Chrono Compendium
Kajar Laboratories - Fan Works and Submissions => Chrono Trigger Modification => Topic started by: Reld on January 10, 2021, 11:27:08 pm
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I tried creating an SNES version of another official-but-not-in-the-SNES-version song. "One Sunny Day When We Met" is my favorite of the four PSX/DS bonus tracks, so that's what I went with.
I can't say for 100% certain, but I'm pretty sure it was made to sound like an SNES track, but without strictly observing the SNES's eight channel limit. I know the PSF version uses more than eight channels (I think it was using around fourteen, but I'd have to double-check), but due to the way the channels are managed it's hard to say for sure if more than eight are ever playing at once. I would asssume so, because I think the way it works is that the channels are dynamically assigned as needed, so there wouldn't be more than eight used if they weren't all needed, but I really don't know much about the PSX sound hardware. At any rate, I had to do some channel juggling and corner cutting to get it all in there.
I didn't bother with an IPS patch this time, but I can make one if somebody wants it.
I don't know if I'll do more of these or not. If I do I'll probably rename this thread and keep them all in here so I don't spam the board up too much.
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Awesome work. I didn't realize the PSX tracks break the rules like that; I suppose that settles the matter of conceptually "native" SPC versions. This sounds wonderful.
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Thanks, Z! Like I said, I'm not totally sure if the PSX songs break the SNES rules or not. I believe they do, but it's possible I just wasn't able to put the puzzle pieces together in the right way when trying to recreate it with only eight channels. I am like 99% sure that the PSX tracks aren't just SPCs though. For one thing the channels seem to be dynamically assigned on a per-note basis like I mentioned, whereas on the SNES each channel has its own track data (some of them share data actually, but that's more of a space saving trick). There's also the fact that some of the SNES songs seem to have been rewritten for the PSX version, with actual structural differences like changed notes/durations. I suspect they were recreated by hand for the PSX version's sound driver.
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I just wanted to say thank you for this. I am including this SPC in a music expansion hack, which will be used by Chrono Trigger Plus. This is going to be the town theme for 1999 AD. I am also including your rendition of Frog's Theme, with the Intro. I have listed you in the credits for both for "Arrangement and Sequencing".
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Cool! I'm glad somebody found a use for them. Thanks for letting me know! Now I'm curious to hear how the other tracks came out.