![]() However, this mod does NOT include any of these MIDI files - instead, the MIDI files are built from scratch using the IMF files in the game data. The instrument mapping used in this mod is heavily based off of "official" MIDI files that were once published by the game's original composer, Bobby Prince (which have unfortunately since been removed from his website). (Even id Software themselves succumbed to doing this with their now-defunct web browser port of Wolf3D, and even rendered the music in low-bitrate OGG to make things worse.) In fact, the inconsistent quality of these previous attempts is what inspired me to make this mod in the first place. ![]() Because of this practice, the music quality tended to vary across songs. Previous attempts using older versions of dro2midi (or its predecessor imf2midi) resulted in incomplete instruments or buggy notes and/or playback, requiring editing of the MIDI files themselves to fix the issues (and leading some authors to introduce their own embellishments to the MIDI data, customizing the instrumentation per song and sometimes adding more notes). The source code to this modified dro2midi and instrument mapping is included in this repository under the terms of the GPL (v2 only). The conversion is handled by a heavily modified version of dro2midi (original version found at ) and a complete instrument-mapping definition file designed specifically for the Wolf3D/Spear games. Unlike previous mods of the same nature, the MIDI files in this mod are completely auto-generated from the original IMF sound files contained within Wolf3D/Spear, without editing the MIDI files by hand. ![]() How is this different from other Wolf3D music mods? If you're interested why I built this mod, or just want to kill some time, feel free to read on. If that blurb is enough to make you drool for this mod, head down to Usage. The Windows default synth is anyway a bit better than OPL2, but it seriously lacks reverb. It is highly recommended to use this mod in conjunction with a MIDI hardware module such as Roland Sound Canvas, or at least through a software synthesizer such as VirtualMIDISynth. For older systems, wolfdosmpu provides an alternative DOS executable to play MIDI through the traditional MPU-401 UART interface. This drastically improves music quality.Įither ECWolf or wolfdosmpu is required to use this mod. This mod replaces the AdLib/OPL2 soundtrack with a fully-instrumented General MIDI soundtrack, auto-generated from the games' own data. Wolfmidi is a music enhancement mod for Wolfenstein 3-D and Spear of Destiny by id Software. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License v2 along with this program if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. See the GNU General Public License for more details. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. This program is free software you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 ONLY, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
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