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Most of shiru's MD related tools now have a MIRROR

Hello,

most of you have probably noticed that all the MD related tools from shiru are completely gone.

Together with Sik, TimEE and andlabs I've created an archive of all the files I could find related to this. Right now we have:
Still MISSING are:

DOWNLOAD HERE: http://www.mdscene.net/md/shiru

Very nice! Good job!

Thanks for sharing this.

Here are tfmmaker 152 :
http://sega4ever.power-heberg.com/Downl ... ker152.rar

i think i have also the V12 but i'n my laptop , will sharing it monday

It should be noted that it wouldn't be wise to ask Shiru for support. Also, the Echo sound system seems to be the future. Oerg866 and Sega16 have already added some support for BasiEgaXorz even.

slobu wrote:It should be noted that it wouldn't be wise to ask Shiru for support. Also, the Echo sound system seems to be the future. Oerg866 and Sega16 have already added some support for BasiEgaXorz even.

If only there were an Echo music tracker! *hint hint* *nudge nudge*

The cool thing is, there's already tools to take an .XM tracker file and convert it. Basically, any tracker that can output .XM files can be used (which is almost all of them).

What I'd REALLY like is the MIDI to Echo converter to become useable. It sounds stupid but I'm more comfortable with Mario Paint Composer which has a MIDI utility. Going from MIDI to XM has been a real hassle in the past.

Add this to the list for history's sake, even though it's not needed since the existence of VGMMM.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1287967/vgmglue.zip

EDIT: VGM2OPM 1.1 should be added to the missing list.
http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/7184/ ... 51-to-opm/

I do this for MIDI to XM...

First you need a decent set of GUS patches:
http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/2/3/2 ... GUSPATs.7z

Then you need gmid2mod:
http://slick.cokeandcode.com/static.php?page=GMid2Mod

That's a Windows app... there's supposed to be a linux version, but I've never found it. It runs in WINE, so I don't care too much. Just decompress the gmid2mod archive to your Windows drive/WINE drive_c directory. Then decompress the GUS patch archive to the gmid2mod directory. Then convert MIDI files like this:
The options do the following:
-8bit makes the instruments stored in the XM all 8 bits
-maxrate 24000 makes the instruments a max of 24 kHz
Those two limit the size of the resulting XM file.
-maxch 12 limits the score to twelve channels (you might play around with this)
-dirtyend means it just cuts off the score abruptly at the end, which is what you want for music that loops
-sampd RolandSC sets the directory where the samples are located
-outd ../temp/xm sets the directory where the output xm files will be stored
../temp/Doom-sfn/*.mid sets the source files (any .mid file in the Doom-sfn directory)

Paths above are in unix format - in Windows, change / to \ in the paths. the ".." means one directory back, or the same level as the gmid2mod directory. You can change the paths as needed. For example, if they were in the gmid2mod directory, you'd just delete the "../" prefix.

GMID2MOD makes a really nice XM file, and the Roland instruments I linked above sound pretty nice. The instrument names in the XM file come from the GUS PAT file names, so it should be easy to figure out how to make the map files xm2esf needs.

The reason why Echo does not have something easy for just importing a midi from someone else and be done with it is that Echo was aimed at the composer who wants to take control of the system, not random people without any musical talent =P

Oerg866 wrote:The reason why Echo does not have something easy for just importing a midi from someone else and be done with it is that Echo was aimed at the composer who wants to take control of the system, not random people without any musical talent =P

It does seem like most MIDIs suck, but there's also a lot of good stuff that is in MIDI format, so making people do another conversion to use it is a pain and people will complain.

The nice thing about importing MIDI is the person can make a General MIDI config file setting the FM parameters for each instrument, and not have to worry about figuring out what instruments are used - that's part of the MIDI info. In converting XMs, you have to figure out what is being used by hand, then make a conversion file for each file, all by hand. It's a tedious process for dozens of files that MIDI would completely eliminate.

Oerg866 wrote:The reason why Echo does not have something easy for just importing a midi from someone else and be done with it is that Echo was aimed at the composer who wants to take control of the system, not random people without any musical talent =P

In my case, I am using a composition tool that only saves in MIDI format. So, not having a working MIDI conversion tool stops music rippers but also stops music composers. That's why I hope you continue to improve your MIDI tool.

Thanks again for your continued work on Echo!

Chilly Willy wrote:I do this for MIDI to XM...

First you need a decent set of GUS patches:
http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/2/3/2 ... GUSPATs.7z

Then you need gmid2mod:
http://slick.cokeandcode.com/static.php?page=GMid2Mod

That's a Windows app... there's supposed to be a linux version, but I've never found it. It runs in WINE, so I don't care too much. Just decompress the gmid2mod archive to your Windows drive/WINE drive_c directory. Then decompress the GUS patch archive to the gmid2mod directory. Then convert MIDI files like this:

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wine gmid2mod -8bit -maxrate 24000 -maxch 12 -dirtyend -sampd RolandSC -outd ../temp/xm ../temp/Doom-sfn/*.mid

The options do the following:
-8bit makes the instruments stored in the XM all 8 bits
-maxrate 24000 makes the instruments a max of 24 kHz
Those two limit the size of the resulting XM file.
-maxch 12 limits the score to twelve channels (you might play around with this)
-dirtyend means it just cuts off the score abruptly at the end, which is what you want for music that loops
-sampd RolandSC sets the directory where the samples are located
-outd ../temp/xm sets the directory where the output xm files will be stored
../temp/Doom-sfn/*.mid sets the source files (any .mid file in the Doom-sfn directory)

Paths above are in unix format - in Windows, change / to \ in the paths. the ".." means one directory back, or the same level as the gmid2mod directory. You can change the paths as needed. For example, if they were in the gmid2mod directory, you'd just delete the "../" prefix.

GMID2MOD makes a really nice XM file, and the Roland instruments I linked above sound pretty nice. The instrument names in the XM file come from the GUS PAT file names, so it should be easy to figure out how to make the map files xm2esf needs.

I've a question about this. I'm really really n00b in music (and lame). i used your method to convert a rick dangerous title midi to xm. i've a xm which sound good. but now, i'm confused. how can i get the instruments eif file ??

i checked in milky tracker, i've 3 samples & 1 instruments...
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9711452/rick1-st.xm

Any pointers would bre really appreciated

You write down what the instruments are in the module, then go through your archive of FM instruments to find those (or close enough) FM instruments to use. There's no way to convert a sample from a module into an FM instrument automatically. However, if you had a full set of MIDI FM sounds, you COULD go straight from MIDI to FM. I always wondered why people went from xm or it to FM instead of MIDI for that reason.

thanks for your reply.

what it's weird, if i open directly my mid file in mod plug, they are already using samples :s i'm cursed :<

Modplug assigns GM.DLS (sound font in every windows used to play MIDIs) to any MIDI imported.