does anyone know what sample or VST was used for the organ in the Devil May Cry PS2 games soundtrack for the organ?
That one used in the track "Mundus' Cathedral" to be precise.
It sounds so strong, but ripping the samples from the game makes them sound so low quality.
If someone knows something about that instruments source, it would be highly appreciated.
I already looked in those Instrument Source lists, but the organ sample I'm looking for is not described yet.
Again, thank you for your help!
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I'm currently in the process of ripping the music from Farland Story: Yottsu no Fuuin, the PS1 version. I know there's the PC-FX one, but that's harder to extract (there's no PC-FX filesystem viewer or something), so I chose the PS1 version.
This one, in addition to the 3 CDDA tracks it includes some music in CD-XA format. All is fine here, the XA and cutscenes were ripped (they countain background music too), however, here comes the problem:
There are additional music in .EVE archives, which I couldn't extract using VGMToolbox's CD-XA Extractor or the Sony ADPCM Extractor (I don't know if they even countain those ADPCM types). They not only include music, they include voices as well.
Here's one EVE archive, if anyone can examine it.
Thanks!
https://www.hcs64.com/mboard/forum.php?showthread=59439
And the instrument files from here:
https://glitchkill.proboards.com/thread/6130/popular-video-game-soundfonts?page=8
But how do I actually put these to use? Does anyone have any guides on how to actually run the .wav instruments through a sampler correctly? I'm just trying to dissect the songs to learn how to make electronic music better.
Every guide I come across just teaches you how to make your own drum kit to make MIDI tracks yourself, not how to arrange premade .mid files with already extracted sampler instrument soundfiles.
I used Reaper 6 and Kontakt 5. Any help would be appreciated, thank you.
Edit: Alternatively, is there any possible way to open .sshd files and .sssq files in Reaper? Or is it best that they're converted into .mid and .wav?
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VGMTrans outright refuses to add the files I'm opening in VGMTrans to the collection pane so I can convert them to .mid, or even manually create a collection.
Every time I try to create collection it says "a music sequence must be selected" but importing the .psf file doesn't bring up a music sequence of any kind in the software.
I found kingshriek's script (dsf make) to extract the dsf. As a result it gives me a .dsflib and the rest are .minidsf
Now the problem I have is that in one .minidsf it sounds like it should, but the rest sound...how to say...broken. They sound buggy. Here I attach the converted sounds to which I refer:
.mlt file:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DEpRBMpv3QmvLy8Ng-tzQVLmkf00wUoG/view?usp=share_link
.dsflib file:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-xEhAbEClIzCJ95NwAi6JBvjf8Y6hN1U/view?usp=share_link
.minidsf file (the one that sounds good) : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VSBxv6CgvyqFtiGSbUTHhe9TewcuNU3w/view?usp=share_link
-minidsf file (the one that sounds good in format .wav): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Iph-fS7CTCYuF7ooiM8g0f2Emfho5Tyb/view?usp=share_link
.minidsf file (the one that sounds bad):https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hch-_s3SwG6NSfmXTF3G9NiAK6_V4grC/view?usp=share_link
.minidsf file (the one that sounds bad in format .wav) : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vnSdaMN_xCQ5V1A0WPSmVZ7KQUfnqmun/view?usp=share_link
MANATEE.DRV : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vqK1fR0Hj23H8VCuz4vqUIPvseE39W6q/view?usp=share_link
All the .py script that i used(i only used dsfmake, dsftime has a error that i don't know how fix it)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HgcaywuHmXHqhDAEcjMb8BdPbZTN7Sb6?usp=share_link
I used foobar2000 with this extra components:
DSD Processor
DSF Encoder -Audio Overload SDK1.4.8u3
Highly Theoretical
Super Audio CD Decoder
vgmstream plugin
If anyone knows how to fix the .minidsf that sounds wrong, please reply to me.
1. I've managed to extract the game's resources enough to track down these SND files, which are supposed to be some sort of archives with lots of smaller SND's inside.
2. Every method that worked for FEAR 2 (including SND extractor and BMS script + VGMStream with custom TXTH) didn't worked for Condemned 2.
3. This is Xbox 360 version, i'll test PS3 version soon, but i doubt it'll make any difference.
SND Files
I would really appreciate any help from the experts. Also, i'd like to add that i've managed to extract FEAR 2 snd's with this, so i imagine there should be some similar solution for Condemned 2.
UPD: Yes, no solution has worked with PS3 files either.
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I would like to get the .midi of the ost of Sword of Mana from the Gameboy Advance. I think that this game use a "non-sappy" version of the sound driver, is there any software that let you get the midi from minigsf?
I've tried using the latest build of vgmtrans (1.1) with the .minigsf and the rom itself but I can only get a bunch of VGMSampColl.
I don't care about the soundfont, I only want the sequences (midi).
Thank you
(The venerable frontend at vgm.hcs64.com is currently unmaintained and search has broken, but it is being kept at that address for now as it still works for accepting uploads.)
Edit: I just learned that a 2SF set for B2W2, not included in 2sf.joshw.info, also includes the downloadable musicals, so it must mean that yes, it must be possible for the original BW, too. I wonder if B2W2 will also receive the NCSF treatment.
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Any help?
