforceroblox]

you read my mind

[@Senfyre]

Channel 2 *Shivers down my freaking spine.*

[@ChristerMr6414]

Oil Ocean? More like Desert City. 4:55 EVERYBODY NOW!!

[@alfonslonnqvist5515]

You are commenting on EVERY SINGLE FREAKING VIDEO

[@ChristerMr6414]

Yep

[@Pandaboss1]

@@ChristerMr6414but how tho??? Everyone wants to know why? Explain please we need to know why?

[@ChristerMr6414]

@@Pandaboss1 Why what?

[@Pandaboss1]

@@ChristerMr6414 why are you on every video?

[@Antluvstrains]

This is probably the only classic Sonic Zone that heavily used the PSG channels.

[@SubroOrbus]

Sonic 3 & Knuckles Knuckles Theme.

[@RealCoffeeSpew]

​@@SubroOrbus lol that's not a zone

[@SubroOrbus]

@@RealCoffeeSpew It's not a zone, but it does feature PSG 2.

[@RealCoffeeSpew]

@@SubroOrbus He did say "only zone" though

[@SubroOrbus]

@@RealCoffeeSpew Well, I'm just saying that THAT music does feature PSG 2 as well.

[@RealFoxTrotFox]

It's so odd for desert-sounding music fits so well with a place that America can take over

[@1ANDONLYARII]

LOL

[@NinjaCacodemon_IsSus]

0:00 Ch0 0:47 Ch3, Ch4, PSG1 0:55 PSG0, PSG1 1:28 Ch1, DAC 2:10 Ch2, Ch1, DAC 2:51 Ch3, Ch4, Ch2, Ch1, DAC 3:33 Ch0, Ch3, Ch4, Ch2, Ch1, DAC 4:14 PSG0, PSG1, Ch0, Ch3, Ch4, Ch2, Ch1, DAC 4:56 Every channel

[@pastelstephanie]

Ah yes, Saudi Arabia Zone.

[@LeVracDeLolo]

No, Ancient Egypt Zone

[@JusKiyoshi]

omg that is what I was thinking, Saudi Arabia zone

[@IndianaBall262]

I like that idea

[@SubroOrbus]

I don't get it, explain!

[@camulodunon]

@HomarusAmericanusHyacintho *Iran

[@leonardonunes5437]

1:28 bass and percussion

[@mrandrossguy9871]

0:06. Dayamn Ch.0 you scary

[@vuwwen]

psg 2 showing up last as the icing on the cake, love that effect 👌

[@SubroOrbus]

I don't...

[@revolvingworld2676]

It gives it that extra mechanical touch that lets you know this is still an eggman base

[@x0r1k]

I'm surprised that for the bongo drum a synth channel was using, not pre-recorded sound. It sounds really good.

[@andyukmonkey]

In all of these years I don't know if i've ever noticed how it fades out at the end of the song

[@Tandred]

🎶 I just wanna eat chili dogs Smoke a bowl an squeeze out a log Idontevenreallyfuckincare🎶

[@supadupa6891]

Nailed it! Lol

[@KAUAH1212GAMER]

2:13 3 bass? novelty

[@BoxySonic]

3 bass? There's only one bass, one channel for toms and one for the drum samples that are used right here

[@Nyaalexi]

I just love how Channel 2 is sort-of used as a noise channel here. And how the square waves complete the normal channels.

[@DoritoTime]

Cool how the congas are an FM instrument and not a sample

[@ranthony9692]

Definitely my fav Sonic Zone music

[@KAUAH1212GAMER]

Good bass 1:30

[@toomuchsoda8184]

this and mystic cave zone are the best bass lines in video game history and no one can tell me otherwise

[@Loafoftime]

The entire sonic 3 soundtrack

[@crumbly8255]

the bass is just genesis twang, just without the twa. it's just -ng.

[@koi_sakana]

Its funny to think that this is basically Sonic 2's desert zone. The oil is like quicksand, the slides are like the sand falls from S3K's Sandopolis, and the music gives me that Hollywood desert vibe

[@toomuchsoda8184]

Your intuition is spot on. This was originally the music for dust hill zone, a desert zone that never made it past beta testing. They repurposed the music for oil ocean zone!

[@HyperSonic1271-sk6fm]

@@toomuchsoda8184 Sand Shower Zone actually, since Dust Hill Zone is prototype name of Mystic Cave

[@willian3673]

hacky arrangement ch0 has 2 instruments baked in sometimes. It alone has still a bit of synthetic feel. PSG12 are used to “hide” the synthetic feel and provide stereo to ch1. 3 channels for drum/perc

[@rachelfoster2789]

I really love how channel 2 in this song is part of the percussion.

