Kiwi Talkz #85 - Synamax Interview (Metroid Prime Samples, Sound Design, Kenji Yamamoto, Retro Studios etc.)
Synamax is a composer who is best known for obtaining the drums and music sample for the Metroid Prime Trilogy and has used his Youtube channel to recreate tracks from the trilogy, other Metroid games as well as breakdown the specific samples.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Youtube - @SynaMax
Facebook - Synamax
Twitter - @Synamax
Instagram - @Synamax
#metroidprime #metroid #samples
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - How Synamax Started The Path Of Finding Metroid Prime Trilogy Music Samples
03:38 - UNCIVILISED GROOVES Samples Are The Percussion For Metroid Prime Trilogy
04:50 - Drum Samples For Parasite Queen Track Is Played
05:35 - Very Little Editing Was Done To Original Percussion Samples For MPT
09:29 - Even Great Composers Use Samples
10:40 - Synamax Changed His Music Approach After Learning How MPT Music Crafted
13:23 - Synamax Loves Sound Design
15:14 - Synamax Reverse Engineered The MPT File Format/HEX Editing
19:34 - Writing Music In HEX Is A Massive Skill/
22:10 - How Synamax Found The Specific Metroid Prime Music Samples
23:53 - Synamax Plays Metroid Prime Music Samples
24:40 - Agon Wastes Pad Was Slightly Modulated From Original Sample
25:35 - Working Out How A MPT Sample Is Changed Is Guess Work
27:34 - Orbit 3 Sampler Is Very Rare/Samplers Kenji Yamamoto Used
30:40 - Would Be Difficult For Synamax To Recreate The Whole MPT Soundtrack With A Day Job
33:11 - Synamax Initially Hated Being The Metroid Guy/Crowdfunding
34:01 - Worries Of Legal Ramifications With Nintendo Of Recreating MPT OST
35:00 - Approaching Retro Studios
36:19 - Tallon Overworld & Torvus Bog Use Similar Presets
39:09 - Synamax Feels Some Good Stuff On A Horizon
39:29 - Reece Relays Advice Mick Gordon Gave Him To Synamax
40:19 - Synamax’s Dream Is To Do Game Composing/Synamax’s Revelation
42:26 - Covid-19 Hasn’t Affected Synamax Work/Music Wise
44:18 - Synamax Plays Agon Wastes Theme
45:04 - Synamax Plays Frigate Orpheon Escape Bells/Shows Different Octaves Of Sample
46:51 - Synamax Plays Frigate Orpheon Melody/Torvus Bog Chords/Phendrana Pirate Labs
47:56 - Synamax Plays Phendrana Drifts Intro/Drone Ambience
49:06 - Metroid Prime Title Theme Background Melody/Ambience
50:32 - Korg MS2000/Phendrana Drifts Ice Theme
52:09 - Synwave/Whistle Sounds
54:09 - Phazon Mines Drum Track/Strings
55:46 - Synamax Found It Hard To Recreate Phazon Mines Due To The Drums/Being A Perfectionist
57:10 - Game Designers Seeing All The Flaws In There Games/Trial By Fire With New Developers
58:38 - Metroid Prime 2 Facts/Metroid Prime A Fusion Of East & West Design
1:00:46 - Metroid Is Nintendo’s Black Sheep
1:01:52 - Gamers Can Be Hyper Critical
1:02:56 - Retro Will Do Metroid Prime 4 Justice
1:03:28 - Synamax Would Love To Work On Metroid Prime 4 And Under Kenji Yamamoto
1:04:34 - Where To Find Synamax Social Media And Metroid Prime Work