Link: Link
On the game CD is a zip file STTNG.ZIP. Extract all .rac files from that archive. Then create .rac.txth with:
codec = IMA
channels = 2
interleave = 0x1
sample_rate = 22050
start_offset = 0x00
num_samples = data_size
Here is the Link to the extracted files in case if anyone wants to take a look at it and help out.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA_cuQxLs_8
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Here is the Link to the extracted files if anyone wants to take a look into them and help out.
This is with foobar2000 v1.6.6 and Game Emu Player version 1.218, on Windows 10, in case any of that helps. I also tried it with both an older dump of the soundtrack and the most current one, and the same thing happens.
Is the music for the race tracks even sequenced or are they prerecorded?
I really appreciate any help! Thank you in advance!
Does anyone have any modified ROMs of Pokemon Gen3 that use the XQ samples? I managed to get AGBPlay to work on my own computer and I notice that certain melodies that do pitch bends in cerrtain songs have a little 'blip' at the end of the pitch bend. One notable blip is in Melody 1 of the Trainer Battle theme from FR/LG it overlaps most of the bends. It does not do this in normal MIDI samples or even the OST.
Many thanks
Sam
I was trying to extract the music for the ps1 game called Goujin Senki.
The VB and VH were easily extractable, however seq was stored as SEQDATA.KSP. I tried with vgmtrans and vgmtoolbox to extract the seq, but with no real success.
I feel like I might have some luck with bin2seq, however it feels like I am doing something wrong with the command syntax.
I used: bin2seq -a (path to file) 0
The issue is, that it doesnt give you any sort of feedback, if something is incorrect.
I tried to use other game files mentioned in the forums, that worked with the program, but I could never make it work.
Any help would be appreciated.
The tool currently supports all commands related to sequence control, i. e. register manipulation, port reading/writing, (conditional) branching etc. This effectively means that dynamic sequences containing different segments and logic for transitioning between them (used for some Twilight Princess boss fights) are supported as well.
In this folder you can find a few samples of what the converted files look like. The basic ones containing just a simple loop (twilight, deathmountain01, field_link_night) are played until they first loop back. The dynamic ones (e_dekutoad, e_fireman) were cut off at a specific time. During playback, I wrote to their track ports (just like the game does) to trigger the segment jumping.
The folder also contains an SF2 including all three BGM banks of the game. The program and bank numbers of both the generated MIDIs and the SF2 have been altered to be MIDI-compatible, so you can grab a MIDI player that supports SF2s (e. g. audacious) and use it to play back the converted sequences.
Keep in mind that this is all work in progress and currently more a proof of concept. The envelope data of the SF2 is rather estimated than accurate, so do not expect it to sound as it would in-game. Articulation commands are not complete, too. The tool currently contains hard-coded logic in some places, so it is not very usable yet, but I'm planning on uploading an executable that can handle the basic sequences soon.
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I'm trying to extract music from Wild Riders here, and I'm pretty much stuck. I've checked the rom in hex a bit, and I've stumbled upon DTPK in it, so I've thought it is a DTPK file. The data didn't seem to correspond to the DTPK I know (the Shenmue one), but I've still gave it a try... and it didn't work. Either I'm doing something wrong, or the music is in a different kind of file.
Whatever it is, I do not see the way. Nothing else looks like a music file to my relatively unprofessional eye. I've tried to find some information about Naomi's ic file type in general, and it is the only place where I've found something related to my issue. However, most links are deleted and instructions seem specific to a particular game, so... here I am creating a separate thread for the game at hand.
Here's hoping for some help. Uploaded my rom here: https://dropmefiles.com/CKz0p
Thank you!
I've been wanting to extract the music from the SEGA Vintage Collection entries (XBLA), but I can't figure out how to do it.
Let's take "Golden Axe" (XBLA) as an example. I used a program that let me extract the files, and I found files named "GAXE16.SR" and "GAXE16_FW.SR". I noticed it has various XMAs streams, but I don't know how to extract them. I've no idea about SR archives.
Can anyone help me? These are the archives if someone can examine them: GAXE16_FW.SR, GAXE16.SR.
So, I managed to get the main resources out, but I have no idea how to get the database files out of the Unreal engine format.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/lvduvk7pewqb7yt/Database.zip/file
Ive been messing around playing psf2's on my ps2 lately just because. And few weeks ago I noticed a new version of the rip that drastically fixed the issues the old rips had, unfortunately it didn't work on real hardware or audio overload (on windows).
So if anyone knows a fix for this that I don't know about that would be great.
Thanks.
and sorry if I sound incoherent as English is not my first language.
Anyone know why that is?
I see many repeats of songs I have not yet heard in the game (as I am playing it right now).
Is there another set that I am unaware of?
Thanks!
Thank you
I was also thinking about extracting all of the other tracks in the game, as when I checked the base APK's data from the demo, they are not in the "ResourcesSound" folder. Their data seems to be encrypted (as you need to download the missing data from the game's APK on your phone), and the game uses the Unity engine.
After getting the demo's cache I've checked into it and found two folders, but I'm unsure if the extra music and sounds are inside in one of them. In "cache", I found a file called "BGMBase.d", but does it contain the extra music? I need your help please.
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https://gitgud.io/zumi-gbs/hcs/gbstools
= gbsdist.py =
Takes a gbs file and a json file for the "standard" tags, spits out a 7z file ready for distribution, containing the original GBS as well as NEZPlug-styled M3U playlists with tags. You can optionally have it preserve the folder that's being compressed so you can check it out immediately. The JSON file is arranged according to this schema, and an example can be found here.
