ok second necro, but I've made some progress.
I took all the soundfonts that I used to make the rendered MP3 (I think), but combined them into a single working .SF2 then converted that to a .DLS version 1. Then I renamed it gm.dls and replaced the C:\Windows/System32/drivers/gm.dls with mine. I had to take ownership and set permissions to gain access to the gm.dls file first though and then restart the computer. EQ will now play the .XMIs with the good soundfonts, but there is still no echo/reverb. I think that at some time SOE removed that functionality, or it was only ever supposed to work with the SB AWE 32 cards.
Anyway, for those that want it, here is my SoundFont that I used to make the rendered MP3 a few posts up:
Code:
Megaupload:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KNJIQHK6
MediaFire:
http://www.mediafire.com/?3r6t4bjpafdaq5q
I think this is as close as we can get to better sounding music
in game.
Also I made some of the rendered MP3 files to replace the newer music MP3s. For those that want the classic music of EQ with the echo/reverb, but with an easier/less invasive install procedure, just put the files from this zip into your EQ directory:
Code:
Megaupload:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OTZ61X9L
HotFile:
http://hotfile.com/dl/106841690/ef97165/EQ_Classic_Music.zip.html
MediaFire:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/pyhrxpx912r94xf/EQ%20Classic%20Music.zip