Re: Yamaha FB-01/IMFC SCI tools (FB2SCI, SCI2FB, etc)

Posted on 2023-03-06, 04:50

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SCI2FB v1.01 is now released! It has been updated to support older patch files from SCI games that have only one sysex bank: -KQ4 -PQ2/LSL2 (they're identical, much like SQ3 and KQ1SCI's banks) -LSL2old (LSL2 has an older FB-01/IMF patch file with very different instruments) -Silpheed (the only non- …

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Re: FB2SCI (and other FB-01/IMFC tools for Sierra SCI games)

Posted on 2023-03-05, 01:46

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Good idea! Also, just completed SCI2FB which does the process in reverse (creates two FB-01 sysex bank files from an SCI patch file)! https://github.com/MusicallyInspired/SCI2FB EDIT: Well shoot. And now I've discovered some FB-01 patch banks are only 48 instruments and half the size. My program …

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Re: FB2SCI - Yamaha FB-01/IMFC bank sysex to SCI patch converter

Posted on 2023-03-04, 16:28

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So I'm wondering how similar the IMF and FB01 drivers are. I know that the only SCI1 games Sierra officially made support for KQ5, QFG2, and Jones and only for the IMF not the FB01. There doesn't appear to have existed any driver for the FB01 for SCI1 at all. Could we create one perhaps by …

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Re: FB2SCI - Yamaha FB-01/IMFC bank sysex to SCI patch converter

Posted on 2023-03-03, 19:47

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So, interestingly, the SCI1 FB-01 Patch resource has a different header for resource type identifier and also a string for the title of the game starting with "IMF - ". For KQ5 it's 10 extra bytes but for QFG2 it's 25. But otherwise it's the same as the SCI0 format. I'm not sure how the driver …

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Re: FB2SCI - Yamaha FB-01/IMFC bank sysex to SCI patch converter

Posted on 2023-03-02, 23:06

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That does sounds great! With a bit of fiddling and some librarian software you could certainly mix and match and fix up some of the other minor instruments that don't translate as nicely. But that's a solid base. What game is this patch originally from? I'm pretty much doing the same right now with …

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Re: FB2SCI - Yamaha FB-01/IMFC bank sysex to SCI patch converter

Posted on 2023-03-01, 18:47

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That makes total sense.

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Re: FB2SCI - Yamaha FB-01/IMFC bank sysex to SCI patch converter

Posted on 2023-02-28, 14:59

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Okay so I retested with Scali's build and also DOSBox-X and it does indeed work fine. So I wonder what's wrong with my vanilla DOSBox?

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Re: FB2SCI - Yamaha FB-01/IMFC bank sysex to SCI patch converter

Posted on 2023-02-28, 05:43

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Behringer U-Phoria UMC1820. I should also note that when I said the IMF DOSBox build works, I mean with the IMF.DRV driver.

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Re: FB2SCI - Yamaha FB-01/IMFC bank sysex to SCI patch converter

Posted on 2023-02-27, 20:55

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Oh excellent! I will try this out. EDIT: Unfortunately, it still doesn't work. The FB-01 says there's a dump error and the instruments come out all wrong. IMF build of DOSBox still works fine with no errors and sounds very different (better). Tested on high and low DOSBox cycles and with SQ3 and KQ4 …

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Re: FB2SCI - Yamaha FB-01/IMFC bank sysex to SCI patch converter

Posted on 2023-02-27, 13:07

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Yes that DOSBox build is a godsend. I tried the fixed drivers for the FB01 that I could find but it didn't change anything with the issue. The IMF DOSBox build is the way to go for now.

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Re: FB2SCI - Yamaha FB-01/IMFC bank sysex to SCI patch converter

Posted on 2023-02-26, 15:59

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Ah, this is very interesting! What is also interesting, is that some Sierra games have broken FB-01/IMFC soundbanks. That is, there are two ways to send instrument parameters via SysEx. One is to send parameters to a specific instrument, the other is to send parameters to a MIDI channel. Some …

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Yamaha FB-01/IMFC SCI tools (FB2SCI, SCI2FB, etc)

Posted on 2023-02-25, 22:24

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Update (05/03/2023): SCI2FB v1.01 update! It now supports older patch files that have only one sysex bank: -KQ4 -PQ2/LSL2 (they're identical, much like SQ3 and KQ1SCI) -LSL2old (LSL2 has an older FB-01/IMF patch file with very different instruments) -Silpheed (the only non-SCI game with an SCI- …

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Re: What synthesizer(s) was/were used for the Secret of Monkey Island Redbook CD audio soundtrack?

Posted on 2022-07-16, 16:45

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Doing more research I've discovered that the CD version used the sounds from the Korg M1 (SynMallet is used in the intro to the main theme), the E-MU Proteus (Marimba for the Lookout's theme from the intro, it's specifically the Proteus mono variation compared to the Emulator III's Wide Marimba in …

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Re: Falcosoft Soundfont Midi Player + Munt VSTi + BassMidi VSTi

Posted on 2022-06-16, 02:04

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Oh fantastic. Thanks for the tip.

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Re: Falcosoft Soundfont Midi Player + Munt VSTi + BassMidi VSTi

Posted on 2022-06-16, 00:24

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Beautiful, thank you! More than enough to meet my needs! And yes, I was the one who also emailed you. I emailed you before I found this thread and figured this would be a better place to post so more could see. EDIT: Hmm it seems I cannot drag and drop onto the VSTi when it's loaded in my DAW. I can …

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Re: Falcosoft Soundfont Midi Player + Munt VSTi + BassMidi VSTi

Posted on 2022-06-15, 16:27

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So my audio interface went kaput and I can no longer communicate with my physical MT-32 until I get a new one. I'm trying to utilize MUNT VSTi in the meantime for composing. However, my DAW (Cakewalk by Bandlab) doesn't support sending sysex messages to VSTi's at all. I was wondering how possible it …

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Re: What synthesizer(s) was/were used for the Secret of Monkey Island Redbook CD audio soundtrack?

Posted on 2022-06-05, 04:32

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Thanks for your further insights. I'll be looking into more of those. The piccolo (I don't think it's a pan pipe?) in the Circus theme sounds like the MT-32 a bit. Sorry, no. I meant the drums from the Circus and Stan themes. I was referring to the Monkey Island main theme for the Pan Pipe (it's …

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Re: What synthesizer(s) was/were used for the Secret of Monkey Island Redbook CD audio soundtrack?

Posted on 2022-06-04, 01:53

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After some lengthy research on YouTube as to how the SC-88 and JV-1080 sound (EDIT: looking it up, the JV-1080 was released in 1994 according to Wikipedia, SMI CD-ROM came out in 1992), I think I can safely confirm that neither of those particular synths were used for the Monkey Island CD audio …

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What synthesizer(s) was/were used for the Secret of Monkey Island Redbook CD audio soundtrack?

Posted on 2022-06-02, 05:12

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I think I knew at one time but I totally forgot. Was it a combination of synths or a singular one? I'd really love to know.

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Re: Sound Canvas comparison project

Posted on 2022-03-17, 05:11

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Should we have a spreadsheet or something to keep track of who's recording on what module?

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