[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #16326: AGOS: Simon 1 DOS CD - MT-32 instrument bug (original game bug)

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#16326: AGOS: Simon 1 DOS CD - MT-32 instrument bug (original game bug)
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Reporter:  spiffythedog                      |       Owner:  (none)
    Type:  feature request                   |      Status:  new
Priority:  normal                            |   Component:  Engine: AGOS
 Version:                                    |  Resolution:
Keywords:  MT-32 instruments reset original  |        Game:  Simon the
                                             |  Sorcerer 1
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Comment (by spiffythedog):

 Apologies for the late reply. Looking at the MIDI data more closely, it
 looks like there are some slight differences in volume and note velocity
 in the pub music track, which would account for the perceptible difference
 between the DOS and Windows CD versions. Funnily enough, these differences
 don't seem to exist in the original DOS floppy, American DOS CD (published
 by Infocom) or Windows CD versions. They only seem to exist specifically
 in the European DOS CD version. Perhaps the original EU DOS CD version
 (with a SIMON.GME file dated June 15, 1994) accidentally shipped with
 older, slightly less refined versions of the GMF music files, and the
 issue was quietly corrected in subsequent versions? I've only looked
 closely at the pub music track so far, but the intro theme of the EU CD
 version definitely sounds much quieter than any of the other versions.

 Either way, like you said, the problem had previously been fixed for
 tracks that were actually affected by the issue in question (instruments
 not resetting between tracks), and not by extremely slight differences in
 composition in one specific version of the game. Still, could be something
 for me to look into later, I suppose.

 Feel free to close this ticket, as it's more of a version-specific oddity
 than an actual problem.
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