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MultiPCM to OPL4 conversions

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MultiPCM to OPL4 conversions

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I converted Daytona USA from MultiPCM to OPL4.

Daytona USA (OPL4).zip

The Yamaha YMW258-F aka MultiPCM is the ancestor of the WAVE section of the Yamaha YMF278B OPL4, so there are a lot of similarities, but the conversion applies dynamic channel (re-)remapping to get the channel count down from 28 to 24.

The longer tracks need an OPL4 with 2 MB of sample memory.
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Post by grauw »

And I also converted the other MultiPCM packs to OPL4:

MultiPCM to OPL4 conversions.zip

I haven’t tested these as thoroughly as Daytona, but in a superficial inspection they sound good. Missing are Virtua Fighter and Virtua Racer; those use two MultiPCM chips and my converter doesn’t support that (I couldn’t really play them on my MSX).
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Converted using Re-Play. See the multipcm target in the Makefile.
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Post by lo zaffo »

Thank You grauw.
I wanted to hear SegaPCM/MultiPCM coming out of wave part of OPL4 since I bought one.
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