This project has been completed. The official release thread is here: http://forums.ffshrine.org/f72/metroid-prime-trilogy-remaster-project-flac-official-125632/#post2245807

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Sounds pretty good to me. I remember on your first MP Remaster project, there was too much echo effect in it which made me not enjoy it too much, but this seems a lot better and balanced. So, I will definitely be looking forward to a complete soundtrack trilogy.

Sounds pretty good to me. I remember on your first MP Remaster project, there was too much echo effect in it which made me not enjoy it too much, but this seems a lot better and balanced. So, I will definitely be looking forward to a complete soundtrack trilogy.

You gotta remember, it wasn't I who did the original MP remaster. ;)

I was never too fond of Assett1's earlier remasters. He seemed to just enhance the tracks rather than go for a correct sound quality. I think I am gonna stick to this overall sound of the remaster. I've been experimenting with some re-synthesis for a while. I got the process down now (basically run the audio through a program that takes the tracks, and instead of just rendering them, takes and completely synthesizes the track like an analog synthesizer would do) but didn't run the demo track through that yet.

If you'd like, I can upload another track with that re-synthesis on it. Makes it feel less like a rip and more like I had complete control over the original files.

By the way, Arigeitsu159, i live in Kerrville, Texas. Did you go to Amon Tobin's performance a few weeks ago?

On a side note - I will probably take another look at the Prime 1 soundtrack and tweak a few more things.

The demo track sounds great! Can't wait for the full package :)

You gotta remember, it wasn't I who did the original MP remaster. ;)

I was never too fond of Assett1's earlier remasters. He seemed to just enhance the tracks rather than go for a correct sound quality. I think I am gonna stick to this overall sound of the remaster. I've been experimenting with some re-synthesis for a while. I got the process down now (basically run the audio through a program that takes the tracks, and instead of just rendering them, takes and completely synthesizes the track like an analog synthesizer would do) but didn't run the demo track through that yet.

If you'd like, I can upload another track with that re-synthesis on it. Makes it feel less like a rip and more like I had complete control over the original files.

By the way, Arigeitsu159, i live in Kerrville, Texas. Did you go to Amon Tobin's performance a few weeks ago?

On a side note - I will probably take another look at the Prime 1 soundtrack and tweak a few more things.

Oh my apologies. I thought you were the same person. The similar in user name's through me off a bit.

Yeah, if you want to upload another track, that'd be cool. Be interested in hearing the Samus Vs Metroid Prime (Spider) track if you have that available.

I'm sorry, I have no idea who Amon Tobin is to be quite honest... :(

Amon Tobin is Assett1, I believe.

Sir, I am greatly interested in the Metroid Prime Soundtrack. Since it's first reveal by Assett1, I've been dying to hear the complete package. And with the release of Harmony of a Hunter 101% run next month, the release of this soundtrack spurs my interest more and more.

Amon Tobin is Assett1, I believe.

Sir, I am greatly interested in the Metroid Prime Soundtrack. Since it's first reveal by Assett1, I've been dying to hear the complete package. And with the release of Harmony of a Hunter 101% run next month, the release of this soundtrack spurs my interest more and more.

May I ask what 'Harmony of a Hunter 101%' is? Sounds intriguing.

May I ask what 'Harmony of a Hunter 101%' is? Sounds intriguing.

Harmony of a Hunter is a Metroid Prime remix project I believe. I have the first version.

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Amon Tobin is Assett1, I believe.

Sir, I am greatly interested in the Metroid Prime Soundtrack. Since it's first reveal by Assett1, I've been dying to hear the complete package. And with the release of Harmony of a Hunter 101% run next month, the release of this soundtrack spurs my interest more and more.

Not sure if that's a compliment ;)

Amon Tobin is AMAZING.

Also, to keep your hopes up, this project should be finished by New Year. :)

I can't wait for the release of this.

After the Metroid Prime Trilogy, which do you intend to remaster next?

I can't wait for the release of this.

After the Metroid Prime Trilogy, which do you intend to remaster next?

Going to take another look at Elder Scrolls Morrowind, and after that, Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time (game rip) and Majora's Mask (game rip).

The sad, melancholic tunes of Majora's Mask in higher quality and fidelity? Sign me in please!

For the N64 Zelda gamers, are you planning to remaster the USF files (chip tunes) or rips by other authors? If you are going for the USF, the ones that exist play at a somewhat slower tempo than the CD soundtracks, maybe they are ripped from the PAL versions? If you are going to do other rips like MP3s or FLAC, it would be nice if you make them loop once or twice so they won't feel too short and unsatisfying.

Honestly, I would not go for Re-synthesis unless you manually reprogram the original music in MIDI and use 99% sound alike synth sounds but in better quality.

All I would like to hear is the original music in the best quality possible from the original hardware. Any noise or artifacts include.

Just don't make it too loud. I'd say anything more than -10dBfs RMS is excessive.

Harmony of a Hunter is a Metroid Prime remix project I believe. I have the first version.

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Not sure if that's a compliment ;)

Amon Tobin is AMAZING.

Also, to keep your hopes up, this project should be finished by New Year. :)

Excellent. Very much looking forward to this Trilogy project. It will def sound nice in my iPod for my workouts. :)

Amon Tobin is Assett1, I believe.

Uh...hardly. Assett1 was an immature 17 year old (literally) who was severely abrasive in his posts. See thread here: http://forums.ffshrine.org/f72/elder-scrolls-iii-morrowind-ost-remaster-v3-88897/#post1679354

He was also delusional enough to believe the Morrowind "master" tapes were cassette tapes....see same thread.

Mr.Assett2 claims to have been 1's mentor. If so, I sure hope you don't carry the same cancerous attitude he had when any sort of question arose. http://forums.ffshrine.org/f72/elder-scrolls-iii-morrowind-soundtrack-digitally-remastered-82383/#post2098767

Quote Originally Posted by Trigunzero View Post

"Honestly, I would not go for Re-synthesis unless you manually reprogram the original music in MIDI and use 99% sound alike synth sounds but in better quality.