[@EloyKraYT]

I don't know why, but channel 0 at the intro plays a sort of a lead square wave... Like the ones that also play in 0:54

[@NovaBunStudio]

1:28: Beats for Dr. Robotnik to produce a plan to

[@legendaryblaze5297]

I can not thank you enough I need this

[@JUMP5C4R3GH1N1]

1:29 sonic 2 reboot (arcade) ost: Oil Ocean (Level Select)

[@dankmemes4794]

Are the PSG channels orange for a reason? I was thinking maybe from a shimmer effect or something, but I'm not sure

[@carpathia808]

I try to make the oscilloscope colours match the zone somewhat. For oil ocean I wanted the purple of the oil and also the orange of the sky.

[@TechBlade9000]

@@carpathia808 Time to recheck the other videos

[@transformer4187]

carpathia808 where’s the purple?

[@thedangboi7198]

@@transformer4187 I believe it's the borders around each visualizer that are colored purple.

[@chair_dib]

@@carpathia808 wow, I’ve watched every single one of these and somehow did not notice that…that’s freaking dope

[@abdullahnaeem27]

3:33 sonic 2 extended Unused Sound test 19

[@maddawgmoody]

Nostalgic and relaxing to listen to

[@DaveAdams222]

Why does this slap soooooo hard?

[@Jester-ZX]

DAC and Channel 1 is basically trying to tell us what lies under all that oil

[@TheUraniumChurro]

This part arguably makes the song recognizable 1:29

[@BENDYTOONZ12]

It makes me uncomfortable

[@OMundodosRetroGames]

No modern music use such a fuckin' rockin' bass like this. The Sega Sound Team (who converted the demo tape into the genesis) got this track so right that it's impossible don't dance while playing.

[@serifAizawa]

I wonder, is there a version of the song without the PSG2? That beeping gets very irritating on me.

[@zac.t3975]

For me the PSG2’s beeping is the second best part of this theme,in its own way it kinda adds to destructive,oily base feel of the stage.

[@serifAizawa]

@@zac.t3975 You're absolutely right, I just feel it does get very grating with headphones after a while.

[@zac.t3975]

@@serifAizawa i guess thats true

[@pengil3]

4:14

[@GEEZY2TIMES]

@@zac.t3975 it also shows that the temperature is unbearable

[@JNSStudios]

I played the original Sonic 2 on a Retron 3, which had an NES and SNES built into it, and it always used to emphasize the PSG channels when playing genesis games. My best guess as to why is because it has an NES in it, so it shares those channels and thus emphasizes them since it’s the only channels the NES has, but it’s so strange to hear and see the actual normal instruments in the way it was originally intended.

[@KINGDJACOBI]

I’ve always wondered who play the drums in the music

[@CharlesTaylor-p2n]

That is Cold Bro I like it

[@deleteduser6506]

DAC & Knuc.. err... Bass: 1:28

[@ThaProd1gy]

Facts NO 🧢

[@KAUAH1212GAMER]

PSG off 0:01 PSG on 0:55 together 4:23

[@cansytgames6957]

Nobody: DAC: *_I am S p e e d_*

[@Natah_DN]

y e

[@vkermodekumav8949]

This damn track.... MONSTER TRACK.....

[@Villagernose27]

digital audio converter (DAC) and the channel 1 make it sound so menacing

[@majman446]

wait... DAC stands for digital audio converter? i thought it stands for drums and cymbal. that would make more sense, actually.

[@aleksavasic2612]

@@majman446 Well you can play compressed sounds of anything on the DAC

[@majman446]

@@aleksavasic2612 that also makes sense

[@gamertechkid1490]

this one is good!!!

[@ChaoTheCutie]

2:43 Is good

[@InsanePsychoRabbit]

Deconstruct Pokémon Gen 1 music! (Then again, if you glitch the game hard enough, the music deconstructs itself.)

[@minerturtle45]

Is this the first song you've done one of these oscilloscope deconstructions with where the percussion was both on the DAC channel AND one of the numbered channels? All the ones I've seen it's either one or the other.

[@Natah_DN]

Don't forget Knuckles' theme from Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles.

[@geraldalexander8093]

I don't think he's done an oscilloscope version of it yet, but they're both right. There's a non-oscilloscope deconstruction of the sonic 3 & k mini-boss where at least one of the standard channels is used as a percussive instrument.

