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GMPlay Sample Collection
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Documentation written by Christian Buchner
This is a complete collection of General MIDI instruments for use with
GMPlay. ToneMap and a DrumMap files are provided. The samples are in IFF
format and have been compressed with XPK SQSH.
As a goodie, I have added some MIDI files that were provided by Alessandro
de Luca and Christian Sauer. They sound quite nicely with the new samples.
For installation I recommend backing-up the original GMPlay samples and
Tone- and DrumMap files (e.g. by renaming the directories). Then copy the
new Tones and Drums to the GM: directory and replace the ToneMap and
DrumMap files. Later GMPlay releases will probably allow you to select one
of multiple sample sets.
This sample collection was created by Christian Sauer using a SoundBlaster
16 sound card for sampling. The samples were then copied to the Amiga and
edited and looped using SoundFx (which is available on Aminet). Thanks,
Christian! Great work.
The sound quality of the new samples is quite good, technically speaking,
but some samples may sound a bit more synthetic as they come from some lame
PC sound card. So see yourself which samples you like best (the original
set or this one)
Please direct all questions and suggestions concerning the samples to:
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Some tips:
The new samples will take more memory, as they have been sampled with
44.1khz and therefore they are quite large.
The samples contain less bass than the original GMPlay samples. So I
recommend turning up the bass controller on your HIFI equipment.
Some instruments seem to be too loud compared to other instruments. Later
GMPlay releases will provide per-sample volume control in the Tone and
Drummap files.
You might want to decompress the samples for faster loading. WARNING:
They will expand to 9.5MB! You can use some freely available XPK utilities
for decompressing, like xDrop or xPack.
Expect the next GMPlay releases in november. I have to pass some ugly
exams first. My studies have precedence over my programming projects
(sorry)...
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\X/ Flowerpower