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Title: Some one hear this
Post by: Mofokubik on 2003-03-19 19:34:35: This is a test of the soundfont im making
it uses around 4mb of memory

Test1 (http://bin.mypage.sk/FILES/Test1.mp3)
Test2 (http://bin.mypage.sk/FILES/Test2.mp3)

please tell me what you think
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Post by: Jedimark on 2003-03-19 20:06:30: Sounds good to me :)
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Post by: mirex on 2003-03-20 11:34:14: Dunno, sounds good, exactly like XG synth i used to have activated when i had ff7. (i heard some small differences though)
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Post by: KojiroTakenashi on 2003-03-20 22:12:28: Wanna join the near non-existent PCDLS Project?
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Post by: Mofokubik on 2003-03-21 01:58:13: what is that
Title: Haha... Seriously, let's get organized
Post by: NetHead on 2003-03-21 18:03:09: Heh, it was a project that would attempt to create a DLS file for the Microsoft GS Synth (or DLS synth, if we could get some programmers ;)). However, we just need to get our lazy asses going :).
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Post by: KojiroTakenashi on 2003-03-21 18:27:50: Once again the damn school computers delete a lengthy post.

Lemme summarize.

Nethead's is good but buggy and big.

Yours is small and doesn't sound too shabby.

We're all Lazy.

We could use Fice's help (wink wink!)

While not true for all systems, this should increase MIDI quality across the board on some configs (like mine :D)

There we go.
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Post by: ficedula on 2003-03-21 19:20:46: ...and what d'you need my help for?
Title: Re: Haha... Seriously, let's get organized
Post by: Mofokubik on 2003-03-21 20:52:33: Quote from: NetHead
Heh, it was a project that would attempt to create a DLS file for the Microsoft GS Synth (or DLS synth, if we could get some programmers)

i think they want you to program
but i will help in any way
im getting sick of sf2 files anyway
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Post by: ficedula on 2003-03-21 21:28:14: Yeah, I'm not entirely sure what part of an SF2 or DLS project needs programming help though. FF7Music is working well enough now that I'm aware of (has anyone tried my latest version?) which is the only project of mine that seems relevant ;)
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Post by: KojiroTakenashi on 2003-03-22 02:09:52: DLS-synths are usually hidden devices. Unless you're using Winamp of FF7Music, you can't really access them.

For example, my WDM device can really kick some ass on some applications, but I can't select it from the control panel.

What we need is a sort of a "loopback" as NetHead puts it, so that when you select the MS GS Synth, what you're really getting is the WDM device or MS DLS Synth.

Also, a DLS loader for Windows would be nice. Seeing as how there are no such loaders, except for your typical Creative or Turtle-whatever sound card. Replacing the GM.DLS synth (which is the main problem) is what we would be looking at here.

Stoopid Windows File Protection.
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Post by: Mofokubik on 2003-03-22 22:34:24: well, no more soundfont
my hard drive crashed last night, right after installing direct x 9
all my stuff is gone, forever.
all my dc game images, emulation, soundfonts, music.
im depressed already.

just another microsoft victom
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Post by: Nori on 2003-03-23 02:18:05: Which OS are you using??!!
If you're using 98SE, 2000, ME & XP
'System Restore' will fix the DX9 problem...

Partitions for backup =3
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Post by: KojiroTakenashi on 2003-03-23 16:41:17: You mean it literally crashed, as in destroyed your hard drive?

Or are you just having registry problems?
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Post by: Mofokubik on 2003-03-23 17:20:48: it is winxp home,ive tried repairing the partition table, it didnt work
it wouldnt even boot up, it showed the emachines logo, went black, then showed emachines, and went black, and kept doing that, it was trying to read the hd, but didnt even tell me there was something wrong.

no matter
i format, reinstall win, in 10-20 min, and im back up.
only problem is, i have to get my soundcard drivers, so i can start my soundfont all over again.
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Post by: Contra on 2003-03-23 17:54:10: Kinda reminds me of what happened to mine... Every boot gave me a BSOD for about a half second, and then restarted. I've looked into it, and this seems to be a problem caused by a corrupt kernel. Reinstalling windows (without formatting) was the easiest way I've found to fix it... I've had to do this thrice. =/ either way, on a side note to the main topic... would it be possible to make a soundfont out of ff7.psflib? Wouldn't that be a perfect immitation of the PSX sound?

~Contra the Stampede~
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Post by: Mofokubik on 2003-03-23 18:20:58: maybe you could rip the samples out of a psf file, and put it into a soundfont file. but still wouldnt sound more psx like than the psf file itself.
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Post by: Sukaeto on 2003-03-23 19:12:33: Damn . . . I really feel for you there. I had that 'scare' just the other day when I thought I lost all of my stuff. (I had set the NTFS permissions to the folder that I keep the bulk of my 'projects', images, school stuff, etc. in so that only *my* user could access it. I pretty much did it one day to see how it worked . . . I forgot about it until I backed everything up onto another partition so I could re-format and re-install Windows. I was afraid all my information was gonna be locked, but luckily, the NTFS permissions didn't copy over when I backed it up.)

It's a shame on that soundfont, too. I listened to those 2 MP3s and they sounded pretty good. How'd you manage that in just 4 megs? (If you've seen my Soundfont, it's around 23 Megs.)

