A discussion on restoring EQ's music once and for all

[Engraverwilliam]

Im on the other side of the fence. How do i use the latest mp3 music? i know its something about making another folder and such for music but I don't know the process. I have a folder of eq music that I love. I hated the midi music. Can i add that back to my client and replace the midi tunes?

[Ploppy]

I have never played EQ with sound on since about the first week I played it. Get a tv in your game room folks.

[Xevin]

Sorry to necro this thread, but I have some music to share with everyone:
http://www.4shared.com/playlist/NMVg...oundtrack.html

All songs are MP3 320Kbps 48,000KHz 24bit. They were direct converted from the original XMI to MP3 using a mixture of 4 different ridiculously high quality soundfonts. All the original effects and post processing are applied except chorus. (not supported/needed)

Compare to this: http://www.xs4all.nl/~treesong/EQmp3.zip

Now we just need to find a way to get the MP3s to play instead of the XMIs...

BTW I think I found the thing that made the AWE32 so special. It had a ROM chip that stored a soundfont on it that the synthusr.sf2 would work in tandem with. That soundfont was made by E-MU and licensed by Creative (Sound Blaster). It's called SYNTHGMS.SF2. (see this link: http://www.un4seen.com/forum/?topic=...61394#msg61394) I rendered the music with those two (i.e. completely classic) and compared it to the version using the mix of super high quality soundfonts I used. The high quality soundfonts are worlds better in both quality and style. Of course I've been told my ear for music isn't so good...

[Muergan]

Great job they sound really good to me I hope you can find a way to implement them would make the game that much better.

[Nedala]

Nice, would be awesome to have those ingame!

[Xevin]

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:

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:

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

[JohAE86]

I approve of this thread. The most recent posting of the OST by Xevin is simply amazing.

[t0lkien]

I normally play with the music off, but dear God I miss the feeling of old EQ these tunes evoke. It was my first MMO, and still the best game experience of my life. It may never be recaptured (revisiting is cool, but as someone once said, you can never really go back).

P.S. the reverb is a must

[Rykk]

BUMP** EQ music was awesome

[Kazzok]

Fantastic! Thanks Xevin!