Instrument Packs

Major research done by “S.O'B./SoulJamzz” on Discord Touched-up names and fixed pack numbers by livvy94 TODO: Document where the original songs use the finetune command

used in the Gas Station intro

• 00: weird sample (distorted guitar?)
• 01: synth (sounds like it might be the unimplemented noise generator)
• 02: a recording of white noise
• 03: a recording of people yelling in agony as Giygas disintegrates the planet
• 04: M. D. Seeger's guitar riff

used in Naming screen, File Select

• 00: Bass
• 01: synth
• 02: (same as 01)
• 03: another synth
• 04: Weird bell (same one as in the level up theme, also found in Pack 05)
• 05: bongo
• 06: Closed hi-hat
• 07: Chunky Snare Drum
• 08: Sine Wave

used in Naming screen, File select screen

• 0B: Extra Synth-y Strings
• 0C: weird noisy snare?
• 0D: Recording of the Monty Python theme tune
• 0E: Recording of someone saying “infinity”
• 0F: Bass Drum (Heavy)
• 10: Recording of Mr. Itoi saying OK'ska?
• 11: WOW!
• 12: synth
• 13: Tick sound for when you move the cursor

used in most tracks

• 00: Bass
• 01: Trumpet
• 02: (same as 01, but the ADSR slowly fades out)
• 03: French Horn
• 04: (same as 03)
• 05: Tuba
• 06: (same as 07, but with no ADSR so it sounds rather synth-like instead of a bell)
• 07: Weird Bell (you'll recognize it from the level-up theme)
• 08: Sine Wave
• 09: synth
• 0A: Electric Piano
• 0B: woowoowoowoo SFX (caves)
• 0C: Arcade SFX
• 0D: Synth
• 0E: Buzzy Synth
• 0F: Hotel Organ
• 10: Bird Chirp SFX
• 11: Phone SFX
• 12: mellow synth
• 13: Tick sound for when you move the cursor
• 14: Closed hi-hat
• 15: Bass Drum
• 16: Snare Drum
• 17: Noise Generator 1 (Unimplemented)
• 18: Noise Generator 2 (Unimplemented)
• 19: Noise Generator 3 (Unimplemented)

used in House themes, Arcade, Hospital, Happy Happy Village, Andonuts' Lab, Monotoli Building, Magicant, and loads more

• 1A: Magicant Step SFX
• 1B: Cash Register SFX
• 1C: Door Open/Close SFX
• 1D: Stair Step SFX
• 1E: Banjo (from Buy Somethin' Will Ya)
• 1F: Bongo (sounds like it's echoing)
• 20: Mellow Guitar
• 21: Nylon Guitar (you'll recognize it from the Onett Theme)
• 22: Whistle (you'll recognize it from the bike theme)

used in Night, Dangerous Cave, Near A Boss aka Save The Miners, Battle vs. Sanctuary Boss

• 1A: Deep Water SFX
• 1B: whistle w/ broken loop point (used for crickets maybe?)
• 1C: Door Open/Close SFX
• 1D: Synth Strings
• 1E: Plucky Bass

used in Sanctuary melodies, Magicant Part 1 and 2

• 1A: Magicant walking
• 1B: Harp (you'll recognize it from the second part of Magicant where it sounds like a lullaby)
• 1C: Door Open/Close SFX
• 1D: Stair Step SFX
• 1E: Glockenspiel (with fadeout ADSR and a good loop point! it lasts a while)
• 1F: harpsichord?
• 20: Harp (more harsh)
• 21: Ride Cymbal (no loop point!)
• 22: bongos

used in Stonehenge/Onett Invaded, Fire Springs, Belch Base, Zombie Threed

• 1A: Tom Tom (the one used in that recurring pattern)
• 1B: (same as 1A)
• 1C: Door Open/Close SFX
• 1D: Threed Zombie Synth
• 1E: weird organ (used with loads of pitch bend for siren-like SFX in the threed theme)

used in the Onett Theme

• 1A: Nylon Guitar
• 1B: (same as 1A)
• 1C: (same as 1A, but with ADSR fadeout)
• 1D: Sunrise Organ
• 1E: Pizzicato String Pluck
• 1F: Xylophone (short, no loop point)

used in Fourside, Photo Guy theme

• 1A: Camera Shutter SFX
• 1B: Saxophone
• 1C: Bongo
• 1D: Glockenspiel (same kind as Pack 18, possibly a different recording since the loop point sounds different?)
• 1E: Punchy Snare Drum

used in Saturn Valley, monkey caves

• 1A: Deep Water SFX
• 1B: Whistle
• 1C: (same as 1B)
• 1D: Slap Bass
• 1E: Timpani (in Super Metroid too)
• 1F: Saturn triangle
• 20: bwee organ (from the last part of the Saturn Valley theme)
• 21: Marimba (short, no loop point. not the same one as Pack 21)
• 22: Kind of NES-like synth?
• 23: Accordion

used in Moonside

• 1A: Moon Sample (recording of Keep on Laughin' by Ric Ocasek)
• 1B: ^
• 1C: Door Open/Close SFX

