Audio / MIDI Captures

• Castlevania Chronicles
• Year: 1993
• Platform: Sharp X68000 (YM2151, MIDI), PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PS Vita

• Vampire Killer - MT-32, Sound Canvas
• Theme of Simon Belmont - MT-32, Sound Canvas
• Misc - MT-32 SysEx initialisation file

• Yamaha YM2151 internal music chip (from a real Sharp X68000)
• Roland MT-32
• Roland Sound Canvas SC-55
• Roland ED SC-8820

• Gradius II
• Year: 1992
• Platform: Sharp X68000 (YM2151, MIDI), Arcade, NES, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PSP, PS Vita, TurboGrafx CD, Wii

• Loading (track played in background whilst floppy disks are loaded)
• Title Screen
• Burning Heat (Stage 1)

• Yamaha YM2151 internal music chip (from a real Sharp X68000)
• Yamaha YM2151 + Roland MT-32
• Roland Sound Canvas SC-55
• Roland ED SC-8820

Gradius II is a bit unique in how it plays back music; you have 3 options:

• Internal
• MIDI MT-32
• MIDI SC-55

However, the MIDI-32 option is not as simple as it sounds; it actually plays part of the music back via the YM2151 and uses the MT-32 to fill-in and complement the sounds that the internal sound chip makes. If you mute the YM2151 output and just listen to the MT-32, it's clear that it's only playing part of the melody. It actually works really well; you get the crisp, sharp sounds from the YM2151 synth and the warmer, deeper sounds from the Roland unit.

In SC-55 mode the YM2151 plays no part in the music output - all sounds are generated by the Sound Canvas module. In some ways it feels a bit thinner than the YM2151+MT32 combination.

• Illusion City
• Year: 1991
• Platform: FM Towns, MSX (MT-32 MIDI), PC-98, SEGA CD, Sharp X68000, Windows

• Illusion Theme - MT32 version

• Roland MT-32