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Converting X68000's MDX files to something more editable

Post by tails_ »

Ahem, so after some lurking on 2chan boards here's a long way to convert MDX files to RCP or more typical MIDI format for further editing :P

In short:
MDX->ZMS->ZMD->RCP->MIDI

I put together all used tools and made a simple batch to do all job.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/1rgge ... mdx2mid.7z
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Just an FYI, MDXPG v1 and v2 (not v3) could already dump MDX->MIDI+OPM, which work very well with VOPMex. ;)
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MaliceX wrote:[ ... ] VOPMex. ;)
Is that the VOPMex found at http://picopicose.com/software.html?
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neologix wrote:
MaliceX wrote:[ ... ] VOPMex. ;)
Is that the VOPMex found at http://picopicose.com/software.html?
Yessum. I only mention it because of its extended capabilities implemented via MIDI CC (namely switchable S98 logging. This makes logging output a matter of playing a MIDI with the necessary commands!)
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MaliceX wrote:[ ... ] extended capabilities implemented via MIDI CC [ ... ]
Do you happen to have a list of these CCs in English? Like with the GenMDM CCs for YM2612 MIDI playback, I plan on seeing these implemented in a future version of VGM2MIDI (at the very least my eventual fork if ValleyBell doesn't get around to it by that time) and the readme is in Japanese.
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Post by tails_ »

MaliceX, Aww snap.

Still, MDXPG can't make Z-Music MML V2 source files for editing :P
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neologix wrote:
MaliceX wrote:[ ... ] VOPMex. ;)
Is that the VOPMex found at http://picopicose.com/software.html?
An SPC 700 VSTI.I'm Searching much for this.Thanks Dude :D
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tails_ wrote:MaliceX, Aww snap.

Still, MDXPG can't make Z-Music MML V2 source files for editing :P
Any idea on how to do MIDI to RCP? I found this page for the PC-98's MSDRV4-related stuff which includes the MML compiler (MSM) for it. Does OPN, OPNA, OPL3 targets, I'm wondering how the RCP converter works.

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/kenji/pda/freedos/index.htm
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Post by vampirefrog »

I've started a MDX tools project, see this thread for more info. Cheers!
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Post by kingcandy »

tails, I think your mdx to mid toolkit is broken. I was expecting it to process all the files automaticly, but when I went to the program direcory no midi files were dropped there.
also, any good rcp to midi programs for windows? rcp never got a western release (the midi sequencer market in the US was extremely brutal), but I mannaged to find a shit ton of rcps on some archived japanese shovelware disk by dokinazo (tthanks archivests for preserving those). same for the .zms files.
be a hero and stop coppa now!
http://chng.it/DNc2L8LvLJ

Post by vampirefrog »

I think it processes one at a time, you'll need to use a for loop to process every file.

Something like:

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for /f %%f in ('dir /b c:\path\to\your\mdx\files\') do mdx2midi %%f
But the tool is really designed to convert one song at a time, and combined with mdx2opm and pdx2sf2, give you a starting point for remixing a song, it's not meant to be played on a general midi device or anything like that.
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