While the script and schema are primarily built for GBS (the "cartridge" section in particular is used for file naming), I think it may be extensible should there be a need to support other formats that also use NEZPlug-styled M3Us.
This script has a tricky compromise, however. The "main" M3U with the same name as the GBS has 1-indexing for the track numbers, whereas the individual M3Us are 0-indexed. My rationale is that Game_Music_Emu (GME) at present --- especially as foo_gep for foobar2000 --- seems more widely used than NEZPlug + Winamp (in_nez).
* GME has 1-indexing for every system, whereas 1-indexing in NEZPlug only applies to NSF.
* GME cannot open the individual M3U files whereas in_nez can.
So if you're using in_nez, you should drag them instead of the main M3U file. Weird situation, I know.
Game_Music_Emu doesn't seem to read the looping indicators? (At least, not when it's a "-" or a "00:00-") My previous rips just didn't bother and used a predetermined length --- as did a lot of other rips. Feedback would be appreciated.
= truncate.py =
For people who use an assembler to create GBS rips that requires some bootstrapping. It assumes the raw assembler output has addresses in the correct places and there is to be no content between the GBS header and the start of the code/data. The script truncates the large free space in between the header and the data so that the GBS can be loaded normally.
= gbs2gbsx.py =
I admit, this is a desparate attempt at using any kind of standard when it comes to GBS tagging. NES music enjoys NSF2 and NSFE, systems that can be logged as a VGM has Gd3, while GBS to my knowledge is somehow still using NEZPlug M3U... An extended header specification was created for GBS, however it was dropped because absolutely no one was aware that this is even a thing. So here I am, bringing a dead format back from the grave. I'm using it with gbsdist.py to create "hybrid" rips. I don't even know.
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From what I know there is the default rom 2SF format which is basically just unchanged raw NDS music. Then there is NCSF which seems to be better or make the music render in higher quality similar to something like AGBPlay? Not entirely sure here though. Then there is VGMTrans which seems to dump everything into a midi with soundfont. However there is also something like Nitro Studio which seems to also do the midi thing but I dont know what is the difference to VGMTrans or if it sounds better.
Whats the best way to go?
A user named bxaimc ripped this game and put it on the archive but its only the launch version with a lot of DLC and Update music missing.
Here is a sample file if anyone needs it: https://www.mediafire.com/file/d7od47nsrhui6jd/FighterZ_Sample.7z/file
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"useDecrypter": 0,
"decrypterConfig": {
"key": "",
"authenticationFile": "",
"enableAtomDecryption": 1,
"enableManaDecryption": 1
Alongside the audio files are files ending in .h that contain a 32 byte string. Am I correct in guessing that these are the decryption keys for each file? And are there any tools for dealing with Atom & Mana decryption? Sorry if I formatted anything incorrectly, this is my first post.
i've been trying to follow multiple guides on extracting the assets of "Disney Star Smash". the audio files are giving me a hard time though. i am able to extract the hca files, yet decrypting it using the hca decoder seems to output .wav files of distorted mess. upon further looking up, it seems to require a key, but i'm not sure how to look it up in the files though
there's literally no one on the internet who have exported clear rips of the soundtracks (someone on YouTube did uploaded them, but those are recorded from game, which also include the sound effects and the audience encore), while the dialogues are non existing. i've been holding on to these files for so long to avoid it being lost media
any help would be appreciated on how to find its hca keys
Ripped music from following games:
Scooby-Doo! First Frights (2009-09-22)(Torus)(Warner Bros.)[Wii] - [PCMBE - Bink Audio - DSPADPCM][BNS - BIK - TXTH - HDR+RAW]
Scooby-Doo! First Frights (2009-09-22)(Torus)(Warner Bros.)[NDS] - [PCM8][GENH][!extra.7z includes Mobiclip video files from game]
Kid Adventures - Sky Captain [Stunt Flyer - Hero of the Sky] (2010-05-15)(Torus)(D3 Publisher)[Wii] - [DSPADPCM] [BNS - TXTH - HDR+RAW]
Mega Man X - Command Mission [E3 Version] (2004-05-09)(Value Wave)(Capcom)[PS2] - [PCMLE - CRI ADX] [SS2 - ADX]
Now:
Lego Batman 2 Update
Can you help me please, as I have never even extracted Wwise-supported games before!
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Is there anything that can be done about this? I need the VAB to create an SF2 for a project being worked on right now.
Supposedly there is still a BMS script that should work but it asks for a seed value.
"insert the constant number for NrRandom initialization, it depends by the version of the game like 0x412e2206 and 0x631A2028
- please insert the content for the variable SEED2:"
How would someone find this value out and what seed does the latest game version have?
Or perhaps there are other tools that can extract it without such a value?
Also, when i uploaded this rip, i forgot to log in. I will be active in case of issues.
