Music Problems

[Rey_JJJ]

Okay... if you import Midis a lot, you've no doubt seen this somewhere. But XP and VX play Midi files reeeaaally weeeiiird.

Some Midis...

• Play at random/irregular tempo
• Don't play at all
• Don't play (at least partially) unless an ME is played during its own play
• Play with screwed up instrument sounds

:sad:
Now, this all happens to select songs during the editor playback (play music while in RPGM but not the actual game), and I'm presenting... questions? Problems? Solutions? Perhaps one of each?

Some songs this happens to:
(Play odd tempo) Theme of Skull Pirates (from vgmusic.com -- also if you listen to other songs prior to it it'll have different tempos for each 0_o)
(Never play) World Map (FF8) (also from vgmusic.com )
(Play after ME does) Tetris Type B (again from vgmusic.com )
(Screws up) Boss (FF6) (still from vgmusic.com -- also happens to most RPGM 2k songs)

Does this happen in-game as well with no ME/BGM prior to it to fix it?
Can it be helped? (okay, aside from that, it's basically an info-and-experiment thing)

It's kind of depressing that this happens because there's a ton of 2k songs I'd put in an XP/VX game but they keep screwing up. :crazy:
Oh, yeah, speaking of which, the ones that screw up, at random, will be perfectly fine. The rest are permanent things. Also it occasionally enhances the song (like the one I linked to here), so it's a bad thing only 99% of the time, heh.

 

[dadevvtsvre]

Well, I don't know about the midis, but you could try converting the midis to mp3s.

 

[Rey_JJJ]

Okay, but
A) What'd I use to do that, and
B) Then I won't get that cool echoey effect that XP/VX does with midis.
Although that is a rather good idea.

 

[ev149]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=midi+to+mp3&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=
Google is your best friend.

 

[Dark_linis]

Its something with the individual midi style. I forgot the particulars but once when I imported some music from rm2k3 it didn't go over very well. Now to fix this... Im not really sure.

 

[Glitchfinder]

From what I can tell, vgmusic's midi's aren't very well made. In fact, it sounds like these ones may be missing the cue that tells the computer what beat (forgot actual term, just the 1/4, 1/32, or whatever that is the timing) it is, and it uses the last active beat, or a default one.

 

[Xilef]

Most MIDI --> MP3 software is terrible, they are mostly a "use-your-microphone" thing.
iTunes can convert MIDI to MP3 without going through your microphone, I use that. I think Audacity does too, but I have only used it for MP3 --> OGG.

 

[someperson]

I don't import MIDI's much because in general they are bad quality, but I have postility knights so it might possibly happen to work on that. They don't sound any different imported.

 

[Glitchfinder]

Most MIDI --> MP3 software is terrible, they are mostly a "use-your-microphone" thing.
iTunes can convert MIDI to MP3 without going through your microphone, I use that. I think Audacity does too, but I have only used it for MP3 --> OGG.

Audacity never had the midi functions finished. It can "import" them, but then you can't do anything with them but exit. You can't even play them.

 

[Rey_JJJ]

I imported some music from rm2k3 it didn't go over very well.

Exactly what I have. Although, to be truthful, the ones marked "2003-songname..." work fine, it's all most of the others that have the problem.