used in Dusty Dunes Desert

• 1A: Guitar Chord (it's a major chord. filtered so it sounds like it's coming out of a radio)
• 1B: (same as 1A)
• 1C: buzzy synth (noise generator? I'm not sure)
• 1D: A recording of white noise
• 1E: Weird bass drum-like sound??
• 1F: Tom drum (filtered)
• 20: Güiro (that percussion instrument you scrape with a wooden stick to make a scratchy noise. Latin American in origin)
• 21: Maybe a hi-hat? Sounds weird
• 22: Ride Cymbal (filtered, quite short)
• 23: Accordion (filtered)
• 24: Pluck Bass (filtered)

used in Peaceful Rest Valley, Yellow Submarine, Sky Runner, Tessie

• 1A: Bubbling Brook SFX
• 1B: (same as 1A)
• 1C: Gated Snare

used in Winters, Lilliput Cave, Snow Wood

• 1A: Flute
• 1B: (same as 1A)
• 1C: Door Open/Close SFX
• 1D: Stair Step SFX
• 1E: Winters Lead Organ
• 1F: Sleigh Bells (also used in the caves in Winters, pitched really low)
• 20: Brush Snare (like this https://youtu.be/TD4LzfkTU5o?t=1041)

used in Summers

• 1A: Waves and Seagulls SFX
• 1B: Mellow French Horn
• 1C: Door Open/Close SFX
• 1D: Nylon Guitar
• 1E: Upright Bass (the same one as in unsettling foe)
• 1F: Brush Snare

used in Jackie's Cafe

• 1A: Recording of The Little Rascals theme tune (Napstablook also sampled this)
• 1B: Mellow acoustic guitar
• 1C: Door Open/Close SFX
• 1D: Click/Tap SFX
• 1E: Upright Bass
• 1F: Creepy Organ (the one the national anthem is eerily played on)

used in Sailing to Scaraba

• 1A: Sitar
• 1B: (same as 1A but with ADSR to give it decay)
• 1C: Upright Bass
• 1D: Accordion
• 1E: Bass Castanet
• 1F: Clapping

used in Dalaam

• 1A: Asian cymbal
• 1B: (same as 1A)
• 1C: Tom Tom (sounds like the one used in Belch's Factory and the other songs with that recurring drum pattern)
• 1D: Asian Tambourine
• 1E: Accordion

used in Mu Training

• 1A: Mu Training (use 6th octave)
• 1B: (same as 1A)

used in Scaraba, S. Desert, Pyramid

• 1A: boingy drum (the same kind they used in Corridors of Time)
• 1B: (same as 1A)
• 1C: Metal-sounding percussion (makes you think of a fork)
• 1D: Tom Tom (the scaraba one, not the Belch's Factory/Fire Spring one)
• 1E: Sitar (same as the one in Pack 36, with the added decay)
• 1F: Harsh reed (the lead instrument in the Scaraba theme)
• 20: Oboe?

used in Deep Darkness

• 1A: Deep Water SFX
• 1B: Crash Cymbal
• 1C: Tom Tom
• 1D: (same as 1E, but with ADSR to add decay)
• 1E: Strings
• 1F: Timpani

used in Tenda Village

• 1A: Deep Water SFX
• 1B: Tenda bell
• 1C: Tenda voice

used in Lost Underworld, Sea of Eden, Level Up at the Sea of Eden

• 1A: Synth Tom
• 1B: (same as 1A, but with decay)
• 1C: Flute
• 1D: Shaker (use octave 5 or 6)
• 1E: Weird Guitar Chord (I'm surprised this works, it was probably recorded with this song in mind)
• 1F: Runaway Five Organ
• 20: Clicky Bass (same idea as the Sanctuary Boss one)
• 21: Rumble SFX (also one of the noises when Giygas is dying)

used in Cave of the Past

• 1A: Recording of the intro to All You Need Is Love by The Beatles
• 1B: (same as 1A)

used in Second Step Back

• 1A: Robot Step SFX
• 1B: Recording of the intro to Deirdre by The Beach Boys

used in The Place, Giygas Awakens

• 1A: Robot Step SFX
• 1B: Giygas Breath SFX (also notably used in Amalgam from Undertale)
• 1C: Menacing, dischordant organ
• 1D: (same as 1C)

used in Giygas Phase 2

• 1A: Electric Giygas Zap SFX
• 1B: (same as 1A)
• 1C: Door Open/Close SFX
• 1D: Stair Step SFX
• 1E: Giygas Organ

used in Unstable Giygas

• 1A: Weird distorted recording of a synth that cuts out
• 1B: (same as 1A)

used in Giygas Falls

• 1A: Giygas Death Loop
• 1B: (same as 1A)
• 1C: Rumble SFX (this sample was also used for earth tremors in the Lost Underworld)

used in Runaway Five tracks, Good Friends/Bad Friends, Coffee Break, Battle vs. Non-Sanctuary Boss