Esparks - Ijikuu kara no Raihousha (1995-03-31)(-)(Tomy)[SNES].7z
Hatayama Hacchi no Pro Yakyuu News Jitsumeiban (1993-10-29)(Agenda)(Epoch)[SNES].7z
Ippatsu Gyakuten - Keiba Keirin Kyoutei (1996-04-26)(Eleca)(Planning Office WADA)[SNES].7z
Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius - Forever with Me (1995-12-15)(Stone Heads)(Konami)[SNES].7z
Keiba Eight Special - Maru hi Baken Kounyuu Jutsu (1993-12-10)(C-Lab.)(Misawa)[SNES].7z
Metal Slader Glory - Director's Cut (2000-11-29)(HAL Laboratory)(Nintendo)[SNES].7z
Okamoto Ayako to Match Play Golf - Ko Olina Golf Club in Hawaii (1994-12-21)(-)(Tsukuda Original)[SNES].7z
Othello World (1992-04-05)(Dice)(Tsukuda Original)[SNES].7z
Pachi Slot Kanzen Kouryaku - Shindai Nyuka Vol. 1 (1997-03-07)(Syscom)[SNES].7z
Road Riot 4WD (1992-11)(Atari Games)(Equilibrium)(THQ)[SNES].7z
Shin Megami Tensei if... (1994-10-28)(-)(Atlus)[SNES].7z
Sougou Kakutougi Astral Bout (1992-06-26)(A-Wave)(King Records)[SNES].7z
Super Bomberman - Panic Bomber W (1995-03-01)(Raizing)(Hudson)[SNES].7z
Super Real Mahjong PIV (1994-03-25)(Affect)(Seta)[SNES].7z
Super Real Mahjong PV - Paradise All Star 4-nin Uchi (1995-04-21)(Seta)[SNES].7z
Tenchi Muyou! - Game-hen (1995-10-27)(TamTam)(Banpresto)[SNES].7z
Wicked 18 [Devil's Course] (1993-03-05)(T&E)[SNES].7z
Young Merlin (1994-03-31)(Westwood)(Virgin)[SNES].7z
Special Tee Shot (Prototype) (1996)(HAL Laboratory)(Nintendo)[SNES].7z
I have a question, my girlfriend introduced me to 3DO and her favorite game is Immercenary.
I check Josh 3DO archive and saw most track are in streaming .STR format.
I recall coming across this in 209 with PS1 Mega Man X4-5-6 .str and .xa streaming audio. I can't recall how i got them playing even converted.
Is there a way to play 3DO .STR and maybe convert it to wav?
Thanks for the assist!
Cheers.
https://vgmdb.net/album/2360
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhtB7LRyHsQ&list=PLREYF4RnDeQCBXYNkiVpA7Pt8GB7_d-bi&index=1
I'm looking for a lossless download of this album. Would be greatly appreciated!
A lot of work was put into this, I learned a lot of new things on the way, and a new BMS to MIDI converter was created. It fixed a lot of issues that vgmtrans had, and they are now completely fixed. I'm glad that all the work on this is finally done and I'm glad that I'm the first person who did this! Here's what has changed compared to version 1.0 that was never sent here yet for reasons;
- Added unused Ice Mario theme from Galaxy 2
- Fixed pitch bends in the Fire Mario theme from both Galaxy games
- Fixed various issues in the soundfonts such as wrong instruments/wrong patches and bank values
- Fixed various issues in the DLS files which caused issues with FL Studio where nothing was assigned immediately
- Various improvements to release time on certain instruments
And the biggest of all:
- Added all possible jingles from both Galaxy games
Enjoy!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NnwPLhQIeAfKJrafw5-5uqoLcUz4Vp_J/view?usp=sharing
Please help to guess best GENH(.txth) parameter for music from game "МорÑкие титаны / Submarine Titans"
It seems IMA-ADPCM or variation.
examples:
GM_PEACE100.ADP
GM_WAR100.ADP
GM_WAR101.ADP
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echochrome [Mugen Kairou] [PSN](2008-03-19)(SCE Japan Studio, Game Yarouze)(SCE)[PS3]
Unfortunately, the download link in the thread seems to no longer work. The link seems to no longer work, it only sends a “Hmmm… can't reach this page†message. I have tried it on several browsers and computers but with no success.
I have tried responding to the thread to see if the OP is willing and able to upload a new copy, however they have not been active since 2020 and I doubt I will get a reply.
If anyone has a copy of the soundfont, or has attempted a similar rip, I would be extremely grateful if you would respond to this thread.
Thanks
Joseph (Flanagonia)
I can extract the WEMs just fine with bnkextr.exe, and VGMStream thinks it can read them as Apple IMA audio, but what comes out is garbled. If I import as raw in Audacity as VOX ADPCM @ 48000Hz, it's still very noisy but I can just about hear car sounds underneath.
From what I can see from VGMStream's code ADM3 should be a Crankcase version similar to that used in Cyberpunk, and the format of the file I have seems to be the same (chunks of various RPMs, then a acceleration sweep, then more RPM chunks, then a deceleration sweep, then the idle sound), and I can see similar headers to the Cyberpunk files - I'm just stumped getting those sweeps to actually play back.
Sample file here
Side note: in case it's useful for these WEMs - 24 bytes after the end of the GRN1 header you have two floats, these are a granular synth "clock" that you multiply by 120 to get engine RPM, so in the first WEM of this file we have 7.49 (898.8rpm) and 56.47 (6776.4rpm)
I'll leave you a link with examples, I'd really appreciate it if you can help me out: Link
ninja normal loop.wav.str - 3 tracks, all stereo
taz options screen.wav.str - 1 track, stereo
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I'm not very familiar with ripping music from games so forgive me if there's a simple solution.
Basically, I would like to extract the music from Xenosaga Freaks on PS2. I have the .iso file and have found what looks like sound files (with names like BGM07) in various folders. However they are all in the file format ".AD". I haven't been able to find a piece of software so far that can read/convert these into files like .wav or .mp3.
Can anyone give me advice on how to convert these files?
