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Raptor: Call of the Shadows (1994)

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A remake I did of Raptor: Call of the Shadows level 3 music, in SEGA Genesis OPN2 (YM2612) FM synthesis format. Raptor music was composed by Matt Murphy.

The music from Raptor is in MUS (MIDI) format, and the game supported General MIDI and Ad Lib/Sound Blaster OPL2 (YM3812). I manually recreated the whole song for the YM2612. It sounds much better than the original YM3812 FM synthesis from the game. This is partially because the YM2612 and YM3812 are different, and also partially because the music in Raptor was most likely composed for a sample-based device such as the SC-55, and thus was not properly optimized for FM synthesis. This resulted in the songs having rather poor quality and weak instruments when played using the Ad Lib/Sound Blaster.

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