First post, by Hornpipe2
Scrabble CD-ROM (1996) has a background soundtrack of MIDI files that plays through the system MIDI synthesizer when using Windows. However, the disc also has a Mac version, and comes with a folder called "MACTUNES", which are in AIFF format and these are played instead for background music. The recordings are pre-rendered versions of the same MIDI files, but unfortunately they are 11.025khz mono.
I had the idea that if I could figure out which synth was used, I could re-record the MIDI files at high quality. But I can't figure out what it would be and I was hoping I could get some assistance. I've tried playback with MT-32 (via Munt), 8MBGMSFX.sf2 (fluidsynth), Microsoft Midi Mapper (the butchered Roland SC one) and they do not match. It is sounding like it could be a contemporary "pro" keyboard, like the Proteus or something, but I thought I'd ask here if any experts could identify the source.
It's also possible the Mac versions are post-processed somehow, which would make this task difficult / impossible, but let's hope that isn't the case 😀
So here's a table of 10 of the soundtrack files - the .mid for Windows and the .aif-as-flac for Mac - and I'd love to hear your ideas.