[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #13855: XEEN: Support General Midi in Xeen games

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#13855: XEEN: Support General Midi in Xeen games
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Reporter:  codeflorist      |       Owner:  (none)
    Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
Priority:  normal           |   Component:  Engine: MM: Xeen
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Comment (by WildPenquin):

 I'd welcome this feature!

 However, I've been playing around a bit with the original DOS version. It
 seems the main problem with General Midi is that quite a lot of sound
 effects are played via the music device in this game. But General Midi
 does not have mappings for a lot of the sound effects (such as opening
 doors, stepping around...). While the music can sound nice, with a nice
 soundfont maybe even better, the wrong SFX is really immersion-breaking,
 and to me the GM version is *worse* than the MT-32.

 I'm not sure how other games which hybrid GM+Adlib are implemented in
 ScummVM (AFAIK no game originally supported that), but this would be a
 good candidate. Digitized SFX + OPL sound effect + GM Music would be
 feasible (given the original game has all the data for them!).

 However, SC-55 option (Roland Sound Canvas / GS) sounds excellent in this
 game with a SC-55 emulator (or the real hardware, originally, I presume)!
 I believe this is what the game composers used. It is much better in this
 particular game than MT-32 (arguably there's always some room for
 opinions).

 Choose some other SoundFont with GS-compatibility via FluidSynth can sound
 even a bit better (albeit, not original anymore and certainly not what the
 composers where working with when composing).
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