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Conversion Tools for Video Game Music (Focuses on Sequenced Music → MIDI)

This article introduces conversion tools for various video game music format, mainly focuses on sequenced music. If your best favorite tool is missing, let me know! This document is Unlicensed. Please feel free to copy and modify any part …

PlayStation (PS1) Dragon Quest VII and IV Music Format (SEQQ)

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Dragon Quest VII and IV (DQ7/DQ4) do not use the generic SEQ/VAB driver. Both games are developed by Heart Beat and use the same custom driver (there could be some minor differences, as usual).. Dragon Quest Monsters does not use SEQq beca…

My Generic PSF (Portable Sound Format: PSF1, GSF) Ripping Strategy

Here I introduce my PSF ripping method. Introduction I assume you already know about the following things: What is PSF? - A format for video game music rips. In most cases, a PSF is a compressed game ROM whose non-sound stuff is removed by…

IDA Pro - How To Load Game ROM

PS1: As The Open PSF ripping guide said, open PS-X EXE as "Sony Playstation PSX image". Then load PsyQ sigunatures. GBA: Read IDA Pro Tutorial - The PokéCommunity Forums. You may want to add IO (4000000h-4000800h) segment and identify IO x…

Example Of Sequenced VGM Analysis: PS1 Hokuto no Ken

Have you read How to Analyze Sequenced Video Game Music? This article is an actual example of it. Note that this is a sort of platform-independent tip. Here I analyze sequences without disassembly.

My Favorite Tools For Video Game Music Analysis

This article shows what I use/know in my VGM analysis work. Tools If you know a good tool, let me know, please. :)

Memory Addresses Of Emulators

This is the list of addresses where emulators have their ROM/RAM. All the following formulas are for MHS's "Complex Address".By attaching MHS (or similar debugger tool) to an emulator, you will be able to add some debugging functions, such…

The Open PSF ripping guide 12/05/03 日本語訳

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My Japanese translation: http://loveemu.yh.land.to/docs/psfrip_ja.md Original English text: http://www.angelfire.com/tx5/someone42/psfrip.txt 私の翻訳能力の乏しさと怠慢につき、翻訳が正確でない箇所は多々あることと思います。しかし、ガイドの…

XEBRA(プレイステーションエミュレータ)の使い方+αメモ(なんちゃって TAS 機能とか)

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知っている人には今さらだと思いますが、XEBRA / ARBEX というエミュレータが互換性・速度の面で非常に良かったです。本体にマニュアルが付属しているので、その通りに使えば良いのですが、若干落とし穴や目立たない機能もあるのでメモしておきます。だんだ…

PlayStation (PS1) SEQ Format Overview

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This document describes the summary of PlayStation SEQ format. If you want to read an official document, search the user reference of "Net Yaroze!". Summary PlayStation has standard music formats as follows: SEQ (*.seq) - Sequence data SEP…

Wild Arms - How to rip out midi file

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someone42さんがpsfセットのドキュメントの中で記しているとおり、ワイルドアームズ(Wild Arms)のシーケンスは、PlayStation標準のSEQを圧縮したものです。SEQファイルを利用するには圧縮形式を調べてSEQデータを適切にデコードしなければなりません。また…