All I would like to hear is the original music in the best quality possible from the original hardware. Any noise or artifacts include.

Just don't make it too loud. I'd say anything more than -10dBfs RMS is excessive."

The re synthesis is basically to even out the balance between details, noise, and tonal quality. When the 3 are even, that is when you really have a musically higher quality track. My re-synthesis does exactly that.

My goal is to take you inside the hardware. Into the file details, the nuances, the quality. Be able to hear every little insignificant instrument, sound, reverb, echo. Everything. I find it is better to go inside what the hardware creates rather than be in a room with it hearing the hardware. Musically, I can bet that the composers used the certain hardware they used for that reason. To put the listener in the sound rather than the hardware. It's an argument that has been going on since the start of recording. In the room with the musician, or the musician's point of view?

Also, on the loudness comment, I feel that specifying a limit creates a musical boundary. As you may have noticed, there is a tonal contrast between tracks that are as close as 2db apart. Musically, I feel that I will go to the volume that I feel tonally compliments the mix. But I will take your comment into consideration and try and find the optimum RMS around -10dbfs.

Thanks for the input.


Quote Originally Posted by Imgema View Post

"The sad, melancholic tunes of Majora's Mask in higher quality and fidelity? Sign me in please!

For the N64 Zelda gamers, are you planning to remaster the USF files (chip tunes) or rips by other authors? If you are going for the USF, the ones that exist play at a somewhat slower tempo than the CD soundtracks, maybe they are ripped from the PAL versions? If you are going to do other rips like MP3s or FLAC, it would be nice if you make them loop once or twice so they won't feel too short and unsatisfying."

I will be using the USF files. Is the CD different samples? I basically want to take the game audio and make it into a huge remaster. As if you're playing the game and listening to the soundtrack in-game than as a CD. It's a hard concept to explain, but basically, I want exactly what is in the game and not the CD interpretation of the music because I believe musically that if the original composer wanted it to sound like that, he would have done it in the game audio.

I am also planning to do a 2x loop and a 10sec fade out.

I am ripping from the US version BTW.

Also, as a side note, I intend to release all my remasters at 320kbps bit-rate mp3 with no low pass filter.

I want the quality to be over the top, and I want it to be portable. I find the above is a perfect balance.

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Uh...hardly. Assett1 was an immature 17 year old (literally) who was severely abrasive in his posts. See thread here: http://forums.ffshrine.org/f72/elder-scrolls-iii-morrowind-ost-remaster-v3-88897/#post1679354

He was also delusional enough to believe the Morrowind "master" tapes were cassette tapes....see same thread.

Mr.Assett2 claims to have been 1's mentor. If so, I sure hope you don't carry the same cancerous attitude he had when any sort of question arose. http://forums.ffshrine.org/f72/elder-scrolls-iii-morrowind-soundtrack-digitally-remastered-82383/#post2098767

Don't worry, I don't. Assett1 always came off as an ego centered individual. Sadly he did over-react many times. We had a few complications in teaching such as when he thought his mix was better than mine. We would argue for hours before he would let me show him what he did wrong, but he's matured a lot since then. College does something to you for sure.

As for those "master tapes", they were loss-less source and had frequencies up to 35khz when I examined them. He wasn't lying, but the fact that he had them on cassette instead of digital is beyond me. (Who the fuck uses cassettes anymore?) Apparently he liked the sound of cassette and wanted that "analog sound". When I explained to him about how he could have just ran the digital files through some of my analog hardware, he was extremely embarrassed.

We all have to learn at some point. I do think that he captured the tracks quite well on his release and I can't complain too much.

I will do it better though. I will use the official soundtrack and completely remaster it. You should look forward to it. :) It's gonna be mind-blowing.

I love your remaster of Tallon Overworld 2. I can't wait for the full release, and the rest of the stuff (namely Majora's Mask, Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen, Pokemon Emerald, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII and Final Fantasy IX) and whatever comes after that.

Just don't rush. I and most people, including you I expect, would rather have a worthy release, that you think "Phew, I finally finished it", rather than some half-assed "Eh, it's not bad, I'll just throw it out there" release :P

I do wonder... why did Nintendo only release an OST for the first Metroid Prime game, but not the 2nd or 3rd?

EDIT: I just saw your e-mail, or rather the e-mail by a "friend of Assett2 who has taken his spot in this project" (apparently)...

I hope these links work:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?v3wqyqaoarac269
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?626xzs9i6yaiy6r
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?5d446s91v4jsjt6
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?i7s9bx6gb2epk62
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?55lz1z5rkc8yt0a
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4naxdb3vbki21ck
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?96mngtjztb90g9b
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?hxmf4jl4hjrt2rh
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?fsft9mqlm76577z

If not, I'll try another host (as MediaFire sucks sometimes)

I don't know if "you" still need them, but they are the lossless rips directly from the GameCube ROMs that "you" e-mailed me for last week. The first 5 are Echoes, the last 4 are Corruption.

Also, as a side note, I intend to release all my remasters at 320kbps bit-rate mp3 with no low pass filter.

I want the quality to be over the top, and I want it to be portable. I find the above is a perfect balance.

I understand the appeal of portability. There are some obsessive audiophiles though (such as myself) who would still like the lossless version for our PC rigs. After uploading the mp3 versions (which I'm looking forward to!) do you think you might consider uploading the FLAC version as well? Perhaps in torrent format if mediafire is too much of a hassle?

P.s. I truly appreciate all of the time and effort you've put into this project. That fact alone that you're doing it is more than any of us could have asked. Keep up the fantastic work! Take your time! and good luck!

Hey Asset2, I was wondering if this was still on track to be completed by the end of the year as you mentioned one time? Very much looking forward to this project of yours. :-)

Sounds great! I can't WAIT to hear the Temple Grounds music from Prime 2 in remastered quality. The bass would be so sexy! Who am I kidding... I'm excited for all of them AND Majora's Mask!

cant waittt. i hope it is still coming. the end of the year is hereee. lol

Holy crap, there are a TON of responses here!
Let me start by answering all of your questions first.

