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Super High-Fidelity Mario: The quest to find original gaming audio samples

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  1. soks_n_sandals
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    What a fascinating story! Hearing those synthesized low brass sounds is kind of surreal. I love when synth sound has the color and timbre of a real instrument, but are still synth-y. My go-to...

    What a fascinating story! Hearing those synthesized low brass sounds is kind of surreal. I love when synth sound has the color and timbre of a real instrument, but are still synth-y. My go-to example is Mort Garson's Plantasia.

    The individuals that did these "re-masters" have done an outstanding job.

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  2. daturkel
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    Loved this. There's a whole community dedicated to tracking down the sound effects used in games too (e.g. this wikia). It's really impressive fan labor.

    Loved this. There's a whole community dedicated to tracking down the sound effects used in games too (e.g. this wikia). It's really impressive fan labor.

    3 votes