Soul of Cinder - True 8-Bit

None of the 8-Bit versions of SoC were using actual emulated NES soundchips. This video fixes that. The arrangement of the notes is very emphatically not my own. You can find it's author here: • Soul of Cinder - Dark ...
Regarding the graphics, also not my work. They were posted on a forum without attribution: if you know the source, could you comment so I can link to it? Thanks!
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- Q&A -
Q - "Download links do not work! What do?"
A - Leave a comment on this video telling me! I'll fix it. If I don't respond, I am also availibile on Reddit - send a PM to /u/cyaed.
Q - "Which format for the win?"
A - FLAC. Highest quality, lossless codec, best dog. OGG and MP3 are about equal - they are smaller, they may sound very slightly worse on sufficiently hi-fi equipment because they are lossy. The quality on each was maxed, so they should have equivalent sound. Use OGG if you like open source free software; use MP3 if you like IP law.

[@anothernik9372]

it be like blin blin blon

[@guddofui]

bip bup bup....

[@levibradley3758]

🅱️lin 🅱️lin 🅱️lon

[@antialeks5013]

When Gwyn's part came on, I felt like I was finishing what I started in Dark Souls 1

[@arthurbuffon430]

It did feel like that

[@madg8380]

Waiting for some random day when KZbin decides to recommend this video to every single person on the planet

[@seanyoyoboy]

It might be happening

[@GeraltOfLibya]

@@seanyoyoboy the day has come

[@fbientertainment3275]

@@GeraltOfLibya yes it did indeed

[@ItsTheDoombringer]

It is time

[@arthurbuffon430]

The time has come

[@liziodyn]

*PRAISE THE SUN!*

[@BaldinBlack]

PRAISE THE GAME BOY

[@arthurbuffon430]

Praise the flame that gives us life.

[@xXChizaXx]

PRAISE THE FLAME

[@sakoweamonumental4142]

\[T]/

[@PoisonPlayzSouls]

PRAISE THE DAYS OF OLD, WHEN ALL A MAN NEEDED WAS SOME PATIENCE AND AN NES/GAMEBOY!

[@karhu7581]

a 2D remix of the entirety of DS3 would be rad tho ngl

[@edohanma]

Slashy souls :)

[@altoria4857]

2:19 is the memory’s of years passed the time that life for some people got changed forever.

[@Loafusbreadmyre]

Dude i was also completely wasted listening to this for the first time, glad someone else had the same experience

[@user-rm1jp6hf5h]

I think this video is gonna become a bit more popular over time. Hopefully so, considering that this is actually good.

[@guyguy7923]

Well it was recommended to me so XD

[@GokuKing1198]

I also hope it gets 8 bit more popular over time

[@societyman9219]

@@GokuKing1198 I WAS GONNA MAKE THAT JOKE

[@societyman9219]

@@GokuKing1198 guess you could I was 8 bit late to the joke

[@Radiant_Bro]

The embered cape of the SoC is hella smooth, not something you'd see in 8-bit style arts, i dig it.

[@jimboslimbo8166]

The art for this video is amazing

[@kostaskompostas8046]

Really well done

[@gregoryinsanovic2925]

it's fucking RAW!

[@Ysumbruh0]

*Pixel of cinder*

[@Spectrik]

It captures the same epic feeling as the original but also the classic chip tune style

[@yamatogotwood3258]

this got in my recommended after finishing ds3 and I like it

[@Lucifronz]

This makes me think back to Boktai on GBA, because of the older hardware music and darker feel. Something else in there, too, I had in mind but can't seem to remember. Lost it shortly after I thought of it. EDIT: Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring on GBA. That's what it kinda made me think of.

[@dalton2845]

This sounds so lonely... I love it.

[@mdawni6933]

Well done

[@6502x86]

Walking straight ahead...

[@gregoryinsanovic2925]

it's fucking RAW!

[@e.p.m9263]

I come here sometimes to listen this, I love it every time

[@ky7501]

This sounds like the boss fight I would be gushing to my friends about in elementary during lunch

[@mesterorange8181]

Wooow, this is Just WONDERFUL!!!!! Oh wow, amazing 🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@dardovelasco8185]

1:38 ''Dark souls 3 crashs''

[@andyespinoza7139]

blin blin blon

[@SolaTheUnknown]

and here it starts, the random video moment, dude get ready to have a lot of views

[@6502x86]

Actually, if you don't mind, what is going on here? I'm really happy people are enjoying this thing - it's the best possible reward for the time I took tinkering with emulated nes soundchips and things - but don't understand what's driving its apparently newfound visibility. By the way, thank you for listening!