[@LockeRobsta]

Gotta appreciate that if you look at the replayed view it looks like the oil ocean.

[@genericfriendgroupa]

can you make channel 1 and dac only version

[@ORestart]

Good job m8

[@zepharasite]

Now I can make a remix easily without trying to listen closely to each sound.

[@guachinaider2]

It makes me think of a desert extracting oil in full sun. Thank you!

[@milesgreen4801]

~Habid at Pump#5 has entered the chat.~

[@norifromreallife-di7hi]

*knock knock it’s the united states of America and I heard that you got oil that isn’t in our possession*

[@f.k.b.16]

Waveform like an Egyptian!

[@ssillee]

1:29 love

[@someidiotmakingvids]

Welcome to Gerudo Desert.

[@lucascordeiro5101]

So good

[@alperenmapping]

Yes middle east zone act 1

[@xenonsketchesletsgo]

2:37

[@Mr_Saturn_enjoyer]

Firey Forest Zone

[@tiles2048]

Omg psg 2 showed up!

[@MeMyselfI__]

PSG Channel Melody? That seems so uncommon

[@sheenaviado-cabasag8829]

ch1 and dac together are so cool😀

[@hehe-IgoBRRRR]

1:28

[@duncanation]

It's Egypt Time

[@DanTheLoler_17]

I like how psg 3 is not used like snare and just makes noise

[@inactive-k9j]

There's no psg 3

[@inactive-k9j]

It's 0, 1, and 2

[@bluepikman7851]

I should just say there is PSG 0-3 0-2 being Square Waves, and 3 being a Noise Channel.

[@nil8659]

@@inactive-k9j psg3 exists but is inactive due to how both psg2 and psg3 works. psg3 steals audio data from psg2 when both psg3 and psg2 is active.

[@Leonard_Wolf_2056]

They should have used channel 2 as the "reverb" for the lead. The lead sounds kind of weak like this.

[@cosmicalize]

0:55 - 1:28 Beyond fire.

[@Kitsuna_Gacha]

Everyone else: Loving this song: especially the bass Me: *only* likes the bass

[@Weyzar]

Nice

[@b-judillaryze7346]

I died a lot of times in this zone, in sonic 2 and mania

[@majman446]

@fort robster which part exactly is it? is it in act 1 or 2? is it in sonic 2 or mania?

[@hudsboy1049]

Channel 1 is my fav channel in this, anyone else?

[@mrandrossguy9871]

Bro you should have had the Base in Very beginning This is why these vids should have Each Instrumentals heard Each Loop 🤷‍♂️

[@littlepiggames]

how do you deconstruct these songs?

[@squidyspecifications7709]

comment below if you're a dank memer :)

[@cursedcat6467]

US government: is for me

[@thedangboi7198]

Can you deconstruct the DK Rap? From DK64

[@Kapin05]

I believe that's just one audio file, but I could be mistaken.

[@nil8659]

@@Kapin05 the N64 audio channels are sample-based so it's just music and voice clips fused together. you are kinda correct.

[@HilosHumildes]

Aladdin sega genesis

[@Tisson8891]

A Jam 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@MilesIsExist]

Am I the only one who gets desert vibes from this music?

[@LeVracDeLolo]

You're not the only one

[@Gage_Brumley]

The level itself is an oil processing plant in the middle of the desert. Obviously it would sound like desert themed music.

[@greg.soular]

Can we get one with Channels 3 and 4 isolated?

[@magicalmerengue7025]

Wait, PSG2 EXISTS?!?

[@majman446]

it always did. when you listen to the 8bit game tracks on an oscilloscope, then you find psg2. why it doesn't appear in other tracks in the game? mostly because it's obstructed by psg3. the sound chip doesn't allow psg2 and psg3 to appear in one track. then why do the 8bit tracks use both at the same time? because they have a different sound chip than the genesis tracks.

[@drbiswas8030]

Yes

[@Outer-Heaven_Supercomputer]

petrobrás zone

[@lydiaslater8409]

I got there like a pro

[@MsF3d3r1c0]

Can u do a Deconstruction of Sonic mania?? It's possible??

[@majman446]

no. the sound chip doesn't allow for the tracks to be deconstructed.

[@rofidel178]

Arabic feels

[@fenastra]

Channel 1 tho

[@SmashinAbe]

Can you please the Mortal Kombat Pit Stage on Sega Genesis

[@MidnightIsADog]

8th... i guess