Sony PlayStation & PlayStation 2 BIOS Sounds With Respective Pitches

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  • Опубліковано 20 чер 2021
  • You might be wondering how I managed to get all of those weird non-standard numbers used for various sampling rates and pitches.
    It turns out those values come from iteratively multiplying or dividing standard sampling rate values (e.g.: 11025, 22050, 32000, 44100, 48000, etc...) with the 12th root of two and the 24th root of two. This way you get all possible semitones and also semisemitones.
    Both the PlayStation and the PlayStation 2 are natively capable of treating recorded audio samples as instruments, each reproduced with 12 notes between each octave or even 24 notes between each octave.
    This project took me forever.
    I had to first extract the Sony 4-bit ADPCM streams from the BIOS dumps using hex editors and some online documentation, figure out how the PlayStation 1 & 2 manage pitches and then convert the various streams with the respective pitches I could find in the code of each BIOS.
    Not all possible combinations are included in this video since there are too many of them, but there's still a reasonable amount.
    Also, there is no echo simulation.
    Great respect goes to Takafumi Fujisawa, the man behind the sounds of the PS1 and the PS2! ;)
    There's no download available yet.
    In the future I will try to provide a link that does not expire.
    UPDATE!
    DOWNLOAD LINK HERE:
    mega.nz/file/sBgR2QAA#Q5eOcly...
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  • @FarmYardGaming
    @FarmYardGaming 2 роки тому +173

    Things like this are fascinating, you realise it really is only a combination of sounds that could make good memories, and equally bad ones, for those growing up with the consoles.

    • @tylern6420
      @tylern6420 2 роки тому +3

      it could also be just an extraction and possible seperation from the audio files

  • @0DRONZER
    @0DRONZER Рік тому +87

    i don't think there's enough peole talking about how crazy the sound design of the ps2 menu is, the keyboard slam being played at multiple pitches being used as the startup sound, the short jingles with long reverb tails being used for entering the menu and getting the rsod, the waterfall-like ambience sounds and the simple yet futuristic sounds used when you select stuff in the menu all come together in a way that makes the console sound kinda alien and out of this world

    • @kz1000ps
      @kz1000ps Рік тому +9

      Seriously, the way how there's been so much attention and analysis paid to Brian Eno's startup sound for Windows 95 should have already happened to this as well! It's the complexity of it that 1) keeps us intrigued after all these years and 2) is why it deserves a proper breakdown/analysis.

    • @solophentii3468
      @solophentii3468 5 місяців тому +3

      The system architecture of the PS2's 'Emotion' engine is also totally unique in its design even when compared to the other Playstations, which for the longest time made it super tricky to emulate reliably. I imagine Sony really must have felt like they had alien technology on their hands.

  • @goiabexp
    @goiabexp 11 місяців тому +59

    0:52 This actually made me laugh kinda-

  • @wales2k4747
    @wales2k4747 5 місяців тому +49

    3:43 This is such a beautiful sound.

    • @Bittamin
      @Bittamin 4 місяці тому +2

      I’m about to just record it out and make it a pad in a sampler to make some jungle tracks with 🎉😅

  • @pusanych_alt
    @pusanych_alt 2 роки тому +22

    0:30 Sound of the Death

    • @yyviny
      @yyviny Рік тому +5

      sound of peace* sound when the game ran correctly

  • @Blastoff24001aj
    @Blastoff24001aj Рік тому +26

    The startup and menu sounds are the most beautiful sounds for a gaming console!