1. Thanks Koopa for the links. They were given a the perfect time for this Christmas break! I will be in the studio prolly the entire break finishing up this release! It's going to blow you away!

2. Portability WILL be an issue due to the track size. There are hours and hours of audio from all three. I might choose to fit each game onto 2 disks, making a 6 disk release. If I put that into FLAC, that would be around, 1.8gb. I don't have the internet connection or the time to leave my rig on that long. If I compress them into mp3, the quality will not be lost as much as you think and in my opinion, no quality is lost at all. I use a dither setting at 14-bit giving around 72db worth of dynamic range. The limit of a 320kbps mp3 is around -80db, so no dynamic range will be lost. The dither I use works so well as you can hear audio well into -100db inside the dither so NO dynamic range is lost. In addition, the mp3 encoder I use has a low-pass filter but I use an extremely high quality 16khz brick-wall cut-off inside the mastering process so there is no quality loss when it is encoded. Also, my tracks are mastered to peak at -0.4db so there is no clipping involved in the playback. I have made sure that you have the highest quality files on your PC or iPod while still being portable. I will also have everything tagged and ready for playback on any system that supports mp3. I don't want you to feel that you are listening to an inferior quality track nor do I want you to feel that there is a chance you could be hearing it in higher quality. I want to give the highest possible quality with no down-falls of any kind. I wish I could provide FLACs for this release, but that would be too difficult if not impossible! :'(

3. The project will be finished this December and released at the end (around Christmas) or New Year's day!

4. The end of the year isn't quite here! ;)

5. Here is an up-to-date demo of what's been going on under the roof. (This is for you DragonIIDX)

Temple Grounds 2.mp3 (http://www.mediafire.com/?41qom779w4c6a0n)

As you can tell, I'm on the 2nd part of the trilogy and this is what the rest of Echoes sounds like sonically as well as Prime 1. (I will be working on Prime 3 all next week) You wanted to be inside the sound and hear the actual hardware used? Tell me how the above sounds to you guys! The entire process has been re-done countless times and I have finally decided on what you hear in the provided link.

6. Keep a lookout on the status of this project!!!! ;)

-Mr.Assett2

EDIT: Sorry, forgot to clarify about the encoding...
I still havn't decided on which encoder I like the best yet for this track. Each encoder has a slightly different tone and I'm trying to find the best one that matches the tone of this project. LAME seems to be getting brighter. I'm still experimenting with bit-rate and CBR vs. VBR. I'll probably decide on VBR though. We'll see. The demo is 320kbps Fraunhofer IIS.

5. Here is an up-to-date demo of what's been going on under the roof. (This is for you DragonIIDX)

Temple Grounds 2.mp3 (http://www.mediafire.com/?41qom779w4c6a0n)

Sounding good. ;) Can't wait to hear the rest now. The Credits music is pretty groovy also, and Torvus Bog, and Sanctuary Fortress...

Muah so excited about this.

Would totally donate random money to you if I had money

Muah so excited about this.

Would totally donate random money to you if I had money

I'm actually thinking of setting up a donation for this project for people who want to. :)

I'm actually thinking of setting up a donation for this project for people who want to. :)

I'm glad you are because I would consider donating also. Especially for all the hard work it is for re-mastering and for how many songs there are.

Hey Asset2,

One more question for you about your Trilogy project. Are you going to include tracks that were exclusive to the actual Trilogy game from the Wii version? Examples are the "Bryyo Cliffs" and "Reptilicus Battle"?

The files I sent are from the GameCube ISOs...

Hey Asset2,

One more question for you about your Trilogy project. Are you going to include tracks that were exclusive to the actual Trilogy game from the Wii version? Examples are the "Bryyo Cliffs" and "Reptilicus Battle"?

What Koopa said. I'm using the original disks for this, not the trilogy. That would be cheating! ;)
So no, I'm not including trilogy-only tracks. Sorry.

What Koopa said. I'm using the original disks for this, not the trilogy. That would be cheating! ;)
So no, I'm not including trilogy-only tracks. Sorry.

No worries. Just thought I'd ask. :) Very much looking forward to this being completed.

woohooo the end of the month is closing in. hm what exactly makes it cheating to upload those tracks?lol im clueless

No idea :P

He means he's using the GameCube discs and not the Wii discs... why that's not cheating I don't know.

I'm not saying it's not cheating to mean it is cheating, I'm not saying it's not cheating to mean that NOT doing it... is NOT cheating..... <_< Um, you'll get it in a few days (understand the statement -- and get the soundtrack hopefully)

IIRC from what assett1 said, there's Majora's Mask, Final Fantasies 7-9, I think Mr.Assett2 said about redoing Ocarina of Time? Apart from that, I'm not sure....
Maybe something like Goldeneye 64? That had (and still has) some pretty good tracks on IMO. And unless there's a way of getting soundbanks in the form of DLS, or SF2, and using them to play the MIDIs in high quality, in the same way that GBAMusRiper works to give you higher quality GBA Music (with a few major flaws in that not all games work, and some that do don't work properly in that case)..... but the point is, unless high quality samples + soundfonts + MIDIs from N64 ROMs is not possible... then Mr.Assett2 is the second best thing, I think.

But obviously it's up to him what he does next....
And if he was to somehow ask for requests, well, if he's unlucky enough, he might get too many requests to handle and then feel like he's unable (or even BE unable) to fulfil all (or even just half) :P

Anyway, er... Merry Christmas (if you live in the time zone of UTC-2, or further east, e.g. UTC-1, UTC, UTC+1 etc, since it's 12:01 am in the UTC-2 timezone (whereever that is...)

woohooo the end of the month is closing in. hm what exactly makes it cheating to upload those tracks?lol im clueless

I mean that instead of using the trilogy disk with all three of the game soundtracks on one disk, I'm using the original sources (All three disks). I'd consider using the trilogy soundtrack rip cheating because apparently the audio was redone for the trilogy and that everything was sorted etc. 50% of the work already done for me. :P So... Cheating... Yeh..

