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Post by Conn Wed 13 Sep 2017 - 18:33

Project is finished:
https://www.zeldix.net/t1484-donkey-kong-country-1#21731

Boah, this one was a bitch! I needed two days to find a way to mute the spc, and eventually I got it with aram hacking Disgust

So here you go, the msu1 asm for Donkey Kong Country 1 (I guess EmuandCo will get excited).

I release it as open source as usual, so the community can take care of the rest if wished... Very Happy What is needed?
- bml, xml - anybody here who can do this (secret of evermore needs those files as well)

- pcm theme list and tracks - I already adjusted the loop table. Make a breakpoint at
8AB1CB
For example:
$8A/B1CB C2 30       REP #$30                A:0009
So this is track 09, which is the title screen. Unfortunately, the tracks in donkey kong country start at 00, so I added +1. This means that the title screen is not
dkc_msu1-9.pcm, but dkc_msu1-10.pcm

The tracks range from 00-1b (while 1b is sort of muting everything, so let's say 00-1a is needed for pcm:s.
With the add with +1 and hex-dec conversation the themes are
dkc_msu1-1.pcm (hex 00, the jungle level music)
...
dkc_msu1_27.pcm (1a is the last track, dec 26+1 = 27)

So to map the tracks correctly, you can set the breakpoint at
8AB1CB, edit register and insert e.g., 1a into the Accumulator, to know which the last theme is. Or you play through the game with the breakpoint and look which value is in A. Of course this must be done with the unpatched rom, since the patch mutes spc, whether msu1 is detected or not. Sorry, there is no other way than changing the aram to mute.

PCM:s so far:
Its a Dubstep Mix:
Donkey Kong Dubstep Country
(In the Archive are the .pcm files plus Cover-Art)

Its for the "Kremlings Revenge Remodel" Patch or for standard Donkey Kong Country:
Donkey Kong Country - Kremlings Revenge Remodel
(In the Archive are the .pcm files and Cover-Art)

different versions (US, Europe, Kremling Remodel inside the zip)

http://bszelda.zeldalegends.net/stuff/Con/dkc_msu.zip


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Post by kurrono Wed 13 Sep 2017 - 19:06

Omg Conn..Dk for real msu1 ..man,i love you again..sorry for the words.
You impress me with ur abilities with Asm..i wish i could startndoin pcms but im not gettib power till Sunday i was cought by hurricane Irma..last Sunday..so no power for now..

Awesome work ,.Conn!!
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Post by qwertymodo Wed 13 Sep 2017 - 20:43

Conn wrote:Unfortunately, the tracks in donkey kong country start at 00, so I added +1. This means that the title screen is not
dkc_msu1-9.pcm, but dkc_msu1-10.pcm

Just FYI, 0 should be a valid MSU-1 track number (dkc_msu1-0.pcm).
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Post by PittStone Wed 13 Sep 2017 - 23:46

Nice News about DK1.  Can`t wait for the .pcm files. Spin
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Post by kurrono Thu 14 Sep 2017 - 1:08

Hey PittStone ur in charge of this one .your the quality guy in pcms....so check this out:
http://dkcproject.ocremix.org
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Post by emuandco Thu 14 Sep 2017 - 2:43

As always I do not recommend OCRemix. I had quite some work to replace most of em. They just don't fit nicely in a game and many are mixes of two or more tracks. Buuut, THX CONN Very Happy Very Happy If noone volunteers, I will check it out @weekend
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Post by qwertymodo Thu 14 Sep 2017 - 4:29

Yeah, as much as I love OCR for listening to, the only album of theirs I've ever satisfactorIly converted into an MSU-1 soundtrack was FFVI Balance & Ruin. They just don't tend to work well in-game (mostly due to the fact that the kinds of remixes that DO sound good are usually rejected over there for not being "creative enough with the source material" or similar reasons. Which is fine for what it is they're going for, but their goals differ from ours in that regard.
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Post by Conn Thu 14 Sep 2017 - 5:04

Thanks for the feedback Very Happy

as said, I didn't find a mute track or whatever, so the mute spc is hardcoded by changing two bytes in the apu asm (it's really disgusting to trace/hack that).
When applying the patch you should only hear sfx; means a complete pcm set is necessary (no spc fallback) and the other msu hacks usually play the normal spc if no msu detected; this was not possible to feature in my hack.

Just FYI, 0 should be a valid MSU-1 track number (dkc_msu1-0.pcm).
Ah, I didn't know this. If it causes confusion, I could change it back to start with track-0.pcm

As always I do not recommend OCRemix. I had quite some work to replace most of em.
when looking at youtube, I found at least 5 remastered versions of life in the mines, some were excellent, some less. We have 3 different pcm sets for f-zero, 2 for sf2, several for smk... I love diversity, so if here are more some more packs emerging I'd welcome this Very Happy

btw: Does anybody know a easy way to create bml/xml? It is wild guessing for me to create these...
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Post by RedScorpion Thu 14 Sep 2017 - 5:42

Nice work... Who will work on the pcms?