    • @khug4311
      @khug4311 3 місяці тому

      11025Hz
      8259Hz
      16518Hz
      22050Hz
      5512Hz
      4129Hz
      12375Hz
      24750Hz
      Multiple pitches/speeds simulating the main melody
      11680Hz
      11680Hz (Reversed)
      11025Hz
      14716Hz

  • @jameskidd2.072
    @jameskidd2.072 9 місяців тому +16

    1:45 sounds like an “all clear” siren signal

  • @theraymansonicandretrogamesfan
    @theraymansonicandretrogamesfan 2 роки тому +22

    0:22 personified fear

    • @khug4311
      @khug4311 3 місяці тому +2

      bell glissando
      bell glissando (slowed)
      both logos chimes (slowed)
      both logos chimes (22050Hz)
      personified fear
      ps logo sound (normal)
      bell glissando (faster)
      both logos chimes (faster)
      sony chimes
      reverse tape (glass breaking)
      glass breaking from the bios
      sony logo (part 1/2)
      sony logo (part 2/2)

  • @MxMByMAXII
    @MxMByMAXII 2 роки тому +78

    4:26 The sound #15 (22050Hz) is used, once the memory card is formatted successfully

    • @brandonperez8977
      @brandonperez8977 Рік тому +2

      I did format it in the emulator version but I didn't hear it.

    • @Dr.andonuts
      @Dr.andonuts Рік тому +3

      ​@@brandonperez8977I did it on the actual hardware and still the same

    • @StripesInTheYT
      @StripesInTheYT 10 місяців тому

      ​@@Dr.andonutsWell I did it on both emulator and real hardware and heard it

  • @theraymansonicandretrogamesfan
    @theraymansonicandretrogamesfan 2 роки тому +32

    0:01 that is Fearful Harmony

    • @lickablestinkage7783
      @lickablestinkage7783 2 роки тому +2

      Yes it is kind of

    • @harrie_world
      @harrie_world 5 місяців тому +2

      @@lickablestinkage7783your right it’s giving everyone nightmares

    • @Sryloth
      @Sryloth 4 місяці тому

      Yep

    • @AxelOchoa-yo3yx
      @AxelOchoa-yo3yx 6 днів тому

      Quick fact: the reason it happens is when the ps1 is modchipped with a corrupt disc!

    • @theraymansonicandretrogamesfan
      @theraymansonicandretrogamesfan 6 днів тому

      it’s the first chimes of the startup but played VERY slowly.

  • @fungo6631
    @fungo6631 2 роки тому +26

    Isn't it great to start the video with fearful harmony and personified fear?

  • @brandontheeveryfan305
    @brandontheeveryfan305 Рік тому +22

    4:32 - 4:40 Also used when you put a PS2 disc in a PS3 (fat backwards compatible consoles only, like the CECHA01 for example)

    • @brandontheeveryfan305
      @brandontheeveryfan305 Рік тому +1

      @gottteem429 That was before I found out that all PS3 consoles were compatible with PS1 games, not just the fat models

  • @chowmein0941
    @chowmein0941 3 роки тому +44

    Worker: "Yo Ken kutaragi! We need some bio sound for the so-called PlayStation! We got one down, what's next?"
    Kutaragi: "Just get a hammer, break a window, and play in reverse! I don't care!"

    • @kxs3529
      @kxs3529 Рік тому

      😂😂😂😂

  • @matthewgaming5097
    @matthewgaming5097 5 місяців тому +3

    1:45 Thanks for that. I Can not sleep anymore...

  • @BenSchubert1995
    @BenSchubert1995 2 роки тому +31

    0:47 You recreated it perfectly! My mind inserts the rest of the sounds whenever I hear this.

  • @larrytron1992
    @larrytron1992 3 роки тому +31

    Great video! I always wondered what pitch those sound samples were being played at. Kutaragi's SPU chip were very advanced for their time

  • @K86Music
    @K86Music Рік тому +24

    The PS1 startup was composed on a Roland D-50, and the PS2 startup sounds like it was made on a Korg Wavestation (from what I'm assuming).

    • @Sun_Seeker
      @Sun_Seeker Рік тому +7

      If that's true, it speaks volumes about the exceptional quality of the Korg Wavestation synthesizer. I use that VST for literally everything and it never fails to impress me how good of an instrument it is

    • @mikebrowned1999
      @mikebrowned1999 4 місяці тому +2

      Vawestation? No with emu orbit 9090 listen the synth💚

    • @starlingbaez6681
      @starlingbaez6681 2 місяці тому

      Where does the chime come from?

