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#85 - Synamax Interview (Metroid Prime Samples, Sound Design, Kenji Yamamoto, Retro Studios etc.)

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Episode 86

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Synamax is a composer who is best known for obtaining the drums and music sample for the Metroid Prime Trilogy and has used his Youtube channel to recreate tracks from the trilogy, other Metroid games as well as breakdown the specific samples.

 

SOCIAL MEDIA

Youtube -  @SynaMax 

Facebook - Synamax

Twitter - @Synamax

Instagram - @Synamax

 

#metroidprime #metroid #samples

 

TIMESTAMPS

 

00:00 - Intro

00:50 - How Synamax Started The Path Of Finding Metroid Prime Trilogy Music Samples

03:38 - UNCIVILISED GROOVES Samples Are The Percussion For Metroid Prime Trilogy

04:50 - Drum Samples For Parasite Queen Track Is Played

05:35 - Very Little Editing Was Done To Original Percussion Samples For MPT

09:29 - Even Great Composers Use Samples

10:40 - Synamax Changed His Music Approach After Learning How MPT Music Crafted

13:23 - Synamax Loves Sound Design

15:14 - Synamax Reverse Engineered The MPT File Format/HEX Editing

19:34 - Writing Music In HEX Is A Massive Skill/

22:10 - How Synamax Found The Specific Metroid Prime Music Samples

23:53 - Synamax Plays Metroid Prime Music Samples

24:40 - Agon Wastes Pad Was Slightly Modulated From Original Sample

25:35 - Working Out How A MPT Sample Is Changed Is Guess Work

27:34 - Orbit 3 Sampler Is Very Rare/Samplers Kenji Yamamoto Used

30:40 - Would Be Difficult For Synamax To Recreate The Whole MPT Soundtrack With A Day Job

33:11 - Synamax Initially Hated Being The Metroid Guy/Crowdfunding

34:01 - Worries Of Legal Ramifications With Nintendo Of Recreating MPT OST

35:00 - Approaching Retro Studios

36:19 - Tallon Overworld & Torvus Bog Use Similar Presets

39:09 - Synamax Feels Some Good Stuff On A Horizon

39:29 - Reece Relays Advice Mick Gordon Gave Him To Synamax

40:19 - Synamax’s Dream Is To Do Game Composing/Synamax’s Revelation

42:26 - Covid-19 Hasn’t Affected Synamax Work/Music Wise

44:18 - Synamax Plays Agon Wastes Theme

45:04 - Synamax Plays Frigate Orpheon Escape Bells/Shows Different Octaves Of Sample

46:51 - Synamax Plays Frigate Orpheon Melody/Torvus Bog Chords/Phendrana Pirate Labs

47:56 - Synamax Plays Phendrana Drifts Intro/Drone Ambience

49:06 - Metroid Prime Title Theme Background Melody/Ambience

50:32 - Korg MS2000/Phendrana Drifts Ice Theme

52:09 - Synwave/Whistle Sounds

54:09 - Phazon Mines Drum Track/Strings

55:46 - Synamax Found It Hard To Recreate Phazon Mines Due To The Drums/Being A Perfectionist

57:10 - Game Designers Seeing All The Flaws In There Games/Trial By Fire With New Developers

58:38 - Metroid Prime 2 Facts/Metroid Prime A Fusion Of East & West Design

1:00:46 - Metroid Is Nintendo’s Black Sheep

1:01:52 - Gamers Can Be Hyper Critical

1:02:56 - Retro Will Do Metroid Prime 4 Justice

1:03:28 - Synamax Would Love To Work On Metroid Prime 4 And Under Kenji Yamamoto

1:04:34 - Where To Find Synamax Social Media And Metroid Prime Work

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Published on 4 years, 9 months ago