Knuckles Chaotix music

I?ve never actually played Knuckles Chaotix on the 32x itself only on emulator. It?s pretty much the only Sonic-type game I never played first time round. The first time I played it I used what is regarded as one of the best emulators ?Gens?. As a lot of you know this is regarded as a very good emulator with great speeds, sound etc.

When I first played Knuckles Chaotix I was amazed by how cool some of the music was. It just really is nice, pleasant sounding music, especially the following tracks from the game: This Horizon (Title theme), Door Into Summer, Combination, Midnight Greenhouse and Seascape. Those are my favourites from this game with a very delightful melody and sound.

One thing I did notice though was the lack of drums. When I first played Knuckles Chaotix on Gens the music sounded great but it was clear to me that the drum sounds in the music were very, very quiet and could barely be heard. This being the first time I had played Knuckles Chaotix I thought this was just the way the music was and I thought perhaps the developers had to cut the drum sounds out to save extra resources or something. I was wrong of course.

Anyway, I was happy enough listening to the Knuckles Chaotix music in this form.

A few weeks later though I ran the other good emulator Fusion. I?ve used Fusion many times before but I hadn?t used it in quite some time so I thought I would give it a go. I randomly loaded up Knuckles Chaotix and the first thing I noticed was how different the music sounded! It was the same music of course but one thing was different to when playing it in Gens, the music had drum sounds when I ran the game in Fusion but not in Gens. This also still happens when comparing both of the emulators at their latest version.

Right, my question basically is this - Which emulator do you think is playing the music in its purest, closest to original form? I?d imagine Fusion is because the drum sounds seem more apparent but maybe the drum sounds are actually quiet in the actual game on a 32x system? (Of course, I?ve never played the game on a 32x system so how am I to know). For those of you that played Knuckles Chaotix on the 32x or have a working 32x with Knuckles Chaotix, do you think you could tell me which emulator is achieving the most original sound here? If you have both Gens and Fusion and a Knuckles Chaotix rom try it out for yourself. It also seems it?s nothing to do with the sound settings as I?ve been playing about with that, it seems to be the emulators themselves and looks as though the sound is generally different when comparing the two emulators. Perhaps someone of a more advanced standpoint on the Knuckles Chaotix music could help me out here. I?m also making a Sega soundtrack CD so I need to know which emulator is playing the music correctly.

Thank you, it would be much appreciated.

 

Thanks for the reply. I have a feeling Fusion will be the one, just making sure though.

should have done this in the first place, but here goes anyway...

Knuckles Chaotix - Midnight Greenhouse (Gens)
Knuckles Chaotix - Midnight Greenhouse (Fusion)

Just recorded these, one from Gens and the other from Fusion. Which one sounds more like the original? 32x owners out there.

 

Thanks ever so much for the correction. Although I don't think I will ever commit the ridiculous act of placing my head into a bucket of live piranhas over a slight mistake on an internet forum, it's great of you to pick me up on this indeed though, thanks ever so much, I think you deserve a medal...

Unnecessary posts aside though, thanks for the replies, it looks like Fusion is the one then

 

Ah I see now, this and the other post regarding PWM by Tweaker explains everything I was wondering about. Thanks a bunch.

Yeah I also I tried Gens+ but it seemed that PWM was quiet there too. I suspect even Fusion isn't perfect but it sure is a lot better than Gens and Gens+ when it comes to PWM.