SNES music, any way produse such music?

[jobro]

Been searching a few years for a tool to produce SNES SPC700 music. Anyone here who knows where one can find such a tool?

[lazygecko]

I think there was some tool to convert .xm files to .spc, essentially meaning you'd have to use a tracker that supports the format. You'd also have to stick with the required specifications, ie very small samples and 8 channels.

[jobro]

A XM converter you say. Hm most intresting.

[Jens Wulvik]

Never heard of that. I think you're thinking about the program that

converts SPC into IT. I may tell you more later of you want, but now I have to go to bed.

[OverCoat]

No, there is actually an xm-to-spc converter

http://ekid.nintendev.com/xms/

ekid wanted to load xm files into snes roms [great for the homebrew gamedevs, if there are even any left doing anything for the SNES], and it turned into a xm-to-spc converter

it's not perfect but it's pretty good, here's some examples:

http://ekid.nintendev.com/artificial_3.spc [funky fish & raina - artificial sweetener]

http://soundtempest.net/soc/mod/oc-blackfriday.spc [:3]

[Cerrax]

I just use Spetzer's SPC soudnfont and try to adhere to the rules that applied to the SPC700.

[suzumebachi]

SPC (and for that matter PSX and NES) soundfonts are a joke. If you wanna do it, do it rite, and l2trax.

[Cerrax]

SPC (and for that matter PSX and NES) soundfonts are a joke. If you wanna do it, do it rite, and l2trax.

I will agree that NES soundfonts are crap because NES didn't have a sample player, it used a synthesizer and a linear PCM wave. But there are some decent SPC and PSX soundfonts that, when used correctly, can emulate the sound of the SNES/PlayStation. Not everyone wants to spend a lot of time learning a a whole new format just to screw around and make a few SNES tunes. As I understand it, some SNES composers didn't use trackers, they used midis which were then translated into spc.