    • @nicktorious4829
      @nicktorious4829 16 днів тому

      It was composed on a Roland S-550

    • @K86Music
      @K86Music 16 днів тому

      @@nicktorious4829 Who composed it though?

  • @virtualcall_0
    @virtualcall_0 11 місяців тому +4

    This is an amazing project, thanks for decompiling and dumping those sfx's files. Great contribution to the community.

  • @joecool2106
    @joecool2106 3 роки тому +33

    3:31 the regular startup without the other sounds

    • @yyviny
      @yyviny Рік тому +1

      WITH* the sounds, that's because there are 3 sounds of different speeds played at the same time

    • @channelisreturned1194
      @channelisreturned1194 11 місяців тому +3

      3:19 Second part of regular startup

  • @ONETrueEndTCOTWOFF
    @ONETrueEndTCOTWOFF 6 місяців тому +4

    0:08 gave me chills...

  • @jdirksen
    @jdirksen 3 роки тому +14

    Yo them RSOD pitches give me chillls

  • @theraymansonicandretrogamesfan
    @theraymansonicandretrogamesfan 2 роки тому +34

    1:45 & 3:59 together = rsod

  • @Shaquasar
    @Shaquasar 2 роки тому +33

    From 2:56 to 3:43 I Nedd that part on repeat to go to sleep. It calming asf

    • @ShwappaJ
      @ShwappaJ 6 місяців тому

      Gives me the same vibes as the song from Undertale that plays when you're just chilling with that ghost guy

    • @AxelOchoa-yo3yx
      @AxelOchoa-yo3yx 6 днів тому

      2:56 sound for the ps6

  • @DPC2011
    @DPC2011 Рік тому +10

    3:59
    Also sampled by Xploshi in “GAME OVER” from My Wonderful Garfield

    • @UtahShark8798
      @UtahShark8798 7 місяців тому +2

      You didn’t watch Harley’s Letter Adventures.

  • @Sonictrainkid
    @Sonictrainkid 2 роки тому +19

    the sound at 3:59 gives me chills

  • @El_Transportacoches_33
    @El_Transportacoches_33 3 місяці тому +4

    Starting at 2:11: It appears that the ambient sounds were recorded from a water park.

  • @il0v3transport
    @il0v3transport Місяць тому +1

    0:29 why does this sound give me goosebumps

  • @SunnyC47451
    @SunnyC47451 2 роки тому +17

    3:08 that sounds like the beginning play dead

  • @somesfs170
    @somesfs170 2 роки тому +36

    3:18 supercalmed my soul

    • @yyviny
      @yyviny Рік тому +1

      Thank you to Sony

  • @Tacoanimate2k18
    @Tacoanimate2k18 2 роки тому +9

    0:30 perfect chime sound for the startup at ps1
    0:47
    0:50
    0:55
    1:00

  • @Celestial_Cryptid
    @Celestial_Cryptid 6 місяців тому +3

    in Russia they tried to dig to the centre of the earth at a unknown point in time, eventually they found the drill was getting far too hot, they decided to drop down a camera instead to see why it was so hot. This is what they heard. 1:45

  • @brandonperez8977
    @brandonperez8977 Рік тому +12

    I remember hearing the PS1 sounds separately when I was playing a game on a emulator. The way how I did it was using an outdated plugins for the video and audio. When when bios starts. I hold the bar of the window and it was only playing one sound (0:54). When the sound fades away I let go of it and and started playing the rest without the first part of the jingle playing.

    • @datey_in_a_1st_taxi
      @datey_in_a_1st_taxi 4 місяці тому +1

      How did you feel when you discovered that for the first time?

  • @johntravolta8389
    @johntravolta8389 3 роки тому +12

    3:20 calmed my soul

  • @cat1554
    @cat1554 3 роки тому +7

    Thanks! I can now recreate it perfectly!

