Ghostbusters (PC-9821 Version feat. ASTERIAN) #SynthesizerV #GhostbustersDay2024

[Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first iconic film from the franchise, as well as its soundtrack album]

Genre: FM-synth chiptune + vocal-synth cover song
Original work: Ghostbusters (1984)
Written by Ray Parker, Jr.
Referenced from a MIDI sequenced by djmasterzk
Arranged by SilSinn9821
Performed by ASTERIAN (v105)
Backing harmonies by Tsurumaki Maki (AI v111 ENG) & Eleanor Forte (AI v111)
Sound drivers used: PMDPPZ 4.8s (Yamaha YM2608/OPNA) & PPZ8 1.08 βrelease 3 (2× Burr-Brown PCM61P/86PCM)
Pixel art by GabrielZr0 linktr.ee/gabrielzr0

Arranged from 6/3 to 6/8/2024.
Sound channels used: 6×FM + 3×SSG + 6×ADPCM-A (RSS) + 1×86PCM (3×PPZ8, soft-mixed stereo)
FM instruments used: [Ryu Umemoto] Overdriven Electric Lead Guitar; [KAJA] EFFEC.FF (@012 OctPian*, @036 SynBras, @064 SynBass, @079 SynStr, @181 PSG Dt, & @202 Trumpet) & PC88.FF (@110 Maracas); [HuMI] Distorted Electric Rhythm Guitar※; [ZUN] @009 Reverse Sawtooth (from Touhou Gensokyo ~ Lotus Land Story); [Aburtos] Tambourine)
(* modified MULT parameters for playing major thirds rather than octaves;
※ modified MULT parameters for switching between singletons & perfect-fifth/fourth power chords)

YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7RZGLd1ZHk
Nico Nico: www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm43932125

Tools used:
KAJA’s MML compiler MC.EXE 4.8s
Synthesizer V Studio Pro 1.11.0
VOLA2 VST (64-bit)
Wavosaur 1.8.0.0
JUDStyle’s PZIUTYMX 2.10a
C60’s PMDWin.dll 0.52 (paired with ym2608_adpcm_rom.bin) & FMPMD2000 0.31
Audacity 2.3.1
Aseprite
GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) 2.10

Ghostbusters © 1984–2024 Columbia Pictures Industries Inc. (Sony Pictures)