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Descent - Lunar Military Base (Episode 1 Level 3) [Arachno SoundFont Game MIDI Music]

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Uploaded by on Dec 2, 2009

Free MP3/OGG/SoundFont download: http://www.arachnosoft.com

This music, "Lunar Military Base", is the episode 1, level 3 soundtrack from Descent, a game developed by Parallax Software and released on the MS-DOS PC platform by Interplay in 1994.
It's the absolute original MIDI file from the game, as composed by Parallax composers team.

The purpose of this video is to demonstrate that MIDI files can actually sound very good when played with a nice synthesizer.
Here, I used the free SynthFont SoundFont-compatible software synthesizer (http://www.synthfont.com) to reproduce a MIDI file using Arachno SoundFont, a custom General MIDI SoundFont bank I designed for my Sound Blaster Live! soundcard.
My bank features many famous sounds from the best synthesizers by Roland (D-50, Sound Canvas...), Korg (M1, X5...), Yamaha (MU, Clavinova...), Fairlight (CMI), E-MU (Emulator), Ensoniq...

The audio track has been recorded straight from SynthFont using my Arachno SoundFont bank and the MIDI file, dry, without any added effects.
Arachno SoundFont, as well as MP3 and OGG versions of this recording can be downloaded for free on my website, at http://www.arachnosoft.com

Used to think that MIDI music was ugly? Think again!
Any questions, comments or remarks will be appreciated!

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Cette musique, "Lunar Military Base", est celle du niveau 3 de l'épisode 1 du jeu Descent, développé par Parallax Software et distribué sur PC MS-DOS par Interplay en 1994.
Il s'agit de la véritable bande originale du jeu en format MIDI, telle que composée par l'équipe de musiciens de Parallax.

Le but de cette vidéo est de démontrer que les fichiers MIDI peuvent produire un excellent son lorsqu'ils sont joués sur un très bon synthétiseur.
Ici, j'ai utilisé le synthétiseur logiciel SynthFont, compatible SoundFont (http://www.synthfont.com) pour reproduire un fichier MIDI à l'aide d'une banque de sons General MIDI au format SoundFont, que j'ai créée pour ma Sound Blaster Live!.
Cette banque comporte de nombreux sons célèbres issus des meilleurs synthétiseurs de chez Roland (D-50, Sound Canvas...), Korg (M1, X5...), Yamaha (MU, Clavinova...), Fairlight (CMI), E-MU (Emulator), Ensoniq...

La piste audio a été enregistrée directement depuis SynthFont avec ma banque Arachno SoundFont et le fichier MIDI, sans aucun effet ajouté.
Arachno SoundFont, ainsi que cet enregistrement peuvent être téléchargés gratuitement sur mon site Web, en versions MP3 et OGG, à l'adresse http://www.arachnosoft.com

Vous pensiez que la musique MIDI était d'une laideur affligeante ? Révisez votre jugement !
Toutes questions, remarques et commentaires seront les bienvenus !

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  • These ships are so small! :)

  • Most people think Midi = Adlib (or compatible).

    I personally prefer real hardware. But a Soft Synth with a good soundfont sound's good too.

    Sadly that's not ture for the Roland MT-32. There is no alternative for the Hardware.

    Some games sound good with a MT-32 Soundfont. But every game that uses Syntax Messaging will sound wrong.

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