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Due to being sick with the flu for the past week, I had to push back the release date to sometime in January. If I manage to get it done before then, I'll gladly put it up. Just a heads-up guys! Thanks for being so patient!
And merry Christmas!

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Real quick, once I get done with these tracks, I'm gonna have to have some help with tagging these tracks. Is there any way, Koopa, that you could give me a list of the names of the tracks in order that they appear in the rip? It would cut my time down on this project by 1/5. Thanks.

I can probably hunt a track list down.

Track names from Metroid recon, though its for the original, probably the rest there too.

Music - Metroid Prime (Metroid Recon) (http://metroid.retropixel.net/mprime/music/)

What a bunch of idiots...

"Here we present a collection of the game's music in crisp 160kbps MP3 format"

Wow, you couldn't have gone for 320 kbps? Not even 256? Not even 192? No, you go for 160 kbps?

But we're not downloading them so who cares?

The thing is, are those only from the OST? And does the OST have ALL the tracks?

There are NO soundtracks for 2 or 3, so there are NO official titles.

Therefore, hopefully these will work:
Music - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Metroid Recon) (http://metroid.retropixel.net/mprime2/music/)
Music - Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Metroid Recon) (http://metroid.retropixel.net/mprime3/music/)

That rip was made many years ago, so it's a little douchey to bitch at them for the bitrate provided. As of now, that is the best .mp3 and properly looped soundtrack available at the moment for Metroid Prime 3. Don't be an ass.

Thanks for the list of tracks guys!

Cannot tell you how hyped I am for when this is done!

That rip was made many years ago, so it's a little douchey to bitch at them for the bitrate provided. As of now, that is the best .mp3 and properly looped soundtrack available at the moment for Metroid Prime 3. Don't be an ass.

Years ago? IMO that shouldn't have been an excuse. It's not like 320 kbps was invented only a few years ago.

Years ago? IMO that shouldn't have been an excuse. It's not like 320 kbps was invented only a few years ago.

That's not the point. It's about being appreciative about what's available without acting like a queen about it.

Count me in as another excited soul. I wish I could support you.

You must be pretty excited if this made your first post! I am too. These games have fantastic music that derserve to have the best quality Mr.Assett2 can offer to us. :D

:P

Join Date: May 2007
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I've seen longer, but that's a long time before posting.

Hah, I've never thought about posting before. I've just lurked and grab some downloads from time to time.

Make sure you thank people and/or give rep cause uploaders really like appreciation. ;) Trust me, I was a lurker for a while also and I really didn't become active until a few months ago actually. I'm glad I did though cause I've made some pretty good forum buddies here and it's a good feeling to thank people for their uploads instead of just secretly nabbing them and it's a pretty neat community in general I think.

Status Update on the Project - Prime 1 and 2 have been fully remastered, compressed, tagged, and packaged. Now for part 3. Should be finished sometime around the 5th. Maybe a few days sooner or later depending on if my internet connection is stable enough. Thanks guys!

Status Update on the Project - Prime 1 and 2 have been fully remastered, compressed, tagged, and packaged. Now for part 3. Should be finished sometime around the 5th. Maybe a few days sooner or later depending on if my internet connection is stable enough. Thanks guys!

Yes, yes, and yes! Thank YOU for remastering these for us! :D

Status Update on the Project - Prime 1 and 2 have been fully remastered, compressed, tagged, and packaged. Now for part 3. Should be finished sometime around the 5th. Maybe a few days sooner or later depending on if my internet connection is stable enough. Thanks guys!

Wait...the fifth of january or february?

Wait...the fifth of january or february?

Most likely January as he originally stated that the rip would be completed around New Years.

At any rate, I can wait to get your remastered tracks added to my workout playlist. :) Thank you Assett2!

Like what Arigeitsu159 said but for listening to it in my car. I iove playing Tallon Overworld and Torvus Bog for rainy days, Ice Valley and Ice Valley (Phendrana Deep Lake Area) in winter, and the Temple Grounds music when I am near my college. Hehe.

Wait...the fifth of january or february?

January :)

January :)

I shall prepare my nerdgasm for tomorrow then.

January :)


I shall prepare my nerdgasm for tomorrow then.

Ye Gods! To the police station Krusty! I mean YAY!

I shall prepare my nerdgasm for tomorrow then.

Either tomorrow or the next day :)

Make sure you thank people and/or give rep cause uploaders really like appreciation. ;) Trust me, I was a lurker for a while also and I really didn't become active until a few months ago actually. I'm glad I did though cause I've made some pretty good forum buddies here and it's a good feeling to thank people for their uploads instead of just secretly nabbing them and it's a pretty neat community in general I think.

Same as me. I officially became a poster and contributor with stereoelf's Monster Club thread. There were so many great soundtracks and scores that I had to post and give thanks!

I can't wait to hear it.

What soundtrack will you be working on next?

I can't wait to hear it.

What soundtrack will you be working on next?


Majora's Mask. At least that's what he said, unless I misinterpret.

Majora's Mask. At least that's what he said, unless I misinterpret.

I hope so, I made an edit of the score recently, and I want to go back and redo it, with quality that doesnt sound pinched.

yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy metroid here we comeee lol thanks for the upcoming late christmas present!!

I would love to hear the remastered version of Deku Palace. I think the game version sounds better than the OST version and since Mr.Asset2 is remastering from the game files (I'm assuming) it would be amazing!

Well guys, the remastering is complete, all tracks are sorted into CDs, compressed, tagged, art included, and ready to upload. I have to go to my sisters house today for Christmas with the family so when I get there, I'll upload the project and get links. I still have to set up my Pay-Pal donation thingy, so expect the thread for the Metroid Prime Trilogy to show up tomorrow. I will put a link on this thread for people who are following. Thanks!

