Gabriel Knight 1 - General Midi hangs sound device on exit (ESS Audiodrive 1878 + Roland Sound Canvas)

Posted on 2021-02-19, 17:33

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There was a topic posted here about this issue before by someone else, and it was determined that the reason Gabriel Knight hung/stalled the Sound Canvas upon exiting the game was because Sierra hardcoded a command to send to the MIDI port that was incompatible with the way the ESS Audiodrive …

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What are the smallest/most lightweight system drivers for MS-DOS?

Posted on 2021-02-05, 17:42

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I'm not going to specify my personal configuration, as this is more of a general question than a personal quest. But I know there are drivers out there, such as CuteMouse, that were made with the purpose of taking up minimal memory when loaded under native DOS. What are some good examples of these …

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Re: [RELEASE] Mega Man X - Better Music Mod for MS-DOS - Testers Welcome.

Posted on 2020-12-23, 02:33

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Oh my gawd! Really cool https://i.ibb.co/C5nV02R/oie-transparent-3.png bro! Unluckily it only partially works with the japanese windows95 version, it hangs after introducing the stage you selected. It works with vanilla files. *EDIT* I fixed the problem, I had to use original "s_demo.xmi" file. …

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Re: Is it possible to edit Sound Blaster patches of a DOS game?

Posted on 2020-12-23, 02:23

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I imagine in many things the instruments should to follow the same ordering as chip registers (for ease of loading etc.) and they should stand out as on orderly and aligned table with many repeating values. This is assuming there's no compression etc. getting in the way too. I wouldn't know about …

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Re: Is it possible to edit Sound Blaster patches of a DOS game?

Posted on 2020-12-22, 18:49

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One problem is that OPL is a lot less capable than OPN is, even 4 op mode of OPL3 isn't gonna help tremendously though with many channels available and made use of some impressive things can be done (a guy called MadBrain made some great things for example). Another problem is that what is being …

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Is it possible to edit Sound Blaster patches of a DOS game?

Posted on 2020-12-22, 18:29

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A while ago, I released the "Better Music Mod" for Mega-Man X on MS-DOS. What I did for this mod is take better composed MIDIs of the game's soundtrack from VGMusic, converted them to XMI, and added loop points where there previously weren't any. However, this was intended for General MIDI, and …

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Help me remember some 4:3 HD-Era games (Console versions Widescreen, PC versions Standard)

Posted on 2020-11-12, 01:04

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I was looking back through my boxed PC game collection, and decided to re-install The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion. This game came out in an era where, while the console versions of this game natively supported 16:9 aspect ratio, the PC version was usually optimized for 4:3 monitors instead, with …

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Re: [RELEASE] Mega Man X - Better Music Mod for MS-DOS - Testers Welcome.

Posted on 2020-03-28, 21:21

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I'm trying this game again after getting a Freesync monitor because I thought the horrible stuttering was mostly related to the typical refresh rate issues that occur with dos games in dosbox. Unfortunately, unless something isn't working right, Freesync doesn't help this game out at all. I …

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Re: [RELEASE] Mega Man X - Better Music Mod for MS-DOS - Testers Welcome.

Posted on 2020-03-02, 08:33

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Hey, from what I was able to test this sounds great. I'm glad you decided to make the effort to improve the music. Not an issue with the modded music, but I figure this might be as good a thread as any to ask about how to get this buggy port to work properly. I installed from CD so no copy …

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Re: [RELEASE] Mega Man X - Better Music Mod for MS-DOS - Testers Welcome.

Posted on 2020-03-01, 07:33

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amazing mod will post the trailer on PCMIDI fb group :D thanks for sharing this Zuon! edit: @ huge fan of Bob and his site + weekly news thanks for contributing to them! you people bring projects to the masses - the only problem? not enough time and money to enjoy all! LOL LOL LOL I'm glad to help …

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Re: [RELEASE] Mega Man X - Better Music Mod for MS-DOS - Testers Welcome.

Posted on 2020-02-29, 03:07

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I am going to do an article as well if that's okay with you? Maybe even a video as well doing a showcase. Yeah, absolutely. My trailer is also currently uploading on Youtube right now, and should be ready within the hour. Edit: It's done. Added the link to the original post. Got it working with a …

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Re: [RELEASE] Mega Man X - Better Music Mod for MS-DOS - Testers Welcome.

Posted on 2020-02-28, 20:11

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Awesome! I will try this out with my MIDI setup soon. Great work! Glad you're interested! I'm actually recording a mock trailer for this mod at the moment. When it's finished, I'll edit my main post to embed it here in the forum. In the meantime, please let me know your experience with the mod. I …

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Re: [RELEASE] Mega Man X - Better Music Mod for MS-DOS - Testers Welcome.

Posted on 2020-02-28, 05:56

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Vanessaira wrote on 2020-02-27, 23:39: Awesome! I will try this out with my MIDI setup soon. Great work! Glad you're interested! I'm actually recording a mock trailer for this mod at the moment. When it's finished, I'll edit my main post to embed it here in the forum. In the meantime, please let me …

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[RELEASE] Mega Man X - Better Music Mod for MS-DOS - Testers Welcome.

Posted on 2020-02-27, 08:38

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Release Trailer: https://youtu.be/BA8JKyOHg1k The MS-DOS port of Mega Man X was actually pretty well done, aside from one problem... the default music sounded terrible. And what's Rockman without the ROCK? I set out to remedy this problem by scavenging out some better MIDI renditions of the original …

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Halloween was yesterday, Harry, but I made you an Alien Carnage song cover.

Posted on 2019-11-01, 23:59

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https://youtu.be/iJyM_wo2bGU Not much else to say, but I hope you guys enjoy.

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Re: Other than Roland, what are the other "best" sounding MIDI devices/sound cards out there?

Posted on 2019-10-06, 23:33

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"Best" sounding is very subjective... If you're after the most realistic sounding then usually the higher the sample quality in ROMs, the better. Generally, this varies from manufacturer to manufacturer and for different instruments as well. Best to have a variety and also a high quality mixer to …

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Re: Other than Roland, what are the other "best" sounding MIDI devices/sound cards out there?

Posted on 2019-10-05, 05:57

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High end Yamaha are fantastic, using the digital output of my MU2000 to a good amp is incredible. Also Love my Akai SG01k. It is amazing in stuff like Doom, but terrible with orchestral stuff. Casio and Korg are fun to toy with. A Dreamblaster X2 is a great choice as well with the various sound …

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Re: Other than Roland, what are the other "best" sounding MIDI devices/sound cards out there?

Posted on 2019-10-05, 04:32

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SC-55 is my favorite but that may be bias due to so many games music likely being developed using a sound canvas to begin with. Kind of like how older Sierra games will make an MT-32 your synth of choice.. Yamaha MU80 XG may be another popular choice for computer related audio. Final Fantasy VII …

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Other than Roland, what are the other "best" sounding MIDI devices/sound cards out there?

Posted on 2019-10-05, 03:44

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After being stuck with low-tier Sound Blaster for so long, I have eventually gotten myself a Roland SC-55, but I still wonder what other alternatives were out there that produces similarly-realistic sounding instruments, but just... weren't Roland, if you know what I mean. Everyone makes recordings …

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Re: How to add loop points to MIDI files?

Posted on 2019-09-27, 17:46

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So this is what's interesting. I actually found your midi player while google searching before I made this post, but it didn't not loop back my MIDIs at the correct point while using the correct settings. You could have been more specific what were the 'correct' settings in your case. According to …

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