Thank you!
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Attempted to load it in Dolphin and extract files but, dolphin dosen't recognise it as a valid ISO
Could any of you good people please provide me with a download link to the soundtrack for Destruction Derby: Arenas, or provide a download link for that game's soundtrack files on www.joshw.info?
Thanks!
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And here's another bit of interesting detail: some sound effects could be made entirely from scratch and is exclusive only to this game. Such as the enemy plane machine gun sound heard in Crash 3 when I exported it via Crashedit.
It's officially my second rip focusing tracks from a Wii U game! Previously, i acknowledged about my incorrect pack name, but actually, never mind. Should keep the pack name as it is.
Yo-kai Watch Dance - Just Dance Special Version (2015-12-05)(Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Milan, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Pune, Ubisoft Reflections, Ubisoft Barcelona, Level-5)(Level-5)[WiiU]
Big Thanks, authors of hcs and the VGM community.
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Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 2 - Itetsuita Kioku-tachi Taikenban Type B (2005)(Irem)[PS2]
Should correct the name when the rip is published. I'll do a complete re-rip of the BGM for Raw Danger in a later date. The re-rip of the BGM for Raw Danger! (ZTT2) should cover both JPN and US/PAL versions.
Thanks all members of hcs64 forum.
My questions are related to the list-bin that's mentioned in intidec.py, as I understand it is within the game.exe itself, however it needs an offset which I guess leads to list-bin within the .exe. I tried using a hex editor to see if I could figure out where it would be but at most I found a list of directories to each file.
I want to know how would I know where is the start of list-bin.
Aside from that, I also noticed that intidec.py seems to ask for a .oss file as a key, seems game specific so I wondered how someone would figure out the contents of such file.
And probably I should have asked this first, but is the list-bin format also game specific? I noticed there's functions specifically for Gunvolt 3 and Gal Guardians (formerly Grim Guardians)
From what I’ve seen, there seems to almost zero information available about these PS2 sequenced music formats compared to their PS1 generic equivalents (SEQ/VH/VB). My biggest dream would be for someone to completely reverse-engineer these formats so that they can be freely used, but I’m sure that would take a significant amount of work and research to pull off! As such, I would be content for at least some of the questions I have about these formats to be answered if such an endeavor isn’t feasible.
Meanwhile, I have two main motives for wanting some information about these formats, which I hope will contextualize what kind of answers would be helpful for me. The first motive is that I’m working to make homebrew sequenced music a reality on the PS2, and by extension on the PS1 whose sound chip the former is directly backwards-compatible with on a hardware level. In order for this to be possible, I need as much information on each of the relevant file formats as possible so that arbitrary data can be written to them in such a way that something resembling music can be made. As for the second motive, I would also like to have these formats documented just for the sake of them being documented, as there, again, seems to be almost no documentation available on them compared to its predecessor formats and I want to change that.
Some questions that I’m looking to have answered in relation to the PS2 and its SQ/BD/HD file formats include:
— How close is PS2 SQ to PS1 SEQ, and in turn to SMF format 0 MIDI?
Based on what I’ve read from loveemu’s research on the matter in particular, the PS1 SEQ format is apparently very close to SMF format 0 MIDI, except with a few modifications. Given this, would it be accurate to say that the score data — that is, the actual key ons and key offs and such — is identical between PS1 SQ and SMF format 0 MIDI? This question is especially important to me because if it is identical, then this would greatly expedite our ability to reverse-engineer that part of the format and use that knowledge to write arbitrary score data and, in turn, create custom songs that can play on a PS2. Another thing that’s important in that context is how close PS1 SEQ is, in turn, to PS2 SQ, especially in regards to score data. Would it be accurate to say that they are very close to one another, if not possibly identical? And if they are indeed close or even identical, then how close would PS2 SQ be to SMF format 0 MIDI?
— How close is PS2 HD to PS1 VH?
They seem to be somewhat different from each other based on a cursory comparison, but that could be about things being shuffled around from PS1 VH just as much as any actual meaningful changes being made from there. Given that SPU2 is essentially two PS1 SPUs attached together with little to no modification besides extra sound RAM, would it be accurate to say that settings for things like ADSR, portamento, pitch bend, and such work basically the same way with PS2 HD as they do with PS1 VH? And if they do, then how is the representation of such settings different on a hexadecimal level between the two?
— How close is PS2 BD to PS1 VB?
From my understanding, PS1 VB is simply a collection of VAG files, and that the PS2 uses the exact same form of SPU-ADPCM that’s used on the PS1. Given that, would it be accurate to say that PS2 BD is also simply a collection of VAG files? And if so, is how they’re represented and organized exactly the same as it’s done with PS1 VB, or is it done differently? And is there any reliable way to tell exactly when a sample begins and ends?
— How do tracks work, exactly?
On both PS1 SEQ and PS2 SQ, it appears that all of the tracks — in the MIDI sense of the word — are interleaved with one another, rather than being represented separately one after another like I’ve seen with other sequenced formats like Square’s AKAO and Konami’s KDT1. Given this, is there some sort of marker on, say, each key on and key off that determines which track is actually supposed to be keyed on or keyed off? Furthermore, is there some marker that determines which core (CORE0 or CORE1) a certain track is playing on? Also, is there a marker that determines the timing of a key on or key off of a track relative to the key on or key off of another track, given that tracks aren’t separated like they are in other sequenced formats?
— How do you set reverb?