Well guys, the remastering is complete, all tracks are sorted into CDs, compressed, tagged, art included, and ready to upload. I have to go to my sisters house today for Christmas with the family so when I get there, I'll upload the project and get links. I still have to set up my Pay-Pal donation thingy, so expect the thread for the Metroid Prime Trilogy to show up tomorrow. I will put a link on this thread for people who are following. Thanks!

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Hey and you enjoy yourself with the family, you deserve it!

EDIT: I can't believe I forgot to like your post especially with how excited I am since this is the greatest thing since the Metroid Prime Trilogy has been created.

Oh God. I'm so freaking excited for this. My body is ready.

Well, shit happens guys.
My brother is in the hospital and I had to stay there all night last night and most of today. Just got back to my sister's house about an hour ago and almost forgot to get on here and tell you guys.
I'll be heading home tonight so I should be able to get everything posted by tomorrow morning.
Sorry for the delay! :/

EDIT: By morning I mean before lunch ;)

Sorry about your brother. That's perfectly fine to upload it tomorrow there is no need to rush. If an emergency comes up, you should take care of that first. We have no problem waiting an extra day. :)

Aw, fuck. Was so looking forward to listening to Torvus Bog in beautiful remastering. Ah, well. Family comes first. It'll be good knowing I can wake up to find your links up.

Thanks guys :) You'll def. have it when you wake up tomorrow.

Good! :3

I've decided on uploading this in FLAC for you guys since I couldn't figure out what encoder to use that will please everyone. I have to do some quick re-processing and uploading so the thread should appear before the end of the day! Sorry for the wait! Just want the quality to be top-notch! Plus with all the analog hardware I'm using in my setup, mp3 doesn't do justice...

I shall update this thread when the project is complete!

I'd even wait another week as long as I could be sure that the quality is top notch :P

Woohoo! FLAC! I wish I didn't have to work today so I could listen to this nonstop!

This post will be accused of trolling by bxaimc.

This post will be accused of trolling by bxaimc.

wut?

Well it's just everything I post seems to be 'trolling' or something, so I might as well generalise my posts as "This post will be accused of trolling".

I do not believe all your posts have that connotation, but you do have a tendency to unnecessarily bitch about certain things. Just chill and everything will be fine.

I've seen some of your posts Ultimate Koopa and you are definitely not a troll. Like in !!!!!'s thread for example, some people might see you as an angry, ungrateful person, but I could see that you were frustrated. Trust me, I was too when I tried downloading the Rayman Origins OSV and I had to refresh the page many times to work only to find out the links were dead. We're not trying to knock you down or anything, we are just trying to nicely let you know that other people might see you that way. And if this one person labels you a "troll" don't let it get to you. There are plenty of other people here that don't think that of you.

More waiting... This irks me.

More waiting... This irks me.

This will be totally worth the wait though! :D

Oh FLAC! Then we can truly enjoy it :P

I'm ready! Post it already!

The reason it's delayed is not only because I have to reprocess everything again without the mp3 optimization, but I made a few changes regarding volume and the actual process chain is quite heavy giving each process approx. 2 mins per track. And it's all manual so there's more time there. But like I said, everything should be up and ready by midnight tonight so when you wake up tomorrow, everything should be up!

I say that we should give him room to breather tonight.



Then jump him tomorrow!! jk ;)

For the purposes of people like me...

You say midnight, but which midnight? In otherwords, what timezone?

For example, right now, where I am, it's about 3 minutes past midnight.

I'm usually up until 3 in the morning so...

Awesome! I'll be done with work at 11:30 p.m. central time. But like Ultimate Koopa said, not sure what your time zone is, so it's possible that it could be uploaded even before I get home! ;)

I'm in Texas, so I would assume it's central! :)

Is it still going to be midnight before it's done or have the miraculous speed demons blessed your computer?

Sweet! We're in the same time zone! Super excited now, I definitely have something to look forward to when I get home now! :D

The reason it's delayed is not only because I have to reprocess everything again without the mp3 optimization, but I made a few changes regarding volume and the actual process chain is quite heavy giving each process approx. 2 mins per track. And it's all manual so there's more time there. But like I said, everything should be up and ready by midnight tonight so when you wake up tomorrow, everything should be up!

Hey Asset,

I know you're going back and redoing the tracks in FLAC format without the mp3 optimization. My question is if I were to encode these in mp3, there wouldn't be much of a difference without optimization you would have done, correct? Not that it matters, but just wanted to get your thoughts on it.

Hey Asset,

I know you're going back and redoing the tracks in FLAC format without the mp3 optimization. My question is if I were to encode these in mp3, there wouldn't be much of a difference without optimization you would have done, correct? Not that it matters, but just wanted to get your thoughts on it.

If you take the FLAC files and encode them to mp3, it will be of lower quality than the mp3 optimized version as the mp3 optimization tweaks mainly take the limitations of the mp3 encoder and adjust the track to the limitations. ie; the 16khz cut-off and the clipping.

Bah, Flac. I love it, but now I'll have to go through all the converting crap to Mp3 so that My phone will actually recognize it.

Oh well, it'll be worth it :D

Bah, Flac. I love it, but now I'll have to go through all the converting crap to Mp3 so that My phone will actually recognize it.

Oh well, it'll be worth it :D

Not only the converting crap, but I have no way of tagging these tracks, so you probably have to do that too... Unless you want to wait a bit after I release the FLAC for me to tag and release an mp3 version of the album.

Is the FLAC one going to be tagged? Please, God, let it be. If it's not, at least put a text file in there so we know what to name it.

Is the FLAC one going to be tagged? Please, God, let it be. If it's not, at least put a text file in there so we know what to name it.

I have no way of tagging FLAC tracks. I'm sure somebody can figure it out and post it on the official thread though...

I will tag the mp3 release in a few days after the official flac release though.

If you take the FLAC files and encode them to mp3, it will be of lower quality than the mp3 optimized version as the mp3 optimization tweaks mainly take the limitations of the mp3 encoder and adjust the track to the limitations. ie; the 16khz cut-off and the clipping.

