Uncompressed DKC2 music back into DKC2 (MSU1)

This is a follow-up to my DKC1 uncompressed music pack.
If something is too loud/quiet or missing, please tell me!
This pack features uncompressed Donkey Kong Country 2 music!
(Uncompressed by Sam Miller)

Note that you will need a patched DKC2 ROM, the .pcm files and .msu file for this to work
(Snes9x Emulator or SD2SNES / FXPAK PRO Flashcard).
(Other methods that support MSU1 may need other files)

Thread with patch download

Download MSU1 music pack

Hint: You need both the patch (NOT made by me) and the pack (Made by me using the uncompressed FLAC files provided by Sam)

Demo video is running on Super Famicom with SD2SNES (Shows version from 2020)

All currently uncompressed Songs
Welcome to Crocodile Isle
Mining Melancholy
Funky The Main Monkey
Stickerbush Symphony
Flight of the Zinger
Hot Head Bop
Disco Train
Lockjaw's Saga
Snakey Chantey
Game Over
Krook's March
In A Snowbound Land
Jib Jig
Donkey Kong Rescued
Crocodile Cacophony
Primal Rave
Klomp's Romp
Bayou Boogie
Lost World Anthem
Opening
K.Rool Returns
Steel Drum Rhumba
Boss Bossanova
Cranky's Conga
Token Tango
Run, Rambi! Run!
Swanky's Swing
Stronghold Showdown
The Flying Krock
Haunted Chase
Forest Interlude
Klubba's Reveille
Schoolhouse Harmony
Bad Bird Rag

Update List:
I've now hit the text lenth limit in this post.
I removed update 1 to 99 and added these as an attachment.

