Edit 3: Maybe I should take more time to read back the instructions before posting here but I now realize this kind of thing is mentioned in the tutorial, and the solution is to move the loop points to different samples until it sounds right. Now it sounds fine I think, but it might loop a
wee little bit early which could affect the way it sounds. Let me know what you think and if this sounds good enough to be submitted. I will admit this version of the song sounds practically identical to the final, to the point where even people who have heard it many times would not be able to tell the difference. The main one I could spot was the flute-like sound in the background after the beginning part which cuts out between chords, unlike the final where it is constantly played. Isolate channel YM2612 #0 and compare it to the final to hear what I mean. Some of the tracks may not have any differences, but I still feel it's important to preserve these versions. Masato Nakamura and the rest of the sound team at Sega worked very hard on this soundtrack and I think it's important to appreciate everything that went into making it sound as good as possible, both big and small.
I hope I am in the right topic this time... On my quest to rip the Sonic 2 August 21 1992 soundtrack I believe I've ripped and edited Hidden Palace Zone correctly, however it doesn't really sound right when it loops at about the halfway point. I've attached both the vgm I ripped and the one from the final game so you can hear it.
Should I perhaps mark the end sample after 2 loops instead of 1? Although that might just make it so it sounds weird every other loop. Alternatively I could move the loop point to the end of the first loop so that it starts back at the second. OR still I could move the end and loop point so that it's a "cycle" after when it repeats itself (sorry I don't know the term, there are so many terms for 1/2/3/4 cycles in music like what is it a beat, a bar, a step, a half step!?)
And reading this back just confused me so maybe someone can put it in words better than I can...

Edit: I think I figured it out, for some reason the first note of the bass is missing when it loops. I have no idea what could've caused this since if I recall correctly, I don't think that happened at any point in the song..
Edit 2: The note is not missing it's just kinda weakened somehow. I can even hear the difference between the trimmed version and my original rip. Perhaps the way it was trimmed also altered the synth a bit part way into the note. But if I tried to fix it the beat might be off.