Anyone know what soundfont this is?

It manages to make SS1's soundtrack not just tolerable but amazing, which is a pretty impressive feat:

I think this guy tends to use various soundfonts. In the comments he says its mostly the SC-55 soundfont but I think I hear drums and guitars from Chorium here. Not sure on other instruments

I think it sounds terrible. Introtheme's tune is pretty much murdered.

SC-55 and similar square/saw waves only sound good in cheesy, poppy things. It sounds awful when trying to be used in a harsher way, it just doesn't have the right tone for it. It's tolerable if you're stuck with it, but if you're going to be messing with soundfonts in a specialized way, you may as well have something that sounds more like actual techno and not pop.

dew said:

I think it sounds terrible. Introtheme's tune is pretty much murdered.

I'd make an exception for the intro theme, it's one of the only ones that was tolerable to listen to on general midi, except the flutes or whatever they are that come in around 0:30 sounded really bad. I think this version alleviates the flute issue, but the beeps at the beginning and guitar bit towards the end now sound way too harsh.

Have you heard the Mac remixes? They sound much richer than the beeping and booping of the original DOS midis, yet the Introtheme variant still keeps the flutes - and they fit in so well! The CD intro sequence is fantastic and I can't imagine the music replaced with... whatever that soundfont does. It sounds dulled and lacks the cyberpunk vibe oozing from the "rich" intro sequence.

Sodaholic said:

SC-55 and similar square/saw waves only sound good in cheesy, poppy things. It sounds awful when trying to be used in a harsher way, it just doesn't have the right tone for it. It's tolerable if you're stuck with it, but if you're going to be messing with soundfonts in a specialized way, you may as well have something that sounds more like actual techno and not pop.

i kind of agree, but not entirely. i've used saw-waves in a harsh-sounding way and it didn't sound too bad. it works especially well if paired up with distorted guitars, as the tones complement each other fairly well. square-waves are generally not as useful outside of melodies and arps though.