Thanks

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Post by Conn Thu 14 Sep 2017 - 6:42

Here's the playlist:

first number is the hex value (used ingame); second the number you need for the pcm:s (e.g., dkc_msu1-5.pcm is mine cart madness); loop: y-yes, n-no; and theme description as you can find it on youtube.

hex pcm loop theme
00 1      y  (island swing) jungle
01 2      y  cave dweller concert
02 3      y stop&go (misty menace)
03 4      y aquatic ambience
04 5      y mine cart madness
05 6      y ice (northern hemisphere)
06 7      y voices of the temple e.g, millstone mayhem
07 8      y fear factory
08 9      y  life in the mines
09 10     y? title screen
0a 11     n  (opening fanfare) rare logo
0b 12     y  ice cave
0c 13     y  map (simian segue)
0d 14     y  forest frenzy  
0e 15     y  credits
0f 16     n K.Rool's Cacophony
10 17     y  bonus level
11 18     n  dead
12 19     n  win bonus level
13 20     y treetop rock
14 21     y funky flights
15 22     y boss theme
16 23     y candy's save point
17 24     y cranky's theme
18 25     y k rool gang plank galleon
19 26     n fail on bonus level
1a 27     n well done complete level

Note: I think the title screen does not loop, but I gave it a 03 value to loop. If needed I change it to 01, but right now I do not think it is necessary; it just breaks up at a point and starts anew.
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Post by kurrono Thu 14 Sep 2017 - 7:50

In joe and mac same way no spc fallback...use another rom apart from the hack one if u want the spc workng..one hacked and one that isnt
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Post by PittStone Thu 14 Sep 2017 - 13:08

Nice, thanks for the Info. I have downloaded and check it out. Maybe to the Weekend. Walking


kurrono wrote:Hey PittStone ur in charge of  this one .your the quality guy in pcms....so check this out:
          http://dkcproject.ocremix.org
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Post by Conn Thu 14 Sep 2017 - 13:34

hm, as said previously, I find life in the mines one of the best spc ever made. I even had it as ringtone (love that flute) and when I was young I just went into that level to hear that song Very Happy

I listened to some themes in ocremix, and especially to my beloved theme (which is the main reason I made this msu hack), and must admit that I share the opinion of qwerty and emunadco. That one isn't my taste Sad

I hope there will be at least 2 packs, where one is closer to the original experience, I found a couple remastered versions at youtube, like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3_mPQMiAvE
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Post by PittStone Thu 14 Sep 2017 - 13:43

I have patched the v1.2 but the music is complete off. With and without .pcm in the folder. If i put "dkc_msu1-10" no music is available in Game. If i delete it, no music is vailable, too.


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Post by qwertymodo Thu 14 Sep 2017 - 13:44

Don't get me wrong, I love OCR. I just haven't been happy with my attempts to use their tracks with the MSU-1.
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Post by Conn Thu 14 Sep 2017 - 14:29

I have patched the v1.2 but the music is complete off. With and without .pcm in the folder. If i put "dkc_msu1-10" no music is available in Game. If i delete it, no music is vailable, too.
I sent you my version per mail. If you load it with a normal emulator you should hear sfx.
I do not know what could be wrong with your game, that you do not even hear sfx. I can only guess that it is either wrong country or has a header.
If you find out, let us know Wink

or wait, do you use
dkc_msu1-10.pcm
or
dkc_msu-10.pcm?
It must be named all the exact same as your .msu and .smc!
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Post by PittStone Thu 14 Sep 2017 - 15:35

Thanks, your version works. I dont know why my versions not worked. Without header. Now the music works. i named also all files to dkc_msu now. (dkc_msu-10 for theme)


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Post by Conn Thu 14 Sep 2017 - 15:43

Great! Can you mail your version back please? I can check and maybe find out what the problem is...
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Post by Conn Thu 14 Sep 2017 - 16:33

That's strange. The version you sent is ~exactly the same as that I sent to you. I used a hex comparison program which shows byte-wise differences, and it couldn't detect one. Guess something went wrong somehow on your side, but as it all works now, all is good, I'd say Very Happy
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Post by PittStone Thu 14 Sep 2017 - 17:20

 Your version works. Your hax Program shows no differences, but comes pcm music on your emulator?

Conn wrote:That's strange. The version you sent is ~exactly the same as that I sent to you. I used a hex comparison program which shows byte-wise differences, and it couldn't detect one. Guess something went wrong somehow on your side, but as it all works now, all is good, I'd say Very Happy


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Post by Conn Thu 14 Sep 2017 - 17:49

As said, both roms, that I sent to you, and that which you sent in return are identical. To ensure I now also loaded your rom in snes9x 1.55 and surprise: msu works.
There are some possibilities:
- you didn't name it correctly
- you sent me a wrong rom
I really do not have a better explanation.
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Post by kurrono Thu 14 Sep 2017 - 18:49

Or using older version of sne9x
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Post by kurrono Fri 15 Sep 2017 - 0:20

I guess gettin from youtube..remix themes aint a sin..somebody is not around in awhile...have you heard from Colines?
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Post by emuandco Fri 15 Sep 2017 - 2:47

RedScorpion wrote:Nice work... Who will work on the pcms?

Thanks

red

Well, I will look that weekend, but I would say more than one and we make a great pack off all the suggestions. What do you think? Loops are my weakest spot I fear... (DKC2 still has none^^)
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Post by PittStone Fri 15 Sep 2017 - 4:30

Found this One called DK Jamz is a mp3 Rip for authentic DK CD Quality  Smile
Donkey Kong Country JAMZ


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