[directmusic] Re: Compression on DLS samples?
- From: "Ciaran Walsh" <ciaran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:42:39 +0100
If you're going to get PoW, get the PC or Xbox version. The PS2 version not
only doesn't have the DirectMusic (obviously) but it's got some nasty bugs
in it and I hate it!
-----Original Message-----
From: directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bjorn Lynne
Sent: 23 October 2002 16:04
To: directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [directmusic] Re: Compression on DLS samples?
Thanks very much, Ciaran! Just what I was hoping to hear. :-) Thanks again.
By the way, I still haven't heard the music you did for PoW. I guess I'll go
and buy the game, just to check out the music. If I do, it had *better* be
good!! ;-) Just kidding.
- Bjorn
--
Bjorn Lynne - Composer, Producer, Sound Designer
Main music site: www.lynnemusic.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ciaran Walsh" <ciaran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 4:00 PM
Subject: [directmusic] Re: Compression on DLS samples?
>
> >>1) Can I use some compression on my DLS instruments?
>
> Yes - there's a drop down menu in the wave / compression properties
dialog.
> Most likely to be useful are Microsoft ADPCM and mp3. You can import your
> samples at full quality and apply the compression in DMP ready for
creating
> your runtime DLS. With DX8 you can't adjust start times for mp3 compressed
> files which can be a problem as a bit of silence gets inserted at the
start.
> DX9 has that facility.
>
> >>2) Can I sample sounds in Soundforge, save them out as Microsoft ADPCM
> samples, and import these samples into DM Producer?
>
> I've never tried that because I find it easier to do it as described
above,
> but I believe you can. Also mp3 encoded wav files (but not .mp3 files -
> there is a difference!).
>
> >>3) Can I then save this out as a DLS, and will that DLS then be smaller
> than
> a DLS containing uncompressed samples? In other words, will the samples
> still be ADPCM compressed inside the DLS file?
>
> Yes. MS ADPCM will give you about 3.7 x compression or thereabouts.
>
> >>4) Can I be confident that this DLS and the DirectMusic content will
work
> okay for all the game users?
>
> Yes, insofar as the users have DX8 installed. Also if you have a kick-ass
PC
> and you're running loads of effects in your audiopath you might want to
test
> it on a lower power PC because I've had glitching before on web content
with
> lots of effects... By the way, effects (and smart use of DLS instruments)
> can turn very few samples into many and varied sounds, increasing your
> bang-for-your-buck download wise).
>
> With 2Mb there's no reason you can't have really good quality DM if you go
> about it right.
>
> C
>
>
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