[@SolaTheUnknown]

@@6502x86 well one, you are welcome this is awesome, second youtube works in a strange way, and this appeared randomly in my feed even if i didnt search or watched any dark souls content in a long time, so most likely sooner or later also a lot of other people will get randomly this video and click on it

[@6502x86]

@@SolaTheUnknown Ah, I see. Glory to the algorithm, it seems. Thanks for answering!

[@medicgaming2831]

2:00 ❤

[@avi_rivera]

This is so well done. Damn.

[@loremipsum1789]

Here before this becomes famous

[@bambi20082148]

amazing job man

[@yourewallsareveryconvenien8292]

Imagine Dark Souls series with the older Castlevania style gameplay.

[@marauder6553]

Not soo good

[@Spectrik]

Suni Victor I was thinking symphony of the night

[@Spectrik]

Suni Victor I know it’s the closest equivalent I could think of the op’s interpretation in the way that it would play and the art style has a classic dark souls flare

[@RolfeSenpai]

@@Spectrik Symphony of the Night meets Dark Souls is basically Hollow Knight.

[@arthurbuffon430]

I heard there are people doing a mod of that

[@Jmarstonn]

holy hot damn nice job

[@noface6037]

Nice

[@PoisonPlayzSouls]

hell yeah bro. man, i wanna play through the entire dark souls series to get to this moment

[@abaronofchivalry5176]

Glorious

[@LuxPostNoctem]

Finally, for fucks sake, a good 8-bit rendition of this song. Every other version I've checked, so far, sucked balls badly.

[@largoharmony5766]

Be honest, you didn't search for this.

[@ejoteszeppeli3800]

True

[@akaiookami6441]

Yea

[@GeomaniaDasher]

i did

[@name-gh7lf]

@@GeomaniaDasher i also did

[@6502x86]

I did, though. And then I couldn't find it, but I did find Max's 16bit chiptune version, which led me to UprisingGrand, who published the underlying note data. I knew just enough about LMMS (a music composition program) to bring that note structure in, tweak it verrrry slightly, pump it through emulated NES chips, and then do a bit to master the output and give it some pop to make it sound like a real recording instead of just digital waveforms being pumped through your speakers (a tiny bit of reverb does wonders for making chiptune music have that pop - I learned that trick from, of all things, the official OST for the gen 1 pokemon games). But yep. Did search, couldn't find, but by grace, luck, and good people sharing their skills, I could make this. The internet is so freaking cool! Imagine how much stuff like this just wouldn't exist if not for some DARPA geeks in the ninteen seventies!!!

[@shogun2212]

Beginning sounds like the death by specimen 6

[@WestyDesign]

Great remix! I'm in need of some boss music for a 10-day gamejam I'm taking part in, so would it be OK to use this? (With credit to you, of course!)

[@6502x86]

Yeah! By all means! Thank you for asking, felt pretty great to see this~ I'd love to see the final prod.

[@WestyDesign]

@@6502x86 thank you so much! I'll get back to you in a week when we're done 😍

[@aprettyfunnyperson4516]

@@WestyDesign So much for that. (Two months later)

[@WestyDesign]

@@aprettyfunnyperson4516 It got used! I tried to comment a few times, KZbin just kept deleting it.

[@aprettyfunnyperson4516]

@@WestyDesign Link troubles?

[@lDeluxeWTF]

Bip bip bop

[@huebrdoidao1475]

1:15 make me remember gears of war theme

[@CyanGreyFox]

Mario's not beatin this castle

[@onyx7633]

Press start to link fire

[@denimmoneybrrr]

Is this what it feels like... to be embered?

[@eldiegosinesi7908]

Glin glin glon

[@guddofui]

[@Corridorcrawler]

I subscribed

[@6502x86]

Thanks so much! I hope you enjoy the future videos and songs I make and edit!

[@ElCocomega]

More comments for the algorythm god !!!

[@lionlance8061]

You know, I think Dark Souls might have been even better if it were made in the pixel era of gaming.

[@Lucifronz]

Probably not. If it were like LoZ, maybe it would be good, but even then I still can't imagine it being "better" with such limited hardware. So much would be lost.

[@hydromano6652]

If the whole song was as loud as it was at 2:02 + it would of need so much better. Good remix though.

[@loudvisions9156]

This is so much better than the original!

[@pogd740]

how

[@oldtrinket]

No

[@mikeybv6815]

No