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INTEREST: Smooth McGroove's Sings Your Fav 16-Bit Themes in A Capella




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Kikaioh



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 5:28 pm Reply with quote
Haha, awesome. Very Happy It reminds me of a Japanese guy on YouTube I saw years and years ago, that did a bunch of anime/game (?) music instrumentals by himself.
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Kougeru



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 7:09 pm Reply with quote
" Using only his own voice", well ..and really expensive computer software
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Leebo



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 7:28 pm Reply with quote
Kougeru wrote:
" Using only his own voice", well ..and really expensive computer software


Does he say what he uses? I imagine you can get this effect with some free software if you know what you're doing.
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sonryu



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 8:01 pm Reply with quote
Liked, subscribed, following, purchased! Smile
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Uokel



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 10:07 pm Reply with quote
Kikaioh wrote:
Haha, awesome. Very Happy It reminds me of a Japanese guy on YouTube I saw years and years ago, that did a bunch of anime/game (?) music instrumentals by himself.


It's basically a nico nico douga melody thing that was pretty popular years ago. People still make them but not as much
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 10:24 pm Reply with quote
Wow! I'm really glad he did the Mt. Pyre peak from pokemon Ruby/Sapphire! A very beautiful and unique piece of music, and not one of the ones that many people would know or think of doing, and from one of the less-played games, too!
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Deadwing



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 12:50 am Reply with quote
I discovered this guy by accident a couple of months ago. That's some pretty amazing work he does.
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k_dawg_3484



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 12:58 am Reply with quote
Leebo wrote:
Kougeru wrote:
" Using only his own voice", well ..and really expensive computer software


Does he say what he uses? I imagine you can get this effect with some free software if you know what you're doing.


I don't know what software he uses to merge all the different streams together, but all of the sound effects are simply his unfiltered voice. I've followed him for a while, and he's confirmed this, and that's why it's so impressive. He comments on how it's often a challenge to get certain effects he needs for songs he's doing. Smooth's the man.
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ajr



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 5:27 am Reply with quote
Some of my favorites covers of his include the themes of Megaman X's Spark Mandrill, Crono Trigger's Zeal, and Street Fighter's Guile, although I'm kind of tickled he actually did U.N. Owen Was Her.
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RAmmsoldat



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 9:57 am Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:


is that the guy that did the good skyrim theme vid? he was pretty good.

I like smooth mcgroove, voted for him got the golden joystick youtube game personality award. something called yogscast won it tho, not heard of that.
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Leebo



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 10:13 am Reply with quote
k_dawg_3484 wrote:
I don't know what software he uses to merge all the different streams together, but all of the sound effects are simply his unfiltered voice. I've followed him for a while, and he's confirmed this, and that's why it's so impressive. He comments on how it's often a challenge to get certain effects he needs for songs he's doing. Smooth's the man.


I thought that might be the case. In that regard, then all he needs to make the music is a good microphone and Audacity. He goes above and beyond by making the videos, but that's not necessary.
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tasogarenootome



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:11 am Reply with quote
Love his videos. I'm not very experienced with musical performance, so it really amazes me how he parses the individual parts, then performs and puts them all together.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 7:09 pm Reply with quote
His Golden Sun ones are my favorite.
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