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Nobuo Uematsu's Synthesizers by G-Boy at 1:32 PM EST on December 16, 2016
I found this post about synthesizers that were used in SNES game music on reddit.

Some information from the post:

"[Nobuo Uematsu)'s been known to use E-MU and Kurzweil and Roland samples (especially in SNES Final Fantasy iterations. FF7's strings are literally a shortened Kurzweil, and FF8's strings are pretty much an unaltered rip of E-MU's signature strings)"

"Sony, who developed the soundchip for the SNES, provided a collection of samples to developers. I know for a fact that Top Gear's soundtrack was composed entirely with samples provided by Sony, and there may be several others. It's possible these samples didn't come from a rompler, like those you have mentioned, because Sony had (and still has) its own sound division, complete with a collection of instruments and synthesizers (not to be confused with romplers), used for creating sample CDs and system sounds."

"FF7's samples could have come from Sony but I actually did just find the hihats in a korg m1 sample bank!"

"Yeah Uematsu used the sc-88, a lot of samples I'm FF6 and chrono trigger were ripped right from the sc-88 too (timpani, oboe, trumpet, drums, etc)."

"So good news, I found the synth FF7 got a lot of its drum samples from. Turns out it was the Alesis D4, either that or the S4 since I'm assuming it could contain a lot of samples from the D4."

I also found this article that says Nobuo Uematsu used instruments from the Roland SC-55 and SC-88 in the most of his earlier material.

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by Ghignarda at 10:44 AM EST on December 24, 2016
Could somebody point me in the right direction?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iQWsGU7lA2Y

The mid register sound the plays at the beginning and through the rest of this song most prominently, playing D and then an octave up.

I was racking my brain, thinking it might be some rompler harp, but all harp romplers sound very tinny in comparison.

I'm thinking it might be some bell-like sound, but I'm really at a loss.

So not really looking for a definitive where it may come from, but just what sort of sound it could be classified as, to make it easier to find.

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by Enclave123 at 3:07 AM EST on December 25, 2016
I finally got my Jv1080, i somehow never got the expansion cards

I been using a roland midi cable to test it on files.

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by Enclave123 at 4:56 AM EST on December 25, 2016
I find the sample that plays from the bunker 1 theme that one drum sample.

The sample name is Ank lungs

It plays in note A#7 but it on Popdrumset 1 and 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yuLQNJCMJU

It plays in the beginning.

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by Enclave123 at 2:13 PM EST on December 26, 2016
I find a sample from killer instinct 2, in my jv1080 i remember being playing during the Fatalities.

It known as Grungeroni
by ThatPMGuy at 9:26 PM EST on December 26, 2016
The violin and accordian from Lillie's Theme (Pokemon Sun and Moon) seem to come from EastWest Gypsy.

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A Few Things I Noticed by naf4947 at 12:30 AM EST on December 27, 2016
Hey, I'm new to this forum but this is something I've been thinking about for years and noticed a few interesting things.

First, the drum loop at the very beginning of the Greenhouse track from Hotwheels Stunt Track Driver (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-wRkHjFo9o) is exactly the same as a drum loop from Glover (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz-qt3BL9u8). I don't know their source but I do know they're the same.

Second, the drum fill at the very beginning of Bubbly Washing Machine from Super Monkey Ball 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlPrvJx3epk) sounds extremely similar to the fill at the beginning of Shake It by Sistar, although that one is pretty processed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9-TIy7WPQI). I don't know the source for these, or even if they are the same fill, but they sound close enough to me that it's possible.

And third, I have a Korg 01W soundfont and one of the patches called Animotion I know I've heard in a game somewhere before, but I can't remember the game. Here is a sample of what it sounds like, the rising scalar pattern is what I really feel like I remember from a game somewhere. (https://www.dropbox.com/s/kfcsep104mozj13/animotion.wav?dl=0)
by Enclave123 at 10:44 AM EST on December 28, 2016
I find more jv1080 samples, but this sample was used a lot in timesplitters which was composed by Graeme Norgate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DmpUdpgUqU

The music box in the beginning is a preset call Childlike in the jv1080.

More Samples from the jv1080 it appears goldeneye tend to use the midi vibraphone a lot.

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more SM64 samples by baggagelizard at 12:46 PM EST on December 28, 2016
Bowser in the Sky organ - Kurzweil Organ (not sure of patch)



Korg M1 - M03 56 VoiceSing1 (sample in game has a pitch bend up in sample)
by G-Boy at 4:57 AM EST on December 29, 2016
@baggagelizard
Isn't that the same pipe organ that was used in the Ganon's Tower theme from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time?

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