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From: Roy Glover <rglover@iname.com>
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Subject: Re: VAB file on the Yaroze boot CD
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 05:14:12 -0700
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Ed Federmeyer wrote:
> 
> I was playing around with the sound, and it seems to me that the STD0.VB
> file is not "General MIDI" compatible.  I wrote a little program to let
> me play notes from the various sounds, and they do not match up with the
> sounds that are supposed to be in a GM device.
> 
> I've also use the andplay.bat utility to play some MIDI files that sound
> pretty good on my PC, but on the Yaroze, they sound....  Wierd.
> 
> Would it be possible, if another Boot CD were to ever be produced, to
> put a GM compatible sound source on there?
> 
> The reason is that there are alot of GM-compatible MIDI files floating
> around and it would be so nice and easy to just plop a few into a game,
> to break up the monotony of "gogo" and "musi".  :-)
> 
> Until then, are there any musicians who would be willing to create a GM
> compatible VAB file?
> 
> EdF

Ed,

I found that most of the sounds in STD0.VB are approximate GM sounds,
but the drums/percussion tracks need to be set to patch #128.
Also, some of the samples above patch #100 are blank.

Roy Glover