[Community News] UO Digital Music Archive

[Tabbitha]

source taken from UO.Stratics Community News

Like me, are you a huge fan of Ultima music, but it just seems like the latest versions of favorite classics (like Stones) that we now find on the current versions of UO's game discs are just "too much"?
Then this is your opportunity to return to the good ol' days. Check out the details from Hurin himself:

[blockquote] Ultima Online: Digital Music Archive

Welcome Traveller. . .

In this hall, thou shalt hear the music of Ultima Online. The instrument used in recording this music was the Roland "Sound Canvas on a Card". . . the SCC-1.

This was the most advanced General MIDI synthesizer available at the time Ultima Online's music was composed and was almost certainly the playback device preferred by the composers themselves.

Though seldom (if ever) heard within Ultima Online, many tunes from prior Ultimas were converted to General MIDI (GM) and placed on the Ultima Online CD. These have been included below. However, be aware that the conversion to GM was not always kind to them. Therefore, for those particular tunes, you may want to browse the rest of the Ultima Digital Music Archive and locate their original pre-GM versions. Having said that, the quality of the all-original UO music is superb, especially when played via the Roland SCC-1 as they are below. Enjoy! [/blockquote]


So check out the Ultima Online Digital Music Archive now and get ready to spend some time listening to great music. And for even more, make sure to head on over to the main Ultima Music Archive site!