Dunno what thread to put this in: never before heard undistorted GBA song

Input Tune of the Fatman
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I think it’s never been heard before. Anyway check out the link in the tweet vs. the video:

Undistorted: https://www.dropbox.com/s/atedfh6t9kjqndj/05%20SONG_PALACIO.MP3?dl=0

Distorted:

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i mean, i can’t tell a huge difference

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Nah it’s pretty similar, I just find it fascinating. It’s similar to those DKC songs where people found the original samples:

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Plus this guy just made some fantastic music

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oh What

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oh god it’s awful put it back

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thank you for reminding me Ottifanten Pinball exists, which I was going to write about before I gave up

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I both love it and hate it

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the mixing ruins it and it just doesn’t have the resonant warmth and crunch that the lower resolution gives

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I appreciate the irony of the video itself being over-compressed 144p pixel soup.

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anyhow it looks like joe mcalby had this on his soundcloud

i was going to suggest posting this in my gba music thread, but apparently this was the first song i posted in it lol (albeit it was a very low quality version)

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This sounds like “My First FL Studio Track.wmv”

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i always preferred the GB mixes myself, but last time i said that diplo said they sounded like OCRemixes

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Ah, that classic audio desyncing of all old GBA footage on youtube.

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i know @VastleCania will dig this

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this just doesn’t feel right without the weird fart noise of the fortress gate opening right at the beginning

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that’s absolutely bizarre, it sounds like…the TV movie version of Super Mario World

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