On the PS1, I know that there’s a flag for each instrument in the VH file that determines whether reverb is applied to said instrument, while whether or not reverb is enabled on SPU itself is set by sending certain NRPN values as defined in the SEQ file. However, on PS2, there are two reverb units split between the two individual cores that make up SPU2, which complicates things somewhat compared to PS1. So with that said, how does one set the reverb on either one or both of the cores on PS2? Do you send certain NRPN values like with PS1, or is it done another way? Furthermore, in a scenario where, say, CORE0’s reverb is set to STUDIO_C and CORE1’s reverb is set to HALL, how do I determine which of the two reverb settings a certain instrument uses, or alternatively which core an instrument should play on?
— How do attribute changes, loops, and markers work?
I understand that on PS1 SEQ, it’s possible to change attributes of an instrument on runtime by sending certain NRPN values, just like with reverb. I also understand that other NRPN values can be sent to determine loop points, as well as to set markers within the song. Do things work similarly with PS2 SQ, or is everything done another way instead?
— What do program changes do, exactly?
Perhaps my relative ignorance of how MIDI works is showing here, haha, but this has confused me especially looking at how they appear to exist in PS2 SQ. There are dozens of numbers attached to these, but I have no idea what these numbers mean or what they actually do, if anything. My initial guess was that perhaps they had something to do with reverb, but I highly suspect not, in retrospect. Simply put, how do program changes work, and what do they do? Furthermore, do program changes work differently between PS1 SEQ and PS2 SQ, or for that matter between both of those and SMF format 0 MIDI?
— What’s the numerical representation of silence in SPU-ADPCM?
My guess is that it would just be zero; is this correct? Otherwise, what is it? Could you reliably replace every value in an individual sample file with said silence value and have the result be, well, a completely silent sample file?
Whoever responds to these questions, thank you in advance! I truly appreciate it.
edited 4:43 AM EST November 11, 2023
From what I’ve seen, there seems to almost zero information available about these PS2 sequenced music formats compared to their PS1 generic equivalents (SEQ/VH/VB). My biggest dream would be for someone to completely reverse-engineer these formats so that they can be freely used, but I’m sure that would take a significant amount of work and research to pull off! As such, I would be content for at least some of the questions I have about these formats to be answered if such an endeavor isn’t feasible.
Meanwhile, I have two main motives for wanting some information about these formats, which I hope will contextualize what kind of answers would be helpful for me. The first motive is that I’m working to make homebrew sequenced music a reality on the PS2, and by extension on the PS1 whose sound chip the former is directly backwards-compatible with on a hardware level. In order for this to be possible, I need as much information on each of the relevant file formats as possible so that arbitrary data can be written to them in such a way that something resembling music can be made. As for the second motive, I would also like to have these formats documented just for the sake of them being documented, as there, again, seems to be almost no documentation available on them compared to its predecessor formats and I want to change that.
Some questions that I’m looking to have answered in relation to the PS2 and its SQ/BD/HD file formats include:
— How close is PS2 SQ to PS1 SEQ, and in turn to SMF format 0 MIDI?
Based on what I’ve read from loveemu’s research on the matter in particular, the PS1 SEQ format is apparently very close to SMF format 0 MIDI, except with a few modifications. Given this, would it be accurate to say that the score data — that is, the actual key ons and key offs and such — is identical between PS1 SQ and SMF format 0 MIDI? This question is especially important to me because if it is identical, then this would greatly expedite our ability to reverse-engineer that part of the format and use that knowledge to write arbitrary score data and, in turn, create custom songs that can play on a PS2. Another thing that’s important in that context is how close PS1 SEQ is, in turn, to PS2 SQ, especially in regards to score data. Would it be accurate to say that they are very close to one another, if not possibly identical? And if they are indeed close or even identical, then how close would PS2 SQ be to SMF format 0 MIDI?
— How close is PS2 HD to PS1 VH?
They seem to be somewhat different from each other based on a cursory comparison, but that could be about things being shuffled around from PS1 VH just as much as any actual meaningful changes being made from there. Given that SPU2 is essentially two PS1 SPUs attached together with little to no modification besides extra sound RAM, would it be accurate to say that settings for things like ADSR, portamento, pitch bend, and such work basically the same way with PS2 HD as they do with PS1 VH? And if they do, then how is the representation of such settings different on a hexadecimal level between the two?
— How close is PS2 BD to PS1 VB?
From my understanding, PS1 VB is simply a collection of VAG files, and that the PS2 uses the exact same form of SPU-ADPCM that’s used on the PS1. Given that, would it be accurate to say that PS2 BD is also simply a collection of VAG files? And if so, is how they’re represented and organized exactly the same as it’s done with PS1 VB, or is it done differently? And is there any reliable way to tell exactly when a sample begins and ends?
— How do tracks work, exactly?
On both PS1 SEQ and PS2 SQ, it appears that all of the tracks — in the MIDI sense of the word — are interleaved with one another, rather than being represented separately one after another like I’ve seen with other sequenced formats like Square’s AKAO and Konami’s KDT1. Given this, is there some sort of marker on, say, each key on and key off that determines which track is actually supposed to be keyed on or keyed off? Furthermore, is there some marker that determines which core (CORE0 or CORE1) a certain track is playing on? Also, is there a marker that determines the timing of a key on or key off of a track relative to the key on or key off of another track, given that tracks aren’t separated like they are in other sequenced formats?
