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Posted: Aug 19 2008 03:12 am

If you go to http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-SanJose/8700/P/GsorigE.htm and click the top link, you can download this program take converts your music to 8 bit music. It kicks ass. All you do is find the MIDI (yes MIDI, it should take MP3's but whatever) file on your computer, drag it onto the program and click play.

Posted: Aug 19 2008 03:46 pm

All the program does is jam the midi through a soundfont. I had a program that could do 8-Bit, SPC700, or Genesis sound on midis. A midi is just a set of instructions that mean nothing without a soundset. The set used by Microsoft is just the most common on computers. That's why when you listen to a MIDI on your computer, and then on your cell phone or something, they sound a bit different.

Whereas an mp3 is a waveform that contains the audio data as well as how to play it, and wouldn't work in a soundfont emulator.

Posted: Aug 19 2008 06:14 pm

Char Aznable wrote:

I had a program that could do 8-Bit, SPC700, or Genesis sound on midis.

What program was that? Can I have a copy?

Posted: Aug 19 2008 07:04 pm

http://www.synthfont.com/

It's free. You're going to have to track down the SoundFonts yourself, though. There are some good ones on Zophar's Domain, for the NES, SNES, and different Final Fantasy games. I can't find the Genesis one anymore.