Update 100:	Mining Melancholy Death updated	(dkc2_msu1-47.pcm)	26.11.2023
	Welcome to Crocodile Isle updated	(dkc2_msu1-1.pcm)
	Cranky's Conga updated	(dkc2_msu1-25.pcm)
Update 101:	Donkey Kong Rescued updated	(dkc2_msu1-30.pcm)	30.11.2023
Update 102:	Mining Melancholy Death updated	(dkc2_msu1-47.pcm)	10.12.2023
	Primal Rave Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-147.pcm)
	Mining Melancholy Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-127.pcm)
	Snakey Chantey Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-138.pcm)
	Lockjaw's Saga Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-136.pcm)
	Klomp's Romp Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-126.pcm)
	Jib Jig Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-149.pcm)
	In A Snowbound Land Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-146.pcm)
	Hot Head Bop Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-133.pcm)
	Haunted Chase Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-143.pcm)
	Forest Interlude Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-125.pcm)
	Flight of the Zinger Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-131.pcm)
	Disco Train Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-134.pcm)
	Boss Bossanova Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-141.pcm)
	Bayou Boogie Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-123.pcm)
	Mining Melancholy updated	(dkc2_msu1-7.pcm)
	Flight of the Zinger updated	(dkc2_msu1-11.pcm)
	Primal Rave updated	(dkc2_msu1-27.pcm)
	Bayou Boogie updated	(dkc2_msu1-3.pcm)
Update 103:	Bayou Boogie updated	(dkc2_msu1-3.pcm)	11.12.2023
Update 104:	Hot Head Bop updated	(dkc2_msu1-13.pcm)	28.12.2023
Update 105:	Flight of the Zinger updated	(dkc2_msu1-11.pcm)	04.01.2024
Update 106:	Mining Melancholy updated	(dkc2_msu1-7.pcm)	06.01.2024
Update 107:	Mining Melancholy updated	(dkc2_msu1-7.pcm)	07.01.2024
Update 108:	Bayou Boogie updated	(dkc2_msu1-3.pcm)	11.01.2024
Update 109:	Bayou Boogie updated	(dkc2_msu1-3.pcm)	17.01.2024
	Jib Jig updated	(dkc2_msu1-29.pcm)
Update 110:	Stickerbush Symphony updated	(dkc2_msu1-9.pcm)	21.01.2024
	Stickerbush Symphony Death updated	(dkc2_msu1-49.pcm)
	Stickerbush Symphony Diddy Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-89.pcm)
	Stickerbush Symphony Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-169.pcm)
	Flight of the Zinger updated	(dkc2_msu1-11.pcm)
	Disco Train updated	(dkc2_msu1-14.pcm)
Update 111:	Bayou Boogie updated	(dkc2_msu1-3.pcm)	28.01.2024
	Stickerbush Symphony updated	(dkc2_msu1-9.pcm)
	Stickerbush Symphony Death updated	(dkc2_msu1-49.pcm)
	Stickerbush Symphony Diddy Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-89.pcm)
	Stickerbush Symphony Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-169.pcm)
	Flight of the Zinger updated	(dkc2_msu1-11.pcm)
	Hot Head Bop updated	(dkc2_msu1-13.pcm)
	Disco Train updated	(dkc2_msu1-14.pcm)
	Game Over updated	(dkc2_msu1-20.pcm)
Update 112:	Forest Interlude updated	(dkc2_msu1-5.pcm)	03.02.2024
Update 113:	Hot Head Bop updated	(dkc2_msu1-13.pcm)	05.02.2024
Update 114:	Hot Head Bop updated	(dkc2_msu1-13.pcm)	06.02.2024
	Cranky's Conga updated	(dkc2_msu1-25.pcm)
Update 115:	In A Snowbound Land Death updated	(dkc2_msu1-66.pcm)	09.03.2024
	Flight of the Zinger Death updated	(dkc2_msu1-51.pcm)
	Boss Bossanova Death updated	(dkc2_msu1-61.pcm)
	Stickerbush Symphony Death updated	(dkc2_msu1-49.pcm)
	Primal Rave Death updated	(dkc2_msu1-67.pcm)
	Snakey Chantey Death updated	(dkc2_msu1-58.pcm)
	Jib Jig Death updated	(dkc2_msu1-69.pcm)
	Haunted Chase Death updated	(dkc2_msu1-63.pcm)
	Boss Bossanova Diddy Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-101.pcm)
	Stickerbush Symphony Diddy Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-89.pcm)
	Snakey Chantey Diddy Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-98.pcm)
	Lockjaw's Saga Diddy Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-96.pcm)
	Krook's March Diddy Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-102.pcm)
	In A Snowbound Land Diddy Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-106.pcm)
	Forest Interlude Diddy Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-85.pcm)
	Flight of the Zinger Diddy Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-91.pcm)
	Boss Bossanova Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-141.pcm)
	Snakey Chantey Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-138.pcm)
	Primal Rave Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-147.pcm)
	Lockjaw's Saga Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-136.pcm)
	Krook's March Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-142.pcm)
	In A Snowbound Land Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-146.pcm)
	Haunted Chase Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-143.pcm)
	Forest Interlude Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-125.pcm)
	Flight of the Zinger Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-131.pcm)
	Flight of the Zinger Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-171.pcm)
	Forest Interlude Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-165.pcm)
	Haunted Chase Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-183.pcm)
	In A Snowbound Land Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-186.pcm)
	Lockjaw's Saga Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-176.pcm)
	Primal Rave Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-187.pcm)
	Snakey Chantey Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-178.pcm)
	Stickerbush Symphony Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-169.pcm)
	Token Tango Win updated	(dkc2_msu1-55.pcm)
	Token Tango Lose updated	(dkc2_msu1-95.pcm)
	Token Tango Intro updated	(dkc2_msu1-15.pcm)
	Token Tango updated	(dkc2_msu1-135.pcm)
	Bad Bird Rag updated	(dkc2_msu1-209.pcm)
	Bayou Boogie updated	(dkc2_msu1-3.pcm)
	Boss Bossanova updated	(dkc2_msu1-21.pcm)
	Crocodile Cacophony updated	(dkc2_msu1-31.pcm)
	Donkey Kong Rescued updated	(dkc2_msu1-30.pcm)
	Flight of the Zinger updated	(dkc2_msu1-11.pcm)
	Forest Interlude updated	(dkc2_msu1-5.pcm)
	Funky The Main Monkey updated	(dkc2_msu1-8.pcm)
	Game Over updated	(dkc2_msu1-20.pcm)
	Haunted Chase updated	(dkc2_msu1-23.pcm)
	In A Snowbound Land updated	(dkc2_msu1-26.pcm)
	Jib Jig updated	(dkc2_msu1-29.pcm)
	KRool Returns updated	(dkc2_msu1-2.pcm)
	Opening updated	(dkc2_msu1-17.pcm)
	Primal Rave updated	(dkc2_msu1-27.pcm)
	Run, Rambi! Run! updated	(dkc2_msu1-211.pcm)
	Snakey Chantey updated	(dkc2_msu1-18.pcm)
	Steel Drum Rhumba updated	(dkc2_msu1-24.pcm)
	Stickerbush Symphony updated	(dkc2_msu1-9.pcm)
	Swanky's Swing updated	(dkc2_msu1-4.pcm)
	Welcome to Crocodile Isle updated	(dkc2_msu1-1.pcm)
	Ending Ambience added	(dkc2_msu1-36.pcm)
Update 116:	Disco Train Diddy Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-94.pcm)	12.05.2024
	Disco Train Dixie Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-134.pcm)
	Disco Train Clear updated	(dkc2_msu1-174.pcm)
	Disco Train Death updated	(dkc2_msu1-54.pcm)
	Disco Train updated	(dkc2_msu1-14.pcm)
	Forest Interlude updated	(dkc2_msu1-5.pcm)
	Crocodile Cacophony updated	(dkc2_msu1-31.pcm)
	Flight of the Zinger updated	(dkc2_msu1-11.pcm)
	Funky The Main Monkey updated	(dkc2_msu1-8.pcm)
	Klomp's Romp updated	(dkc2_msu1-6.pcm)
	Bayou Boogie updated	(dkc2_msu1-3.pcm)
	Ending Ambience updated	(dkc2_msu1-36.pcm)

