Donkey Kong Country - Aquatic Ambience [Restored] 2026 Mix (Extended)

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Composed by David Wise. Recreated by me. This was made possible by locating the original instrument samples from VSTs of workstation keyboards and sample CDs before they were put into the game and rebuilding the soundtrack from the ground up, combined with the hex data from the game converted to MIDI with VGM Trans, applying some modern mixing techniques along the way to lift the veil of 16bit compression and create an updated listening experience. Part of a project to restore the entire DKC series soundtrack.

Sound sources:
Korg Wavestation (Airvox, Cello, Mini 1-2a, BrBell 1a, Harp), Roland Jupiter 8 VST (Synth Strings), Surrealistic MGM+ (Moog Bass), Roland L-CDP Solo Strings (Contrabass), E-Mu Classic Series Heavy Guitars (Feedback Texture), Roland L-CD1 S-50 Factory Library (Piano), Roland L-CDP Orchestral Perc (Tamborine), Roland L-CDP-01 Drums & Cymbals (Kick) Roland Rhythm Instruments (Clave)

Effect sources:
Raum (Reverb), Fruity Delay 3, Fruity chorus, Softube Saturation Knob, Le Petite Excite, Fruity Convolver with Mesa Boogie impulse response (Amp effect for feedback guitar)

The bassline is a sequences of waves, including the Contrabass, Airvox, Cello, Mini 1-2a, Harp, Moog Bass, Clave, and BrBell 1a

A more detailed list of sources can be found here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...