I know that there have been several contests and such on here, with programming games, etc, but I have an idea about another contest, to do a remixed soundtrack in surround sound, and what better format to do it on than the sega cd system?
Here are some reasons why I think it would be a neat concept. First of all, it's an older system and unlike some of the other cd systems, there have been no surround sound soundtracks on any of the games available.
This would require selecting a game that had redbook sound format for the songs, and then either remix them, or create it from scratch. With new versions of cakewalk producer out (4.x) which include surround sound support built in, there's no reason not to use the technology. If you can get the dolby pro logic addon, you can save it straight to a normal wave format. If not, it could be saved as multifiles or ac-3 riff audio waves, and then sent to someone who has the dolby pro logic converter.
Dolby Pro Logic is compatible with stereo and therefore would still be playable through a normal stereo, unlike ac-3 or dts, which you woulnd't be able to use on a sega cd system anyway.
Let me know what you all think, if you're interested, or if you have any concerns. We would probably need atleast 4 or 5 entries, and those people would most likely need some type of surround decoder, if it was on their computer sound card or a pro logic receiver.
Here are some reasons why I think it would be a neat concept. First of all, it's an older system and unlike some of the other cd systems, there have been no surround sound soundtracks on any of the games available.
This would require selecting a game that had redbook sound format for the songs, and then either remix them, or create it from scratch. With new versions of cakewalk producer out (4.x) which include surround sound support built in, there's no reason not to use the technology. If you can get the dolby pro logic addon, you can save it straight to a normal wave format. If not, it could be saved as multifiles or ac-3 riff audio waves, and then sent to someone who has the dolby pro logic converter.
Dolby Pro Logic is compatible with stereo and therefore would still be playable through a normal stereo, unlike ac-3 or dts, which you woulnd't be able to use on a sega cd system anyway.
Let me know what you all think, if you're interested, or if you have any concerns. We would probably need atleast 4 or 5 entries, and those people would most likely need some type of surround decoder, if it was on their computer sound card or a pro logic receiver.
