Even as far back as 2001, those .PAT files were not included in the Sierra GenMIDI pack.

See here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20010830215435/htt … /Utilities.html

Maybe they were a separate download.

If the dates are to be trusted , the non-GM .pat files were not included as far back as 1993 .
http://files.mpoli.fi/unpacked/hardware/sound/gravis/game/

Take a look here:
https://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9653

From the looks of this, it sounds to me like some of those patch files were included with some of the games:

Okay, did some research on "Sierra On-Line's after-market support for General MIDI". Thanks for the hint md5, this stuff should really make its way into next ScummVM README 😀

Anyway, not sure why the file got named SQ1GMPAT but for ScummVM it has to be either 4.PAT in the game directory or SQ1_GM.PAT in extras path. If anyone wants to use DOSBox and the GM DRV files, it has to be the first option. There's a READ.ME in the package that explains things pretty well. I'm quite happy with the result, PC-speaker and FM-synth music is how I remember my first contact with Sierra games but I have to say General MIDI is nice too.

However, this update is only for few selected games and Police Quest 2 is not on the list. But, on my CD, there are some additional files for this game as well. Those are PATCH.000 and PATCH.101. And there is a READ.ME included as well but I can't quite figure it out. This is what it says:

1Old System Patches shipped on Disk:
2
3Patch.001      MT-32 (LAPC-I, CM32-L, CM64)
4Patch.002      IMF/FB01
5Patch.003      Adlib/SoundBlaster
6Patch.004      Casio MT540/CT460
7Patch.007      Casio CSM-1
8Patch.101      CMS
9
10BBS Support:
11
12Patch.000      D110/10/20
13
14New System Patches Shipped on Disk:
15
16Patch.001      MT-32 (LAPC-I, CM32-L, CM64)
17Patch.003      Adlib/SoundBlaster
18Patch.101      CMS
19
20BBS Support:
21
22Patch.002      IMF/FB01
23
24
25MIDI.EXE sysex  loader is used to  load patches for other  devices. Devices
26supported in this manner:
27
28Roland  D110       (Patches named: KQ5D110, QFG2D110, etc...)
29Roland  D10/20     (Patches named: KQ5D20, QFG2D20, etc...)
30EMU     Proteus/1  (Patches named: KQ5PRO1, QFG2PRO1, etc...)
31EMU     Proteus/2 (Patches named: KQ5PRO2, QFG2PRO2, etc...)
32
33These patches  must be loaded  into the device  before playing the  game by
34using MIDI.EXE.  D-110/10/20's must always be  set to unit #18  in order to
35receive the  sysex massage. EMU Proteus/1  & Proteus/2 must be  set to Unit
3600. Run MIDI and load the appropriate  patch. Run the Sierra game using the
37MT-32 driver.
38
39
40NOTE: Casio  is not supported as  of yet in the  new system. However, there
41are  plans  to  support  some  of  their  devices  in the future. The Music
42Department will keep  the BBS up to date as  new drivers and patches become
43available.
44
45OLD SYSTEM
46
47          PATCH#
48GAME      000       001       002       003       004       007       101
49Camelot   X         X         X         X         X         X         X
50CB        X
51Hoyles    X
52ICE       X                   X         X
53KQ1                           X
54KQ4       X                                                           X
55LL2       X                                                           X
56LL3       X
57MG                            X
58Oils      X
59PQ2       X                                                           X
60QFG1      X

61Silph     X
62Sorc      X         X         X         X         X         X         X
63SQ3       X                                                 X         X
64
65
66NEW SYSTEM Extra Patches/Drivers
67
68          Device
69GAME      D110      D10/20    Prot1     Prot2     IMF
70Jones     X                                       X
71KQ5       X         X         X         X         X
72QFG2      X         X         X         X         X
73Stellar   X
74Thex2     X                                       X

Here is something interesting. It seems that Windows 3.1 has a Proteus/1 General MIDI setup built in:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/bit.l … c-l/cC3uDmGR68I

Maybe just use that and the Regular General MIDI driver for the Sierra games.

And here is a place that has some Proteus/2 Sierra game sysex patches:
http://www.buczynski.com/Proteus/p2patch.html

I don't think you can force Proteus/1 to be GM compatible simply by altering its patch map. It has an ability to renumber its patches, but this doesn't apply to drum sets. And while Proteus/1 has several drum sets, none of them are GM compatible.

Windows 3.1 drivers solve this problem by substituting drum keynotes on the fly using a remap table (or so I think). Thus, you can't make Proteus/1 GM compatible without making a dedicated driver that would perform these drum shenanigans. If Sierra somehow did it nevertheless, I applause them but I have no idea how it could be possible.

Anyway, you can take Proteus/ 1XR GM patch set from here: http://files.mpoli.fi/unpacked/hardware/sound … urt/msnd95.zip/. You need genmidi.mpp which is (I believe) a raw Proteus SYSEX patchset with some header. I think it won't help you with drums, but still you may find some use for it.

