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Genesis music quality vs. SNES music quality

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Anarchist420

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Was wondering what other people here thought. Most people say the SNES sounds better, but recently I've heard some people say the Genesis gave better music quality.

I was thinking it depends upon the situation. Genesis music seems to have more dynamic range (extreme highs and lows are plentiful in genesis games), while the SNES sounds a little bit flatter; I've noticed that Genesis games had much higher audio bitrate from winamp.

We can all agree that the Genesis did a lousy job at voices and sound effects though.
 
SNES by far. It could use real samples for the music and sound effects. Genesis was just crappy FM modulation. Not even comparable.
 
Buf if the music sucks, then lot of good its quality does. Genesis usually had the better tracks. games like Shadow of beast, Thunder Force 3/4...etc.
I had both systems as a kid, maybe quality didnt matter comming from my TV's built in 5 inch speakersD:...like so many of us typically had, but i always preffered the genesis tunes overall. Even Neo Geo or N64 music wasnt much to listen to either. Now amiga..many great tunes there.
 
System_Mechanic said:
Buf if the music sucks, then lot of good its quality does. Genesis usually had the better tracks. games like Shadow of beast, Thunder Force 3/4...etc.
I had both systems as a kid, maybe quality didnt matter comming from my TV's built in 5 inch speakersD:...like so many of us typically had, but i always preffered the genesis tunes overall. Even Neo Geo or N64 music wasnt much to listen to either. Now amiga..many great tunes there.
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Bzzt wrong
 
SNES was released a few years later. Had a full digital audio system too while the Genesis was still using FM synth.

Some Genesis games had some solid soundtracks though. Sonic 3 is still one of my favourite game soundtracks. Heck, Michael Jackson worked on it. Plus, nothing could beat the Sega CD at the time of its release.
 
It depends on the game I loved the Contra Hard Corps and Castlevania soundtracks, really it depends on the game itself.
 
SandEagle said:
I miss the days of the 16-bit systems. Thunderforce III music rocked. Had both systems and SNES > Genesis
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Technosoft made Herzog Zwei also, I loved the sound track to that game. Herzog Zwei is, IMO, one of the greatest console games ever. My friends and I played hundreds of hours of that game. I can still hear the music. 😀
 
The SNES had better sound hardware, but the 16-bit folks did some amazing musical stuff on both sides of the fence (ActRaiser, Super Hydlide, the aforementioned Herzog Zwei, Axelay, and on and on).
 
SNES' SPC700>Genesis' ...-o wate. Genesis didun efin haf uh deduhkatid sown prawsessore. AUTOMATIC FAIL!
 
who the hell said genesis music sounds better? they are on crack.
even from the first gen snes games, sound/ music was much better on SNES.

for example, Act raiser.

/end thread
 
SNES sound hasn't aged well. While it may have sounded more "realistic" at the time, those same songs sound like failed midi today. Genesis has a very cool retro synth sound and has aged much better.

And nothing on SNES comes close to Contra Hard Corps.
 
HurleyBird said:
SNES sound hasn't aged well. While it may have sounded more "realistic" at the time, those same songs sound like failed midi today. Genesis has a very cool retro synth sound and has aged much better.

And nothing on SNES comes close to Contra Hard Corps.
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Chrono Trigger. timeless music.
 
Yeah, I think it's pretty obvious that the SNES was much better in technical terms in pretty much every area compared to the Genesis.

Man, Castlevania IV was absolutely fantastic. The control, the graphics (Mode 7 let them have shit like rotating rooms) and the music was all fantastic. I never really had memories like that for the Genesis.
 
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