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From: Elliott Lee <tenchi@netmagic.net>
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Subject: Re: Adding music to games
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 11:43:43 -0800
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Stan Weaver wrote:
	[...]
> In general, the process goes something like this....
> 
> 1) Find a sound source you want to use (i.e. keyboard patch, CD,
> screaming "BLARGH!!!"  into a microphone, whatever).  If you're doing
> MIDI music, now's the time to compose that using a sequencer of some
> kind (Performer, Vision, or some warez program).  You can also use a MOD
> player if you prefer, but it must be able to save out the sequence as a
> Standard MIDI File Type 1 AND save out the sample as either an AIFF or
> .WAV.
> 
> 2) Convert the sound file to something you can manipulate on your
> computer by using a sampler or some other digital recording system (like
> ProTools, SoundBlaster, or something like that).
	[...]
> 8) If your using a MIDI and if it isn't already in the necessary format,
> convert the sequence file to that format (SMF1) and convert the file to
> the Sony SEQ format using SMF2SEQ.
> 
> Now you're ready to load the files using the procedures outlined in the
> manuals.
> 
> Hope this helps!  Let me know if you have any other questions.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Stan
> 
> Stan Weaver
> Audio Tools Technician
> SCEA

Too much work.  :(  If it could be put into a batch file to make it
more automated, then the problem subsides.

Can anyone at SCEA/Sony:

  -  publicize the exact formats of VAG/VAB/SEQ files?
     The Yaroze File Formats doc does a decent job of showing the
     structure but not the ADPCM packing or the sequencer stuff.
     Converting from something->MIDI 1->SEQ is tedious.

  -  create a sound function which has a channel parameter?
     (This question was also brought up in another newsgroup.)
     It would make life a lot easier if we could tell specific
     voices to key on/off instead of having SsUtKeyOn() pick
     the voice for us---more control is better.

MOD tracker progs are some of the best digital music sequencers
out there.

- e!
  tenchi@netmagic.net
  http://www.netmagic.net/~tenchi/yaroze/