Kirben wrote:Simon the Sorcerer 2 (DOS versions) actually offered separate music tracks for GM and MT-32.
You sure? I extracted the MIDI soundtrack some time ago and only found one set of GM files. And playing the game with a MT-32 doesn't give the impression that the LA soundtrack is a distinct one. Mm, I must give this another try.
zorbid wrote:There used to be a legend for the GM, but it was removed along the way. It meant "the score was composed on a GM synth" according to Wikipedia.
Thanks for the info.
Maybe I'm blind but I can't find any reference on wikipedia, that the HoF soundtrack was composed on/for a General MIDI synth.
Kirben wrote:Simon the Sorcerer 2 (DOS versions) actually offered separate music tracks for GM and MT-32.
You sure? I extracted the MIDI soundtrack some time ago and only found one set of GM files. And playing the game with a MT-32 doesn't give the impression that the LA soundtrack is a distinct one. Mm, I must give this another try.
Yes, there are two sets of 93 music tracks (in XMIDI format) in the SIMON2.GME file, for DOS versions.
I recall the original sound setup program didn't always select the correct set of music though.
zorbid wrote:There used to be a legend for the GM, but it was removed along the way. It meant "the score was composed on a GM synth" according to Wikipedia.
Thanks for the info.
Maybe I'm blind but I can't find any reference on wikipedia, that the HoF soundtrack was composed on/for a General MIDI synth.
I asked this question a while back on the Sierra Music Central website. The guy in charge of that site talked to Frank Klepacki when creating his enhanced soundtrack and he definitely said that it was composed for an SC-55.
The MT-32 versions still sound as good, if not better though. Westwood did a great job converting them.
Timing problems causing buffer overflows should be fixed in ScummVM. Track which may crash the device may not be fixable without redoing the faulty MIDI files. So far, my first gen MT-32 didn't crash with ScummVM, though. (I played all MT-32 supporting LucasArts adventures, BASS, Simon 1 & 2 and Flight of the Amazon Queen in ScummVM using my MT-32.)
Digging up an old thread, sorry
Could some of you (LogicDeLuxe?) who have DOTT available check their first gen MT-32 with it for a lock up?
I provided a savegame and the steps to reproduce in this bugtracker item