VGA loom with Roland update patch

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adventur
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VGA loom with Roland update patch

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Hi, my query is as following: would there be a way (using ScummVM of course) to play loom VGA version using the roland update patch? I find the cd version to be somewhat lacking in a decent soundtrack, there are just too many silent moments. Meanwhile, the disk version, has the gorgeous mt-32 soundtrack running throughout the game, but has very inferior graphics. Is there a way to tweak ScummVM to obtain the best of each versions, using different audio resources?
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No way. The talkie CD has no MIDI support.

You might be interrested in the FM-Towns version, which has all the tracks in CD audio and the VGA graphics including all the close ups (and no spoken text). That version is very expensive, though.
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Yeah, I know about the loom fm-towns, but the thing is, I found out that early cd-audio or redbook was quite lacking for some reason, since it was still new at the time, I think the enhanced midi is still superior, but I don't mind the speech though.
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If you have the FM-Towns version, you could record the MT-32 tracks and use them as CD audio or as compressed files with ScummVM.
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That sounds interesting, is there a way to extract the midi music from the data files?
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Soundfont Island is your friend.
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Post by adventur »

Very nice indeed, if I can achieve a VGA loom with roland support that would be great :lol: but I'd have to make sure the FM-Towns score is actually the same as the midi tracks, for authenticity purposes.
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Post by adventur »

actually switching between audio tracks didn't work at all, & the fm towns has 16 tracks wich is 7 more than the floppy midi offers.
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Post by LogicDeLuxe »

Yor read the text on the link above? There, all tracks are listed with titles.
The FM-Towns version has two versions of the soundtrack. You only need 8 tracks for one soundtrack.
Also one track includes two of the midi tracks (like in Monkey 1).
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