Video Game Piano Solos

[Woozie]

Do you record your playing directly to some sequencer in your keyboard or computer and then sync the video? The sound quality sounds way too good to be recorded from a camera, and I don't see any microphones.

[Mizango]

This makes me want to play Eternal Sonata, have you ever tried that Woozie? It is an awesome game.

[Woozie]

This makes me want to play Eternal Sonata, have you ever tried that Woozie? It is an awesome game.

I've never played it. Is it for PS1? If so, I can probably download the ROM and play it on my emulator if it's a good game.

[Mizango]

It's on 360

[Cephius]

Great work. +1 for more FF6 songs!

[Woozie]

Oh crap, I'll probably never play it then, due to never having a 360.

[Mizango]

Oh crap, I'll probably never play it then, due to never having a 360.

Ill get you one, then we can get our Mass Effect on.

[justamemory]

This is awesome. Why didn't I see this topic before?

If I could get my midi-usb interface to work, I'd upload me playing The Sanctuary of Zi'tah. That, and Rose of May/Loss of Me are the only final fantasy songs I know D:

Also, I'm subscribing to your channel if you don't mind.

don't mind at all!

Those songs are some of my all-time favorites! do you have any recordings yourself?

Do you record your playing directly to some sequencer in your keyboard or computer and then sync the video? The sound quality sounds way too good to be recorded from a camera, and I don't see any microphones.

For Audio, I use an RCA (L, R) to stereo mini-jack cable from digital piano to sound card input. It's a Soundblaster X-fi so I just use the recording software it comes with and it's too easy to record and the quality rocks! I use a Microsoft Lifecam for video. I hit record on both the sound card's recording software and the webcam (so I can make independent music CDs later). When I do it this way, the webcam software will record the same audio channel (if you tell it) directly from your sound card that your piano is plugged in through, and it will record the video at once. But, sometimes, if you want to edit the music before you can just import the video/audio mix from the webcam take in Windows Movie Maker and set to turn off the video files audio, then go to Cool Edit and manipulate all you need, then import the edited sound file into the Movie Maker project and make sure to set audio on from the newly imported .wav file. And don't forget to make sure it syncs lol. I usually keep both the audio from the video file and separate audio files' volumes turned up so you can hear the sync and when you get a nice Unison, chorus sound is when you know they are pretty closely in sync.

I'm sort of quality/perfectionist OCD

[Woozie]

I had some recordings but I had to reformat my computer a few weeks ago because of a corrupt system32 file D:

I've been trying to figure out a way to get good quality recordings to my computer. My camera sound quality obviously wont cut it. I got a midi to usb cable and tried recording it that way with piano samples, and it works decently, except that good quality piano samples can be expensive, and then my computer is so weak that it can hardly handle the sampler programs. Your way seems like a lot of work, but judging from the sound quality, it's definitely worth the effort.

Edit: Actually I have a really old recording of myself on my ipod, which is currently synced to my sister's computer. Is there a way to get it onto my computer directly from my ipod? If not, I guess I could walk to my sisters house and put the file on a flash drive. But even if I do get the mp3 file, is there some website that hosts them so I could post it for you?

[justamemory]

I had some recordings but I had to reformat my computer a few weeks ago because of a corrupt system32 file D:

I've been trying to figure out a way to get good quality recordings to my computer. My camera sound quality obviously wont cut it. I got a midi to usb cable and tried recording it that way with piano samples, and it works decently, except that good quality piano samples can be expensive, and then my computer is so weak that it can hardly handle the sampler programs. Your way seems like a lot of work, but judging from the sound quality, it's definitely worth the effort.

Edit: Actually I have a really old recording of myself on my ipod, which is currently synced to my sister's computer. Is there a way to get it onto my computer directly from my ipod? If not, I guess I could walk to my sisters house and put the file on a flash drive. But even if I do get the mp3 file, is there some website that hosts them so I could post it for you?

ya reformats blow. I lost a few OLD recordings of me playing guitar back in the DAY lol. Not really a big loss, but still!

I used to use a MIDI-USB cable with Reason 3.0 software sampling. It has pretty nice instrument samples; though I only really liked 1 of the piano samples. The programs can be quite expensive. I'd say find something like Reason or Native Instruments Akoustik Piano ($200+ typically)--though I "borrowed" mine from Uncle Torrent . The midi sequencing route is nice especially if you want to export to midi or notation software--since you can quantize your performances automatically since it records in midi, just re-represented with instrument samples. But, I found it much better to go digital direct: better quality, better dynamics/expression.

