First post, by marzsyndrome
Whew! Glad I could get that title in at least without running out of space. But to be more precise, I am looking for:
1) A command-line program for Windows...
2) ...that can convert a MIDI file to a WAV file...
3) ...that doesn't simply use soundfonts...
4) ...but instead is able to use external MIDI drivers...
5) ...such as MUNT or OPL3Windows.
So, that eliminates both Timidity and FluidSynth. Basically, I want a batch-friendly program that is able to read a MIDI file like it were, say, WMP, and utilise whatever driver I've specified in the Drivers32 section of the registry and output the end-result into a WAVE format. I'm thinking, for instance, that I could utilise the accuracy of OPL3Windows to create an OPL'd version of a MIDI file of my choice and do as I wish with it. I've tried using that OPL3 128Mb soundfont with the above-mentioned MIDI programs but it obviously isn't all that accurate a lot of the time. And I'd prefer command-line-based because then I could make a batch script to auto-convert many MIDI files in this style, rather than just chuck everything into a bulky GUI program.
I've also tried ADLMIDI - well, whatever outdated Win32 binary I could get my hands on - and somehow it still doesn't sound quite like how I hear it through OPL3Windows. Is it not using Nuked?
Anyhow, whoever can magic up precisely this kind of setup will have my eternal gratitude. Thanking you!