Listen to the hardware

One score, different machines

The handbook credits Nik and Mrs Fiend of Alien Sex Fiend with Inferno’s soundtrack. Alongside the CD recordings, seventeen pieces have separate AdLib, LAPC-I and SCC-1 arrangements. Here are short excerpts from our emulator renders.

The title music

Switch instruments at the same point in the excerpt. SCC-1A and SC-55 play the same sequence through different Sound Canvas models.

AdLib · 18-second excerpt

A piece the Roland lookup misses

The LAPC-I lookup selects badnews when asked for dramatic, even though both arrangements are present. These excerpts audition the two resources directly.

badnews

The piece selected by both lookup slots.

dramatic

The separate arrangement retained in the archive.

These are synthesizer-emulator excerpts, with the original driver supplying note commands and timing. They are not physical-card recordings. The CD soundtrack is a separate recording.

Read about the sound investigation.