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Greetings.

I'm interested in recording some game soundtracks from a real machine (Game Gear), and I wonder if someone could help me with this matter and save me from buying the hardware. I've tried recording from Kega Fusion but I'm not satisfied with the results. I would provide binary files for the soundtracks only.

It would be preferable to record the sound through a decent audio interface for the best audio quality (24 bit and low noise floor), not a embedded sound card.

Thanks in advance!

GG itself has a quite high noise floor and somewhat muffled sound.
I would do some recordings over my Yamahas but I got no means to run anything on a GG.

TmEE wrote

GG itself has a quite high noise floor and somewhat muffled sound.
I would do some recordings over my Yamahas but I got no means to run anything on a GG.

Thanks for the offer TmEE. Can your Yamahas run Game Gear code?

By Yamahas I meant my Yamaha sound cards, so no GG code will run there :P

I can record off a Master System but than requires you to disable the stereo writes...
I am not sure what exactly do you look from sound, is it authenticity or just good sound ? I got plenty of the latter as I have audio-modded all my machines to remove any naises and interference while increasing the freq range.

Well I'm looking for authenticity :)

Then you need to add some 60Hz and 15750Hz buzz and record some bus noise with a bad onboard sound card to add to the mix and then put 12...16KHz LPF on top of all :P
GG sound haha (it is pretty bad)

Buzz was part of the fun, specially in old TVs ^_^

I tried to emulate also the buzz in my GB emulator. Too complex, I ended recording a big buzz sound loop. Optional, of course!

The buzz in directly tied to Hsync and Vsync. On GG there is 262 lines and ~60FPS and that is what appears in the sound. I am not familiar with GameBoy video timings bit same does apply. What happens on the video line matters too, you could take a line of GFX, convert all to luminosity, average it and attenuate and add to the sound...

I always thought it was some sort of electro magnetic interference caused by the circuits, then amplified by audio amp.

That usually has so high freqs it only appears as hiss and nothing more.

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AlbertoG Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 22 Location: Barcelona, Spain	Real Game Gear recording request Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 9:26 pm
	Greetings. I'm interested in recording some game soundtracks from a real machine (Game Gear), and I wonder if someone could help me with this matter and save me from buying the hardware. I've tried recording from Kega Fusion but I'm not satisfied with the results. I would provide binary files for the soundtracks only. It would be preferable to record the sound through a decent audio interface for the best audio quality (24 bit and low noise floor), not a embedded sound card. Thanks in advance!

TmEE Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 853 Location: Estonia, Rapla city	Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 6:11 pm
	GG itself has a quite high noise floor and somewhat muffled sound. I would do some recordings over my Yamahas but I got no means to run anything on a GG.

AlbertoG Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 22 Location: Barcelona, Spain	Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 8:35 am
	TmEE wrote GG itself has a quite high noise floor and somewhat muffled sound. I would do some recordings over my Yamahas but I got no means to run anything on a GG. Thanks for the offer TmEE. Can your Yamahas run Game Gear code?

TmEE Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 853 Location: Estonia, Rapla city	Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 8:53 am
	By Yamahas I meant my Yamaha sound cards, so no GG code will run there :P I can record off a Master System but than requires you to disable the stereo writes... I am not sure what exactly do you look from sound, is it authenticity or just good sound ? I got plenty of the latter as I have audio-modded all my machines to remove any naises and interference while increasing the freq range.

AlbertoG Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 22 Location: Barcelona, Spain	Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:36 am
	Well I'm looking for authenticity :)

TmEE Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 853 Location: Estonia, Rapla city	Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:20 am Last edited by TmEE on Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:36 am; edited 1 time in total
	Then you need to add some 60Hz and 15750Hz buzz and record some bus noise with a bad onboard sound card to add to the mix and then put 12...16KHz LPF on top of all :P GG sound haha (it is pretty bad)

AlbertoG Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 22 Location: Barcelona, Spain	Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:30 am
	Buzz was part of the fun, specially in old TVs ^_^ I tried to emulate also the buzz in my GB emulator. Too complex, I ended recording a big buzz sound loop. Optional, of course!

TmEE Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 853 Location: Estonia, Rapla city	Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:38 am
	The buzz in directly tied to Hsync and Vsync. On GG there is 262 lines and ~60FPS and that is what appears in the sound. I am not familiar with GameBoy video timings bit same does apply. What happens on the video line matters too, you could take a line of GFX, convert all to luminosity, average it and attenuate and add to the sound...

AlbertoG Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 22 Location: Barcelona, Spain	Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:50 am
	I always thought it was some sort of electro magnetic interference caused by the circuits, then amplified by audio amp.

TmEE Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 853 Location: Estonia, Rapla city	Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:55 am
	That usually has so high freqs it only appears as hiss and nothing more.

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