#sonic legends

[thesonicstadium]

ICYMI: The incredible fan project called ‘Sonic Legends’ aims to be an update and reinvention of over 20 years of #Sonic fan game history! #SonicNews

Check out the Community Topic for the project right here:

[FAN GAME] SONIC LEGENDS - Community Project (DEMO)

Sonic Legends is an unofficial, non-profit fan project inspired by the 2D Sonic the Hedgehog series of games. Its main goal is to update and

[blazehedgehog]

Do you think you'll ever release the soundtrack for Sonic Legends, or is it something you'd rather keep to yourself?

Anything that was finished on the Sonic Legends soundtrack is uploaded to vgmusic.com already. My version of Sonic Legends is old enough that the soundtrack was just going to be MIDI.

https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=007557153183693834903%3A-vcc4ruk5dw&cof=FORID%3A1&q=Sonic+%22Legends+Remix%22&sa=Search

Looking now, what’s been uploaded were all the tracks that were considered “complete.” The full soundtrack I have is:

There are a lot of WIPs here, as you’ll note by some MIDIs being marked by numbers. Some songs, like Scrap Brain Zone, are what would probably just be considered a “sketch.” It’s 18 seconds long and is just a basic chorus.

I could give some of this stuff a once-over in FL Studio, as I tend to do, but would it really be worth it?

More to what I think you’re really getting at, I think you’re talking about the fact I have Sonic Legends MP3s that aren’t on my Bandcamp. There’s a simple reason for that: songs on my Bandcamp are for things I did hands-on work with. Though I’m only “remastering” MIDIs, it’s never been as simple as a drag-and-drop process. I replace all the instruments, sometime add new instruments, sometimes change notation, tweak tempo, add new effects, fine tune the EQ... It’s different from composition, but obviously I can spend weeks tweaking a single song trying to get it to sound “right.”

The Sonic Legends MP3s predate all of that. They probably came right before a friend sent me Fruityloops for the first time. They are just raw MIDI recordings. The only thing special about them is that they were recorded using the Yamaha SYXG-50 Software Synthesizer, so they don’t sound like Windows GM MIDIs.

So I don’t feel comfortable sharing those on Bandcamp, because I didn’t really do anything to them besides hit “record.”

As I said, I could run them through FL Studio now, but that presents its own unique challenge, in that I believe there’s a “canonical” way those songs are supposed to sound, and it’s with the Yamaha XG synthesizer. XG allowed MIDI sequencers to add extra effects to their songs, like reverb, flange, and so on.

Now, I also have a variety of VSTs (music plugins) that will let me re-add a lot of those effects to replicate what the XG synth could do, but that’s easier said than done, because again, it’s not a drag-and-drop process. There is a very specific sound to the XG synth that needs to be respected. A cadence to the way certain instruments sound, to the way the reverb sounds, and so on. 

There are also VST versions of a couple Yamaha XG software synths, but those don’t sound quite right, either. They aren’t the specific versions of the XG synth I used to record my original MP3s back in the early 2000′s, so they don’t sound “canonically correct.” The instruments are all slightly different, the effects are slightly different, and it just feels wrong.

Believe me, I’ve gone back to the Sonic Legends MIDIs a few times and tried to replicate the “Yamaha XG Feel” and it just never sounds right. Those MIDIs were designed for a specific version of the XG Software Synth, and anything else is living in the shadow of the way that sounded in 2003 or whenever that project was last active.

If you’re really bent on hearing those MP3s, here’s a download link. I don’t think any of them are tagged, but I think most of them were done by Malcolm Brown (DragonXVI), with Angel Island (and possibly Sky Sanctuary) belonging to Jarel Jones.

[darknoisestudio]

Sonic Legends - Mina Songoose (Adventure)

Been a while folks! The out come of a my first ever art livestream the other night. Thanks for tuning in to watch me finish the Mina picture. This is another full render taken from my original sketch dump last year, so glad to finally have this done. I really hope you all like it! Enjoy!

[darknoisestudio]

Sonic Legends - Miles “Tails” Prower

Ok, next one up. Have some Tails! And if anyone asks, yes I did use the idea of a Sonic Screwdriver (not that it's called that, I don't have a name yet) as I found it odd that this wiz kid didn't have any gadgets to use that hacks and rewires stuff with his fingers. The kid needs some tools y’all! LOL

[darknoisestudio]

Sonic Legends - Knuckles the Echidna

A new one coming right at ya. What else is there to say other than "knock knock, it's knuckles!"

[darknoisestudio]

Sonic Legends - Mina Songoose (Diva)

Throwing another one at you folks! I haven't drawn my fave gal in what seems like years but everyone always seems happy when I do, and dammit I'm proud of this one!

So here she is, the diva herself, Mina Songoose!

[darknoisestudio]

Sonic Legends - Sonic the Hedgehog

Well, a few hours longer than I expected but I finished one of the sketches i did the other day. So a slightly different take on Sonic for one of my stories. I'm very pleased with how it turned out and hop you all enjoy. More soon!

[soniclegendsfanboot]

Hey guys! Here’s a rough draft of our tails and sonic designs!