If it ever happens again where Windows refuses to start, take the drive over to a buddy's house (who has some version NT, 2k, or XP, if you're using NTFS) and install it as a slave in his machine. Usually when windows F---'s itself like that, it doesn't take all your information with it.
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Post by: KojiroTakenashi on 2003-03-23 20:15:30: Windows ME baby. None of those problems 8)
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Post by: Aaron on 2003-03-23 20:31:18: Quote
Windows ME baby. None of those problems

And how many other problems are there...? Granted, there is no perfect OS, but in my experience (as a computer technician, for 2+ years), ME has way more problems than XP. This may not be the case for you, but it is indeed the case in general.

If you get bluescreens on startup, it can usually be fixed with a recovery installation. Boot off the XP CD, wait for all the crap to load, press "Enter" to install, and "F8" to agree to the licence. It will scan for previous Windows installations at this point, and it should find your old XP. Highlight it and press "R" to attempt a recovery installation on it. This has fixed my "blue screen on startup" a couple of times.

If this doesn't work, you can reinstall Windows without reformatting. Upon completion of the installation, you can copy your old user's folder in the Documents and Settings folder to the new one, and this will allow you to keep a lot of your settings, IE favorites, My Documents, Start Menu programs, etc. AND, all of your files will still be there. You will have to reinstall programs that refuse to run without the stuff they put into the registry when they were first installed.

The only reason I got the "blue screen on startup" is because I was experimenting with WinXP/Linux dual-booting (using the NT Loader), and it didn't like it when I messed around with the partitions.
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Post by: Mofokubik on 2003-03-23 20:42:50: i wanted to put my drive in my brotheres computer to take off some impotant stuff, like the soundfont for one, but he wouldnt let me.
i offered him some stuff, and now he regrets not taking the deal.
owell. i began working on my new soundfont, ands its already way better than the origonal.

oh, and just to note this, the winxp cds i got with this computer only allows you to reformat winxp, there is no REAL restore, its just for reinstalling winxp....mainly because all the drivers and software are included.

also, i found an old test ver of my soundfont on my parents computer,
it has bugs and missing alot of the best instruments ive made, but i dont care.
im done with this one.
do whatever you want with this, it is junk as far as im concerned.
http://bin.mypage.sk/FILES/fdjhisfugf.SF2
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Post by: KojiroTakenashi on 2003-03-24 18:11:52: Me no like Creative Fonts. Kill :wicked:

Anyway, Windows ME is killer stable on my system, but that's because I took the time to tweak it.

The only problems I have with it are slowdowns after it's been on continuously for over a day, running file-sharing servers. A 30-60 second reboot fixes that ^^

The trick is disabling many of the background apps and makng sure you're running clean, meaning no background clutter that isn't from Windows itself.

"Winmgt" is EVIL. KILL IT!
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Post by: Lord Kane on 2003-03-24 19:36:51: >The only problems I have with it are slowdowns after it's been on continuously for over a day, running file-sharing servers. A 30-60 second reboot fixes that ^^

My Windows XP has an uptime measured in weeks, and is just as fast as it was when it last booted up.
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Post by: KojiroTakenashi on 2003-03-24 21:58:04: It's mostly an issue with the file-sharing software I'm running. It kind of eats resources, most of which I can't get back with stability. I'm running KaZaA lite with all sorts of badly-coded, new hacks. They eat and leak.
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Post by: Mofokubik on 2003-03-24 22:01:23: i use the new version of kazaa lite, and soulseek, and face no problems with those.

im telling you people, get soulseek, its like audiogalexy, kazaa, and irc chat all in one. if you do get it, talk to me, my name is Mofokubik
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Post by: KojiroTakenashi on 2003-03-24 22:03:35: I use WinMX and KaZaA.

Anyway, I use "Ptrack" and "Speedup". Both work great, however PTrack is new, badly coded, and slows down with time.
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Post by: Mofokubik on 2003-03-24 22:04:55: ive seen that too, what does ptrack do?

btw, is this getting out of topic or what.
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Post by: Aaron on 2003-03-24 23:13:46: I hope you don't use plain, ordinary KaZaA. That program is so riddled with spyware and pop-ups that it makes me sick.

My personal favorite is Diet Kaza (http://www.dietk.com/), which runs on top of ordinary Kazaa, and removes the popups/spyware/ads. Also has a download accellerator (automatically finds more sources) and removes the result limit of 200. And some other stuff.
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Post by: Lord Kane on 2003-03-25 02:59:16: I use eMule, which does have a tendancy to eat resources once in a while. A quick restart of that program solves the problem tho.
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Post by: KojiroTakenashi on 2003-03-25 17:31:44: I use KaZaA Lite.

Anyway, PTrack is like the "accelerator" Aaron mentioned.
It pretty much does everything for you. It could best be described as a bot.

-_- The only issue with it is, it's an alpha-ish program, and thus riddled with slow bugness. It's fine as long as you don't do anything but run KaZaA, though.
Title: p2p blaaa
Post by: Nori on 2003-03-25 17:36:34: Boo woo iii... Well, use KaZaA Lite + Diet KaZaA lol
Private FTP =3
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Post by: Nom_Anor on 2003-04-08 02:03:43: To hell with Kazaa and Kazaa Lite! :wicked:

K++ Kazaa Lite 2.13 kicks major @$$! Built off of Kazaa Lite 2.03 and Kazaa 2.1...pretty sweet stuff. So far, the only flaw I've found is that after you suspend your laptop, and start it up, with Kazaa K++ running, the prog. will have an illegal function Sh!t, and force u to close it and start it again. Blah. I think I'm going with that one dude and trying Soulseek, or whatever it was called.