Purpose

This guide will cover the creation of SiIvaGunner-style edits, or “high quality video game rips,” of video game music, which typically involves changing the melody. I will not discuss mashups or other kinds of rips here.

Here is an example of a high quality rip:

Table of Contents

• Part 0: Ethics
• Part 1: The Idea
• Part 2: Tools
• Part 3: Getting Editable Music
• Part 4: Identifying Key
• Part 5: Quality
• Conclusion