Dreamcast Startup Sound Explained

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In this video, the Dreamcast's startup sound and BIOS software are discussed. A re-creation of the startup sound is also attempted.
NOTE: There is an addendum video with a correction to the re-construction part: • Dreamcast Startup Soun...
CORRECTION: In the script for this video, the CPU / GPU specs read: "32-bit, 200 MHz RISC CPU, 128-bit 100 MHz GPU". I am not sure how or why the "(ARM)" text was added in the video but it's incorrect.
0:00 Introduction
0:36 Technical overview
2:20 Examining the BIOS
2:56 The startup audio in the BIOS
4:58 The BIOS software
5:30 Re-creating the startup sound
10:48 The story of the Dreamcast and Sega
12:00 Conclusion
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ATTRIBUTIONS:
Dreamcast photo: By Asim Saleem (Asim18) - Own work, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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@lanceolson5988 3 жыл бұрын

It almost makes me wish I had a Dreamcast in 1999. My friend had one, and the visuals in Code: Veronica blew my 10 year-old mind.

@tbhousen 3 жыл бұрын

these videos are criminally underrated, i've never seen people be able to break down all these themes like this.

@giwake 3 жыл бұрын

Loving these "explained" videos!!!

@rydeentokio 3 жыл бұрын

The startup sound was composed by Japanese acclaimed composer Ryuichi Sakamoto.

@rydeentokio 3 жыл бұрын

@@williamguzman4952 Why am I? The info is only the fact.

@Nitrocosm 3 жыл бұрын

It's true (regarding Ryuichi Sakamoto composing the Dreamcast startup sound)! Also, I took care of the troll. Sorry about that. I'll try to do a better job of curating the comment sections on these videos in the future. EDIT: @William Guzman, sorry for the misunderstanding.

@williamguzman4952 3 жыл бұрын

@@rydeentokio I was only joking, you had a typo where you spelled “acclaimed” as “accraimed” lol

@RosheenQuynh 3 жыл бұрын

This person is unknown to me but their creation shaped my childhood. That and the Dreamcast was my introduction into gaming so... yeah. Big deal for me. Up until my celebrity crush became my life lol, the startup was my notification tune.

@crafterveda4472 Жыл бұрын

A big hat’s off for Ryuichi Sakamoto for composing this amazing almost sci-fi like startup sound. May his soul rest in peace

@pkaulf 3 жыл бұрын

The "pole lead" sound has been around forever, it's just band filtered white noise with a tight Q (hence the "pole"), with the filter frequency corresponding to the key played

@Nitrocosm 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. I messed around with its settings in Dimension LE and discovered it only used a white noise sample with the filter. Simple, yet effective.

@finaasimii1082 3 жыл бұрын

How do you only have 372 views? This is amazing and clearly you did hard work. I wish you had more, and the rest of us do too.

@Nitrocosm 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that.

@Lunaero 3 жыл бұрын

@@Nitrocosm can you do the original xbox startup next?

@Dakota.Davidson 3 жыл бұрын

From 372 to near 10,000. Keep at it Troy!!

@npc2071 3 жыл бұрын

Ryuichi Sakamoto of YMO composed the dreamcast's intro sound

@K86Music 3 жыл бұрын

I love all these Startup Sounds! They're soo good!!!

@warriorcatsofmysteryclan2240 3 жыл бұрын

The re-creation sounds like what the startup for the Dreamcast 2 should be

@mikereyes2488 3 жыл бұрын

Man I loved that startup sound! If sega were to remake Dreamcast with that same bootup I'd buy it in a heartbeat!

@canowhoopass1949 3 жыл бұрын

I really fricking miss my Dreamcast

@etch4587 3 жыл бұрын

These videos make me want to get into sound design for computer hardware. It's such a fascinating and important part of older consoles that give them a charm that I wish where in more modern systems. Keep up the awesome videos my man.

@Nitrocosm 3 жыл бұрын

After listening to my re-creation and the original again *very* carefully, I realized that I left out some background tones. Here is an addendum with an updated re-creation of the sound: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pp-hd7t8q83Pfpc.html

@OOE1 3 жыл бұрын

absolutely love the DAW recreation you did!! You should do these for the other ones too if possible, such as the PS2 one!! Awesome video, subbed!

