Sycraft's Doom Soundtracks Version 4.01 Hot Master for Risen3D


About:

These are OGG Vorbis versions of the Doom 1, 2, and Final Doom soundtracks.
Their intended use is with the Doomsday engine to give high quality music,
even on systems that lack good MIDI playback. However they are also nice if
you just like listening to videogame music while you work or play.

These soundtracks were recorded from the MIDI files, converted from MUS with 
QMUS2MID. The MIDI files were synthesized using a combination of synthesizers, 
both hardware and software, but mainly using an Edirol StudioCanvas SD-20, the 
current generation of Roland's SoundCanvas hardware. The resulting wave was then 
compressed with OGG Vorbis 1.0.1, from a 24-bit source. All audio processing was
done digitally, with no analogue phase ahywhere.


The hot master is designed such that it sounds pretty good with the default
volume settings in Doomsday (both music and sound fx maxed at 255). You
should find it is audible, unless the fighting is REALLY intense, but not
overbearing. The full dynamic master is much too quiet at the default settings.
Since you can't turn up the music any more, you need to turn down the sound fx,
and then turn up your overall volume to compensate.

For use with Risen3D:

Extract to your Risen3D folder.  Example: C:\Risen3D

Playlist files are automatically generated with the latest version of  
Risen3D so from the Launcher, click on the Sound tab then highlight 
one of the Sycraft playlists and click the 'Man' button so that it  
indicates LOAD. Alternatively you can link a Sycraft playlist with an 
appropriate iwad as part of an auto-playlist group, read the docs to 
find out how to do this. While playing, make sure that Risen3D is set  
to use OGG for playing music in the sound settings. 


What's New:

4.01:
Got rid of the installers and moved to just zip files.

4.00:
Changed from using an Audigy 2 with SoundFonts only to using a combination of
hardware and software synthesizers. This allows for a lot of flexibility in
instrument choices on a per song basis. It also has lead to massive improvements
in sound quality as compared to 2.0.

3.00:
Never produced. This version number was skipped to keep consistent
numbering with all my soundtracks. There is a version 3.0 of the Hexen and
Heretic soundtracks (the inital version).

2.00:
I redid a far amount of the sample set I was using, and it sounds so much better
that I decided to redo my soundtracks using it. All in all I think this version
was much improved. This version also includes the necessary definitions and
additonal music files to have correct music in Final Doom.

1.00:
Inital release, available for Doom 1 and 2 only, not Final Doom.


Special Thanks:

John Riddle: For converting all the MUS files to MIDI for me to use.
Lechtansi: For instructions on how to make Kickstart profile add-ons.
Jaakko Keranen: For creating the Doomsday engine.


Redistribution:

By all means, please distribute this soundtrack. Put it on your website, give it
to your friends, give it to your dog, give it to your friend's dog.


Known Issues:

None. I am quite happy with this release.


The Future:

I am hoping to do a 5.0 version of the soundtracks at some point in time. While
I am quite happy with this release, there is room for improvement. The guitars,
specifically, could stand to be better. Many other instruments could also be
more realistic. Hopefully some day I'll have enough improved samples to make it
worthwhile to do a new version.


Other Soundtracks:

You can find the most up to date information about my soundtracks here:
http://sycraft.org/content/audio/doom.shtml
http://sycraft.org/content/audio/hexen.shtml
http://sycraft.org/content/audio/heretic.shtml


Contacting Me:

If you wish to contact me, e-mail music@sycraft.org. I will try to respond
to all e-mails I get.