USF Bugs by wolupgm6 at 1:50 AM EST on February 22, 2013
Just got myself a copy of the Banjo Tooie set from Josh W's page and noticed that the Hag 1 battle theme was missing the first note (in a very similar way to Donkey Kong 64's final battle). I recall this from years ago (2006-ish?), back when there were all kinds of problems to do with dynamic tracks. I was just wondering if there's any solution to this these days.
I figured I'd start this thread for not only an answer to this question, but also as a place where anyone else noticing bugs, whether obvious to everyone like I presume these are (and that I'm asking a rather stupid question here) or an obscure noticing that someone feels needed to be brought to attention. Either way, cheers guys! :D
After further inspection, I've come across something that may or may not be useful. In the original set I had, I distinctly remember "Here Comes Trouble" having a slight cutoff at the start and it was noticeable. The current set however doesn't have this cutoff, the track seems to play from start to end exactly as it should. It is possible that the problem was fixed and the Hag 1 battle was an oversight, or maybe I'm thinking too much in to things. I don't know. I just figured I'd try and post as much information on the issue as possible.
Hmm. Scrolling through some old files of mine I stumbled upon an early rip of Banjo Tooie. Not sure if the whole dynamic track issue was still a problem at this point, but I did notice there was a different in the track beginning cut-off.
Download the Banjo Tooie set from over here and then download this old set I re-uploaded over here.
Check out the Hag 1 theme compared to sparsea0. From what I can hear sparsea0 has the first note but plays it at a lower volume and fades in for the duration of that note. By the second one it has reached full volume and continues as such. Whereas Hag 1 seems to just start from when the volume reaches maximum and neglect that note entirely.
I'm not sure if any of this is helpful or if I'm a complete and utter fool (or even if those two options are mutually exclusive), but it seems like SOMETHING.