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Dark Coyote
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Posted: 25th Oct 2003 18:26
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Hi,
Does anyone know of any sites where you can get free music for use in games? Or does anyone have any music that they dont mind other people using ( for free that is ). Pref not midis coz they sound cheap!
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Jess T
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Posted: 25th Oct 2003 18:36
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1) Next time, do a forum search before posting, there have already been plenty of threads on this topic...

2) Midi's only sound cheap if they are crap, just like cd's, their music only sounds cheap if the music itself is crap... There are litterally thousands of high-quality midi's out there that sounds brilliant.

3) Next time, put in more detail to your post... I.e. what type of music are you looking for? Hard Rock... Classical? just sounds? FX? etc etc. and What are you going to use the sound files for? a commercial game? a personal project? a private game? etc. etc.


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Posted: 25th Oct 2003 18:58
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The biggest problem with midi files is that the quality depends heavily on the user's soundcard (and its wavetables) and therefore different on different systems.

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Might I suggest that you should look into Tracker MODs. A MOD file is a nice balance between sound quality and file size. Using the BASS interface (www.codingarea.co.uk) DBP can play tracker files...

go to www.modplug.com for more information

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Dark Coyote
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Posted: 25th Oct 2003 19:06
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K, sorry for not checking around the forums first.

adr - I only have dark basic classic is there a way to get MOD files to work in that?

thanx.
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Most mod files should work with DBclassic. IIRC .it files do work.

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Someone beat me to it. It isn't documented but you can play .MOD and .MP3's with the classic version. I'm using 1.13 so it might depend too.



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Dark Coyote
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Well I just tried playing one and it worked!
Thanks guys now i can start putting some music into my first game, its a 3D network game where you have to eat as much food as you can and attack your oponent.

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JessTicular 1) Next time, do a forum search before posting, there have already been plenty of threads on this topic...

1) The forum search only works for the subject.
2) Since you took the time to respond, instead of being so smug, you could have at least answered the question.

I'll ask Dark coyote's question once again...
Does anyone know of any sites where you can get free music for use in games?
Specifically MIDI.

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Dark Coyote
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Wo! calm down people! Dont want to start a war here (by the way heartbone it was specifically not midis but thanks for standing up for me! ).
It seems that the MOD files work perfectly fine though so i can just use them as there seems to be a lot of them available.
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I was asking for me.
I saw that you had what you wanted and I didn't want to start another thread. I am such a terrible music composer.

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Posted: 26th Oct 2003 19:16
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heartbone - "I am such a terrible music composer."

lol, me too but i guess we cant all be good at everything!
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sorry heartbone, its just that when people unnecesarally post, it really annoys me... it wastes everybody's time...

I didn't mean to sound "smug" or be "rude" but i was trying to make him see that if he search's first, your questions usually are answered.

To answer your question, no i don't but i used to, and i can suggest searching in Google for something like "Game Midi" or the like...


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Thanks, I'll keep looking.
I really need some decent tunes for my project.
The ones on the DBClassic disk were most excellent but they've been used too much.

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Posted: 28th Oct 2003 04:27
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A Hint:
Try searching for popular stuff, eg, the theme to Sonic in MIDI or something, then, if you find a good site, just browse their archives for what you want... (That is, if they have more than 1 file lol)


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Posted: 28th Oct 2003 15:58
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hey heartbone I make midi music. I can make you some if you want


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Thanks xxxpetraxxx!

If you've already written some I'll take you up on that.

You will be credited and the program may be seen by thousands.

I've sent you an email.

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Ive e-mailed you


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MOD files..... Wow that's takes me back to AMOS, I used to write them all the time. Didn't know DBC supported them.....

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xxxpetratxxx I've never recieved any email from you.
try heartbone at butter dot toast dot net

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Damnit. Ok, well I downloaded the game that you were talking about. the game is really good. Anyway, what style music do you want for that?


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I replied to your e-mail


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Thank you.

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you could use kazaa.
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dont use kazaa! all that music is pirated and if you use it you could get sued! and they will make a really big deal about it if you ask money for the game! Make sure the music you use is royalty free!

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really?! oh, sorry!
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