Here is an interesting bit from the readme out of genmidi.exe

NOTES:
1) The GENMIDI.DRV driver is designed to work with a Roland
MPU-401/IPC or compatible MIDI interface. If you wish
to use a Pro Audio Spectrum MIDI interface with your MediaVision
ProAudio Spectrum card, you will need to use the GENMIDMV.DRV
driver instead of the GENMIDI.DRV driver.

2) All of Sierra's newest adventure games include a General Midi
driver. If you have an EMU PROTEUS/1 or a Roland D110, D10 or D20,
you can use the included General MIDI driver on these newer games
if you re-map your synth to the General Midi standard.

General MIDI Patch Mapping:

11   Acoustic Piano	44  Contra Bass		87  5th Saw Wave
22   Bright Piano	45  Tremolo Bass	88  Bass & Lead
33   Electric Piano	46  Pizzicato strings	89  Fantasia
44   Honky Tonk Piano	47  Orchestral Harp	90  Warm Pad
55   Rhodes Piano	48  Timpani		91  Polysynth
66   Chorus Piano	49  String Ensemble 1	92  Space Voice
77   Harpsichord		50  String Ensemble 2	93  Bowed Glass
88   Clavinet		51  Synth Strings 1	94  Metal Pad
99   Celesta		52  Synth Strings 2	95  Halo Pad
1010  Glockenspiel	53  Choir Aahs		96  Sweep Pad
1111  Music Box		54  Voice Ooohs		97  Ice Rain
1212  Vibraphone		55  Synth Voice		98  Soundtrack
1313  Marimba		56  Orchestra Hit	99  Crystal
1414  Xylophone		57  Trumpet		100 Atmosphere
1515  Tubular bells	58  Trombone		101 Brightness
1616  Dulcimer		59  Tuba		102 Goblin
1717  Organ 1		60  Muted Trumpet	103 Echo Drops
1818  Organ 2		61  French Horn		104 Star Theme
1919  Organ 3		62  Brass 1		105 Sitar
2020  Church Organ 1	63  Synth Brass 1	106 Banjo
2121  Reed Organ		64  Synth Brass 2	107 Shamisen
2222  Accordian Fr	65  Soprano Sax		108 Koto
2323  Harmonica		66  Alto Sax		109 Kalimba
2424  Bandneon		67  Tenor Sax		110 Bag Pipe
2525  Nylon-str. Gt	68  Baritone Sax	111 Fiddle
2626  Steel-str. Gt	69  Oboe		112 Shanai
2727  Jazz Gt		70  English Horn	113 Tinkle Bell
2828  Clean Gt		71  Bassoon		114 Agogo
2929  Muted Gt		72  Clarinet		115 Steel Drums
3030  Overdrive Gt	73  Piccolo		116 Woodblock
3131  Distortion Gt	74  Flute		117 Taiko
3232  Gt Harmonics	75  Recorder		118 Melo Tom 1
3333  Acoustic Bs		76  Pan Flute		119 Synth Drum
3434  Fingered Bs		77  Bottle Blow		120 Reverse Cym
3535  Picked Bs		78  Shakuhachi		121 Gt FretNoise
3636  Fretless Bs		79  Whistle		122 Breath Noise
3737  Slap Bass 1		80  Ocarina		123 Seashore
3838  Slap Bass 2		81  Square Wave		124 Bird
3939  Synth Bass 1	82  Saw Wave		125 Telephone 1
4040  Synth Bass 2	83  Syn Calliope	126 Helicopter
4141  Violin		84  Chiffer Lead	127 Applause
4242  Viola		85  Charang		128 Gun Shot
4343  Cello		86  Solo Vox	

darry wrote on 2020-04-01, 01:20:

If the dates are to be trusted , the non-GM .pat files were not included as far back as 1993 .
http://files.mpoli.fi/unpacked/hardware/sound/gravis/game/

cyclone3d wrote on 2020-04-01, 00:30:

Maybe they were a separate download.

That's probably correct, because in Interaction Magazine, June of 1993, Page 71, it talks about aftermarket patches on the BBS: https://archive.org/details/InterAction_Magaz … ge/n69/mode/2up

And besides GENMIDI.EXE (which is the self-extracting original archive) it also lists:

GEND110.EXE - D110 General MIDI Driver
GENPRO1.EXE - General MIDI Driver for Proteus/1 synthesizer

Unfortunately even with those filenames to search for, I still cannot find anything, so perhaps these files never made it onto the internet.

(Sorry for the thread necro, but I'm hoping this "new" info might help us find these patches some day)

bristlehog wrote on 2020-04-01, 12:31:

I don't think you can force Proteus/1 to be GM compatible simply by altering its patch map. It has an ability to renumber its patches, but this doesn't apply to drum sets. And while Proteus/1 has several drum sets, none of them are GM compatible.

Windows 3.1 drivers solve this problem by substituting drum keynotes on the fly using a remap table (or so I think). Thus, you can't make Proteus/1 GM compatible without making a dedicated driver that would perform these drum shenanigans. If Sierra somehow did it nevertheless, I applause them but I have no idea how it could be possible.

Anyway, you can take Proteus/ 1XR GM patch set from here: http://files.mpoli.fi/unpacked/hardware/sound … urt/msnd95.zip/. You need genmidi.mpp which is (I believe) a raw Proteus SYSEX patchset with some header. I think it won't help you with drums, but still you may find some use for it.

