What is raw dungeon synth? It's dungeon synth created with the same sound chip that PC speaker used. In other words this sounds like a soundtrack to a Commodore 64 game, or any other PC game that came out in the 80's. These bleeps and bloops are raw... they hurt my ears, they are nearly unalienable from a physical standpoint, and that is exactly the point.
There is no other way to get this tone other than to try hard; this took a lot of work and dedication to achieve. The ironic thing is that there are several samples of things such as water, doors opening etc. scattered throughout that sound just fine, but the melodies played just completely override them. They are in your face, that they demand your attention.
The actual music here is incredibly minimal. There is at most 2 things going on at any given time: one melody and one backing instrument... most of the time they are playing single notes. Chords are a rarity though they do pop up from time to time.
The jury is still out on this one. It's gonna take me a good while to fully appreciate it, if I ever can. With as difficult as it is to listen to without getting a headache it's going to take me quite some time before that happens. If it ever happens at all.
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