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Zdoom and new midisets

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I have MIDI files from Doom 64 and the midiset for them, but I don't know if there is a way to implement the midiset? I'm not sure if just throwing the .sf2 file into the wad as GENMIDI works because I just tried it and to no avail.

Is it even possible?
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Re: Zdoom and new midisets

Post by Gez »

Dreadflame wrote:I have MIDI files from Doom 64 and the midiset for them, but I don't know if there is a way to implement the midiset? I'm not sure if just throwing the .sf2 file into the wad as GENMIDI works because I just tried it and to no avail.

Is it even possible?
It is certainly possible. However, you'll need to learn a bit. The [wiki]GENMIDI[/wiki] lump isn't a [wiki]sound font[/wiki]. You'll need to get and configure [wiki]FluidSynth[/wiki] in order to use the SF2 file from Doom64 EX's WadGen. (Well, you could also use [wiki]TiMidity++[/wiki] I guess.)

"Normal" MIDI songs (those for the General MIDI instrument set, like Doom's original songs and those of most every other game with MIDI) will sound very, very odd with that soundfont. In Doom64 EX, it is also used for the sound effects (a pistol shot, for example, is a very short MIDI track). I don't think ZDoom allows to use MIDI sound effects, though.
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