It appears that the Turtle Beach MultiSound Classic sound card really has a full Proteus 1XR on board. Apart from the header, the Proteus factory sysex for the card is identical to the one for the 1XR module.
I removed the header from the GM sysex and loaded it into my Proteus FX, which is essentially a Proteus 1+Orchestral, which is essentially a Proteus 1XR with additional samples from the Proteus 2.
The sysex works and gives GM compatibility. It uses the "Rock Drums" preset for drums. The downside is that it only uses the Proteus1 samples, which don't recreate certain instruments well.

To summarize, here are the GM options for Proteus owners that I know of:

Proteus 1 "Pop/Rock": only has 64 user presets, not enough for a GM remap. Apparently the Win3.1 driver can be used for remapping on the fly.

Proteus 1/XR: you can use the GM sysex from Turtle Beach Multisound Classic, I attached it here without the header

Proteus 2 or 3: not compatible, they are specialized and lack many instruments

Proteus 1 plus Orchestral: E-MU sold a preset disk called "3107 – General MIDI" but it's not on the internet. You might also be able to use the 1/XR preset file with its limitations.

Proteus FX: E-MU sold a preset disk called " 3123 – General MIDI". Someone on Gearspace claims to have it but doesn't react to messages. 1/XR presets also work but don't sound great.

UltraProteus: E-MU sold a ROM card with sysex for GM compatibility. Someone on Gearspace dumped the cards, they can be found here. Not exactly GM compatible, "Applause" and "Gunshot" instead store drum maps.

Proteus 1000/2000 and other newer E-MU modules that accept SIMM ROMS: can apparently be made GM compatible by adding the "Sounds of the ZR" ROM card, which contains the sounds of the Ensoniq ZR-76, which should sound very similar to other Ensoniq synths like the MR-Rack but not like a Proteus.

Now, I'm curious to know how these exotic synths sound with Sierra titles. Maybe someone will do some recording in the future.

RetroGamer4Ever wrote on 2024-03-10, 20:16:

Now, I'm curious to know how these exotic synths sound with Sierra titles. Maybe someone will do some recording in the future.

If the patch maps existed and could be found, it would be possible 😉 I'd like to hear them too. Although it's worth pointing out that all of these involve the original MT-32 or SC-55 (GM) sequences being used, nothing new was made for these synths. Just drivers that translate the existing MIDI files for these devices.

I plan on doing some D-110 recordings in the near(ish) future, at the very least.

I have an UltraProteus and the GM mappings ROM. Could make recordings if anyone is interested.

Yes please! 😀 UltraProteus is definitely on my want list.

Just thinking out loud here... the limiting factor on the Proteus 1 for GM is its ability to remap via Sysex, and the Win 3.1 driver can work around that by re-mapping on the fly. The re-mapping needed is known. In computational terms this is not complex. There are MIDI libraries for Arduino. It sounds - superficially - feasible to hook an Arduino up with MIDI input and output, read the incoming MIDI stream, remap it and then retransmit the remapped stream. Insert that between PC and Proteus 1 and things could get interesting...

I have far too many projects, but having a crack at this sort of appeals.

Spikey wrote on 2024-03-12, 06:23:

Yes please! 😀 UltraProteus is definitely on my want list.

Are you interested in any specific games?

florian3 wrote on 2024-03-13, 00:21:

Spikey wrote on 2024-03-12, 06:23:

Yes please! 😀 UltraProteus is definitely on my want list.

Are you interested in any specific games?

Leisure Suit Larry 6, King's Quest 6, QFG4 would all be fun! But anything you feel like doing. 😀

I don't know if any of us are familiar enough with the synth and it's sounds to have a suggestion, but the QuestStudios GM MIDI files are certainly a good place to start, if you want to take a crack at recording. The "long-take" soundtrack versions are the best way to show off the gamut of instruments and the capabilities of the synth, but the individual track files are probably easier to work with and record. Another possibility is the Runescape MIDIs, which certainly use a variety of instruments and styles.

Here is a recording of Kings Quest VI Soundtrack played on UltraProteus with GM settings ROM card.
MIDI file downloaded from karlsitretro.com. According to the .txt this MIDI file is originally from Quest Studios.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dqq67vs ... vya6k&dl=0

I'm listening to it now, about 15-minutes deep. The quality is definitely there, given the E-MU pedigree, though it sounds a bit different to me cause the balancing of sounds is different with the SoundFont and softsynth MIDI playback that I use. That being said, I can certainly hear the E-MU DNA in this that is also in the 28MB Creative SoundFont file that I prefer to use, which is based on E-MU sounds. If you want to try some other variety-filled whole soundtrack recordings from QS, I recommend QFG3, QFG4, LSL3, LSL5, LSL6, SQ1, SQ4, SQ5, and the Codename: Iceman GM soundtrack file, which is great for modern instruments and styles.

Out of all of those, I'll recommend specifically QFG3, QFG4, SQ5, LSL6 which are actually GM-composed games and edited fairly well.

Thanks florian. Haven't listened yet but I will check it out!