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Hey guys, back with another VGM cover, and a new FFVI cover too. Final Fantasy VI has an awesome soundtrack so I decided to pick another song from the game to do a cover of, and I will no doubt be doing much more FFVI covers in future.

I picked “Troops March On” as it is an easy song to learn and play, so it wasn’t too taxing on my daily schedule to put this cover together now that I’m back at work. The changes I have made as you would expect being a metal cover are the addition of a full drum kit and distorted guitars. I tuned the bass and guitars down to Drop C for a heavier sound. I have the guitars imitate the bass part and cover the French horn parts. Rather than throw in a guitar solo in the middle of the song like I usually do with my covers, I decided to run another iteration of the theme but have the dynamics drop so it sounds more like the original, with the strings, trumpet, snare drum and timpani, then have it slowly build back up to full metal band again.

I hope you enjoy this video and stay tuned for more VGM covers.

Equipment Used:

Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 USB Interface
DAW: Cubase LE 5
Drums: MT PowerDrumKit 2
Bass: Ibanez GSR180-BK
Bass amp sim: AudioAssualt Bassgrinder
Strings, Timpani and Trumpet: Yamaha PSR-275
Guitar: Epiphone Les Paul Standard Ebony
Guitar amp sim: Guitar Rig 5 Player
Camcorder: Sony HDR CX-405, Panasonic HC-V270
Video editing Software: Sony Movie Studio 14 Platinum

Audio can be found here:   / final-fantasy-vi-troops-march-on-symphonic...