Music quality on Steam download verion

[fte]

Just downloaded this game, and was super disappointed when i heard the quality of the music, which for me is a big part of the experience playing this game. Sounds simple compared to the version i played 20 years ago on my old 386, and the Youtube soundtrack clips. Read somewhere the Steam version is altered some, and the music was affected. So where can i find the original game, with the high quality music?

[Kamil950PL]

https://steamcommunity.com/id/hismajesty/recommended/6010/

'His Majesty':
'This game is just as I remembered, but I swear my old SoundBlaster card sounded better than the midi emulation did here, and NUR-AB-SAL demanded MT-32. With 5-10 minutes, you too can appease Mr. Sal via ScummVM and add a few QoL features to boot. Here are a few steps to help make that painless:

1) Install ScummVM, available for free online. (Use the latest version, avoid the old RetroArch core.)
2) Launch ScummVM and add the game. (Find your Steam directory, then "steamapps\common\Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis." Ignore the ATLANTIS subfolder.)
3) Go to Global Options (or game options) and find the MT-32 tab
4) Select "MT-32 Device: MT-32 emulator" and check "True Roland MT-32 (disable GM emulation)"
4a) Ignore the Audio and MIDI tabs. The defaults are fine.
5) Go to the Graphics tab and check "Aspect ratio correction" to avoid stretching.
6) Apply the changes and you're all set! (Use F5 for the Save menu.)

If you want to play around with upscale rendering, you can also do that in the Graphics tab, but consider doing it in Game Options rather than Global if you'll use ScummVM for other old games. Either way, it's trial and error, and most settings look sort of like pixely oil paintings. Using OpenGL Graphics and an Edge 2x Scaler kept the text the most legible IMO, but you do you. (The online ScummVM documentation on "Understanding the graphics settings" has more info and some comparisons.)

Hope this helps someone!'

[drhansen]

These instructions don't seem to work with scummvm 2.7. Getting an error that says the emulator is not available and this in logs: [2023-07-05 22:09:59] ScummVM 2.7.0 (Feb 14 2023 14:26:43)
[2023-07-05 22:09:59] Vorbis FLAC MP3 RGB zLib MPEG2 FluidSynth Theora AAC A/52 FreeType2 FriBiDi JPEG PNG GIF taskbar TTS cloud (servers, local) TinyGL OpenGL (with shaders)
[2023-07-05 22:09:59] --- Log opened.
[2023-07-05 22:10:23] WARNING: The MT-32 emulator requires one of the two following file sets (not bundled with ScummVM):
[2023-07-05 22:10:23] Either 'MT32_CONTROL.ROM' and 'MT32_PCM.ROM' or 'CM32L_CONTROL.ROM' and 'CM32L_PCM.ROM'!
[2023-07-05 22:10:39] WARNING: The MT-32 emulator requires one of the two following file sets (not bundled with ScummVM):
[2023-07-05 22:10:39] Either 'MT32_CONTROL.ROM' and 'MT32_PCM.ROM' or 'CM32L_CONTROL.ROM' and 'CM32L_PCM.ROM'!
[2023-07-05 22:10:40] --- Log closed successfully.
Are these files supposed to be available with this download or have to be found elsewhere?

[Kamil950PL]

So I found that 'True Roland MT-32 (disable GM emulation)' option is for using with real MT-32 device or external MT-32 emulator program.

I found easier way so you don't have to use external MT-32 emulator program or real device.

You can use built-in MT-32 emulation in ScummVM. To use it you have to put ROM files in folder like described below - https://docs.scummvm.org/en/v2.7.0/advanced_topics/understand_audio.html#mt-32-device-emulation

Then I'm not sure but maybe you should choose:
'Preferred Device: MT-32 Emulator' and do NOT select 'True Roland MT-32 (disable GM emulation)'.

Forum about this - https://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?t=13660 (it is old topic so it can looks different in newer versions of ScummVM).

Or maybe you can choose Preferred Device: default - I don't know.

https://docs.scummvm.org/en/v2.7.0/settings/audio.html#the-mt-32-tab

EDIT: You can also use this guide if you prefer external MT-32 emulator - https://www.gog.com/forum/indiana_jones_series/fate_of_atlantis_tweak_guide_video_full_screen_roland_music_and_much_more

Probably important for both built-in and external MT-32 emulation:

'(...) Lucasarts tended to use Roland LAPC-I and CM-32L units, in contrast to Sierra who usually used Roland MT-32 units. For us this simply means that you should use the Roland CM-32L rom files with Munt. (...)'