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| VanillaGorilla:
Honestly, and I don't know how old you are Apocalypto, but the mame audio that is currently in place sounds pretty much like I remember it from back in the day. The one from mikes arcade sounds EQ'd, or of a poor recording quality, and rather shrill to me. I agree that the old DK SAMPLES were much 'brighter', but I never thought they were more 'accurate'. I always remember Donkey Kong sounding like it was inside a shoe box or something, very bass-ey, and very muffled. That machine really rumbled.... |
| ark_ader:
--- Quote from: VanillaGorilla on March 29, 2011, 10:03:35 am ---Honestly, and I don't know how old you are Apocalypto, but the mame audio that is currently in place sounds pretty much like I remember it from back in the day. The one from mikes arcade sounds EQ'd, or of a poor recording quality, and rather shrill to me. I agree that the old DK SAMPLES were much 'brighter', but I never thought they were more 'accurate'. I always remember Donkey Kong sounding like it was inside a shoe box or something, very bass-ey, and very muffled. That machine really rumbled.... --- End quote --- Yeah the Mamedevs say its 300% accurate. Better than sliced bread. I like the older versions better with samples, and I do not need a cray to play it. I'm sure Haze will pop up and say its wonderful and perfect, etc. But I have played it enough times in the arcade, to tell the difference. ::) |
| VanillaGorilla:
--- Quote ---I like the older versions better with samples, and I do not need a cray to play it. --- End quote --- I agree totally. I wasn't trying to say the way it is now is 'better', but it is how I remember it standing in an arcade. But I'm sure a bunch of people on this forum have original DK's that could confirm or deny this fact. I liked the version back in 066 just fine (I think that was like 1996). It would be sweet if someone would just add an EQ to the settings menu in MAME. |
| apocalypto:
--- Quote from: VanillaGorilla on March 29, 2011, 10:03:35 am ---Honestly, and I don't know how old you are Apocalypto, but the mame audio that is currently in place sounds pretty much like I remember it from back in the day. The one from mikes arcade sounds EQ'd, or of a poor recording quality, and rather shrill to me. I agree that the old DK SAMPLES were much 'brighter', but I never thought they were more 'accurate'. I always remember Donkey Kong sounding like it was inside a shoe box or something, very bass-ey, and very muffled. That machine really rumbled.... --- End quote --- I was born in 81 so to be fair I never played Donkey Kong 'back in the day' and as such do not remember it sounding one way or the other. However I have listened to recordings from various sources of original DK machines and they all sounded a lot crisper and brighter than the current mame emulation. Take this one for example, which is maybe one of the best as it is now part of the National Videogame Archive. http://www.coinopvideogames.com/sounds.php Donkey Kong is on page 1 on the left side menu. To me the walk sound seems to be higher pitched than the current mame sound? It's definately clearer. |
| BadMouth:
Don't own DK, but one of the things that always in stuck in my memory from childhood was loud bass(for the time) and muffled highs. The first sample sounds too bright to me. ??? Is it possible that the machine in the first sample has had the speakers replaced with ones with a greater range? The original didn't have a tweeter or even a whizzer cone, so the highs couldn't have been too bright. Another thing to consider is the microphone used. I'd guess the amateur recordings from 1982 used a microphone with a response curve meant for vocal recordings and a cassette recorder. It wouldn't pick up much under 100hz, so don't hear any of the bass. Of course, I'm making judgements based on childhood memories (don't know the last time I saw DK in the wild). I'd be interested to hear what someone with an original machine has to say. The question for the Devs would be - What did they use for reference, the signal from the board or the sound from the speaker? |
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