Again much thanks, I added your pcm set to the patch download thread.
https://www.zeldix.net/t1445-donkey-kong-country-2

NoNameSD wrote:This is a follow-up to my DKC1 uncompressed music pack.
If something is too loud/quiet or missing, please tell me!
This pack features uncompressed Donkey Kong Country 2 music!
(Uncompressed by YouTube Channel Jammin' Sam Miller)

Not all songs are currently uncompressed, so these have still the original audio in PCM form.
(Will be updated)

All currently uncompressed Songs
Welcome to Crocodile Isle
Mining Melancholy (Unfinished)
Funky The Main Monkey
Stickerbush Symphony
Flight of the Zinger
Hot Head Bop (Unfinished)
Disco Train
Lockjaw's Saga
Snakey Chantey
Game Over
Krook's March
In A Snowbound Land
Jib Jig
Donkey Kong Rescued
Crocodile Cacophony

Download patch

Download pack

Hello NonameSD, Its me again lol. Now I would like to say that there are some areas that you will need to in cress the volume on. The levels that need an in cress in are the Level finished song, the bonus rooms and the main level map and the intro( Minus the R logo thats fine). Those are areas that really need it. I would say about 5+ db should work on that part. Now for the decrease, The creaking of the ship is way over powered. It really makes the ship music hard to hear. I think a good 5- db should do it for that. For the rest of the songs, well that is where I think you need to fix them. Now again I played this on snes9x V 1.58 and I had to turn the volume up to 10 because of said issues. But over all you did well. I would fix those and then play the waiting game because the rest might be fine for other people and I don't want you to fix it, if it does not need to be. I hope that helps. O I also PM you something also. Have a great week :-).

