arrangers: []
catalog: 9BR-012
categories:
- Game-adjacent
category: Game-adjacent
classification: Original Work
composers:
- link: artist/2221
  names:
    en: Xenon Odyssey
covers: []
discs:
- disc_length: '32:21'
  name: Disc 1 [9Br-012]
  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: &id001
  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: 2026-01-08T20:11
  freedb: 1
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 2116
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).

  Created using FamiTracker v0.3.8 beta 3, except for tracks 7 & 9, which used FamiTracker
  v0.4.1."

  -Xenon Odyssey

  Composed and sequenced by Xenon Odyssey

  Artwork by Xenon Odyssey

  Released on 9-bit Records (9bitrecords.com)

  - Track notes -

  Track 01:

  This 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.

  Track 02:

  This 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.

  This 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.

  Track 03:

  This 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.

  Track 04:

  This 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.

  Track 05:

  This 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.

  Track 06, Track 08:

  This 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.

  Track 07:

  This 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.

  Celestial 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.

  Track 09:

  This 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.

  Celestial 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.

  Track 10:

  This track uses the standard Ricoh 2A03 chip, without the DCPM channel.

  Track 11:

  This 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.

  Track 12:

  This track uses the Namco N163 expansion chip, which allows up to eight additional
  channels of customizable waveforms, in addition to the standard 2A03 set.

  This 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:
- &id002
  link: org/1248
  names:
    en: 9-bit Records
    ja: 9-bit Records
    ja-latn: 9-bit Records
  role: publisher
- *id001
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: *id002
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
