When the files were converted from the internal ps1 format to midi, some mistakes were amde in the conversion. Some problems slipped through. I am trying to spot them, and fix those I know how. I'm working mainly with the AWE files, as they are supposed to sound like the real thing as muhc as possible.Â
Seeing as these official midi files are often posted, i think it is okay for us to attempt to improve on the original files and post the fixed versions for download.
I'm looking for help in this project, but have one one file improved already. that is dokubo.mid. The signature bas riff has been fixed, and now plays identical to the psx original.
link here
http://eunich.cochems.com/~zaphod/ff7awefixed/dokubo.midYes, i know the guitar is still wrong. yes i know the percussion isn't balanced identically to the psx one. But its the little things that count. ANyone willing to improve on my work is welcome to it. WHen this project is done, we shoudl be able to a/b compare all the songs against the soundtrack. I am not changing the balance/chorus/reverb/instrument patches at all myself, as i do no tyhave the skills, but if the corrected data is plugged into corrected soundfont patches, the midis should be right (with the notable exception of you can hear the cries of the planet, which will NEVER be perfect in AWE mode.
SOme other sequencing errors I know of that need fixing.
1) in electric de chocobo, the GM and AWE versions skip one entire repetition of the main chocobo melody line entirely. a simple midi cut and paste will fix this. This is NOT present in the YGM or XG versions, they did it right!
2) in the same midi, the guitar riff half way through is wrrong. Compare it with the unnoficial midi floating around and/or the actual souundtrack, and you will hear how it's wrong clearly. this is also a relatively easy fix with the old sequencer (the slide that stars off the riff, however, is not, as again we have the awe doesn't support portmanteau problem, and we woudl need to adject pitch bend sensitivity to do it right for an AWE) This error IS present in the xg version as well, although the portmenteau works there, i think.
EDIT: Okay, improved elec.mid also up
http://eunich.cochems.com/~zaphod/ff7awefixed/elec.midHello? anybdody home? I know a few of you have tried these midi files.
(having acess to the access logs of the webserver is a wonderful thing.
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