This was all recorded through DirectMusic Producer, after setting that program up, loading the segment files (sgt or sgp) and inserting the game's custom "FF8.DLS" (~7,87 MB) and letting that soundbank overwrite everything. Is this accurate, and how it should sound ingame? I don't know.
The music tracks were recorded with one-time looping. For accuracy, I always restarted DirectMusic Producer for each track, as I noticed it can otherwise produce weird behavior, like certain sequenced tracks not registering/sounding sometimes through play and/or messing with the tempo, and then mysterious, unexpected crashes.
There are only 4 XG ones in it, which were most likely intended for playback on an XG capable device: 001xg-win.sgt, 005xg-Battle.sgt, 013xg-Battle2.sgt, 047xg-Kaiso.sgt - these do not automatically attempt to load the "FF8.DLS" collection. Instead of that, I recorded these into MIDIs and played back with the Yamaha MU500 too in both GM and XG mode (this is not included in the video, but available in the music archive).
Certain tracks also don't automatically enforce to load "FF8.DLS" (the game's custom soundbank), so they may only use the basic MS synth for playback - these are the safe ones one could use the ripped GM MIDIs for as is, without any special instrument or drumset being involved. I also recorded those separately with only that, but also with the custom soundbank (which sounds better IMHO, and is what I use in the video).
There are two special cases: "Eyes On Me" is a WAV file and the track numbered as "043" and named as "concert" is in 8 separate files, I mixed all those into one track to make it more suitable for recording, rather than messing around trying to get the timing right from 8 recorded audio files. Finally, the "1-01 Liberi Fatali" and "4-11 Ending Theme" are missing, likely because they are baked into the FMV.
Download music archive:
icedrive.net/s/YkBPSSF8GQSZAa...
Timestamps:
00:00:00 1-02 Balamb Garden
00:03:20 1-03 Blue Fields
00:06:04 1-04 Don't Be Afraid
00:08:47 1-04 Don't Be Afraid (With Intro)
00:11:41 1-05 The Winner
00:12:34 1-06 Find Your Way
00:16:15 1-07 SeeD
00:20:28 1-08 The Landing
00:24:49 1-08 The Landing (No Intro)
00:28:19 1-09 Starting Up
00:29:38 1-09 Starting Up (Looped)
00:30:15 1-10 Force Your Way
00:34:04 1-11 The Loser
00:35:58 1-12 Never Look Back
00:39:14 1-13 Dead End
00:40:27 1-14 Breezy
00:42:52 1-15 Shuffle Or Boogie
00:44:47 1-16 Waltz For The Moon
00:47:33 1-17 Tell Me
00:51:07 1-18 Fear
00:53:20 1-19 The Man with the Machine Gun
00:56:11 1-20 Julia
00:57:31 1-21 Roses and Wine
00:59:38 1-22 Junction
01:01:08 1-23 Timber Owls
01:03:59 2-01 My Mind
01:07:01 2-02 The Mission
01:10:28 2-03 Martial Law
01:14:39 2-04 Cactus Jack (Galbadian Anthem)
01:16:08 2-05 Only A Plank Between One And Perdition
01:18:23 2-06 Succession of Witches
01:21:31 2-07 Galbadia Garden
01:25:00 2-08 Unrest
01:27:19 2-09 Under Her Control
01:30:37 2-10 The Stage Is Set
01:34:00 2-11 A Sacrifice
01:37:15 2-12 Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec
01:41:33 2-12 Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec (Variation)
01:46:31 2-13 Intruders
01:48:52 2-14 Premonition
01:53:12 2-15 Wounded
01:54:04 2-16 Fragments of Memories
01:57:07 2-17 Jailed
02:00:35 2-18 Rivals
02:03:49 2-19 Ami
02:08:13 3-01 The Spy
02:11:44 3-02 Retaliation
02:12:28 3-03 Movin'
02:17:25 3-04 Blue Sky
02:18:09 3-05 Drifting
02:20:45 3-06 Heresy
02:24:43 3-07 Fisherman's Horizon
02:28:19 3-08 Odeka De Chocobo
02:29:38 3-09 Where I Belong
02:33:10 3-10 The Oath
02:34:45 3-11 Slide Show Part 1
02:36:18 3-12 Slide Show Part 2
02:37:58 3-13 Love Grows
02:42:28 3-14 The Salt Flats
02:45:45 3-15 Trust Me
02:48:50 3-16 Silence and Motion
02:54:34 3-17 Dance With The Balamb-Fish
02:57:56 3-18 Tears Of The Moon
02:59:08 3-19 Residents
03:02:09 4-01 Mods De Chocobo (Featuring N's Telecaster)
03:05:16 4-02 Ride On
03:07:59 4-03 Truth
03:11:19 4-04 Lunatic Pandora
03:14:27 4-05 Compression Of Time
03:18:53 4-06 The Castle
03:23:49 4-07 The Legendary Beast
03:29:25 4-08 Maybe I'm A Lion
03:34:34 4-09 The Extreme
03:40:39 4-10 The Successor
03:44:20 4-12 Overture
03:47:57 Garden theme?
03:50:50 Celebration (Irish Jig)
03:55:21 Chocobo World (Minigame Music)
19 май 2024