  • @TrenZL
    @TrenZL 11 місяців тому +2

    for those trying to recreate the PS1 startup, there's a video that shows perfectly every single note you'll need, i think it's xalled Slow PS1 Startup, something like that

  • @AlexOop2013
    @AlexOop2013 2 роки тому +4

    0:22 scary sound

  • @arsouilleur5779
    @arsouilleur5779 2 роки тому +4

    i got creeped out by sounds that made me happy during my childhood

  • @SHUTDOWNOfficial
    @SHUTDOWNOfficial 3 роки тому +6

    Awesome!!!

  • @mmicb0b
    @mmicb0b День тому

    NGL I assumed for years the PS2 RSOD sound was the Start up sound disorted not the menu sound with the pitch changed and slowed down

  • @krazykatz97_1
    @krazykatz97_1 2 роки тому +7

    4:12

  • @K008gr
    @K008gr 2 роки тому +12

    1:10 a little creepy

  • @isaacjacobroyvivarais2140
    @isaacjacobroyvivarais2140 Рік тому +6

    0:52

  • @daniel.rb7_
    @daniel.rb7_ Рік тому +2

    i know im a bit late, but, could you do a video with all the ps2 bios pitches (including the ones that didnt appear in the video)?

  • @Danyloinwotblitz
    @Danyloinwotblitz 18 днів тому

    0:52 very satisfying

  • @giuseppegamer4090
    @giuseppegamer4090 Рік тому +6

    Remake version of PS1 Startup sound
    0:56
    0:47
    1:00
    With the game inserted
    0:56
    0:47
    1:00
    0:51
    0:53
    0:30

    • @kaylons
      @kaylons Рік тому +1

      Technically works!

  • @SonictrainkidDoesFurryStuff
    @SonictrainkidDoesFurryStuff 5 місяців тому

    0:30 + Low C Bass = a true classic :)

  • @amirhoseinshams256
    @amirhoseinshams256 2 роки тому +3

    Thanks!❤👌

  • @frank_-_-2210
    @frank_-_-2210 Рік тому +1

    the cristal breaking sound, sounds like a stone cold entrance

  • @wladfan
    @wladfan 8 місяців тому

    Should have seen my face when I realized the PS1 chimes were the background chime when the PS logo shows up 😂

  • @surrreyi
    @surrreyi Рік тому +3

    PS1 Terror, PS2 Relaxation

  • @keasy2x
    @keasy2x Місяць тому

    1:45 this is every kid’s childhood nightmare

  • @JonnyForThe3
    @JonnyForThe3 2 роки тому +2

    Great to start off with fearful harmony. Lol.

  • @Zim5.0
    @Zim5.0 5 місяців тому +1

    They acheived so much with so little

  • @TrueBlueLewis-do5hl
    @TrueBlueLewis-do5hl 6 місяців тому +1

    The first sounds r fearful harmony

  • @pjFrixMediaArchive
    @pjFrixMediaArchive 2 роки тому +23

    If I remember correctly, the 460Hz tone was used during the testing mode on some consoles, though was pitched to 1000Hz.
    Also, how do you know that the memory card I/O error sound is really what it's used for? I haven't been able to find any videos that show an error like that in action.

    • @warmoddities9167
      @warmoddities9167  2 роки тому +12

      Videos that show the memory card I/O error and playing back that sound are difficult to find. I remember seeing one, but I cannot find it at the moment.
      It is possible to easily and forcefully replicate it though, both on a real console and on an emulator, assuming you have the tools.
      It mostly involves soft-modding the console with tools like uLaunchELF or wLaunchELF and FreeMCBoot.
      All you have to do is make a binary backup/dump of your PS2 memory card, manipulate the binary dump file on your PC (mostly using a memory card editor or a hex editor) in such a way that a specific save file of your choice, gets its metadata corrupted.
      Once that is done, you try to use the normal PS2 menus to delete the save or copy the save file to another memory card. If it fails, that sound will play.

    • @Duckingheights
      @Duckingheights 2 роки тому +4

      ​@@warmoddities9167 It's possible to recreate that sound by attempting to copy a GT4 save to another memory card, or restarting your console during an autosave.

