Tomoyoshi Sato - "Under the Moonlight" (Night Slashers, Arcade/DECO32) [Oscilloscope Visualization] 

It's amazing what people can do on 4 PCM channels XD Not to mention that this OKI chip does not support variable frequency playback unlike that Yamaha chip on the NEO-GEO, which means that one sample cannot represent different notes, and therefore the different guitar phrases have to be stored as a whole phrase, which occupies a lot of storage space in the game ROM. The composer really must have been really set on using guitars on this track! Astonishing determination.

@@KYLXBN Yes but you can clearly hear the difference of the real guitar. You trade space for quality. Sampled guitar is not good.

@@gizaha That is indeed true. Also, the phrases are made up of easily repeatable "parts" that can be played multiple times in a row to create a whole phrase-even the first three notes of the guitar is repeated 4 times to create a longer melody. Really creative use of PCM channels to play guitar samples on limited hardware!

@@KYLXBN Repeating patterns is the heart of compression, but it might did with software, not with mind. Midway dcs system does exactly that.

Can't believe they managed to put a sampled guitar audio as the lead melody XD The only other games that use the same technique, as far as I know, is F Zero X from the Nintendo 64, which played back pre-recorded guitar samples for the lead music. Still, that's the Nintendo 64, and its audio system isn't exactly limited. Maybe the bass samples as used on NES Sunsoft tracks count?

@@KYLXBN What about Metal Slug 5?

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