— How do you set reverb?
On the PS1, I know that there’s a flag for each instrument in the VH file that determines whether reverb is applied to said instrument, while whether or not reverb is enabled on SPU itself is set by sending certain NRPN values as defined in the SEQ file. However, on PS2, there are two reverb units split between the two individual cores that make up SPU2, which complicates things somewhat compared to PS1. So with that said, how does one set the reverb on either one or both of the cores on PS2? Do you send certain NRPN values like with PS1, or is it done another way? Furthermore, in a scenario where, say, CORE0’s reverb is set to STUDIO_C and CORE1’s reverb is set to HALL, how do I determine which of the two reverb settings a certain instrument uses, or alternatively which core an instrument should play on?
— How do attribute changes, loops, and markers work?
I understand that on PS1 SEQ, it’s possible to change attributes of an instrument on runtime by sending certain NRPN values, just like with reverb. I also understand that other NRPN values can be sent to determine loop points, as well as to set markers within the song. Do things work similarly with PS2 SQ, or is everything done another way instead?
— What do program changes do, exactly?
Perhaps my relative ignorance of how MIDI works is showing here, haha, but this has confused me especially looking at how they appear to exist in PS2 SQ. There are dozens of numbers attached to these, but I have no idea what these numbers mean or what they actually do, if anything. My initial guess was that perhaps they had something to do with reverb, but I highly suspect not, in retrospect. Simply put, how do program changes work, and what do they do? Furthermore, do program changes work differently between PS1 SEQ and PS2 SQ, or for that matter between both of those and SMF format 0 MIDI?
— What’s the numerical representation of silence in SPU-ADPCM?
My guess is that it would just be zero; is this correct? Otherwise, what is it? Could you reliably replace every value in an individual sample file with said silence value and have the result be, well, a completely silent sample file?
Whoever responds to these questions, thank you in advance! I truly appreciate it.
edited 4:42 AM EST November 11, 2023
This is probably a long-shot, but I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice with the PC version of Tales of Berseria's sound files. My focus is specifically on SPSIS14, which contains voice files.
I've been able to play files from the PS3 version of the same game using existing tools, I can also play files from the PC version of the preceding game, Tales of Zestiria, so it seems they just did something to obfuscate Berseria's PC files specifically. I can't make out any headers either.
Samples: here
(The PC version is my only option since the PS3 version never got an English release, and I don't have the tools to unpack the PS4 game. Not to mention that, in comparing Zestiria's files, the PS3 version omits unused assets, which I'd really like to take a look at.)
I don't have the highest of hopes, since Berseria on PC is also notably missing from JoshW's archive, despite both PS3 and PC versions of Zestiria existing, so maybe it's just a lost cause. Nevertheless, I figured it'd be worth trying and asking.
Thank you!
I can't have a !tags.m3u inclusion in my tagged gamerip. Sorry! Thanks bnnm and others.
i do machinimas with vietnam videogames and sime random films, that's why i need these files but also for recover parts of the lost soundtracks of these games made by Vietnam Veterans
it would e perfect a bms script to pass these psf to wav and unencrypt these .dat files and find the psf in shellshock nam 67 too. I came here from Zophars domains, they ripped shellshock nam 67 ost and someone here could have the key to that psychedelic hidden trasure
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/280422905769361408/1175560869397147729/nou1_2_math.zsd
I'm using SONY's walkman which just directly support ATRAC. So...is there any tool that can merge them?
edited 9:21 PM EST November 29, 2023
This game runs on the RE Engine, and uses the WWise sound driver. I first tried using a PS4 PKG Extractor, but it didn't work well with the process. The only other tools that I have not tried yet are BMS and/or python scripts, though I'm unsure if any of them could work... Please help!
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The music files were easy enough to find in the music folder.
However, the files seem compressed
ie: credit.aiff.sqh
I have tried dragon unpacker but I get an error its not a valid sqh file. I could not find another way to decompress these files.
Anyone by any chance encountered this before and knows how to decompress?
Thanks so much! :)
I'm trying to play the sbs/sbr format found in NBA Live 18 but for some reason VGMstream doesn't seem to play it. Maybe it's encrypted? Any help would be appreciated.
Sample: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qtLGlDuNE-FX7jw7Zu8_H7_aCK-9aYpl?usp=sharing
edited 2:04 PM EST December 9, 2023
Sadly found no proper information about the topic with google and Game Extractor cant do anything with these pak files.
The files you can get from here btw: https://archive.org/details/nintendo-nvidia-shield-games-collection
Any idea?
When going through PSounds and Cube Media Player I get just a few of the many sounds that are in the game.
While going through VGMSTREAM and JOSHW.INFO I get maybe a small pot of all of the ICO files in GENH form. Using some VGMSTREAM cmd plugin I can convert them to wav but they aren't all of them, there's tons more and I have no idea where to find them.
edited 9:20 AM EST December 20, 2023
There's still a problem for the missing music, they are stuck inside the .pck files. So, I'm now going to have to deal with this music ripping and looping challenge with some WWise ripping using python commands... This will need a lot of help.
Here's the demo's extracted folder link if anyone wants to examine the files and help out with my ripping process.
edited 8:34 PM EST December 21, 2023
In rsc/music there are .bin files that seem to represent each track as well as an "instrument" folder, for the soundfont I suppose. How can I get playable files (eg .miniusf) out of that ? I haven't found any information online.
Any help is appreciated !
