Munt 32?

[SynDuo]

Any other older players have Munt-32 installed? Can we use this at all in this game? I would love some MT-32 music instead.

Having it install is kinda a must for some old dosbox games, but I wonder if we can use it for the music in this release?

[SynDuo]

Lol anyone? Ignore the whiney broke kids, this is a legit question

[Yistaan]

Munt 32 has been broken on windows for years for me, not sure if that's changed. I use coolsoft virtualmidisynth and a roland soundfont

[ParasiteX]

Originally posted by Yistaan:

Munt 32 has been broken on windows for years for me, not sure if that's changed. I use coolsoft virtualmidisynth and a roland soundfont

I've been using Munt for years, and it still works perfectly for me in Win 11. Reinstalling munt usually fixes most problems. I use it alot with ScummVM and DosBox.

[SynDuo]

Yeah I recently got W11 and Munt works fine, but will it work for this game?

[ParasiteX]

Originally posted by SynDuo:

Yeah I recently got W11 and Munt works fine, but will it work for this game?

Hard to say as i don't have the game yet, will probably wait for a sale.
It would need to have some way to set it to specifically use the MT-32 midi files. Altough this game came out around when General MIDI was hitting off. So it will probably sound better using a SC-55 emulator. Like Roland's own Sound Canvas VA, or using a sc-55 sound font for Virtualmidisynth. But from my experience the Roland emulator does a much better job emulating the SC-55 than using a soundfont. Unfortunately you have to buy the emulator to get it.. or through.. "alternate means"..

[ParasiteX]

From reading some other threads, seems the game forces the use of a Roland SC-55 soundfont or OPL3. So options seems limited in that regard. But seems you can switch out the sf2 file with a different soundfont of your choice.

[behindtimes]

Yeah, fortunately you can switch out the SF2 file.

I have both an SC-55 and MT-32, and honestly, the soundfont which came with the game sounds like neither. I'm just trying to find a decent soundfont for the game.

But the sound is one area I am disappointed with. I was hoping for an upgrade here, even if it's just midi which uses more than the traditional 16 channels.

[ParasiteX]

Originally posted by behindtimes:

Yeah, fortunately you can switch out the SF2 file.

I have both an SC-55 and MT-32, and honestly, the soundfont which came with the game sounds like neither. I'm just trying to find a decent soundfont for the game.

The free Arachno soundfont usually sounds great for most games. And the Papelmedia soundfont (i got the 2007 version) generally sounds great for orchestral/classical/piano music. Papelmedia one isn't free i think. And not sure if it's still even possible to find through... "alternate means"

EDIT1: Hmm, i actually found a download for the Papelmedia 2007 version:
https://musical-artifacts.com/artifacts/847
The link was a bit slow to load though, so you may have to be patient. Grab the one listed in the mirrors section.

EDIT2: Just did some tests on some downloaded DF midis ripped from the game. And the Papelmedia soundfont definitely sounds best for the SW music style. Arachno one does still sound pretty good though, and way better than the SC-55 soundfont.

[Dr. Venkman]

Try Timbers of Heaven Soundfont it is awesome!