New music for Simutrans (III)

[Phystam]

We Japanese community created more 3 tunes!!

Summer Intersection (Composer: Gobanboshi(五番星), Arranged by: Reti_N)
Dreamy Oriental Nights (Composer: RykSeb(硫化西部))
Snowy Road (Composer: ano_KTOK(あのKTOK), Arranged by: RykSeb(硫化西部))

How to use:
Please unzip the attached zip file, and add lines in music.tab like below:

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music/Summer-Intersection.mid
Summer Intersection
music/Dreamy-Oriental-Nights.mid
Dreamy Oriental Nights
music/Snowy-Road.mid
Snowy Road


note:
1. The #50 tune (where thomassons lie) is currently commented out by prissi. If possible, please remove that tune...
2. These new tunes is not numbered because of the issue 1. Please add number when these are incorporated.

[prissi]

Should we add artist info to the music.dat file as well?

[Phystam]

Yes, if you can add, please use the composers' name on 1st one.
Or, should I upload the composer list ?

[rykseb]

I am new to the forum. I have contributed several songs to Simutrans in the past.

I recently updated Simutrans to 124, and noticed that my BGM is not playing properly. Is it possible to update and replace the MIDI file?

"Salty Breeze": no problem at all.
"Techno-Movement": rhythm track is misinterpreted as a melody track.
"Last Sunday": Rhythm track is misinterpreted as melody track.
"Snowy Road": Bell tones are out of tune (this may be a problem with the default SF2 file).
"Dreamy Oriental Nights": strings a little too loud.

[prissi]

I include a new midi file if you provide it. I just included the midi files into the distribution as I recieved them without editing.

[Andarix]

I include a new midi file if you provide it. I just included the midi files into the distribution as I recieved them without editing.

I think the file music.tab is incorrect.

SVN r11430

...
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music/41-Libertador.mid
Libertador
Marcos Maestro
-
music/42-Stranger-Echoes.mid
Stranger Echoes (Multitrack slow)
vilvoh
shunter
music/43-Driving-on-the-midnight-highway.mid
Driving on the Midnight Highway
Kayoko
-
music/44-Above-the-sky.mid
Above the sky
Kayoko
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music/45-Misty-Forest.mid
Misty Forest
Gobanboshi
Phystam, Reti_N
music/46-House-in-the-station.mid
House in the station
Gobanboshi
Phystam, Reti_N
music/47-Salty-Breeze.mid
Salty Breeze
RykSeb
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music/48-Techno-movement.mid
Techno-movement
RykSeb
-
music/49-Last-Sunday.mid
Last Sunday
RykSeb
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music/50-Snowy-Road.mid
Snowy Road
anoKTOK
RykSeb
music/51-Summer-Intersection.mid
Summer Intersection
Gobanboshi
Phystam, Reti_N
music/52-Dreamy-Oriental-Nights.mid
Dreamy Oriental Nights
RykSeb
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#music/53-Where-Thomassons-Lie.mid
#Where Thomassons Lie
#Shingoushori
#-

[rykseb]

These are the songs I have fixed. The five songs mentioned above should be included.
They are basically "fixes", but with slightly improved arrangements. I believe that only an attentive listener would care about.

I have verified that they play correctly on the game, but it would be nice if you could give it a once-over before including it in the release build to make sure there are no mistakes. Especially those who uses Mac or Linux environment.

[rykseb]

BTW, some of the music (including some I did not provide) sounds terrible on recent version of Simutrans. (e.g. No.2, No.8, No.41).

This is probably because the default SoundFont has a less than optimal volume balance. Basically, the piano and strings are loud, and some guitars and synths are very quiet.

IMO the quickest solution is including a more listening-specific Soundfont; for example "GeneralUser GS" is free, well balanced, only 32MB, and (unusual for this kind of SoundFont) made entirely of legally curated audio(they said so). But is there a licensing issue to include it in Simutrans?

I think any other solution would require a bit more work....

[Yona-TYT]

These are the songs I have fixed. The five songs mentioned above should be included.
They are basically "fixes", but with slightly improved arrangements. I believe that only an attentive listener would care about.

I have verified that they play correctly on the game, but it would be nice if you could give it a once-over before including it in the release build to make sure there are no mistakes. Especially those who uses Mac or Linux environment.

wow, this is exciting, I'm going to try it with my favorite soundfont, even though that one weighs almost 300 mb