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Music for war2, based on midi files
« on: February 22, 2016, 03:33:55 PM »
Download installer: ftp://ftp.war2.ru/war2/War2Music.exe , install it into war2combat folder.
It will overwrite install.exe file.

Since this installer size is 7,2 Mb, install.exe size will be 104Mb.

This program is just a test, so it will overwrite your install.exe and will not not restore it after uninstallation. You should reinstall combat if you want to remove that music.

How it works:
It gets midi music (ftp://ftp.war2.ru/war2/War2_music.rar) and converts it into wav-files, then packs into mpq-archive called install.exe.
That could take a lot of time (several minutes), but makes good quality wavs on your local computer using software midi instruments.

Problems:
- unfortunately midi archive contains only 4 soundtracks (instead of 6 integrated into war2bne), so i had to skip missed soundtracks.
- though these are the same melodies, they sounds different than wavs in original war2bne. Because musical instruments in Blizzard sound card and my software were different. So let's try this music and compare it to original music if you have one.

This idea is based on this thread: http://forum.war2.ru/index.php/topic,389.0.html

Waiting for your reports.
My thought was to go this way and to add this music into next combat if quality will be fair.
« Last Edit: February 22, 2016, 03:37:18 PM by iL »
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Re: Music for war2, based on midi files
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2016, 06:36:39 PM »
someone may have made a youtube video of original soundcards playback...wouldnt they sound better than card of today?

wav's are dam near mp3 to me in my headphones, downsampling+mono of course audacity(free) does a great job so does cooledit pro(not free).

im cool with midi if its the cool midi...may have to have some composers that did a better job than stock.

all i see music for is single player,its cool to have it back but i find myself turning it down to concentrate or doing what everyone else does put on a song that gets ya playing.

it just depends man,if u want combat to be a full fledge bne...or just make users download the install to make it singleplayer+music.

i would have to hear it though midi2wav that sounds better than original i would be game.

sit back and have a beer listen to this midi good composer
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sega/genesis/RoadRash_PC.mid
« Last Edit: February 22, 2016, 07:16:28 PM by easycompany »

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Re: Music for war2, based on midi files
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2016, 07:15:18 PM »
whos the hell want to listen that crazy retard midi files lol

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Re: Music for war2, based on midi files
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2016, 07:16:54 PM »
that one up there is great  8) i do on guitar shit best tab's ever.

we may have to sweet talk jessu
« Last Edit: February 22, 2016, 07:21:26 PM by easycompany »

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Re: Music for war2, based on midi files
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2016, 07:20:27 PM »
that one up there is great  8) i do on guitar shit best tab's ever.

I mean... Never a retard midi composition will reach the real ochestral composition or warcraft II.

This game is 80% about the music, how the fuck i will feel my nostalgia with some retard old school cheap midi files.

The most pathetic thing about it is how tupac send another pack of war2music and il post this shit 3 days after.

What a fucking waste of time by il and lack of respect... It always gonna be the same, this retard staff have no creativity and just try to do exactly what other else already did ten time better.

Fucking bunch of crack head nerds with a total of 62 IQ.

What a stupid sHAME for this server, and you guys are still here losing your life for some crackhead who can barelly count 2+2 under 3 weeks.

SHAME, SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!

« Last Edit: February 22, 2016, 07:32:36 PM by Equinox »
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Re: Music for war2, based on midi files
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2016, 07:29:36 PM »
ahh someone posted some war2 checking his versus blizzards..post back later.. its pretty dam good!

lol they just got hobbies man lots of people just hang at the bar and talk about nothings..

well that dudes has pasted blizzards ..shame on him!!!
Glenn Stafford apparently distributed the original MIDI source files
https://gamemusic.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/warcraft-2-tides-of-darkness/
so bliz cant sue ru over them :o

i see what your saying eq, i see what il's saying also to try something different.
if u can somehow give the midis a little more reverb plus whatever magic they would be something of there on.
« Last Edit: February 22, 2016, 07:52:20 PM by easycompany »

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Re: Music for war2, based on midi files
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2016, 08:29:20 PM »
That is not because he give a midi version this is actually good.

Midi version is only a cheapper way to give the real composition and the notes for musicians.

Warcraft II music is compose by glenn but it was not playing and pruduced by him.

The original records is from an orchestra and worth alot of money.

Here the real Warcraft II records:

! No longer available

Here the cheap midi Convertion:

! No longer available

If you cant see how it sound toys and cheap compare the real one, then im sorry for you.

« Last Edit: February 22, 2016, 08:31:11 PM by Equinox »
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Re: Music for war2, based on midi files
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2016, 08:32:25 PM »
whos the hell want to listen that crazy retard midi files lol

How the hell do you live crying about everything? Does baby need someone to sing a song to him?

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Re: Music for war2, based on midi files
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2016, 08:46:09 PM »
be great if someone would redo the midi them midi people :(
the wavs sound awesome..wish the mid could be made to sound like a amiga or a snes/gens sound proc.
« Last Edit: February 23, 2016, 06:56:31 AM by easycompany »

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Re: Music for war2, based on midi files
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2016, 01:39:18 PM »
EQ for the sake of war2. Didn't you go to school for sound/audio. See if you can tweak all the sounds maybe better or make smaller. You can meet me in the mods section. At least you did something good before the game dies...

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Re: Music for war2, based on midi files
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2016, 01:50:40 PM »

EQ for the sake of war2. Didn't you go to school for sound/audio. ...


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Re: Music for war2, based on midi files
« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2016, 10:00:34 PM »

EQ has a doctorate in hiphopology

Also a degree in Cryanomics

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Re: Music for war2, based on midi files
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2016, 10:05:03 PM »


EQ has a doctorate in hiphopology

Also a degree in Cryanomics

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Re: Music for war2, based on midi files
« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2016, 04:05:17 PM »
EQ for the sake of war2. Didn't you go to school for sound/audio. See if you can tweak all the sounds maybe better or make smaller. You can meet me in the mods section. At least you did something good before the game dies...

Never i will waste my time again for this server untill we have passionate admins for this game.
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Re: Music for war2, based on midi files
« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2016, 04:16:56 PM »
EQ for the sake of war2. Didn't you go to school for sound/audio. See if you can tweak all the sounds maybe better or make smaller. You can meet me in the mods section. At least you did something good before the game dies...

Never i will waste my time again for this server untill we have passionate admins for this game.
I said for war2 !!!! Not for server for the game man.