Is it possible without very specific hardware configurations to get the wonderfull midi music from the floppy disk version of Loom?
I played it back in the day on my old mac SE in black and white.
Unfourtunatelly I couldn't see the copy protection screen when I started it in color on later systems, so I was never able to play it in color.
I have coppied the files from my friends PC floppy copy of loom to my harddrive and unzipped the roland patch in the loom directory. While I now have vivid color, there is no music or sound at all usinf scumm vm or the old application launcher.
HELP!
I know my installation is working because I loaded up my old copy of "the dig" and played it though in a sitting using scummm vm.
Loom music without R-32?
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Re: Loom music without R-32?
friends don't let friends copy their loom (as outlined in forum rule #0)fatwill wrote:I have coppied the files from my friends PC floppy copy of loom
Not that much, I am afraid -- to be precise I am not aware of anybody working on that right now. We did some basic work on it in the past, So it starts up fine and you can play it, though w/o sound.
Note that even with the PC version with the roland patch, you won't here the "wonderful midi music". Only the Mac Midi rendition of it (we can't do miracles). To hear it as it was supposed to be heared, you'd still need a real MT-32 or the MT-32 emulator (which only works reasonably on Intel Macs).
Note that even with the PC version with the roland patch, you won't here the "wonderful midi music". Only the Mac Midi rendition of it (we can't do miracles). To hear it as it was supposed to be heared, you'd still need a real MT-32 or the MT-32 emulator (which only works reasonably on Intel Macs).
Sorry to revive an old thread.
I played Loom as a kid on a Macintosh II.
I read all these threads about MT-32 and I need to know if they apply to me as well.
I listened to every sound emulation option, as well as the MT-32 OGG's from 'Soundtrack Island', which from what I understood is supposed to be a faithful rendition of how it sounded on an MT-32. (Quote: Wonderful MIDI Music)
But the problem is, the music I remember was much, MUCH worse. It was like slow screetching sounds sequenced to make a melody. (As any nostalgic will understand, I would do anything to hear those horrible sounds that came out of from within the center of that overheating metal brick)
So what I was wondering is if my old MacII had the same audio device as all of the other threads, and if not, what can I do to hear that version again? (Without having to setup an actual MacII)
thanks.
I played Loom as a kid on a Macintosh II.
I read all these threads about MT-32 and I need to know if they apply to me as well.
I listened to every sound emulation option, as well as the MT-32 OGG's from 'Soundtrack Island', which from what I understood is supposed to be a faithful rendition of how it sounded on an MT-32. (Quote: Wonderful MIDI Music)
But the problem is, the music I remember was much, MUCH worse. It was like slow screetching sounds sequenced to make a melody. (As any nostalgic will understand, I would do anything to hear those horrible sounds that came out of from within the center of that overheating metal brick)
So what I was wondering is if my old MacII had the same audio device as all of the other threads, and if not, what can I do to hear that version again? (Without having to setup an actual MacII)
thanks.
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The "worst" sound option ScummVM has for Loom is PC Speaker, but this is beeps, not screeches.
I hope you're not talking about sounds like in that video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-Idzb5kL5E , because that's definitely a hardware problem
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I hope you're not talking about sounds like in that video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-Idzb5kL5E , because that's definitely a hardware problem
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