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Original compositions, as well as ports and remixes of existing songs, can be posted in this forum, as long as they are in VGM format of course.

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Post by MaliceX »

Some finished stuff I've made a while ago but haven't really posted. Sorted in descending chronological order.

Covers/Arrangements
Fantasy Zone II DX - Cosmic Dance VGZ | YMF724F-V MP3 | ESS Solo-1 OGG
Hakai shiri no densetsu ~FM test.~ VGZ (cover of an original? :P)
Advanced Variable Geo 2 (CHEMOOL) - Tamao Stage ~Starry Emotion~ VGZ | VGMMM Project
UBI019 - Heosphoros "Triple Point" ~FM METAL~ VGZ | VGMMM Project
dusthillguy - GrantKelly.mid test VGZ | VGMMM Project

Originals
harmonious amamam VGZ | VGMMM Project
clichetek VGZ | VGMMM Project
GenesisTracker test 2 VGZ
xm3smps/oerg test VGZ
tfiv-ripoff VGZ | TFMMM Project

Unfinished dump
TBA
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Post by tails_ »

In AVG2 track PSG tracks sound a little detuned for me, is it same for anybody else?
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Post by jrlepage »

Same here.. The VGZ seems to be affected more than the VGE though. I think this has to do with the custom clock speed settings in the "informations" tab. Changing to NTSC and setting the refresh rate to 55 Hz again helped a lot here. The default PAL clock speed settings seem to make the SN76489 sound horribly out of tune in comparison with the YM2612... o_O

Also awesome job on these. I really laughed at the monsquaz one..! :p
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Post by neologix »

jrlepage wrote:Changing to NTSC and setting the refresh rate to 55 Hz...
55? I've only ever seen 60Hz NTSC VGMs, and every PAL VGM I have plays fine in the most current version of vgmplay (I hardly ever use Winamp+in_vgm unless I want to super-customize a playlist or something).

Without actually looking at the VGMs, It's more likely the issue has to do w/the PSG's clock value itself instead of the refresh rate. I personally use 3579545Hz for the PSG unless otherwise noted, and recommend it for all NTSC-timed VGMs.
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Post by jrlepage »

The author said to force 55 Hz for playback in the VGM itself.
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Post by ValleyBell »

The VGM itself has the playback rate field set to 55 Hz, btw, so VGMPlay always plays it at that rate. (I just remembered that I forgot a PlaybackRate entry in its .ini file.)
In in_vgm it'll play with the correct speed, if you selected "Recorded rate".

The VGM has a bad sample count/loop count, btw. It says that the VGM is 1:55 long, but it's only 1:45.
Also it seems that VGMMM uses PAL clock speeds. (and the YM2612/PSG volume balance is different, too)
Here's a fixed VGM.

Other files with faulty headers: djtBMX_gentrktest2.vgz, monsquazmode-fixed2.vgz
Simply running vgm_ptch -Check File.vgz fixes them.


MaliceX: Your VGMs are very nice. Especially harmonious amamam and Starry Emotion.
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Post by jrlepage »

Did the PAL Megadrive sound so out of tune? o.o

Also the FM/PSG balance can be altered in VGMMM, hence my inquiry about single-chip output control on IRC yesterday. :) The program also lets you choose between PAL and NTSC clock speeds.
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ValleyBell: Thanks for fixing this. I knew people were gonna pick up on the detuned PSG on the .vgz. It really does stick out. :( (Just curious what tools were involved in the process?)

Everyone: Thanks for the feedback. :)
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Post by ValleyBell »

MaliceX wrote:(Just curious what tools were involved in the process?)
No problem. Here's the (excessively accurate :P) list of tools I used:
  • gzip - to decompress the VGZ files
  • VGM Music Maker - to compare the edited VGMs with the original file and to get PAL chip clocks
  • Windows Calculator - to convert the clock values from dec to hex
  • Hex Workshop 2.54 - for editing the files
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Post by MaliceX »

Hi guys, just doing a bit of an experiment. See first post for "Fantasy Zone II DX - Cosmic Dance" for YM3812.

PS: This was NOT done with a tracker. Far from it. ;)
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Post by tails_ »

So hawt :3
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Pretty good!
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Post by MaliceX »

Some PC98 conversions to PAL Megadrive mark II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr5-2-w5eRE
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Post by grauw »

They sound nice :).
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Post by MaliceX »

After hacking around with the VGMPlay source code among other tools, this was managed.

VRC7 conversion to OPL2 (Lagrange Point - City of Birthday):
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/128 ... y_OPL2.vgz
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