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Reply 80 of 91, by tikalat

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Took a look at Kyrandia 2.

k2sfx.c55
- ch11-16

[000B7D] BF 00 05 (@@@ GS bank select)
[000B80] BF 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[000B83] CF 7A (program)
123 05 - Bubble


[000BD5] BB 00 01 (@@@ GS bank select)
[000BD8] BB 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[000BDB] CB 79 (program)
122 01 - Fl. Keyclick


[000C2F] BA 00 02 (@@@ GS bank select)
[000C32] BA 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[000C35] CA 7C (program)
125 02 - Door Creaking


[000D00] BE 00 03 (@@@ GS bank select)
[000D03] BF 00 03 (@@@ GS bank select)
[000D06] BE 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[000D09] BF 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[000D0C] CE 74 (program)
[000D0E] CF 74 (program)
117 03 - ???


[000DC5] BD 00 04 (@@@ GS bank select)
[000DC8] BD 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[000DCB] CD 7D (program)
126 04 - Car Crash


[000E1D] BA 00 01 (@@@ GS bank select)
[000E20] BA 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[000E23] CA 7A (program)
123 01 - Rain


[000E75] BE 00 03 (@@@ GS bank select)
[000E78] BE 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[000E7B] CE 7C (program)
125 03 - Door


[000F41] BA 00 01 (@@@ GS bank select)
[000F44] BA 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[000F47] CA 7E (program)
127 01 - Laughing


[000FED] BA 00 03 (@@@ GS bank select)
[000FF0] BA 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[000FF3] CA 7E (program)
127 03 - Punch


Show last 123 lines
[00104F]  BF 00 04   (@@@  GS bank select)
[001052] BF 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[001055] CF 7A (program)
123 04 - Stream


[0010A9] BF 00 02 (@@@ GS bank select)
[0010AC] BF 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[0010AF] CF 7E (program)
127 02 - Screaming


[001157] BD 00 04 (@@@ GS bank select)
[00115A] BD 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[00115D] CD 7A (program)
123 04 - Stream


[0011B7] BA 00 03 (@@@ GS bank select)
[0011BA] BA 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[0011BD] CA 7A (program)
123 03 - Wind


[001211] BF 00 02 (@@@ GS bank select)
[001214] BF 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[001217] CF 7E (program)
127 02 - Screaming


[001269] BE 00 02 (@@@ GS bank select)
[00126C] BE 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[00126F] CE 7E (program)
127 02 - Screaming


[0012C3] BA 00 05 (@@@ GS bank select)
[0012C6] BA 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[0012C9] CA 7C (program)
125 05 - Wind Chimes


[001383] BA 00 01 (@@@ GS bank select)
[001386] BA 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[001389] CA 7E (program)
127 01 - Laughing


[0014E5] BA 00 01 (@@@ GS bank select)
[0014E8] BA 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[0014EB] CA 7E (program)
127 01 - Laughing


; WARNING!! Bank not reset after!!

[0016C3] BF 00 05 (@@@ GS bank select)
[0016C6] BF 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[0016C9] CF 7E (program)
127 05 - Footsteps


[001722] BF 00 04 (@@@ GS bank select)
[001725] BE 00 (@@@ ERROR - logical channel not locked!!)
[001725] BE 00 01 (@@@ GS bank select)
[001728] BF 20 (@@@ ERROR - logical channel not locked!!)
[001728] BF 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[00172B] BE 20 (@@@ ERROR - logical channel not locked!!)
[00172B] BE 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[00172E] CF 7A (@@@ ERROR - logical channel not locked!!)
[001730] CE 7A (@@@ ERROR - logical channel not locked!!)
123 04 - Stream
123 01 - Rain


[0017E7] BB 00 01 (@@@ GS bank select)
[0017EA] BB 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[0017ED] CB 79 (program)
122 01 - Fl. Keyclick


[00198D] BA 00 01 (@@@ GS bank select)
[001990] BA 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[001993] CA 7E (program)
127 01 - Laughing


Shaker


[001D5B] BD 00 02 (@@@ GS bank select)
[001D5E] BD 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[001D61] CD 7D (program)
126 02 - Car Stop


[001DB7] BD 00 04 (@@@ GS bank select)
[001DBA] BD 20 00 [@@@ ERROR - unknown cc#!]
[001DBD] CD 7D (program)
126 04 - Car Crash




slap
metronome bell
metronome click




K2TEST14.C55
[00034E] 99 59 7F (@@@ ???)
Note: C9 00 - VSC chart says undefined


K2TEST7.C55
[0002A7] C9 03 (@@@ GS drum kit = CAPITAL FALLBACK - STANDARD) (###)


K2TEST9.C55
[0024A5] C9 03 (@@@ GS drum kit = CAPITAL FALLBACK - STANDARD) (###)

Todo:
1. 117 03 - ??? (remap to 00 CTF I guess)
2. 127 05 - Footsteps - needs bank 00 reset afterward
3. Fix drum 03 CTF
4. Looks like no GS reset at startup

Reply 81 of 91, by d1stortion

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To not make two posts:

I'm not sure if you know about this or even fixed it, but in Duke3D Grabbag some drum notes are missing immediately after the track restarts. Was reminded of it when listening to these recordings. If I'm not mistaken it's even on the FM renditions...

Also, one more for the GS synth list: AWE64 with GS banks loaded 😀

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  • Filename
    miditest awe64 gs.ogg
    File size
    2.04 MiB
    Downloads
    160 downloads
    File license
    Fair use/fair dealing exception

Reply 82 of 91, by tikalat

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Thanks - did not know that or paid close attention about Duke3D. Going to listen to the AWE64 results later.

Debugging Rama is so annoying. I think I found the pseudo-bug where it refuses to start new audio tracks though - hope to get that working (incredibly annoying bug, whether Dosbox fault or not).

Reply 85 of 91, by KainXVIII

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Spikey wrote:

What files are patched, or does it add files to the directory?

sierra.exe was patched and genmidi.drv is replaced from archive.
UPD - don't know what i did, but it works now 😵
UPD2 - and now it not working again, dunno what to do 😠

Last edited by KainXVIII on 2017-07-13, 08:17. Edited 1 time in total.

Reply 87 of 91, by KainXVIII

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Spikey wrote:

What MIDI device do you use? There's only so many things it can be, especially if it is sometimes working and sometimes not.

I use hardware SB X-fi synth or software Roland SC VSTi + dosbox ece build. After hacking PQ4 even install.exe says that General MIDI driver is not supported by your system (was working before that).
Also all other hacks that i tried (QFG3-4, Larry 6, PoP2) works fine, only with PQ4 i have problems..

Reply 88 of 91, by Spikey

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Never played PQ4, so hard for me to test. Guess I could try with and without. What MIDI synth do you have set in Windows when you load the game? Roland SC VST?

Reply 90 of 91, by Stretch

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tikalat, I noticed in the MIDI file for Descent 1 Game10.hmp.mid, there are notes 92 and 93 in channel 10, which are invalid for the standard drum kit. Can you patch in a fix to remove that incorrect data?

Win 11 - Intel i7-1360p - 32 GB - Intel Iris Xe - Sound BlasterX G5

Reply 91 of 91, by Stretch

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Evryoff.mid from the Shadow Warrior goodies MIDI, should have an extra controller added on the 6th track (Shamisen), so that the track doesn't play on the AWE32.

Controller 111 = 2 should be added after controller 110 = 127

Win 11 - Intel i7-1360p - 32 GB - Intel Iris Xe - Sound BlasterX G5