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- by Kirishima at 9:46 AM EDT on June 16, 2014
- audio overload can already mute psf channels.
- by bobbyK at 4:21 PM EDT on June 16, 2014
- yes I know, but maybe muting samples like SPCTool can with spc (snes) music, that would be more better, because AO psf muting works, however the channels seem to mix. In one channel, you can find parts of strings mixed with parts of a piano sound, etc and that is not good. The recent 2sf (DS) has been expanded to allow specific instrument/sample muting, so that helps for muting only strings, piano, etc. So, I was thinking if 2sf format can do that, probably other xSF formats can also, psf, gsf, etc. But I would love to see that for psf first.
- by Kirishima at 4:43 PM EDT on June 16, 2014
- I see, nevermind my previous comment then.
edited 4:44 PM EDT June 16, 2014
- by MarkGrass at 1:10 AM EDT on June 17, 2014
- I have successfully implemented the channel muting feature, using the SsChannelMute() function. :)
Any MIDI channel from 0-15 can be muted. As previously mentioned, the user (you) can easily select the channels they wish to mute via GenPSF or PSF-o-Cycle.
...no word on a release date, yet.
edited 1:10 AM EDT June 17, 2014
- by MarkGrass at 3:07 PM EDT on June 19, 2014
- New version with channel muting and VAG-PSF creation:
Download
edited 8:29 PM EDT June 19, 2014
- by bobbyK at 5:53 PM EDT on June 19, 2014
- OK, thanks for latest release, but can you show a quick text tutorial on how to mute channels from a psf file? Let's say I have a file called music.psf, how would I mute the channels from it? Open in your program and then what?
thanks
- by MarkGrass at 8:18 PM EDT on June 19, 2014
- Channel muting and other parameters that are specific to this application/PSF sound driver cannot be carried over to any PSF that was not created with my generic sound driver.
In-order to achieve channel muting, you must create a PSF with this application.
To do this, follow these steps:
1 - Download snakemeat's VGMToolbox, here.
2 - Use the "Misc. Tools -> xSF Tools - > PSF -> Easy Extractor" option to get the SEQ, VH and VB data.
3 - Use my application to create a PSF using the data you extracted.
Before you make the PSF with my app, you can set the parameters as seen here. The "Mute Channel" options are located in the Parameter list.
edited 1:23 AM EDT June 20, 2014
- by bobbyK at 11:40 PM EDT on June 19, 2014
- I cannot even extract the data. You can try if you want:
http://nitrobits.com/file/5YiyxdKJ37sPrPX/115_Viper_Manor.psf
I get error:
"Error processing <C:\...\115 Viper Manor.psf>. Error received: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
Parameter name: startIndex"
Cannot extract SEQ, VH and VB. Any clue?
thanks
- by Kirishima at 10:34 AM EDT on June 20, 2014
- What game is that from?
- by Mouser X at 10:39 AM EDT on June 20, 2014
- As Mark said, it only works on PSFs created with his tools. In other words, you meed to create a PSF. These tools don't work on PSFs that already exist.
To clarify - you need to use VGMToolBox on the original game, not on a PSF. Essentially, you need to re-rip the game (from the PSX executable file), and create a new PSF set.
In theory, you might be able to take a PSF, and convert it back into a PSX executable file (which could then be played on actual PSX hardware). I'm fairly certain there's tools to do that. Then you might be able to extract the SEQ, VB, and VH data from the converted file.
However, what it comes down to is, as Mark already said, it won't work on PSF files. That's why you're getting an error. At least, that's the way his post reads to me.
[EDIT]Kirishima:
It's from Chrono Cross. It's got to be. One of my favorite PSF sets. I could be mistaken, but I doubt it. It should be noted that Chrono Cross (Crono Cross?) is an original driver rip, as it predates (by years) the creation of the Generic Driver rip-kit tools. And it's a SquareSoft title. They like doing things custom. I expect it to be difficult (though certainly not impossible) to be rippable with the Rip-Kit. Maybe the format they used isn't all that different after all, and will work? Good luck.... Mouser X over and out.
edited 3:54 PM EDT June 20, 2014
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