MIDI tracks (XMI format) are located in XMI folder, Adlib versions have .adl extensions, Roland ones have .rld extensions. Rename wanted tracks to .xmi and enjoy.

Here's one of XMI tracks (comadven.adl) played in Dosbox.

Must have been my video you found 😀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1vHd6WVtSo
I never played this game when i bought it in early 1990's... it was not until last year i actually tried it (in dosbox) and was stunned by the amazing music. I have recordings of the SB16 music also but not uploaded to youtube 😀

Kawai GMega? What's that?

I stumbled onto that while trying to look specifically for the FM OPL3 rendition of WILDRIDE a few days back

I've owned it forever from a bundle circa '95 😀

bristlehog wrote:

Kawai GMega? What's that?

Looks like another GM Module i want to own now. 😒

Same here...

The only question is, does it only sound so nice in this particular game or in other ones too 😀

With this game so did it sound better than SC55 imho, it is not always the case though. I can record some examples from other games if anybody wants to hear?

That would be cool yeah.

Stefan_L, you said here that Kawai GMega is one of the worst GM modules you have. What are the best of your modules then?

The best module is almost always the one that the artist used when doing the music wich would mean Roland SC-55... but besides that so do i like Yamaha TG300 and Yamaha MU10... well most MU-modules are pretty good at GM, they have a bit soft sound though.

On the subject of ripped game soundtracks, is there any source for *quality* game midis?
I know of Mirsoft but the soundtracks there are a hit-and-miss in terms of quality...

By "midis" you mean SMF files?

I just rip (and, if necessary, convert and/or edit) PC game music myself. The result is a good-sized collection (over 2,500 game midis 😀 ). Only 5% are third-party downloads and no, I don't have music from every single PC game in existence (that would be too unwieldy to manage properly 🤣 ).

Stefan_L wrote:

By "midis" you mean SMF files?

I mean .mid files that can be played easily 😊

@ JayCeeBee64

share!!!!! 😀

I have collected about 5000 proprietary format MIDI files (mostly XMI and small number of HMI and HMP), all of which I ripped from games myself. All sound banks, patches etc. needed for correct playback are present.

bristlehog wrote:

I have collected about 5000 proprietary format MIDI files (mostly XMI and small number of HMI and HMP), all of which I ripped from games myself. All sound banks, patches etc. needed for correct playback are present.

can you play them with a real device or you need an player that emulates one?

keropi wrote:

can you play them with a real device or you need an player that emulates one?

They can be played both ways. In DOS with real hardware I can play XMI with my PX player or Miles players (XPLAY, XMIPLAY, XP32), HMIs and HMPs with HMI SOS setup program. In Windows I can use foobar2000, winamp or xmplay to play using emulation.

keropi wrote:

@ JayCeeBee64

share!!!!! 😀

No problem. Try these two out first:

Duke Nukem 2 game music

Traffic Department 2192 game music

Let me know what you think 😀

@bristlehog

Wow, that's quite a collection! Way more than what I have (about 520 in XMI, HMP & HMI combined). And yes, your PX player is just what I was looking for to play XMI files through my SBPRO2 OPL3 synth in DOS - I'm now collecting all the needed GTL files for proper playback (and do some audio recordings as well 😁 ).

^ awesome, gonna dl them when I get back home where the goodies are 😁 thanks!