#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