• 1A: Door Open/Close SFX
• 1B: (same as 1A)
• 1C: (same as 1A)
• 1D: Heavy Bass Drum
• 1E: Heavy Snare Drum
• 1F: Closed hi-hat (alternate)
• 20: Runaway Five Organ
• 21: Saxophone

used in Venus, Topolla

• 1A: Venus “Laa”
• 1B: (same as 1A)
• 1C: Door Open/Close SFX
• 1D: Ride Cymbal (Good! it has a loop point too)
• 1E: Low Piano
• 1F: Tap

used in Bicycle

• 1A: Bike Bell SFX
• 1B: Accordion
• 1C: Ride Cymbal (has a loop point, but not as cool-sounding as the one in Pack 59)
• 1D: Whistle
• 1E: Bongo

used in Bulldozer

• 1A: Bulldozer
• 1B: (same as 1A)

used in City Bus

• 1A: Tom Tom
• 1B: (same as 1A)
• 1C: Tambourine
• 1D: Nylon Guitar
• 1E: Plucked Bass (notably used in the intro to Megalo Strike Back from the I Miss You album)

used in Because I Love You

• 1A: Deep Water SFX
• 1B: Cash Register SFX
• 1C: Door Open/Close SFX
• 1D: Stair Step SFX
• 1E: Flute
• 1F: Mellow Guitar
• 20: (same as 1F, but with decay)
• 21: Whistle
• 22: (same as 21)

(Note: using this clears a bunch of stuff out of ARAM, so you might not want to use it in the middle of your game)

• 00: Strings (from the Deep Darkness)
• 01: (same as 00)
• 02: Bass (the standard bass sample, it's 00 in Pack 05)
• 03: Hi-hat closed (also standard)
• 04: Tender Piano (notably used in Fallen Down)
• 05: French Horn (not the standard one)
• 06: Tuba
• 07: Some kind of synth
• 08: Ride Cymbal (good loop point)
• 09: Recording of someone saying “I miss you”
• 0A: Heavy Bass Drum
• 0B: (same as 0A)
• 0C: Heavy Snare
• 0D: Camera Shutter SFX
• 0E: (same as 0D)
• 0F: (same as 0D)
• 10: (same as 0D)
• 11: (same as 0D)
• 12: (same as 0D)
• 13: (same as 0D)
• 14: (same as 0D)
• 15: (same as 0D)
• 16: (same as 0D)
• 17: (same as 0D)
• 18: (same as 0D)
• 19: (same as 0D)
• 1A: (same as 0D)

used in various battle themes

• 1A: Weird guitar sample? I don't recognize it from any of the songs
• 1B: (same as 1A but with decay)
• 1C: Creepy Robo Organ
• 1D: Plucky Bass (same one as in the Sanctuary Boss theme)

Belch

• 1A: Belch

used in Battle vs. Hippie/Frank

• 1A: Fuzzy guitar?
• 1B: (same as 1A but with decay)
• 1C: Hippie Guitar

used in Weak Opponent, Unsettling Opponent

• 1A: Weird Shaker
• 1B: ^
• 1C: ^
• 1D: Bongo
• 1E: Weird percussive clunk noise
• 1F: Extremely short recording of the guitar from Tequila by The Champs (or someone else playing the same exact chord)
• 20: Upright Bass

used in the Kraken theme 1A - 25: Synth sounds at various levels of filter cutoff

• 26: Rich organ
• 27: Ride cymbal (no loop points…)
• 28: (same as 27)
• 29: Synth Strings

used in Giygas Phase 1 (The Devil's Machine)

• 1A: Distorted Guitar (notably used in Megalovania)
• 1B: (same as 1A)
• 1C: Heavy Snare
• 1D: Heavy Cymbal
• 1E: Bass Drum (sounds like it'd also make a good tom)
• 1F: Bass Guitar (alternate, plucked)

used in Dungeon Man songs

• 1A: Recording of the intro to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
• 1B: (same as 1A)
• 1C: Recording of a violinist messing up, I think
• 1D: Recording of Mr. Itoi mumbling in a particularly goofy way

used in Buzz Buzz songs, Flyover, Meteor Strike, “Pokey Spring into Action”

• 1A: Buzz Buzz
• 1B: Police Siren
• 1C: Door Open/Close SFX
• 1D: Stair Step SFX

used in Twoson, Happy Threed

• 1A: Tuba (alternate)
• 1B: (same as 1A)
• 1C: Happy guitar
• 1D: Bass drum
• 1E: Bongo

used in Attract Mode, Title

• 0B: Bass drum (unique sample?)
• 0C: Ride Cymbal (has a loop point)
• 0D: Orchestra Hit
• 0E: Trumpet (the same one as in the standard pack, 05)
• 0F: Tuba (ditto)
• 10: Ride Cymbal (no loop point)

used in Sanctuary Recording, Sound Stone BG

• 1A: Plinky Synth Bell
• 1B: (same as 1A)
• 1C: Recording of the intro to Give Peace A Chance by John Lennon (https://youtu.be/0yU0JuE1jTk?t=16)

used in Pokey's Escape

• 1A: Helicopter

used in Robotomy

• 1A: Drill
• 1B: (same as 1A)

Use this in the second pack slot if you want to make something with just the standard (05) pack and no additional things loaded into memory