Original Soundtrack Download

[Gi Nattak]

Main OST

Return of the Dark Sorcerer 2.0 Original Soundtrack contain 252 songs and come in five formats. The SPC Archive is loose SPC files that can be played as an example with winamp and the snesamp plugin. The RSN archive is also SPC files except they are all in one file to save space and ease winamp playlist loading. Basically a RSN file is a renamed RAR file where some duplication in SPC files are removed. You can play a RSN file the same way than SPC files as an example in winamp with the snesamp plugin. Finally there is also three mp3 archives, first one at fixed 192Kbps (724 MB). This is the optimal quality for a SPC file converted into mp3, going higher than this serve no purpose. The V3 archive (604 MB) is slightly lower in quality but I personally saw no difference in sound quality, same for the V5 archive (449 MB). At which point quality of the converted SPC file is really affected is unclear to me.

 

OST B

The alternate OST contains 184 songs or remixes made by Gi Nattak, emberling and tsushiy. The archives contains only those 184 new songs since the main OST already contain those that are repeated when playing with the OST B patch. Some songs are RotDS exclusive version of song hacks that were already available elsewhere.

Below is discussed the music player WinAmp. You'll need the SNESAmp plugin that is available as stand-alone file or part of ChipAmp. ChipAmpis basically all WinAmp plugins required to play extracted video game music of most retro systems. You need to select the SPC player in input settings in order to play SPC files. There are other ways to play SPC files, notably with foorbar2000 and the SNESApu plugin. Other standalone SPC players are available below.

If you want more info on SPC conversion to formats like mp3, Fantasy Anime has a tutorial. There are also other SPC players on snesmusic.org and for SPC / RSN formats visit SNES Development.

[madsiur]

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Epic 2000th!


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[Gi Nattak]

Oh that's right, I hit my 2000th post! With just 2 Years, 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 22 Hours, 55 Minutes, 29 seconds spent online here.
In the words of Ice Cube, I gotta say, today was a good day.

[SSJ Rick]

shit you might just beat me soon LOL

[madsiur]

Since the thread title is "postcount discussion" here is 3 top ten (non-banned members):

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Code:

madsiur         2,969
Poco Loco       2,687
Gi Nattak       2,001
Tenkarider      1,575
henry           845
Angelo26        831
JWhiteLXXXIX    815
Lockirby2       776
B-Run           744
Sutebenukun     692

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Code:

madsiur         204
Kugawattan      94
henry           91
Poco Loco       87
Gi Nattak       84
B-Run           83
Astaroth        75
JCE3000GT       61
Tenkarider      55
Sutebenukun     50

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Code:

Name            Seconds     Days
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Poco Loco       74867266    866,51  
Gi Nattak       70644308    817,64
GrayShadows     22732578    263,10
Fire Storm      21891867    253,37
m06             19752010    228,61  
DarkVee         17975251    208,04
DjinnAndTonic   17406560    201,46
Angelo26        15758899    182,39
madsiur         15438674    178,68  
JWhiteLXXXIX    10901999    126,18

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[madsiur]

I uploaded the OST on our server and gave myself the luxury of doing a version where songs are 2min instead of 3min and added a fade-out, just for people who like less repeat loops and I liked the challenge of editing in a single batch 255 mp3s. You can link these two urls on your site or NG+!

[SSJ Rick]

man I knew I was up there with posts, but crap time on line? I find it ironic that I've been such a ghost the past 2 years that I've still been on the most LOL

[madsiur]

About 20 songs have been updated, not sure if this is final version 1.9.0 OST but it's aiming this way. I've updated all archives and now there is also a RSN file to play in winamp. Anyway check original post for all details. Note: 128kbps mp3 archive is still uploading right now so you can't download it until later tonight.

My goal would be to convert all songs to custom length that fit them, not a generic 2:30 minutes. This would save a lot of space in the mp3 archives. I'd also like to have proper metadata and tagging for all SPC and mp3 file. That is a long term goal.

[madsiur]

Return of the Sorcerer 2.0 OST released! All SPC files are now correctly labeled and trimmed. Many songs were tweaked. See updated first post.

[Mac68 3000]

Hey

I really like the new sound tracks on this ROTDS 2.0, keep up the great work