I see. I may wait for your mp3 album upload in that case then. I don't want to take away any enhancements that you may add even if it is mp3. Unlike most folks, I'm not a complete lossless whore and will take mp3 since it's more portable. Plus, my hearing is probably shot anyway. Thank you for the info. :-)

I see. I may wait for your mp3 album upload in that case then. I don't want to take away any enhancements that you may add even if it is mp3. Unlike most folks, I'm not a complete lossless whore and will take mp3 since it's more portable. Plus, my hearing is probably shot anyway. Thank you for the info. :-)

I'm in the same boat as you. Well, minus the hearing loss. I'm fine with mp3 as long as there are no artifacts all the way down the the dither.

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Still processing these tracks. Should be done in two hours, but I still have to upload them. Might be a little after midnight before I get everything up. Sorry guys. Almost 200 tracks, so it's hard to estimate the time I'll finish. I'm trying my best. :)

Goodness me I am excited.

Goodness me I am excited.

I was waiting for my processing and I checked out your bandcamp. VERY good chiptunes my friend!
On a side note, I'd be very interested in mastering your music :)

Well, can you at least put a text file in your upload so I can add the names myself?? I really don't want to wait anymore...

I have no way of tagging FLAC tracks.

MP3tag also works with FLAC files.

Well, can you at least put a text file in your upload so I can add the names myself?? I really don't want to wait anymore...

Course :) Well... you can just go to metroid recon and compare and tag the tracks. That's what I'm gonna do for the mp3 release...

Would be much appreciated! And as long as you tagged the original files, it should still be tagged... But yes, please put a text file. Would be much simpler and easier on us waiters!

MP3tag also works with FLAC files.

Thank you so much! This puts the release time back a bit though.

Oh god. How long?

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Thank you so much! This puts the release time back a bit though.



Oh god. How long?

Oh god. How long?

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Oh god. How long?

Well, I have to run each song through my process chain here in my studio. I have corruption and 10 songs left in echoes to run through. Compress and tag which adds an hour. Then to upload, which will take around 2 hours, so if I pull an all-nighter and get this all finished, I'd say in.... eh.... 5 hours?

The reason it's delayed is not only because I have to reprocess everything again without the mp3 optimization, but I made a few changes regarding volume and the actual process chain is quite heavy giving each process approx. 2 mins per track. And it's all manual so there's more time there. But like I said, everything should be up and ready by midnight tonight so when you wake up tomorrow, everything should be up!



Thank you so much! This puts the release time back a bit though.


Ha, j/k!

Well, I have to run each song through my process chain here in my studio. I have corruption and 10 songs left in echoes to run through. Compress and tag which adds an hour. Then to upload, which will take around 2 hours, so if I pull an all-nighter and get this all finished, I'd say in.... eh.... 5 hours?

So it'll be all uploaded around 3 o clock?!

Ha, j/k!

Dude, I feel the exact same way. :P

Ha, j/k!

Exactly my sentiments.

So it'll be all uploaded around 3 o clock?!

Yup! That is, if I stay productive and push through it. I know I have some coke around here somewhere ;)

So how do you feel you did remastering them? Are they much better?

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Yup! That is, if I stay productive and push through it. I know I have some coke around here somewhere ;)

You goddamn better stay productive! >:( Seriously, I'm thankful you did this. But srsly, man. Work it through! Srsly. Srsly.

So how do you feel you did remastering them? Are they much better?

I got rid of all the pops and clicks, the clipping, mono tracks given a stereo image, fixed the cheap digital distortion, synthesized frequencies up to the nyquist limit for 44.1khz sample rate, leveled out the volume of the tracks, synthesized into 24-bit and once all that was complete and the tracks were all double checked for cleanliness, they were ran through my mastering process which includes over 12 pieces of hardware, down to 16-bit, then eventually compressed, tagged, packaged, and uploaded.

Thank you so much! This puts the release time back a bit though.


The reason it's delayed is not only because I have to reprocess everything again without the mp3 optimization, but I made a few changes regarding volume and the actual process chain is quite heavy giving each process approx. 2 mins per track. And it's all manual so there's more time there. But like I said, everything should be up and ready by midnight tonight so when you wake up tomorrow, everything should be up!


I got rid of all the pops and clicks, the clipping, mono tracks given a stereo image, fixed the cheap digital distortion, synthesized frequencies up to the nyquist limit for 44.1khz sample rate, leveled out the volume of the tracks, synthesized into 24-bit and once all that was complete and the tracks were all double checked for cleanliness, they were ran through my mastering process which includes over 12 pieces of hardware, down to 16-bit, then eventually compressed, tagged, packaged, and uploaded.


Yup! That is, if I stay productive and push through it. I know I have some coke around here somewhere ;)

You're talking about the drink, right? <_< :P

Also, just imagine how frustrating it would be if somehow, you had overwritten your remasters with 32 kbps, 8 kHz mono MP3s :D

You're talking about the drink, right? <_< :P

Also, just imagine how frustrating it would be if somehow, you had overwritten your remasters with 32 kbps, 8 kHz mono MP3s :D

I hate soda. ;)

Also, IF somebody, not pointing fingers ofcourse, did such HORRIBLE nonsense to my work of art, I would look at them and simply say, if this REALLY sounds good to you, give me some of what you have cause I need my shit to sound THAT good.

Heh, see what I did there?

I think I just leveled up.

Sounds like you're trying to overcompensate lol.

Sounds like you're trying to overcompensate lol.

I have no idea what you're talking about :D

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Half-way finished with Corruption. Should be on to compressing and tagging in 30 minutes.

I have no idea what you're talking about :D

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Half-way finished with Corruption. Should be on to compressing and tagging in 30 minutes.

Like Asset1, it seems you're overcompensating for yourself with technological talk. LOL

Like Asset1, it seems you're overcompensating for yourself with technological talk. LOL

Well, that might be a problem. I think it's because I have nothing to do while these tracks play through so I just keep sitting here refreshing my Facebook and this thread.

Play Half-Life 2 or some shit.

