Re: what is the IIgs? : good idea....

[Polymorph <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

On Feb 16, 12:48 pm, BLuRry <brendan.rob...@gmail.com> wrote:
> the midi music and convert it to a format more streamlined for the //
> gs sound chip with an appropriate, yet tuned sound bank that only
> contains the necessary instruments.  (or use a midi-to-mod conversion
> tool, I'm sure there's thousands of them out there).

It is fairly easy to convert MIDI into the IIgs' MidiSynth format
(think SynthLab), and that is exactly what I did with all the music in
"Colouring for the IIgs". The main trouble I found in doing this is
that the quality of the conversion differs greatly from one MIDI file
to the next. This could potentially be remedied by tweaking the
Wavebank used for each file (I use a common Wavebank for all music),
but it is something I haven't attempted as yet. Another problem with
using MidiSynth on the IIgs is that I found it to be unstable running
at higher accelerated speeds, something which the guys at Brutal
Deluxe also noted when creating Lemmings (also using MidiSynth music)
- they mention it in one of the readme files distributed with
Lemmings.

> The less work the //gs has to do during the game, the more you can
> spend on making the interpreter as fast and efficient as possible.
> After all, it wouldn't be a good game if it were too slow to enjoy.
>
> A million extra brownie points to whomever makes "Day of the Tentacle"
> work on a //gs.

Indeed! I loved that game back in the day, and wouldn't mind playing
it again...  :-)

Cheers,
Mike