Samples used by Akira Yamaoka

[peronmls]

I feel like it would be simple to document the samples used in each song instead saying what they play in.

[gostoneph17]

Has anyone found this sample used in the first movie? http://www.mediafire.com/listen/z7w7965 ... amples.mp3

I'm pretty sure Danna combined "Nothing Else" with another Yamaoka track here. Also how about the higher frequency sound at 7 seconds that accompanies the previous sample?

Finally does anyone know where this choir sample comes from? (spoilers for Until Dawn videogame) https://youtu.be/U4UJ5D9JBLw?t=15m48s (at 15:54). The same sample was used for the church massacre track.

[peronmls]

You linked the same links. The choir sample I think comes from Symphony of Voices by Spectrasoncis

[gostoneph17]

Ups my bad, corrected. The copy link button is bugged. -.- I'll make sure to search Spectrasonics then.

[Nisto]

Actually, the choir sample is from Distorted Reality 1. I'm not exactly sure, but it's some combination or just one of the 3 samples in the GOTHIC CHOIR patch, at a lower pitch.

[gostoneph17]

IN EXCELIO turned out being the choir that was used here: https://youtu.be/nH-VohRJCos?t=4m36s. REQUIEM seems to be it, it was right under my nose, thank you. It seems REQUIEM in a bit higher pitch than the one I wanted was also used in combination with IN EXCELIO and LULU BOY in "Dark Alessa"

Edit: Lol SANCTUS was also used for "Dark Alessa" just before IN EXCELIO.

[Avith]

Silent Hill: Homecoming
Track: Voodoo Girl
Sample Library: Zero-G - Degrees Of Abstract
Sample Name: Lost Space
Time of sample: 0:55

[Nisto]

Can anyone help place this? https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/484 ... 0f67a8.wav

I've been through all the SH games and even Shadows of the Damned, but I can't find it. Am I just confusing it with something else?

[peronmls]

It's from that one soundscan library that has been miss labeled as BFAs Ambient Atmospheres.
It's "BEAUTY06"

[Nisto]

Yeah (Well, actually, it's "COMPOSITE2"). But I was wondering if anyone recognize it from any SH game, because it sounds so familiar and SH-esque.

[peronmls]

Oh. Nope

[jdnoidea9]

Hey peeps, has anyone got the samples from Claw Finger by any chance? (Not sure if it's one or two, but sounds like two)

I'm after that bell-organ-ish sound, the attacky one. The other sample sounds more airy and less attacky, but very similar so not sure...

[Nisto]

Ooh, I've been wanting to find its samples (well, it's just one actually) for the longest time myself. It feels like it's just a cut from a longer ambience that I've heard somewhere, but I really can't remember what/where if so. Kind of annoying. :p

Anyway, here's the sample taken from the game (sample rate might be off):
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/484 ... _00000.wav

[jdnoidea9]

Nice one Nisto!

I need to find libraries with ambient sounds like this, or the Ambient FX from White Noiz. But what I would like even more is to know how these samples are created?! Synth? Live? Loads of stuff mixed together - but kept in tune + loads of reverb?

Some of them sound so out of this world it's amazing.

[VIVIsect]

Nice one Nisto!

I need to find libraries with ambient sounds like this, or the Ambient FX from White Noiz. But what I would like even more is to know how these samples are created?! Synth? Live? Loads of stuff mixed together - but kept in tune + loads of reverb?

Some of them sound so out of this world it's amazing.

For a lot of that ambient stuff, especially pads, it's all about the reverb. For example, most of those Bizarre Guitar pads are the result of running a guitar through tons of reverb, hitting a chord, and sampling/looping the reverb tail.

If anyone's interested, here's a handful of Silent Hill 2-inspired pads that I made from scratch to use in my own music: http://www.mediafire.com/download/e3te9 ... amples.rar

I basically just used simple waveforms, aggressive filtering, and lots of reverb. I played a chord and sampled/looped the reverb tail. Then I took those samples and played around with the pitch. That kind of stuff is pretty easy.

[Nisto]

@VIVISect those are very cool! Thanks for sharing. I especially like AMBI_LOOP_70bpm. It also reminded me a bit of this track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on-mdT9OgJU

[VIVIsect]

^Thanks Nisto! Hey, the opening of that track does sound pretty similar. Ha! If you ever want to use those samples for anything, feel free.

[Avith]

I need to find libraries with ambient sounds like this, or the Ambient FX from White Noiz. But what I would like even more is to know how these samples are created?! Synth? Live? Loads of stuff mixed together - but kept in tune + loads of reverb?

Here Eric Persing talks a little about how he created some sounds from his Spectrasonics lybraries: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul00/articles/eric.htm

[Nisto]

Anyone here interested in MIDIs for the first three games? I wrote a converter, but you'll have to get the .KDT files out of the games yourselves.

https://github.com/nisto/kdt-tool

[Monolith]

Silent Hill 4: The Room
Song Title: Silent Circus
Sample Name: AIRNOTE
Sample Library: Things That Go Bump In The Night (CD 2)
Manufacturer: Big Fish Audio
Time of sample: 0:00

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/0c8wk7l ... IRNOTE.wav#