{ "arrangers": [], "catalog": "9BR-012", "categories": [ "Game-adjacent" ], "category": "Game-adjacent", "classification": "Original Work", "composers": [ { "link": "artist/2221", "names": { "en": "Xenon Odyssey" } } ], "covers": [ { "full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/70/38607/38607-1365524457.png", "medium": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/70/38607/38607-1365524457.png", "name": "Front", "thumb": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/70/38607/38607-1365524457.png" } ], "discs": [ { "disc_length": "32:21", "name": "", "tracks": [ { "names": { "English": "Origination" }, "track_length": "2:54" }, { "names": { "English": "Emprise" }, "track_length": "2:38" }, { "names": { "English": "Fundamental" }, "track_length": "2:06" }, { "names": { "English": "Quietude" }, "track_length": "3:22" }, { "names": { "English": "Intrepidity" }, "track_length": "2:26" }, { "names": { "English": "Upper Management" }, "track_length": "1:56" }, { "names": { "English": "Celestial Subterrane" }, "track_length": "3:17" }, { "names": { "English": "Casinothèque" }, "track_length": "2:34" }, { "names": { "English": "Equivocal" }, "track_length": "3:35" }, { "names": { "English": "Road to Contention" }, "track_length": "2:06" }, { "names": { "English": "Metamorphose" }, "track_length": "2:51" }, { "names": { "English": "Keep Rolling" }, "track_length": "2:36" } ] } ], "distributor": { "link": "org/965", "names": { "en": "Bandcamp", "ja": "Bandcamp", "ja-latn": "Bandcamp" }, "role": "retailer" }, "link": "album/38607", "lyricists": [], "media_format": "Digital", "meta": { "added_date": "2013-04-09T08:18", "edited_date": "2022-09-15T12:23", "fetched_date": "2026-05-31T04:48", "freedb": 1, "ttl": 86400, "visitors": 2139 }, "name": "Fountainhead", "names": { "en": "Fountainhead", "ja": "Fountainhead", "ja-latn": "Fountainhead" }, "notes": "\"My debut album: a love letter to the Nintendo Entertainment System soundtracks of old! Features every expansion chip used during the system's lifespan (save for the Sunsoft 5B, however).\nCreated using FamiTracker v0.3.8 beta 3, except for tracks 7 & 9, which used FamiTracker v0.4.1.\"\n-Xenon Odyssey\nComposed and sequenced by Xenon Odyssey\nArtwork by Xenon Odyssey\nReleased on 9-bit Records (9bitrecords.com)\n- Track notes -\nTrack 01:\nThis track uses the standard Ricoh 2A03 chip (two pulse channels, a triangle channel, and a white noise channel), in addition to DCPM, which are very small samples.\nTrack 02:\nThis track uses the Namco N163 expansion chip, which allows up to eight additional channels of customizable waveforms, in addition to the standard 2A03 set. However, none of the 2A03 channels are used except for the noise and DCPM channel.\nThis track also bypasses the channel hiss that is problematic with six or greater channels, as it was written before knowledge of the hiss was known, or at least implemented into FamiTracker.\nTrack 03:\nThis track uses the Ricoh 2C33 expansion chip, otherwise known as the Famicom Disk System sound, which adds one extra sound channel with very basic wavetable support, to the standard 2A03. However, the triangle channel is not used.\nTrack 04:\nThis track uses the Konami VRC6 expansion chip, which adds two additional pulse channels with finer controls, in addition to a sawtooth channel, to the standard 2A03 set. However, the triangle, noise, and DCPM channel are not used.\nTrack 05:\nThis track uses the Ricoh 2C33 expansion chip, otherwise known as the Famicom Disk System sound, which adds one extra sound channel with very basic wavetable support, to the standard 2A03.\nTrack 06, Track 08:\nThis track uses the Nintendo Multi Memory Controller 5, or MMC5, expansion chip, which adds two additional pulse channels of similiar capabilities, to the standard 2A03 set.\nTrack 07:\nThis track uses the Konami VRC7 expansion chip, which adds six channels of FM synthesis (2-operator phase modulation), to the standard 2A03 set. However, the DCPM channel is not used.\nCelestial Subterrane and Equivocal both use the sounds from FamiTracker v0.4.1, as this was the latest version available for accurate emulation at their respective time of composition.\nTrack 09:\nThis track uses the Konami VRC7 expansion chip, which adds six channels of FM synthesis (2-operator phase modulation), to the standard 2A03 set. However, the 2A03 channels are not used in this particular track.\nCelestial Subterrane and Equivocal both use the sounds from FamiTracker v0.4.1, as this was the latest version available for accurate emulation at their respective time of composition.\nTrack 10:\nThis track uses the standard Ricoh 2A03 chip, without the DCPM channel.\nTrack 11:\nThis track uses the Konami VRC6 expansion chip, which adds two additional pulse channels with finer controls, in addition to a sawtooth channel, to the standard 2A03 set.\nTrack 12:\nThis track uses the Namco N163 expansion chip, which allows up to eight additional channels of customizable waveforms, in addition to the standard 2A03 set.\nThis track also bypasses the channel hiss that is problematic with six or greater channels, as it was written before knowledge of the hiss was known, or at least implemented into FamiTracker.", "organizations": [ { "link": "org/1248", "names": { "en": "9-bit Records", "ja": "9-bit Records", "ja-latn": "9-bit Records" }, "role": "publisher" }, { "link": "org/965", "names": { "en": "Bandcamp", "ja": "Bandcamp", "ja-latn": "Bandcamp" }, "role": "retailer" } ], "performers": [], "picture_full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/70/38607/38607-1365524457.png", "picture_small": "https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/70/38607/38607-1365524457.png", "picture_thumb": "https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/70/38607/38607-1365524457.png", "publish_format": "Doujin/Indie", "publisher": { "link": "org/1248", "names": { "en": "9-bit Records", "ja": "9-bit Records", "ja-latn": "9-bit Records" }, "role": "publisher" }, "related": [], "release_date": "2013-03-26", "release_events": [], "release_price": { "price": "Name Your Price" }, "reprints": [], "stores": [ { "link": "http://xenonodyssey.bandcamp.com/album/fountainhead", "name": "Bandcamp" } ], "vgmdb_link": "https://vgmdb.net/album/38607?perpage=99999", "votes": 0, "websites": { "Official": [ { "link": "http://9bitrecords.com/releases/fountainhead/", "name": "9-bit Records | Fountainhead" } ] } }