Going digital direct sounds more difficult than it is. Here's a helpful guide that makes things less complicated: How to record piano - Piano Clues: Free tips and lessons for playing piano, organ and electronic keyboard

I suppose you could sync the iPod to your computer and set your iTunes to recognize it and then pull it off that way. Or you could host the file at megaupload.com or boxstr.com so you could download it from anywhere.

[Squeelch]

Oh crap, I'll probably never play it then, due to never having a 360.

I think it's on PS3 now too, if that makes any difference. Infact the PS3 version is supposed to hae more stuff in it anyway.

[Chezo]

Some new ones!
YouTube - Final Fantasy XI: The Forgotten City ~ Tavnazian Safehold (piano solo)

Nice choice, this is by far one of my favorite songs in the FF series, I used to sit in that zone for hours afk or w/e just for the music.

[BRP]

YouTube - Final Fantasy VI Decisive Battle


FF6 Decisive Battle

Some dude i found a while ago. Great work.

The best thing about this video is that at the end, he just looks back into the camera with a serious as fuck face on. Ice cold nigga

[Conrad]

I can play a few of the basic NES theme songs (Zelda or Mario, lol) by ear, but nothing nearly as complex or well-done as this. I'm impressed.

[Kaelan?]

Awesome work. Some of my favorites:

[justamemory]

YouTube - Aion OST ~ Tower Of Eternity (piano solo)

My arrangement/transcription of "Tower Of Eternity" (Main Theme, Track 1 from OST) from NCSoft's Upcoming MMO Aion: Tower Of Eternity, composed by Ryu Kunihiko.

This one took me about 2-3 days to get down the harmony/melody and another 2-3 days to fine tune it for playability. Very tough for me to play. I don't usually play such animated, dynamic pieces so it gave my fingers a workout . It's especially difficult to effectively reduce orchestra to piano, so hopefully I did it justice.

Recorded on a KORG SP-300.

Hope you enjoy

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[Woozie]

You transcribe these yourself? Wow. My ears suck. I'm trying to learn some ear training, but all of the ear training books require a partner or teacher of some sort, and most ear training software sort of sucks (or maybe I'm just the one who sucks D: ).

How do you go about transcribing a song? Any general tips or advice? Or is it really just a matter of having good ears?

I found a working midi-usb interface, so maybe I'll post a few videos soon.

[justamemory]

You transcribe these yourself? Wow. My ears suck. I'm trying to learn some ear training, but all of the ear training books require a partner or teacher of some sort, and most ear training software sort of sucks (or maybe I'm just the one who sucks D: ).

How do you go about transcribing a song? Any general tips or advice? Or is it really just a matter of having good ears?

I found a working midi-usb interface, so maybe I'll post a few videos soon.

^^

all the Aion ones and a few others like one from Chrono Cross I have transcribed/arranged. The rest are usually adapted from Piano Collections etc.

My process:

1) Plug in Zune
2) Listen over and over and work out the melody first for the entire song.
3) Listen over and over and work out the harmony (more difficult).
4) Give it a test run at the piano and experiment with the different ways notes and rhythms can be interpreted with respect to the original track and to my ability.
5) Repeat until it's "just right"

having good ears helps load since then you can weed out things quicker (differences between tone alterations for a given chord), but, some of it is just practice from music theory (knowing tone quality in general and chord function to help fill in the gaps). It's hard for me to say since I'm still not sure how it works. I just sort of "do it".

sometimes, if the key puts the song at an awkward place on the piano you can always transpose it higher or lower. But, typically I prefer to keep the original key whenever possible. If this is the case, you can still write it out in the original then at the end, Select All, Transpose to X.

[Woozie]

I'm really good at music theory. I know all of the chords, the common progressions and such, and it does help me a bit when I'm trying to transcribe a song, but I almost always get to a part where I just cannot figure out the correct rhythm, or the right notes (that usually happens when there's like four or five notes at a time. I can't even tell how many notes are playing at once, let alone what they are).

[justamemory]

I'm really good at music theory. I know all of the chords, the common progressions and such, and it does help me a bit when I'm trying to transcribe a song, but I almost always get to a part where I just cannot figure out the correct rhythm, or the right notes (that usually happens when there's like four or five notes at a time. I can't even tell how many notes are playing at once, let alone what they are).

I still have trouble with rhythms. I find it easier to try to learn playing yourself before trying to write it down. My knowledge of rhythm is rather limited/basic, and even trying to notate it I will just have sibelius play it back and I will experiment until I can get the playback to sound like what I play on the keys. lol @ Playing by ear IN A NOTATION PROGRAM

if it is a quick passage then sometimes I can't tell the harmony so then I take the melody for that part and swap in different harmonies until I get closer. There's only so many finite harmonies so you're bound to find it trial and error ftw.