Re: [snowballz-general] music files, consistency

[C R. <zra...@mi...>]

OGG format should be the standard for the game, I agree...

Michael

On May 23, 2005, at 9:24 PM, Bob Frazier wrote:

> It might be a good idea, since I'm thinking of it, to run any MIDI  
> files
> past me for final encoding and mixdown before actually adding it to  
> the
> project.  My primary reasons are pretty simple.  First of all, they  
> need to
> loop smoothly, and I have some tools I can use to make sure that  
> happens.
> Second, I have a good quality sound system I can repro them on, and  
> I've
> being doing recording mixes for quite some time.  One of the  
> primary reasons
> for going with the OGG format (other than a general lack of MIDI  
> support on
> many linux systems, particularly those with 'windows sound system'  
> adaptors
> that don't have built-in MIDI sequencers) is to produce consistent  
> sound in
> a well supported format.  I've already done a proof of concept  
> "loop" so
> there's no problem making that happen.
>
> Anyway, if you have one already in ".wav" or "mp3" or "ogg" format  
> send it
> past me anyway and I can encode it and edit parts out for looping  
> if you
> want.  I can give you an FTP directory to upload to (just let me know
> privately) or you can provide a place for me to download it. Either  
> way is
> fine.
>
> At least this way all of the music files would have a consistent  
> sound to
> them.  I tried playing "boom" the other day on a Linux machine, and  
> none of
> the sound files played.  But I could tell they were there.  They  
> were all in
> MIDI.  On a windows system the sound files played ok.  Also it's  
> obvious
> that MIDI varies greatly from box to box.  Might as well make it  
> like a game
> console, and do OGG format for high quality sound.
>
>
>
>
>
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