    • @pjFrixMediaArchive
      @pjFrixMediaArchive 2 роки тому +5

      @@Duckingheights I've also noticed this when you try to launch HD Loader from the PS2 OSDSYS (browser).

    • @avegee24tv
      @avegee24tv 7 місяців тому

      it's the philips magnavox beb guy

  • @alexanderVlogz566
    @alexanderVlogz566 2 роки тому +4

    0:47

  • @NewSuperMarioFan64
    @NewSuperMarioFan64 2 роки тому +2

    1. fearful harmony

  • @Sonictrainkid
    @Sonictrainkid Рік тому +1

    0:30 Is a classic

  • @doaibuchannel1088
    @doaibuchannel1088 Рік тому +3

    My only calming place to play: PS2

  • @harrie_world
    @harrie_world 5 місяців тому +1

    1:45+3:59=RSOD

  • @harrie_world
    @harrie_world 5 місяців тому

    0:42 High-pitch fearful harmony

  • @r7crazycanucks
    @r7crazycanucks Місяць тому

    Isn't this sound at 4:11 supposed to be lower pitched in-game?

  • @lsg1Entertainment
    @lsg1Entertainment Рік тому +2

    A lot of these are creepy as hell, these sounds got pumped in or brains daily.

  • @cipkin-mw4sv3fx8q
    @cipkin-mw4sv3fx8q 3 місяці тому

    1:44 RSOD sound but more scary

  • @GordFT2
    @GordFT2 Рік тому +4

    0:56 sounds like a music

    • @yyviny
      @yyviny Рік тому +5

      because its a music

    • @iaghoul-Og
      @iaghoul-Og Рік тому +1

      V to I progression

    • @MH81-deb
      @MH81-deb 4 місяці тому +2

      sci-fi ahh movie music/intro

  • @fridoxtheleemon
    @fridoxtheleemon 11 місяців тому

    the first one sounds like the start of fearful harmony

  • @ShwappaJ
    @ShwappaJ 2 роки тому

    4129Hz Chimes are the most noticeable to me

  • @ZappyClubstep
    @ZappyClubstep Рік тому

    In love with 4129HZ lol

  • @WilliamMurray-qe8nu
    @WilliamMurray-qe8nu 2 місяці тому

    0:47 its my favorite

  • @yusayoutube
    @yusayoutube 9 місяців тому +2

    0:10 0:14 0:44 0:46 when was this used?

  • @Charles_brown23
    @Charles_brown23 2 роки тому +2

    3:59

  • @AGENTDAWN
    @AGENTDAWN 17 днів тому +1

    2:55

  • @Fuecoco717
    @Fuecoco717 Місяць тому

    Hearing the ps logo sounds:
    With the first one, put it at 2x speed and you actually hear that its that chime sound
    For the second one, put it at the same speed and hear that its the first one but lower pitched and slowed down

  • @warmoddities9167
    @warmoddities9167  3 роки тому +3

    UPDATE!
    Added a public download link in the video description!
    I hope it'll last long enough.

  • @GTAManRCR
    @GTAManRCR Рік тому +1

    0:30 the game starts

  • @ComeonWin11
    @ComeonWin11 2 місяці тому

    0:01 Fearful Harmony

  • @prlexyfilms5271
    @prlexyfilms5271 17 днів тому

    Ps2 sound1 6555Hz is RSOD

  • @EmaSkyeFan2008
    @EmaSkyeFan2008 Рік тому +2

    0:22 Imagine if the chimes are at 2756Hz.

    • @khug4311
      @khug4311 3 місяці тому

      fearful harmony
      low pitch fearful harmony
      low pitch both logos chimes
      both logos chimes
      personified fear
      ps logo sound (normal)
      high pitch fearful harmony
      high pitch both logos chimes
      sony chimes
      reverse tape (glass breaking)
      11680hz (reversed)
      sony logo (part 1/2)
      sony logo (part 2/2)

  • @wagnerramosmidichannelabso514
    @wagnerramosmidichannelabso514 2 роки тому +5

    (0:01) - Fearful Harmony is the fear of harmonies which some people call it Harmonophobia.

