"First, extract .aw files (in /AudioRes/Waves) and SMR.szs from image.
Second, use yaz0dec.exe (in szstools) to extract "SMR.szs 0.rarc" file from SMR.szs, and rename it: "Z2Sound.baa"
Third, put "Z2Sound.baa", "baad.exe" and "wsyster.exe" into the directory of .aw files
Fourth, type these in Command Prompt:
baad Z2Sound.baa
for %1 in (*.wsys) do wsyster %1"
and
"yaz0dec SMR.szs
ren "SMR.szs 0.rarc" SMR.baa
baad SMR.baa
for %%1 in (*.wsys) do wsyster %%1
del SMR.baa*"
Took me a while to figure out he was talking about a batch file...didn't work for me.
All I really want is the wav sample instruments, not the sfx.
Lemme see if I'm doing this right V:
Am I suppose to have the batch file in the same directory for it to work?
edited 4:38 PM EDT June 5, 2013
edited 4:39 PM EDT June 5, 2013
Speaking of .aw, does anyone know how to find the loop points?
This probably works for TP too if i rename the Z2Sound.baa to SMR.szs, im gonna try it. :)
Edit: Nah doesnt seem to work after renaming so i guess there currently is no way of extracting samples from TP yet.
edited 8:59 PM EDT June 5, 2013
Be careful though, some of SMG's soundfont doesn't reappear in SMG2 (like the harp), so be careful if you wanna make soundfonts for both.
God I love how much percussion is in this :) lol and I might not need to add reverb to these samples because some of them already have it in them but I will if i have to.
edited 9:37 AM EDT June 6, 2013
Now after the extending part all I have to do is adjust and smooth out the region borders and it'll sound right supposedly if I ever find a way to do that that is.
edited 1:46 PM EDT June 7, 2013
edited 10:54 PM EDT June 7, 2013
Sounds pretty good huh? This doesn't come without some problems though, the sound can get a little loud if held on key for a long time and i have tested it but other than that it seems fine.
There is a small click/pop at the end but that can easily be fixed ;) one more thing, the sound completely drops if you tap the key just once do i need to add some kind of reverb or echo to make the note vibrate with just the tap or should i leave it as is?
edited 11:24 PM EDT June 7, 2013
Exactly!
By the way, I know you said that was a test soundfont, but do you know how to merge and map different samples to the same instrument? Like all the piano samples in one. If you know what I mean.
Also, can you zip it and upload to http://sendspace.com? So I don't have to download them one by one. :)
edited 10:43 AM EDT June 9, 2013
edited 11:01 AM EDT June 9, 2013
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fpu2oz
I haven't had time to rename all the samples to there original instrument names like piano, french horn etc. same goes for the purcussion but if you or anyone else would like to do that for me that would help :) and I could spilt down all individual samples to there counterparts for specific soundfonts, for example all piano, marimba, french horn etc. samples would be in separate sf2 files.
Edit: Direct download method of the same zip if above link is broken.
Beta v1.1 of the SMG2 soundfont is out and with better loops! Get it here now!!
Sadly I wasn't able to loop them all. some were just unloopable or sounded terrible to the ear, meaning I listened to them all with different kinds of loops i tried and to no avail but i may keep working on them and see if i can improve them a little more, most of the ones that did loop were not too bad :) especially the strings and brass. Give it a try and tell me what you think.
edited 12:03 AM EDT June 10, 2013
I can't believe the samples are 22kHz. It's not that disc space was an issue, the Galaxy games didn't fill up the 4 GB anyway.
Hmm...come to think of it, when I first extracted the wav files i did get this other file that came inside the folder with the super mario galaxy 2 samples called SMR.baa.0.wsys. Still there too, could that be some kind of document containing all the AW details and loop points or something? How would i go about extracting this? Audio ripper you there?
edited 12:24 AM EDT June 10, 2013
Yeah, I don't know anything about these formats, but the info file should be in the same folder as the samples. And that one could be it, but I don't know. I hope someone figures this out sometime.
Heres the unknown file if anyone can or know how to extract it, could have some viable information on the AW wavs in that one file but I really don't know since it's only 10kb...
edited 4:31 PM EDT June 10, 2013
Just think if we do get this soundfont complete we could remake the super mario 64 music with super mario galaxy instruments! Yes that is my goal to remake all the super mario 64 music super mario galaxy style haha wouldn't that be awesome? :D
But hey, that's me!
I have a question for anyone who's reading: does the AW extractor extract the actual wave files or does it just convert to WAV? Sample loop points could be lost in the translation. Nintendo always use AIFF format for wave files. Well, they did anyways. Can't find the info in the dev documents. I've looked through the GameCube and Wii dev manuals for anything helpful, but AW can not be found anywhere.
I don't know about WAV, but AIFF can include loop points.
edited 5:46 PM EDT June 10, 2013
It's cool I know how to identify sample instruments by ear with training of course. XD
edited 10:57 AM EDT June 14, 2013