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Re: FatBoy SoundFont

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Post by feluso »

This was very eye-opening, not being very familiar with the time I thought MIDI was just a designation we had for music in older games, I never thought it worked like that, sounds like it could have a lot of potential!

Re: FatBoy SoundFont

#63

Post by kcmastrpc »

wiradikusuma wrote: post #45

I remember my younger days. Games today depend on graphics card for quality, so you can brag to have better graphics with your friends if you have a better card. In the old days, the card was important of course (it's more to whether it's software or hardware, essentially jagged vs "smooth" picture), but having a good MIDI sound card is like heaven and earth for the ear. I literally spent hours just justening to MIDI…

I remember saving my money for an entire summer so I could play Doom with a Gravis Ultrasound Pro. In retrospect, it was a huge waste of money as the card was rarely supported in mainstream games of that era.

Re: FatBoy SoundFont

#64

Post by theandrewbailey »

feluso wrote: post #62

This was very eye-opening, not being very familiar with the time I thought MIDI was just a designation we had for music in older games, I never thought it worked like that, sounds like it could have a lot of potential!

There's an extension for MIDI to control things like lighting and pyrotechnics:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI_Show_Control

Re: FatBoy SoundFont

#65

Post by bredren »

pezz wrote: post #26
bredren wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just in case someone has this, I'd love to hear the Loom theme on this soundfont. This game was one of my favs back in the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQJVM-R3PxY

https://clyp.it/a2eawahj

Thank you, very much Pezz.

Re: FatBoy SoundFont

#66

Post by bayindirh »

tapland wrote: post #28
blt wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree, shipping full audio tracks is somehow too "easy". Also really love C64 SID music and Amiga tracker music.

I pretty much only have old C64 music running non-stop in my headphones at work. If it was remastered to not sound like a SID-chip I wouldn't get my fix.

You should listen Machinae Supremacy. They are using actual SID hardware while composing their music.

Re: FatBoy SoundFont

#67

Post by rocky1138 »

vanderZwan wrote: post #43
rocky1138 wrote: post #23

I realize it's somewhat ironic that I'm the one who posted the link but I myself am not a huge fan of the font itself. The site is cool, though. My main problem with the SoundFont is the same that many of them have: they, for some reason, mute the chirping sound in Duke3d's storm.mid. It totally changes the song and I just find myself getting frustrated when it's missing.

The changelog shows the font is still being tweaked based on real-life feedback: https://fatboy.site/changelog.html And if you scroll down, there's an email address: contact@fatboy.site So you could try contacting the author about this issue

Thanks. I've sent them a message and included the MIDI file.
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