    • @lickablestinkage7783
      @lickablestinkage7783 2 роки тому

      Yep, fearful harmony is a glitch that allows you to hear this sound in its raw form, which obviously is never meant to happen

    • @yyviny
      @yyviny Рік тому

      @@lickablestinkage7783 Did you know that in fearful Harmony it is the original bell/chime speed?

  • @yusayoutube
    @yusayoutube 6 місяців тому +1

    4:30 oy

  • @juliannanemirovska
    @juliannanemirovska 3 роки тому +3

    3:32

  • @FurbyGaming125
    @FurbyGaming125 2 роки тому +2

    1:00

  • @darkmagicians62
    @darkmagicians62 Рік тому +1

    4:37 MATR!X

  • @arianz4501
    @arianz4501 2 роки тому +8

    Very good and scary sounds. How do you create sounds ?

    • @branislavweber7635
      @branislavweber7635 Рік тому +1

      @Arian Z4 they aren't created, but exported from the consoles themself.

    • @grenks75
      @grenks75 28 днів тому

      ​@@branislavweber7635this is true. In fact nobody created the PS2 sounds, let me explain. After the first PS2 was manufactured in 1999, they did the first ever boot up test (after the PS2 was designed, printed, and assembled/created). The PS2 using its motherboard, lasers, PSU, CPU, and processors created these sounds upon startup, releasing the power of the 2000s gaming era. The rest was history.

  • @alexanderVlogz566
    @alexanderVlogz566 2 роки тому +1

    0:39

  • @Charles_brown23
    @Charles_brown23 2 роки тому +1

    4:00

  • @WiiFan444
    @WiiFan444 2 місяці тому

    0:01 Sounds Like Fearful Harmony

  • @fatkopatko
    @fatkopatko 5 місяців тому

    This is ne of the scariest videos in youtube imo

  • @yusayoutube
    @yusayoutube 6 місяців тому

    2:50

  • @thanhdanhelo
    @thanhdanhelo 7 місяців тому

    what program did you use to play these sounds at their pitch/speed?

    • @AGENTDAWN
      @AGENTDAWN 4 місяці тому

      Im think it's po programm Audacity/Sonic Visualiser
      (Im not English man)

  • @jasminperez345
    @jasminperez345 8 місяців тому +2

    Ps1 bios sound creepy ps2 bios sounds peaceful

  • @nngamer3591
    @nngamer3591 Рік тому

    request Sound PlayStation 3, 4 & 5

    • @yyviny
      @yyviny Рік тому +1

      On PS3, it boots from an orchestra called "tuning orchestra"

  • @Earthboundearthboundooh
    @Earthboundearthboundooh 2 роки тому +1

    0.18

  • @felixsebastianperazasulbar5667
    @felixsebastianperazasulbar5667 7 місяців тому +2

    La BIOS de la ps2 es extremadamente relajante 😌

  • @sarahkb7
    @sarahkb7 2 місяці тому +2

    The original PS2 sounds are presets from an E-MU Orbit 9090 V2 synthesiser, "syn:1keyrush" and "syn:1keystak". Video link: ua-cam.com/video/4h6ZhRwlkVU/v-deo.html and ua-cam.com/video/XjLT2j1SFsk/v-deo.html

  • @Earthboundearthboundooh
    @Earthboundearthboundooh 2 роки тому

    0.00

  • @dansmith551
    @dansmith551 8 місяців тому

    I feel sacred

  • @Purrfecrcatemoji1570
    @Purrfecrcatemoji1570 5 місяців тому

    (avechement)(don't let it go!)(WE ARE FALLING!!!!) (haha!)(have-ploy-gamer!)

  • @vincentsvirtues4172
    @vincentsvirtues4172 2 роки тому +2

    Huh so all these are just made up of 3 sounds. I guess less is truly more!

  • @yeuuhh
    @yeuuhh 2 роки тому +2

    im bouta make a fire beat with sound 8