Polargames wrote:Hello NonameSD, Its me again lol. Now I would like to say that there are some areas that you will need to in cress the volume on. The levels that need an in cress in are the Level finished song, the bonus rooms and the main level map and the intro( Minus the R logo thats fine). Those are areas that really need it. I would say about 5+ db should work on that part. Now for the decrease, The creaking of the ship is way over powered. It really makes the ship music hard to hear. I think a good 5- db should do it for that.  For the rest of the songs, well that is where I think you need to fix them. Now again I played this on snes9x V 1.58 and I had to turn the volume up  to 10 because of said issues. But over all you did well. I would fix those and then play the waiting game because the rest might be fine for other people and I don't want you to fix it, if it does not need to be. I hope that helps. O I also PM you something also. Have a great week :-).

Thank you for your feedback! I adjusted the volume for said songs. And have a great week too :D

I added the cover art from polargames to the pack:
https://www.zeldix.net/t1445-donkey-kong-country-2

I love consistency... if you could do some artwork for the packs of Jud6Ment and Colines too, polargames, I'd be gratefiul. - But no worries if you do not have time for that

Conn wrote:I added the cover art from polargames to the pack:
https://www.zeldix.net/t1445-donkey-kong-country-2

I love consistency... if you could do some artwork for the packs of Jud6Ment and Colines too, polargames, I'd be gratefiul. - But no worries if you do not have time for that

I can do that for you Conn, No problem on that :-D

Muchas gracias, senior

de nada Conn

Thanks for the pm with the additional boxart, polargames. I updated the patch thread with them

I've been following Sam's restorations for several months now and converting them as he releases... I guess I should have said something, but I was waiting for him to complete the full OST first. Something worth noting, he has gone back and redone a few of the tracks more than once as he's gotten better at it and come up with improvements he missed the first time around, so it may be worth holding off until he's done to avoid having to redo the conversions multiple times as well.

qwertymodo wrote:I've been following Sam's restorations for several months now and converting them as he releases... I guess I should have said something, but I was waiting for him to complete the full OST first. Something worth noting, he has gone back and redone a few of the tracks more than once as he's gotten better at it and come up with improvements he missed the first time around, so it may be worth holding off until he's done to avoid having to redo the conversions multiple times as well.

I was actually wondering why nobody has done these before me. Looks like I have the answer now...
Concerning the redo's, the songs would still have the same structure, so the same loop points would probably still work. If I'm right, then all I would have to do is download the updated version, replace the old one, run through the conversion tool and upload the changed track. That's not that big of a hassle for me.
I don't know if I should do DKC3, because at the moment he only has done 4 tracks and you are already on it, so for me it's probably not worth the effort.

I don't think it is mandatory to have a complete set, we have many mixed spc/msu sets, like latest lufia. DKC1 should be complete though since it has no spc fallback - if songs are replaced one day I am fine with an announcement (but please don't change the download link if possible, since I need to do some maintainance then).


One other question, can somebody clear up the difference between this uncompressed sam miller stuff and bluetronic restoration?
http://www.dkc-atlas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=2230
Themes:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0keg05vl6xwt3wz/AABpg5Wxg1fCjyPIhg71F80Ya?dl=0

Are these the same themes, or different? If different, is a msu version of bluetronic project desireable?

Conn wrote:I don't think it is mandatory to have a complete set, we have many mixed spc/msu sets, like latest lufia. DKC1 should be complete though since it has no spc fallback - if songs are replaced one day I am fine with an announcement (but please don't change the download link if possible, since I need to do some maintainance then).


One other question, can somebody clear up the difference between this uncompressed sam miller stuff and bluetronic restoration?
http://www.dkc-atlas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=2230
Themes:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0keg05vl6xwt3wz/AABpg5Wxg1fCjyPIhg71F80Ya?dl=0

Are these the same themes, or different? If different, is a msu version of bluetronic project desireable?

I've looked into it and they're definitely the same guy.
The BlueTronic Account links directly to Sam's YouTube Playlist and his Twitter Account and has the same Dropbox link, that's posted under every YouTube Video of Sam's restorations.
Sam's Twitter Account also links to a Soundcloud, which has blue_tronic in its URL.

So yeah, it's the same one.

Much thanks for the clarification. I hope he will continue/finish his work - e.g., my most favorite theme is life in the mines... which version did you take in your set until Sam composes this?

