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Title: FF7 /FF8 Midi audio
Post by: greator on 2019-09-13 12:50:34

I didn't know if anyone ever tried this before, I never seen any video or posts about it.
But has anyone ever tried playing the pc game midi audio files using a high quality midi hardware?
Something like maybe a Roland MT-32 or something?

Maybe if playing the game with that kind of hardware will produce a music similar to the original or maybe that is what it meant to be?

My theory is that the game midi files are the actual source file for the audio. All the game audio are made using midi or fm synthesizer, only the FMVs are orchestrated. I guess you guys already knew that.

Title: Re: FF7 /FF8 Midi audio
Post by: Sega Chief on 2019-09-13 13:00:45

My understanding was that the music was played using midi instructions in an AKAO format. I don't know what the deal with the PC ports is, but out of the box the original 1998 version was set up to use Midi synthesisers like Yamaha (but it wasn't a 1:1 recreation of the PS1 music, different instruments and stuff). I don't know if these read from the .AKAO files but I imagine they do. There are a couple videos floating around where people have set up proper MIDI support and recorded the music; it sounds fairly decent, not same instruments but clean-sounding.

I recently came across videos of Roland machines playing old game music and they sounded super good; it'd be really interesting to see FF7 PC midi music ran through that.

Title: Re: FF7 /FF8 Midi audio
Post by: greator on 2019-09-13 18:30:09

Just found out that they have been using AKAO since SNES era.
and AKAO files can be converted into midi files.

If I remember in FF8(2000) there's a mod that can change our windows midi player with a better one and it makes the music sound much better and almost like PSX version but not perfect. This is before OGG.

Title: Re: FF7 /FF8 Midi audio
Post by: Covarr on 2019-09-14 22:36:56

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdsBYb_6d5M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCM1-LIHlKg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohWsitOHdek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX0m4U8DoIU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqmPrJnc4hE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YUKwKaIUmo

Title: Re: FF7 /FF8 Midi audio
Post by: greator on 2019-09-16 21:09:55

Quote from: Covarr on 2019-09-14 22:36:56

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdsBYb_6d5M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCM1-LIHlKg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohWsitOHdek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX0m4U8DoIU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqmPrJnc4hE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YUKwKaIUmo

It does sounded awesome.
Too bad we dont have such equipment back then.