Gavin Raeburn
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Gavin Raeburn is a composer, sound designer, programmer and producer.
His first games were published in 1987 by The Power House. From circa June 1987 to 2009, he worked for Codemasters. In 2010, he was a founding member of Playground Games where he is currently also working.
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Audio Development
Commodore 64
Raeburn used his own driver, tuned at 433.5 Hz. In 1988, he started using 4-bit samples, which are more audible on the 6581. All other songs sound the same on any SID chip revision.
NES
Raeburn programmed the sound driver and the music was written in assembly. Allister Brimble later developed a tracker which converted music to Raeburn's sound engine. This sound driver was also used by an unknown company for their bootleg Famiclone ports of Colosoftware's C64 games.
Samples
The drum samples used in Raeburn's later C64 games and in The Ultimate Stuntman (NES) are from the Casio RZ-1 drum sequencer. The digitized synth sample used in Bee 52 (NES) and Pro Tennis (Quattro Sports (NES)) are from the Casio CZ-101 digital synthesizer.
Gameography
Picture Gallery
Links
- mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,46834/ - MobyGames.
- facebook.com/gavin.raeburn - Facebook.
- uk.linkedin.com/in/gavin-raeburn-6168a1 - LinkedIn.
- http://cah4e3.shedevr.org.ru/dumping_2017.php - 44-in-1 (Super Game KT-A) contains the bootleg games that use Raeburn's sound driver.
- machines.hyperreal.org/manufacturers/Casio/RZ-1/samples/ - Drum samples from the Casio RZ-1.