A discussion on restoring EQ's music once and for all - Page 9

stormlord · #81 07-19-2010, 07:14 AM

I've always had the music at 25 and the sound at 60 or higher. I would turn up the music when I liked it.

stormlord · #82 07-19-2010, 07:14 AM

I've always had the music at 25 and the sound at 60 or higher. I would turn up the music when I liked it.

I think the music is part of the content though (like a movie). That's why I keep it low and don't turn it off. The only time I ever used the music player was in 2007... I grinded the hole with some electronica.

EDIT: BS, sorry about this. I accidently clickedp review, and somehow posted twice.

stormlord · #83 07-22-2010, 06:36 AM

Is it true that the bard music in freeport only played at night?

If true, that's a nice touch. I hate it when it's the same thing over and over. Not original.

doacleric · #84 07-23-2010, 11:07 PM

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Is it true that the bard music in freeport only played at night?

If true, that's a nice touch. I hate it when it's the same thing over and over. Not original.

I am not aware of any music in game playing only at certain times of the day

doacleric · #85 07-23-2010, 11:13 PM

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Yeah I have all the original midis as well - I was more curious if anyone successfully remastered them into mp3s to make them sound more like they did back in 99.

There were some posts from a few people that were going to try using old hardware to reproduce the music - did anything come from that?

http://www.xs4all.nl/~treesong/EQmp3.zip

These are about as close as we are going to get without someone running a classic client on a PC from the 1999-2000 era.
Btw, I made those mp3's about 6 years ago =)

Tork · #86 07-30-2010, 11:04 AM

Has anyone worked this to completion with original everything?

It continues to impress me how this community is able to forensically restore EQ to its glory days - it makes me want to sway a lighter in the air and sing-along with a Cinderella song.

Overcast · #87 07-30-2010, 11:36 AM

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http://www.xs4all.nl/~treesong/EQmp3.zip

These are about as close as we are going to get without someone running a classic client on a PC from the 1999-2000 era.
Btw, I made those mp3's about 6 years ago =)

I still have the *original* EQ CD at home - if I install it - couldn't I get all the original MIDI files?

I'll do that for giggles, but I'm not sure offhand which files or file contains the music.

Tork · #88 07-30-2010, 01:02 PM

There's so much info in this thread (which I recommend reading from the beginning), but in a nutshell it's unfortunately not that easy; it's the means by which the midi files + sample sounds + period hardware all came together to rendered EQ's music circa 1999-2000 which we're seeking.

mgellan · #89 07-30-2010, 01:03 PM

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I still have the *original* EQ CD at home - if I install it - couldn't I get all the original MIDI files?

I think you can hear the original MIDI just by deleting the new MP3 files so the game plays the XMI (extended MIDI) files by default, but modern MIDI support provides very poor rendition compared to original Soundblaster AWE32 with the included Soundbank file. Thats what I'm trying to recreate!

FWIW I'm still struggling with noise on my AWE64 and reluctantly attributing it to the card itself. I may end up spending the $10 to buy an actual AWE32...

Regards,
Mg

Melias · #90 07-30-2010, 03:02 PM

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I think you can hear the original MIDI just by deleting the new MP3 files so the game plays the XMI (extended MIDI) files by default, but modern MIDI support provides very poor rendition compared to original Soundblaster AWE32 with the included Soundbank file. Thats what I'm trying to recreate!

I believe this is correct as Cobalt Scar has no MP3 file, but it has the XMI and I still get that damn song playing when around the little bugger otters.

Incidentally, the Mayong Mistmoore fight in Demiplane of Blood has a different music for when fighting him contrary to the rest of the zone and that file is an MP3. However, it's in all likelyhood just the entire raid instance changing the regular MP3 to that one.