@yarp1246 3 жыл бұрын

You deserve more views, this is fantastic!

@Nitrocosm 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@lunarlicorice 3 жыл бұрын

that startup brings back so many memories... glad to finally know more about it :]

@woofyhound 3 жыл бұрын

The menu sounds in the bios usually don't sound as annoying on actual hardware; I think the hardware must apply some kind of effect to the sounds to soften them. The emulation of the bios clearly doesn't add those effects.

@Nitrocosm 3 жыл бұрын

Very true. I wish I had caught that on the actual console (I had access to one for a very brief time) before using an emulator to capture cleaner footage.

@Lazyboy51 3 жыл бұрын

So well done, thanks for the video!

@themilfologist 2 жыл бұрын

subbed i love the information in these

@studiomg3212 3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the late 90s and early 2000s windows boot jingles, i wonder if they used a yamaha synth too lol

@studiomg3212 3 жыл бұрын

The pad sound is my favorite too! So full, satisfying, and soothing...

@devantethedcguyreactstoo252 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos, like my childhood revamped

@eaglechildkeys 2 жыл бұрын

Great Job Troy! In my case, It took me long time to figure out how was made this sound. Later, I got a KORG M1 and I realized that has 2 waves called : 46-"Pole" & 47-"Pole NT". Probably the original startup was created with that synth ;-)

@VvVN91 Жыл бұрын

Had a Dreamcast in 99. Always remember virtua tennis, shenmue, powerstone 2, sonic adventure, and so many more.

@Shane55able 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating stuff. Nice one 🤟

@cornedbeefncash8967 Жыл бұрын

Just wanted to hear a familiar sound, found the most detailed video I’ve ever watched and stuck around.

@thoreaukilbourne3911 3 жыл бұрын

Oh gosh, I just subscribed and he makes a video on my favorite console

@SeriousBeats 3 жыл бұрын

Love these videos

@ArcadeAssaultSrb 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine personified fear or simillar error on dreamcast,is it possible?

@GANHEDDO Жыл бұрын

Very interesting and enriching video. Thanks a lot for sharing :)

@SlyHikari03 3 жыл бұрын

I love these vids. Also, I kinda like the menu sounds.

@Reinyray15 3 жыл бұрын

WOW the upscaled version sounds so...fresh!

@floppy12k Жыл бұрын

Pretty cool and close recreation. The trick with recreating the sound is also lowering the bitrate of the samples that youre using. The original has a lot of bitcrush/lofi/antialiasing present in the audio, which is probably due to the audio had to be the smallest size to fit on the chip. Old samplers and romplers from the 90s that used samples all had that lofi tone to them, which is a super distinct 90s sound imo.

@MyNamesNotLars1 3 жыл бұрын

Any chance you could tackle the Nintendo DS OS? Loving the content, very informative stuff.

@Nitrocosm 3 жыл бұрын

I might do that at some point!

@warriorcatsofmysteryclan2240 3 жыл бұрын

The startup sound takes up 17% of the BIOS space? That must be part of why Dreamcast BIOS corruptions are so fantastic.

@Kowanza 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff, keep it up

@Nitrocosm 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it!

@damienlobb85 Жыл бұрын

Sega's fall from console maker, is pretty heart wrenching as someone who grew up in the 90s.

@xickortv574 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Just wow. Incredible.

@theshield1613 3 жыл бұрын

Still have my Sega dreamcast since 1999 still works to this day, favorite game is Crazy taxi, Phantasy star online and Gauntlet legends.

@DrewSwenson 3 жыл бұрын

This one definitely sounds more accurate than your PS2 attempts, your PS1 recreation is incredible too.

@ursonate Жыл бұрын

TIL that Ryuichi Sakamoto composed this sound. r.i.p.

