Final Fantasy 9 OST [FLAC] *Lossless* __*RARE*__

Final Fantasy IX Original Soundtrack -- in Lossless FLAC -------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > After searching for the FF9 soundtrack for several years, I finally found it in lossless on eMule, in APE format. I decoded the .APE image back to .WAV, splitted it, and encoded to FLAC. I don't know if it was ripped with Exact Audio Copy or not, it didn't say, but the job seemed pretty professionally done, so EAC _was_ probably used. There is no proof of that though. But I've listened to it and it sounds perfect... ------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > This is extremely hard to find, and extremely rare!! !! PLEASE SEED THIS !! ---------------------- > > > > > > What is FLAC? What is Lossless? ------------------------------- FLAC is a lossless codec. There are several lossless codecs; FLAC, APE and Wavpack are three of them. Lossless means an exact 1:1 copy of the original CD, with PERFECT quality. MP3, for example, compresses the audio to make smaller files... but when that is done, the quality suffers a lot in the process. FLAC does make the size smaller, but it does not destroy any audio data. It's a lot like a .RAR archive, but much better. ------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > How do I listen to it? What can I do with FLAC files? ----------------------------------------------------- You can play FLAC in Winamp or Foobar2000. It works in a lot of other players as well. If you want to, you can decode the files back to .WAV. To do this, simply download the FLAC Frontend: http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html Simply drag the FLACs into the program and press DECODE. Then, if you want to, you can convert the .WAVs to a lossy format. ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > Again... PLEASE SEED THIS. If you've been looking for this then _SEED_ If you like this then SEED. And KEEP SEEDING..! Don't be a retarded leecher. Give back what you take. -----------------------------------------------------

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Osaka (2007-08-22)

PLEASE SEED WHEN YOU'RE DONE!
While you are downloading this...
Why don't you watch Zeitgeist?
Google Video link:
Torrent link: http://thepiratebay.se/tor/3755220/
...Have fun.

KEOPI (2007-09-10)

Wait this is the game ff9 with files in flac format right, does those files work alright with game ?

Osaka (2007-09-10)

Huh?? What are you talking about?
This is the FF9 OST.
Did you even read the description...?

eahn (2007-10-30)

Hey, thanks for a great soundtrack! I've been looking for several Final Fantasy soundtracks in lossless format. You don't happen to have more?

Osaka (2007-11-07)

For Final Fantasy 1-6 in lossless...
...you can go to OCRemix.org and search for "Final Fantasy IV" for example,
then go to "Chiptunes" and you will be able to download the original songs.
From OCRemix:
"Chiptunes, as well as sample-based formats like RSN/SPC for the SNES,
allow you to replay the original soundtracks to many of your favorite games."
Since it uses the same format as the songs use when they
are stored on the original cartridges, it's pretty much lossless.
It's sort of pointless to have FF1 to FF6 in FLAC... the space is just not worth it.
I personally own the following FF soundtracks:
Final Fantasy VI Original Sound Version
Final Fantasy VI Grand Finale
Final Fantasy VII Original Sound Track
Final Fantasy VIII Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy IX Original Soundtrack Plus
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy S Generation
I only uploaded FFX in FLAC because it was a special request AND I traded it for something else...
The FF9 soundtrack I uploaded because it's terribly hard to find it, at all, so after I found it on eMule I
thought it would be nice to make a torrent of it because no doubt other people are also looking for it.
I don't feel like uploading the other soundtracks because there's no point really.
I've got better things to use by bandwidth for.
And I made the FF6, FF6 GF, FF7, FF8, FF10 OSTs available as high bitrate MPC files...
Which SOUNDS like lossless 99% of the time, but it's much smaller.
And due to the simple nature of the music in FF6, compressing the audio doesn't destroy the quality.
At least not noticeably. In FF7, the audio was done in a more advanced and better way, but it's still
pretty simple and not so complex. FF8 is much better but it still isn't terribly complex.
The FF10 audio is harder to compress... but the actual OST itself was very poorly mastered.
I mean, when they recorded it, they messed up on the sound quality. The audio is too loud.
The Advent Children OST is a another good example. It sounds horrible, quality-wise.
Sooo, yeah... If you absolutely must have some FF soundtrack in lossless, just try eMule.
You'll probably find it there, whatever it may be...
Try searching for example:
Final Fantasy APE
Final Fantasy FLAC
Final Fantasy Wavpack
Final Fantasy Lossless
...and make sure you search for "Archives" only.
Use your imagination...

dubconqueso (2007-11-08)

Thank You!!!! lol i wanted 1 song out of this whole soundtrack but hadn't been able to find it anywhere. Amazing quality as well :P ty very much, if not for this i would of had to drive miles to my friends house and search though his collection just to get the cd so i could get the song.

t3hc411 (2007-11-27)

As wonderful and awesome as lossless quality would be, I don't have room for 1.42 Gibs on anywhere, nor the means to convert it, as I have Linux. Would you mind uploading a high-end mp3 copy of the OST?

Osaka (2007-12-01)

@ t3hc411 ...
No, I won't.
At least not MP3... maybe in MPC, but.. I don't think so.
You should be able to convert it by yourself pretty easy though.
Here's MPC for Linux: http://musepack.net/index.php?pg=lin
And FLAC is available for Linux too:
If you manage to decode the FLAC files to WAV (which shouldn't be hard), then you can then convert those to MPC.
Or MP3... or OGG, or AAC.
But I don't see why anyone would want to use those formats.
At high bitrates (128 and above), the quality rank goes pretty much like this - from best to worst:
1# Lossless
2# MPC
3# AAC
4# Ogg
5# MP3
AAC and Ogg Vorbis compresses much better than MPC at lower bitrates though (like 48, 64, 80, for example...)
But at such low bitrates it aint gonna sound so good anyway.
But AAC is perfect for movies... Goes very well with H.264 encoded video.
For music though, you'd normally want high bitrate VBR... in the 160-320 kbps range.

gnom405 (2008-06-18)

WOW i have never felt the need to leave a comment till now
YOU ARE A GOD
i have been looking for this sence the day i first put ff9 into my psx, and nothing...til now
thank you osaka

XjapanFOREVER (2008-10-26)

thanks for all the flac and EAC rips of FF albums..

pandachino (2010-06-26)

You're definitely a hero, I been looking for this like 4 years, I thought it was impossible to found it but damn there is! and all thanks to you :)
I'm gonna seed this forever...

BH999 (2012-06-09)

Awesome. Thank you sir!

Haplo-Xar (2012-08-21)

OSAKA
thanks, it's a exeletnt post, thanks again.