Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!greg_labrec@interactive.sony.com From: Stan Weaver Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.programming.sound Subject: Re: VAB file on the Yaroze boot CD Date: Thu, 01 May 1997 17:36:18 +0000 Organization: Sony Computer Entertainment America Lines: 41 Message-ID: <3368D48F.2B12@interactive.sony.com> References: <3361C16F.6822@charlie.cns.iit.edu> <3361F194.34AA@iname.com> <3362D693.74C4@ziplink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.41.6.40 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Jay Brewer wrote: > > Since I'm not a programmer - I am trying to get a couple of GM files to > play - sometimes I have no problem but other times the PSX just goes to > the red screen and doesn't play the file. Are there things in the smf > format that will hang up the PSX? What are the list of sounds? Can I > edit my MIDI file beforehand to make it more compatible? Why does it > always take out my control changes? Hi Jay, There shouldn't be a problem with SMF format (as long as you're using format 1, of course). More likely, it's a GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out) problem. Maybe your sequencing software is not writing all the proper info that SMF2SEQ needs to work properly. The sounds for General MIDI are standardized and I recommend, if your interested in this sort of thing and assume that you are, going to a bookstore and picking up a good book on MIDI. There are hundreds of them and most include a description of the standard GM sound set. The only thing is that, instead of MIDI channel 10 being used for drums, drums, in the NY GM set, are placed in program number 127. Also, along those lines, I recommend picking up a copy of Electronic Musician magazine (always a good plan). You only have to add the Sony proprietary control changes (i.e. looping, etc.) to the sequence. Other than that, no alteration should be necessary, if you're referring GM files. SMF2SEQ strips out control changes that it can't use. All the control changes that it can use should still be in there. If it sounds like they're not, then it's probably something else. Elaborate, if you could. Best of luck, Stan Weaver Audio Tools Technician Sony Computer Entertainment America