So as with this game's demo, all of these .bnks can be played in foobar by re-naming their extensions. I couldn't find any .list files for the bnk filenames, as they are all unorganized which makes finding the right BGM/sounds/character voices of choice much harder for you.
edited 10:06 PM EST January 3, 2024
What I found is a .ss1 compressed audio file, which psound and mfaudio cannot decipher.
What am I doing wrong? Keep feeling so stupid trying to play media files :(
https://archive.org/details/cv-jungle-01 highly interested in voice lines specally spanish voice, i dont know if in this files are all the voice of the game or only radio and ost
also interested in vietcong 2 & shellshock nam 67
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And these games have music played in midi (or .mld), which can be easily extracted.
If you are interested further, join the Kahvibreak Discord server.
edited 6:35 PM EST January 11, 2024
Once there was Kode54, who, in my opinion, understood sequenced video game music from consoles, like Nintendo DS (.2sf/mini2sf) and Game Boy Advance (, Sega Saturn and Dreamcast, Sony PlayStation 1 and 2, very well. He created a 32-bit-only Foobar2000 components. Just like the Neill Corlett documented the PSF audio format and made a plugin for now-dead WinAmp that plays this format back in 2003. Now both Kode54 and Mr. Corlett left the game music ripping scene for good, and the future of sequenced gamerip music looks increasingly uncertain, with some hardships in ripping sequenced game music, such as PSF/PSF2 ripping process, still persist.
If this wasn't bad enough, Kode54's game music decoders for Foobar2000 are still 32-bit-only, but unfortunately nobody updated his, for instance, PSF decoder to support 64-bit. I have 64-bit Foobar2000 and Windows 10 operating system. I still hope that someone will reverse-engineer such components and update them to modern norms and specifications.
Kode54 is currently still working on various random software, which is not as popular as his past jobs. I'm afraid that he has lost momentum, much to my sadness :(
I personally tried to rip sequenced music from NTSC-U Gran Turismo (1998, PlayStation), but I was deeply overwhelmed by difficulties. Software used: VGMToolbox. I tried to find a comprehensible instruction manual to assist me in doing so, but many instructions felt outdated and... vague. I gave up out of bad luck and frustration. I'm not even a programmer, mind you. The PSF making process involved ripping SEQ and VAB files and turning them into playable PSF/MINIPSF/PSFLIB files. Now I wonder if SEQ+VAB music player would exist, optionally with OpenMPT-style pattern display.
They said that one of the PS1 emulators had debug functions to show sequenced music's inner workings, and also disable one of its sound channels. That's the best I can say.
Back then, there were so many successful sequenced gamerip music, from Sega Genesis (.vgm), Nintendo Entertainment System (.nsf), Arcade (.vgm), to Nintendo 64 (.miniusf) and Sony PlayStation 2 (.psf2/.minipsf2). However, the extensions I was talking about were emulated; the music sequence files couldn't work without discrete specific audio chips depending on each console. Metroid (1986, Nintendo Famicom Disk System), Ridge Racer (1993, Namco System 22 arcade), Sonic the Hedgehog (1991, Sega Genesis), Super Mario World (1990, Super Nintendo Entertainment System), just to name a few.
Reading Copetti's analysis on SNES architecture and its Audio chapter, I wondered how did the writer managed to get the multi-audio channel display work. Maybe I can enjoy seeing how sequenced DSP channels behave for a specific game OST in the future... Seriously, look at it: https://www.copetti.org/writings/consoles/super-nintendo/#audio.
As a coping mechanism towards the hardships, I fantasize about the highly advanced sequenced game music player with OpenMPT-style sequence pattern display and lots of formats to boot, such as PlayStation SEQ, Nintendo DS SSEQ, and also PSF, PSF2, USF, GSF, 2SF, DSF, SSF, NSF, VGM, SPC, etc.
In conclusion, the sequenced game music ripping scene is really wonderful, interesting, beautiful, yet convolouted. The current state is, in my honest opinion, a mess. Ripping process can be painful in any video game files. Things with streamed game music ripping scene are doing well, but it's a different story. Maybe I was wrong or downright pessimistic, you can clarify. I wanted to express my actual feelings towards the overwhelming hardships of this interesting scene. I'm sorry if I was ignorant or upset towards hardships.
What do you think about the current state? Share your thoughts and feelings.
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Problem is that in Crysis 3 Remastered in cutscene there is no polish dubbing, when I create new usm file, after demux usm file I got m1v movie and some adx audio file, I change english with polish audio, but after playing cutscene there is no subtitles. When I used other ready file to fix cutscene in Crysis 3 (not remastered) have subtitle but there is no any sound.
Someone must have done it somehow, since there is a fix for the Polish and Russian language versions for older Crysis 3. I also found a Russian version for the remastered version, but not for the Polish one.
edited 1:36 PM EST January 14, 2024
Thanks in advance!
And there was no good dump of it. The old dump (by Dais and Caitsith2) has has a number of issues.
Firstly, the vocal part just never progresses beyond the "come" part (which is repeated throughout the entirety of the song instead of the actual correct samples). Things only get worse when that exact sample also replaces the flute section.
At first I tried to make another dump, but realized that I pretty much ended up with the same issues.
I believe that this can be addressed via the SNSF format, however I went for an easier solution and just used spc2it and corrected the song manually.
No one asked for it, but here it is anyway:
Link
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edited 10:42 AM EST January 22, 2024