Conn wrote:Much thanks for the clarification. I hope he will continue/finish his work - e.g., my most favorite theme is life in the mines... which version did you take in your set until Sam composes this?

I took an unfinished Version (meaning that it has still some samples from the game, because he couldn't find the original ones) from his Dropbox.
The flac file that I took no longer exist there, because reasons..
Only the FL-Studio files are still there, which I can't get to work properly, because he didn't link all the samples, that he used.

I just listen to it, sounds georgeous! So we can be lucky that you somehow got your hands on the unfinished version that was later removed

Conn wrote:Thanks for the pm with the additional boxart, polargames. I updated the patch thread with them

Your very Welcome Conn. Happy you liked them. Is there any more you would like me to do? It would not be any trouble for if you want more.

I think it's worth waiting for him to finish because he's been working on them really consistently, and has been very clear about his intent to finish the full trilogy OST. If we keep updating every time he posts one, people will keep having to re-download every time. Of course, you're free to do whatever you like, just my opinion on the matter.

How many themes are missing in DKC1 and DKC2? I expect DKC3 being some years until he is done (when there are only 4 finished yet).
Maybe somebody should inform him about his music utilized as msu pack to give some motivation

@NoNameSD
when comparing your set with that from Jud6Ment, these themes are missing in your DKC2 set:
71, 111,151

I think the main hold-up on DKC3 is that he still hasn't identified or managed to acquire some of the samples. He's aware of the MSU-1, and is as excited to see the result as the rest of us. He streams live on YouTube while he's working on them, and lately it seems like he's online at least once or twice a week, with songs taking one or two sessions to complete. I really don't think we're looking at a timeline of years at this point. What I really want to see though is find someone who can extract the tracks from the GBA port of DKC3, because there are some different tracks in that port that were actually composed by David Wise, the original composer for the first two games (he wasn't brought back for the original SNES release of DKC3, but then he was for the GBA version).

That sounds amazing! Can you post some examples of the gba port?

It's like 3:30am here and I should really be asleep, but if you compare the SNES and GBA soundtracks for DKC3 you'll find some differences, and of those differences, the GBA ones are by the original composer, David Wise.

Conn wrote:How many themes are missing in DKC1 and DKC2? I expect DKC3 being some years until he is done (when there are only 4 finished yet).
Maybe somebody should inform him about his music utilized as msu pack to give some motivation

@NoNameSD
when comparing your set with that from Jud6Ment, these themes are missing in your DKC2 set:
71, 111,151

(Counting unfinished tracks as missing)
In DKC1 there are 12 tracks missing and in DKC2 88 tracks, but you must take into consideration, that DKC2 has 63 variations of Victory / Death Jingles (not counting 71, 111,151).

In the tracklist of the MSU patch for DKC2, the tracks 71, 111,151 are marked as unused variants of the Victory / Death Jingles for the K. Rool fight.

Thanks again for clarification
I hope it takes not too long until Sam finds the time to compose the rest, but there seem to be many, many left (100 you count+almost complete DKC3 set).

I'm more or less neutral to the question whether you want to replace a theme with each published and announce it everytime or wait for a bulk of maybe 5-10 themes until you refresh your google drive mirror - maybe I am a bit for the latter and thus with qwerty to wait. But the choice is yours.

Conn wrote:Thanks again for clarification
I hope it takes not too long until Sam finds the time to compose the rest, but there seem to be many, many left (100 you count+almost complete DKC3 set).

I'm more or less neutral to the question whether you want to replace a theme with each published and announce it everytime or wait for a bulk of maybe 5-10 themes until you refresh your google drive mirror - maybe I am a bit for the latter and thus with qwerty to wait. But the choice is yours.

I looked at the patch thread for DKC3 and saw a "Real" PCM Set, that converted all the SPC tracks to PCM tracks, like I do for the missing tracks. It would make my job much easier if I could use that pack to fill the missing tracks of Sam's DKC3 restorations, but I think I should ask before I do that.