Station 29
By jemmons on May 10, 2026 5:47 pm
This week I broke out the sequencer and plugged a SoundCanvas on the end of it. This particular one being an SC-88, it always gives me Final Fantasy vibes. So this track was clearly inspired by that.
Actually, given the frequency with which the soundtracks of Final Fantasies IV and VI run through my head on loop, it’s probably not a stretch to say all my music is inspired by it ;-)
The way I listened to these as a kid was off a cassette tape from a recorder that I, like, held up to the TV speaker. Often times when messing around with one of the SoundCanvases I’ll do it through a Generation Loss to get back some of that feel. I keep thinking about putting the gen loss or some sort of FX chain at the end of these JRPG tracks, but usually decide against it. It feels a little too much like taking sand paper to a guitar to “pre-relic” it. Maybe if I get enough of these together I’ll put out a cassette release to get that sound honestly.
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