Play Half-Life 2 or some shit.

Men my age don't play half-life.

Whether you're 30 40 or 50, it doesn't matter! Half Life 2 is amazing!

Whether you're 30 40 or 50, it doesn't matter! Half Life 2 is amazing!

So my son tells me!

Son?! Good lord, man, how old ARE you?

Son?! Good lord, man, how old ARE you?

Too old to use digital hardware, my dear friend.

Not really ;P

My son is only 10.

He's 10 and you let him play Half-Life 2? Great leaping headcrabs! I'm glad you let your boy determine if he's old enough for something! My parents were always way too overprotective. Thank god I'm out of the house.

He's 10 and you let him play Half-Life 2? Great leaping headcrabs! I'm glad you let your boy determine if he's old enough for something! My parents were always way too overprotective. Thank god I'm out of the house.

I play it with him :) I made a deal with my wife that if he has a bad dream from it, no more of that game. :P Works for me and everybody is happy.

And we don't play the second. Only the first :)

The headcrab zombies cries when they're burning are really disturbing. Gives me the creeps! How's the status of the upload?

The headcrab zombies cries when they're burning are really disturbing. Gives me the creeps! How's the status of the upload?

We've only played it once. He hasn't seen the headcrabs yet. :P
We've been focusing more on Gran Turismo 5. Now there, is a real racing game.

I'm tagging the FLAC files as we speak.

wheeee the countdown for the upload

Uploading 2.8gb of FLAC files in split 200mb archives for MediaFire purposes. Let the dreaded wait begin my friends.

We've only played it once. He hasn't seen the headcrabs yet. :P
We've been focusing more on Gran Turismo 5. Now there, is a real racing game.

I'm tagging the FLAC files as we speak.

Yay! But go back to HL2! That game is awesome. But take care once you get to Ravenholme. The whole time you're there, it becomes a survival horror game! The whole game is awesome, especially once you control the antlions!

Yay! But go back to HL2! That game is awesome. But take care once you get to Ravenholme. The whole time you're there, it becomes a survival horror game! The whole game is awesome, especially once you control the antlions!

I prolly won't let my son play now that you've told me, but I might just buy the game for my studio PC when he's at school and the wife is playing cello. (Which is 75% of my day)

I prolly won't let my son play now that you've told me, but I might just buy the game for my studio PC when he's at school and the wife is playing cello. (Which is 75% of my day)

AH, SHIT! LET HIM PLAY! IT'S A REALLY GOOD GAME! Don't be the bad guy!

AH, SHIT! LET HIM PLAY! IT'S A REALLY GOOD GAME! Don't be the bad guy!

Oh boy. I'm a cool dad, but I don't want zombies with headcrabs running around in my 10 year-old's brain. :P It's hard enough to get him to sleep in his own bed. :P

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According to MediaFire, with my crappy internet, the upload will take around 8 hours to complete. Its 16 parts and 3gb worth of audio. I'm just gonna leave my computer on overnight and I'll try and stay up with whoever wants to carry on a conversation here on this thread while I make the release thread for this project. :)

Shit.

I guess I'll go to bed then after watching Slaughter High.

Let him play and make his own decision! My mom made me wait on horror movies that I could've taken at 10! Be cooooooooool.

Shit.

I guess I'll go to bed then after watching Slaughter High.

Let him play and make his own decision! My mom made me wait on horror movies that I could've taken at 10! Be cooooooooool.

Just to be different, I might just let him try a few minutes of it. ;)

Your a real trooper for staying up late for us.

Oh god, three gigs? I'm out, I won't download THAT much. hell, haven't downloaded that much for Fallout: New Vegas and I have well over 100 mods.

Guess I get to wait for the Mp3 release T_T

I'll probably wait for the mp3 release also. It will also be nice to have the tags and everything too. I'm still going to download the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes parts in FLAC though since those are the ones I'm really dying to hear the most in remastered quality so it should keep me busy until the mp3 release.

I'll probably wait for the mp3 release also. It will also be nice to have the tags and everything too. I'm still going to download the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes parts in FLAC though since those are the ones I'm really dying to hear the most in remastered quality so it should keep me busy until the mp3 release.

You're gonna hate to hear this, but the compilation was compressed as one big archive, so it's either the 3gb, 16-part download, or nothing. There was a reason I wanted to do mp3, but people wanted FLAC regardless of file size. I'll be working on the mp3 release over the next few days. It should be roughly around 800mb for the mp3 version.
I had to save bandwidth and compress as a single file. I want to get this out as soon as possible... Sorry guys... :/

You're gonna hate to hear this, but the compilation was compressed as one big archive, so it's either the 3gb, 16-part download, or nothing. There was a reason I wanted to do mp3, but people wanted FLAC regardless of file size. I'll be working on the mp3 release over the next few days. It should be roughly around 800mb for the mp3 version.
I had to save bandwidth and compress as a single file. I want to get this out as soon as possible... Sorry guys... :/

Ah... I see. When I saw you say it was on MediaFire I assumed it would have been split but that's ok. It would be better for me anyway to download 800MB rather than 3GB since my Internet cuts out large file downloads sometimes. I have no problem waiting a few extra days for the mp3 release.

Ah... I see. When I saw you say it was on MediaFire I assumed it would have been split but that's ok. It would be better for me anyway to download 800MB rather than 3GB since my Internet cuts out large file downloads sometimes. I have no problem waiting a few extra days for the mp3 release.

The thing is, MediaFire is a bitch. I had to take the single archive and split it into 200mb .rar files that join together. This also helps people who can't download huge files anyway.

That's fine, bro. As long as it's up by tomorrow, IDC how big it is.

The thing is, MediaFire is a bitch. I had to take the single archive and split it into 200mb .rar files that join together. This also helps people who can't download huge files anyway.

Yes. It also goes alot faster that way. By the way, do you have also album art to go with this release?

Yes. It also goes alot faster that way. By the way, do you have also album art to go with this release?