@naththegamer845 3 жыл бұрын

That one guy that cleared saga's debt... "pretty cool guy"

@RosheenQuynh 3 жыл бұрын

This startup really is soothing - and nostalgic (the PS1's startup is both for me too but it wasn't my first console ever played, only my second). If the bassy note at the end isn't punchy enough, it doesn't sound right to me 😂 I'd LOVE to know how SEGA came to name the Dreamcast, because I find it amazing that my favorite game of all time was about dreams (and was in the middle of its lifespan).

@BeefStrugglenoff Жыл бұрын

RIP Ryuichi Sakamoto

@VinsentTaskmaster7352 2 жыл бұрын

Отличный ролик. Жаль мало просмотров.

@spectrumbots4268 3 жыл бұрын

Due to it being recorded, would that explain why there is some compression within the audio in the startup?

@Nitrocosm 3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure it's one of the reasons but it was standard with a lot of consoles to use ADPCM on all audio, if not MP3, Ogg, AC3, or ADX as on newer consoles. ADPCM is fast to decode on older hardware so I'm sure that's why it was used a lot.

@RaphSwordRetro 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Man, great video ! Just a little correction about the navigation sounds on the menu, these are deformed on emulators (I don't know why, maybe a problem from the emulator when it decode the sounds on the bios which them must be generated by the sound processor) and make them really hard on the ear but on real hardware these are really pleasant and not that loud !

@Nitrocosm 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, yeah; I found that out after making the video. I didn't have access to the console for very long; otherwise, I'd have found that out ahead of time!

@arfuiri1797 3 жыл бұрын

Wow only 157o VIEWS!!?? suscribing now pal

@megamanfan3 2 жыл бұрын

0:55 I didn't realize that NEC had some involvement in creating the Dreamcast BIOS. Yes, I also hate it when developers use proprietary file formats. They don't play well with converters.

@Nixsy924 3 жыл бұрын

subbed

@drillbytango 2 жыл бұрын

What are the sound effects used for the startup?

@mattjohn8648 3 жыл бұрын

Nice.

@asherael 3 жыл бұрын

why are there readable words in the bios viewed as an image?? is it a epesentation of binay? how do you determine line length?

@redbuIIracing33 Жыл бұрын

Rip Sakamoto-san

@MadameSomnambule 2 жыл бұрын

If I lived in a Sega household like my maternal cousin did, I totally would've had a Dreamcast as a kid. The Gamecube was the next best thing though and there were some solid games on Nintendo consoles as much as there were on Sega's consoles. I did eventually find a Genesis at my grandma's house and I had it for years since then.

@08pipster 3 жыл бұрын

I dont know if it's possible, but can you extract the ps2 bios menu's 3D models? like, the startup and rsod?

@Nitrocosm 3 жыл бұрын

It might be possible but I'd have to try to find some tools to extract them.

@VandalIO 3 жыл бұрын

what assembly code is the bios written in ?

@TimSzabo 3 жыл бұрын

6:01 lol, wouldnt want to hear this in a dark room

@ehkfwdnwjgwehwhfkdkabkacke2780 3 жыл бұрын

Just sounds like water dripping.

@RG2k07 3 жыл бұрын

My 13 year old self bugged my mom all of late 1998 and through 1999 for a Dreamcast! I got one for Christmas of 1999!

@Megsducks 3 жыл бұрын

These videos really drove home to me something that modern games and consoles are missing imo: charm. Or maybe it was just something that leaked in the late 90s/early 2000s? Maybe it’s just me but games/consoles these days IN GENERAL don’t have anything on the charm, quirk, and personality of the Dreamcast, GameCube, PlayStation 1(&2), etc.

@output4595 3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't help but notice your take on the sound for the game menu on the dreamcast being rather obnoxious. It would appear as though you are using an emulator correct? I only ask because for w.e. reason, the notes on the dreamcast will hang in the bios on most dreamcast emulators I've used. The notes are a lot shorter on console. Release and decay seem to escape the emulators i've used in the sounds for the dreamcast menu.

@Nitrocosm 3 жыл бұрын

Yep. I used an emulator for the footage because it's cleaner than an analog video capture. Sadly, I didn't have access to the console for very long so I didn't go through the real menus to learn that it didn't sound the same as the emulator.

