How many of you noticed this in the spell casting demonstration?

[Dhalmel]

So I've just watched the demonstration of the new spell casting behavior and while what was on video wasn't all that interesting. I noticed that the Nail of the Heavens BGM was altered greatly, as if it was a midi version of the song. Which have me thinking about the reasoning behind this.

Will the PS3 version of FF14 have downgraded audio like FF12 did?
Not likely sure due to it being on blu-ray but you never know.
I just find this very strange.

[BrusselSprout]

I liked the guitar.

[Zahak]

Sounds the same to me O-o but i'm also tone deaf

[Molly_Millions]

I just want to correct your terminology, it's not MIDI, but General MIDI. MIDI is a way to transfer data between instruments, sequencers etc. General MIDI is a standard by which manufacturers of soundcards and music hardware use to assign voices to patch numbers, and is why a GM song that is supposed to sound like a piano sounds like a piano and not an electric guitar.

[Dhalmel]

Sounds the same to me O-o but i'm also tone deaf

It stood out immediately to me, though I'm on a pair of beyerdynamic dt 880 pros.

listen to the game's version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAt2TYmXjdc

and then listen to the spell demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zioXFLxK68I

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Correct but I simply call it midi for short.

[Molly_Millions]

It stood out immediately to me, though I'm on a pair of beyerdynamic dt 880 pros.

listen to the game's version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAt2TYmXjdc

and then listen to the spell demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zioXFLxK68I

Correct but I simply call it midi for short.

Not trying to be nit-picky, i'm just bored. The correct abbreviation is the one I used, GM.

[Norack]

* Background music of this video is for a development environment and differs from the release version.

right underneath the video.

[Rydin]

It stood out immediately to me, though I'm on a pair of beyerdynamic dt 880 pros.

listen to the game's version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAt2TYmXjdc

and then listen to the spell demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zioXFLxK68I

Correct but I simply call it midi for short.

Yes, the 880's are my favorite semi-opens at the moment....
Although I prefer the stereo imaging of the closed 770 pros

Not trying to be nit-picky, i'm just bored. The correct abbreviation is the one I used, GM.

You are correct, but I know many industry professionals (Including Russell Elevado, Dave Pensado, Khaliq Glover and myself) all say MIDI... It is referred to both ways...
MIDI is the actual interface used to connect instruments, the control protocol for how music is to be played, transport control protocol for sequencers and synthesizers, and assigns voices to patch numbers

As far as the difference between the tracks... they do sound different

mainly due to different post processing applied to each

Also in-game music is mixed and/or mastered differently than OST versions

The OST is mixed more like what we are used to on the radio whereas the in game version is mixed to be played along with the games sound FX

For this particular example... the OST version was compressed more to raise the overall volume while the in game version has more dynamic range

The same thing happened with Guitar Hero: Metallica and the Death magnetic CD

[Dhalmel]

* Background music of this video is for a development environment and differs from the release version.

right underneath the video.

But the reason?

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

I want to know why Burst is a 15 min cooldown. Like, really?