I rarely use the original soundtrack art. Most of the time there's better art out there that better suits the music. If you're not satisfied with it, PM me and I'll make one for ya!

I rarely use the original soundtrack art. Most of the time there's better art out there that better suits the music. If you're not satisfied with it, PM me and I'll make one for ya!

Cool thanks for the offer. I'll keep that in mind.

I do in fact have a nice HD .png album art for this that a fan made for the project :) It is included of-course!

But I am open for changes and such.

I do in fact have a nice HD .png album art for this that a fan made for the project :) It is included of-course!

But I am open for changes and such.

Would you care to give us a preview of it?

This is what I'm using for MP2.



I don't words on my game covers. Interferes with the awesome images.

If I can get it to upload it....

(http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/818/metroidprimetrilogyalbu.png/)

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Nice! Have it without the words on it?

Nice! Have it without the words on it?

Sadly, no, and I have no idea where Assett1 got this cover art from. :/
It's missing a freaking hyphen and I HATE that it says "Unofficial Fan"
Ugh... such a turn-off...

Found it! It does have the Nintendo logo in the top right corner though. It think it should say "Remastered By Mr.Assett2" or something. You should really give yourself credit on it.

http://www.todofondosdejuegos.com/wp-content/uploads/images/todofondosdejuegos-com_metroid%20prime:%20trilogy-0.jpg

Found it! It does have the Nintendo logo in the top right corner though. It think it should say "Remastered By Mr.Assett2" or something. You should really give yourself credit on it.

http://www.todofondosdejuegos.com/wp-content/uploads/images/todofondosdejuegos-com_metroid%20prime:%20trilogy-0.jpg

Where the heck... Nice work! Sadly though I've already packaged the art above already with the project. I'm thinking of using the wordless one for the project release thread though.

I just Googled Metroid Prime Trilogy and it was in the 5th row down. lol Your image that was just uploaded is next to it too.

I love it but I usually use each game album with it's own artwork. Damn, if only if it didn't have the Ing on there, I could've used it for Corruption...

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Sadly, no, and I have no idea where Assett1 got this cover art from. :/
It's missing a freaking hyphen and I HATE that it says "Unofficial Fan"
Ugh... such a turn-off...

Asset1? Thought he was gone?

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I'm going to bed. Night, guys!

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I know where I've seen that art. It's the inside cover of the trilogy metal box!

I love it but I usually use each game album with it's own artwork. Damn, if only if it didn't have the Ing on there, I could've used it for Corruption...

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Asset1? Thought he was gone?

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I'm going to bed. Night, guys!

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I know where I've seen that art. It's the inside cover of the trilogy metal box!

I e-mail Assett1 a few days ago asking if he had gathered any artwork for the project and he sent me the one I posted. :P

Here is also a wider version of that pic. With a little editing, there could be no logo at all.

http://www.flash-screen.com/free-wallpaper/metroid-game-series-wallpapers/metroid-prime-trilogy-picture,1366x768,42432.jpg

I really like that wide photo. I don't mind the logo as Nintendo does deserve credit ;) I think I'll use that for the thread! Thanks!!

Sure! I'm glad I could help somehow. :)

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Well Mr.Assett2, I should probably hit the hay. I don't want to keep you up all night seeing as you have a big release later today. ;)

1.5gb left guys!

Sadly, no, and I have no idea where Assett1 got this cover art from. :/
It's missing a freaking hyphen and I HATE that it says "Unofficial Fan"
Ugh... such a turn-off...

Hi, I made the cover for Asset1, and he asked for it to say those things.

Here it is without text:



and without "Unofficial Fan":

Hi, I made the cover for Asset1, and he asked for it to say those things.

Here it is without text:



and without "Unofficial Fan":



Much better! Thank you so much for posting this! I had no idea assett1 asked for it to say those thing :P
Sorry if I insulted you a bit, didn't mean to.
Again, thanks!

Much better! Thank you so much for posting this! I had no idea assett1 asked for it to say those thing :P
Sorry if I insulted you a bit, didn't mean to.
Again, thanks!

Nah, Its alright, different people have different tastes.

Thanks for the feedback.

without "Unofficial Fan":



Wow! This looks so much better! Mr.Assett2, you should definitely use this version when you tag the mp3 version... unless you already used the old one.

I decided to do individual covers just in case:

WAH! These are awesome! I think the Trilogy cover could be like the overall "Album jacket/cover", MP1 cover for the MP1 tracks, MP2 cover for the MP2 tracks, MP3 cover for the MP3 tracks.

Normally I 'd like to have individual covers but I feel like this project was more of a compilation and is one album, not multiple. :P
But I'll def keep those in mind! They're great!
I do like the idea that Dragon IIDX has

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One hour till the release btw!

Wewt! I'm still going to wait for the mp3 version though. It will be nice to have them tagged and have the covers with them too depending on which one(s) you use.

Wewt! I'm still going to wait for the mp3 version though. It will be nice to have them tagged and have the covers with them too depending on which one(s) you use.

I'll probably end up using your idea. I like it very much, 'cept I'm not sure how I'm gonna tag the tracks with two album arts. I believe iTunes will let me, but never tried it.

I believe you can tag more than one album art in Winamp.

(And in MP3tag)

Excellent! Well, the mp3 version should be out in a few days. The official FLAC release will be out in half an hour :)

THANK GOD!

its time! its time! its metroid prime time! yea!!!!

I'm ready to hear Metroid Spider, Ridley's theme, Gandrayda, Dark Samus and Torvus Bog in high quality for the first time!

My body is ready. The most ready it has ever been since the release of Super Mario Galaxy.

Ditto. I'm excited for Temple Grounds, Sanctuary Fortress, Torvus Bog and basically every song in Prime 2 cause I think that one really needed a remaster the most. Also excited for Omega Ridley from Prime 3.

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IT'S NOW UP!!!!

Thread 125632

The project is complete. You can find the official release thread here: http://forums.ffshrine.org/f72/metroid-prime-trilogy-remaster-project-flac-official-125632/#post2245807