The "Day of the Tentacle" intro sounds strange in ScummVM about fluidsynth

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That is news to me that ScummVM even used FluidSynth. Nice to know! I gave that demo a try. First problem is that I'm not sure what I'm supposed to hear, since I've never played Day of the Tentacle before. Does ScummVM use FluidSynth by default? Any ideas where it gets its instruments from (is there an embedded SoundFont in the program, or does it hook into the SoundFont loader API of FluidSynth?)

If you could supply any of the following, it would likely help quite a lot:
- A recording of a proper playback of Day of the Tentacle
- Any info on how ScummVM uses FluidSynth (how instruments get loaded)
- Captured MIDI output of ScummVM with DOTT

I could probably capture the MIDI via the ALSA sequencer myself, if need be.

Original comment by: elementgreen

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Original comment author: eriktorbjorn

Sorry, I should have provided more information.

While you're adding a game to ScummVM (there is a tutorial describing how to do that), or afterwards, you can select the Music Driver on the Audio tab of the settings dialog. You can also use the Options button to set the defaults.

Exactly what the Music Driver setting does depends on the game. For some games, it has no effect at all, for some it determines how to play the music, and for some it also determines which music to play. Day of the Tentacle has music written specifically for AdLib, which ScummVM emulates through the Adlib music driver. If you pick a native MIDI driver (e.g. ALSA or Windows MIDI), it plays the General MIDI music instead. If ScummVM is compiled with FluidSynth support, there is a FluidSynth driver. There is no embedded SoundFont; it uses the one pointed to by the SoundFont setting on the MIDI tab. The FluidSynth music driver is one of the few that use that setting, and I think it's the only one that uses the MIDI gain setting.

I'm afraid I don't know any way to record what the MIDI synth on my sound card does, but the Adlib music driver, while it won't sound as good as General MIDI, should give you a pretty good idea of how it's supposed to sound.

Original comment by: elementgreen

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Original comment author: berarma

Hi. I've been playing recently with ScummVM and Fluidsynth and they're great together.

I've attached the midi fragment where I think the problem is. I've recorded it selecting the alsa output and using arecordmidi with the midi thru port. I guess it's the sound that goes from a lower to a higher pitch when the LucasArts logo comes in. With FluidSynth it stops in the middle, while the adlib emulation and timidity go to a higher pitch. I haven't looked at the file, just listened, if I have the time I'll take a look and let you know what I might found.

Hope it helps,
best regards.

Original comment by: elementgreen

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Original comment author: berarma

This problem is gone with the implementation of RPN(0,0) Pitch Bend Range controller in changeset [131].

Original comment by: elementgreen

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Great to hear! Closing ticket.

Original comment by: elementgreen

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