@output4595 3 жыл бұрын

@@Nitrocosm Its ok your doing great. Very appreciative of the videos you have been throwing together especially during these trying times which hopefully our mostly behind us for now ? Great stuff!

@trueno9532 3 жыл бұрын

What tool do you use to view it as an image?

@Nitrocosm 3 жыл бұрын

Adobe Photoshop CS4. I imported it as a raw image.

@bardthenascarfanaticdragon 2 жыл бұрын

I have a Dreamcast, and it's cool. But one minor nitpick with my Dreamcast is that every time I start it up, I have to reset the time, But I don't mind.

@Mrclavet Жыл бұрын

You only need to change boards battery. It’s dead. It’s pretty easy if you can solder.

@macromage 3 жыл бұрын

Isn't there another sound for the Dreamcast boot

@vulpixsmi 3 жыл бұрын

I presume your talking about The Japanese One right?

@Yukki64_ 3 жыл бұрын

The bios sound effects sound much better on real hardware than emulator. I know there is an emulator able to replicate them correctly but don't remember the name.

@noideac 3 жыл бұрын

Sadly I think the Xbox startup is also pre recorded. The gamecube one(s) may not be though. Good content by the way

@Nitrocosm 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm still researching them. If I can examine the bios / software of those consoles, there might be enough material for videos about them.

@cleverhardy5230 3 жыл бұрын

I heard the Xbox opening was programmed in, because the video was too big to fit prerecorded audio. This is according to this podcast: www.20k.org/episodes/xboxstartupsound

@sataiYT 3 жыл бұрын

What about videos explaining the startup sound of Xbox?

@RosheenQuynh 3 жыл бұрын

OMG, YES, I NEED THIS SO BADLY IN MY LIFE

@MrPrince600 3 жыл бұрын

Isao okawa had a lot of love in sega otherwise he probably would not have saved sega

@KaedeLanyo 3 жыл бұрын

6:48 Bingo! Sorry not sorry.

@Nitrocosm 3 жыл бұрын

Hah! I gotta print out a stack of bingo cards now and keep them next to the keyboard!

@RicoElectrico 3 жыл бұрын

2:39 Engrish :D "NEC Corpolation"

@IvanOdintsoff 3 жыл бұрын

The menu sounds are not correctly emulated. They don't emulate a proper fade-out envelope like the original hardware.

@FSTR_Sh-ilm4 3 жыл бұрын

I think the reason why the Audio in Console systems Such as the Nintendo Wii and the SEGA Dreamcast sound very “crackly” during recording/capturing is because when developed, the audio arrangers/composers tried to make the audio sync with speaker based outputs instead of Headphone based outputs. Or it could be that I have a Shit Capture card lol

@AnOrdinaryPro 3 жыл бұрын

Do the PS3 explained vid

@henfjo 3 жыл бұрын

Sega Saturn is probably bios based

@kyleken8383 3 жыл бұрын

Whoa hold on... Those menu noises are different over here. They sound much smoother and less jarring than that. They made the American dreamcast menu noise sound like THAT??? I wouldn't like them if they did. You'll have to get a European dreamcast and see what the differences are haha all I can say is that those menu noises sound nothing like that. Let's not forget we also got the cool blue design which I thought fit much better.

@Nitrocosm 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, no; I had to use an emulator to capture those menu screens. I only had access to the console long enough to record the startup animation and had to do the rest on my computer. The actual console's menu sounds, as it turned out, are not all messed up like that. By the time I realized that the menu sounds were not accurate, it was way too late.

@citiadvance8694 3 жыл бұрын

@2007excalibur2007 3 жыл бұрын

I'd say you're missing 3 more notes for the little bell effects. You should have as many notes as the letters in "Dreamcast", so 9 notes, not 6. (yes the D also has a note, a quite low one) :p

@focalpointexposure4933 3 жыл бұрын

I heard 8 notes all together. Thought I was going crazy during his recreation.

@2007excalibur2007 3 жыл бұрын

@@focalpointexposure4933 the 9th note (when the the ball bounces on "D") is a little hard to hear, but it's there. It's a very low octave note.