28-04-2015, 04:32 AM
I made some recordings with my Mbox Pro of Streets of Rage 1, out of curiosity of how it will sound. I have a model 1 that is NOT a VA2 or VA1 or VA0, so it's basically the days of the "pre-remasters". It sounds pretty close to the old recordings to me, doing a quick comparison. I didn't do anything to prepare; just a straight recording at 24bit 96khz with Blue Jeans Cable.
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I notice yours has the gain not quite so high (a peak of 0.7 versus 0.9 of mine). I can't hear any distortion on the recordings I did, but it's possible that it's there and I'm just not hearing it; I don't have top of the line monitoring speakers or headphones. I would love to hear your input on this in this regard. Is there anything extra you did to ensure the quality?
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One weird thing is that the 16bit Audiophile Project version's pitch is slightly lower compared to both the recording I did & Iron Goat's on FFShrine. I wonder why that is.
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Here's the Opening and Stage 1 of Streets of Rage: https://mega.co.nz/#!AQFU2YKA!xFeW7TghjdmoATJSa9y4v8l26yMWhWTwIT2TwHmwWoE
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Btw,
if I do this for real, it would be with a modded VA2 like what you're using now and not this revision; I might go for a Mega Amp (http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?27348-F-S-Mega-AMP-for-Sega-Genesis & http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?26568-Introducing-the-Mega-Amp-The-universal-Genesis-audio-circuit), as apparently it replicates the sound of the VA0 to VA2 ("The filtered circuit uses a 3.68KHz low-pass filter to give that sound the Genesis Model 1 is known for"). Unless the sound is really different somehow with that; I have no idea how it sounds.
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I notice yours has the gain not quite so high (a peak of 0.7 versus 0.9 of mine). I can't hear any distortion on the recordings I did, but it's possible that it's there and I'm just not hearing it; I don't have top of the line monitoring speakers or headphones. I would love to hear your input on this in this regard. Is there anything extra you did to ensure the quality?
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One weird thing is that the 16bit Audiophile Project version's pitch is slightly lower compared to both the recording I did & Iron Goat's on FFShrine. I wonder why that is.
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Here's the Opening and Stage 1 of Streets of Rage: https://mega.co.nz/#!AQFU2YKA!xFeW7TghjdmoATJSa9y4v8l26yMWhWTwIT2TwHmwWoE
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Btw,
if I do this for real, it would be with a modded VA2 like what you're using now and not this revision; I might go for a Mega Amp (http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?27348-F-S-Mega-AMP-for-Sega-Genesis & http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?26568-Introducing-the-Mega-Amp-The-universal-Genesis-audio-circuit), as apparently it replicates the sound of the VA0 to VA2 ("The filtered circuit uses a 3.68KHz low-pass filter to give that sound the Genesis Model 1 is known for"). Unless the sound is really different somehow with that; I have no idea how it sounds.