Guest Dmitri Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 Where is it possible to get the dune II music?And I do not mean the lame music, but the one in the game when you chose to use midi-sound-card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timenn Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 Just here on www.dune2k.com by downloads and music? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Harkonnen Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 I think that the music for download here is quite something else than the one in the game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timenn Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 No I played Dune II last time and the music is the same, you are just not used to it anymore...Btw too bad that Emperor hasn't the 'Harkonnen Battle' Theme anymore :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordmaster_Duncan Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Is there anywhere else you can get it from, because the dune II music from here sounds dodgy, don't get me wrong, its better than nothing, but it's just not the same... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Harkonnen Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 You'll find it somewhere else on the net, it ain't difficult. I didn't download the 9 tracks from here, I found them somewhere else. But I know that it is possible to get another sound in the music on Dune 2, cos I noticed small differences in the music, after changing sound-card on the setup.The music on the russian Dune 3 page is more like the one I want! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tag Posted March 15, 2002 Share Posted March 15, 2002 Dear Dmitri,There are nine widely distributed MIDI files of the original Dune II music that can be found on the internet. The easiest place to look, as suggested by Timenn, is the FED2k Dune II Downloads page found here: http://www.dune2k.com/files/dune2.shtmlThere were also three mp3 files I uploaded which were pieces extracted directly from the game and edited for the best effect with my soundcard. Unfortuantely Gob seems to have taken them down so go convince him to put them back up if you care to hear the results of my little venture.--Bashar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobalopper Posted March 15, 2002 Share Posted March 15, 2002 Nope there still there, never put them on the download page just the news. I will fix that sometime. :)http://dune2k.com/files/filedb/pafiledb.php?action=download&id=427http://dune2k.com/files/filedb/pafiledb.php?action=download&id=383http://dune2k.com/files/filedb/pafiledb.php?action=download&id=407btw, Frank has a website you might be interested in Bashar. Maybe you can convince him to re-release the Dune II music. :)http://www.frankklepacki.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timenn Posted March 16, 2002 Share Posted March 16, 2002 It's too bad that the sound cards from doesn't run the music/sound of old games anymore. With me Dune II runs with ugly sounds or none, and the music is also bad. Does anyone know a kind of emulator that makes the sound card play correct for old games, I like to hear all the old games as they use to hear... :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon Posted March 16, 2002 Share Posted March 16, 2002 You could keep an old 486 in some forgotten place of your house specially for older DOS games ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Harkonnen Posted March 16, 2002 Share Posted March 16, 2002 Cool Gobalopper. This is the first forum I have seen with usefull moderators! ;)And by the way I am Dmitri, I just used the guest thing cos I didn't have time to log in. But Gobalopper you don't have the other DuneII songs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tag Posted March 16, 2002 Share Posted March 16, 2002 Ahh, there they are. :-) Thanks Gob. I initially tried to post the links from the news articles but they weren't working, I assume due to either the change from the old domain or the use of your nifty new download script.And thanks also for the link. Unfortuantely I think copyright issues would prevent him from distributing any of his works from Westwood games. The only exception being "Times", better known as the Nod credits music from the original C&C and this only because it was licensed to and not commissioned by Westwood.Anyway, getting back to the music of Dune II, there was only a total of twenty-two pieces in the original score. Of those, only thirteen to my knowledge can be found on the internet. The nine in MIDI format and the three mp3s. There are also three low quality wav files that can be found on the Westwood ftp site. You can find them by following this link: ftp://ftp.westwood.com/pub/dune2/previews/audio/Of those three, two can be found among the MIDI files. Only the piece "Ordos" is otherwise unavailable. I'm assuming these pieces were recorded using the Roland MT-32 or equivical device. This was unquestionably the best soundcard for MIDI enthusiest at the time.Regretably Dune II does not support General MIDI, the universal MIDI standard, which is why the game's music doesn't sound as good as it should and rules out the use of any kind of "emulator". As a rule, always try selecting General MIDI with your soundcard's normal settings when configuring music for DOS games. You usually get the best MIDI quality this way, particularly with today's soundcards.--Bashar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobalopper Posted March 17, 2002 Share Posted March 17, 2002 Thanks Thorup, guest posting was removed a little while ago since I've found most guest posters were just trolls, there are exceptions of course. :)Bashar I think I have Frank's email address if you want it send me an IM through the forum. Its worth a try, someone recently created a jukebox of his music:http://jukebox.westwoodi.netand Frank approved of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaiWa Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Of those three, two can be found among the MIDI files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tag Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 FED2k is currently hosting a collection of Dune II mp3's; however, I don't know whether or not they were recorded off of the MT-32. I would suggest going to the downloads section and downloading them to see. If not, Gob might be willing to host your files here as the MT-32 recordings should be regarded as the definitive Dune II music.I'm curious, though, as to where you your MIDIs came from; whether you extracted them from the game or found them floating around on the internet. As Dune II was not General MIDI compatible I assumed that the only way acquire the correct instrumentation was from the game itself. Or does that problem not apply to Roland modules?--Bashar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaiWa Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 No Dune II mp3's in download section just the midi's. (not all of them)Never found the MT32 mp3's on the net.For some strange reason there are just a few sites hosting mp3's recorded from a MT32.Same thing also for MT32 midi files.Midi files are extracted from game itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobalopper Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Hey ShaiWa, sorry for the delay but I have been busy preparing for a move. If you want send those mp3's to gobalopper@dune2k.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaiWa Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Can your mailbox handle 50MB for the MT32 mp3'z ??Well, going find out soon... sending now ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefanhendriks Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 i have the MT32 ones available for download afaik... look in the arrakis forums, i thought i had put a lin kthere. Or at the arrakis website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobalopper Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 I posted them here a couple days ago as well. :)http://dune2k.com/download.php?id=783 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMA Death Adder Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 In case there's curiousity, I've ripped the complete Dune II soundtrack (AdLib version) and posted it at the AdLib music archive:http://adlib.superfighter.com/The resulting RAW music files can be played using AdPlug for Windows and Linux or AdPlay for DOS:http://adplug.sourceforge.net/These very small RAW files are much more convenient than large MP3 files, I think, and they can be played whether or not you have an OPL2 (AdLib) chip on your soundcard.RDOSPlay can play the Dune II music files (ADL) natively, but it's a DOS program only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 What frequency/encoding RAW? I can't get them to play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefanhendriks Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 SUPERB!I have now outputted all raw data into mp3 files so i can use them for D2TM add-on stuff. The MP3's i have here are far less in size as the original add-on and they sound just as good. Time to do this:1. install codec for winamp2. unzip raw files3. convert with winamp into mp3 (took around 10 mins)The difference is that i have now all adlib stuff, which was incomplete and too big in size (mp3 wise). I will look into converting the mt32 mp3 files into a smaller size! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMA Death Adder Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Glad you can find the RAW files useful for your purposes, Stefan. You'll also note that my RAW rips have been trimmed to proper song length, so it's easier to work with.A most concise version of the Dune II AdLib music could be grabbed using my AdLib Digisnap, a special hardware which records AdLib output directly (much cleaner sound than normal recording methods), but I haven't had time to do this. If I do it, I'll tell you.In the meantime, enjoy the RAW files. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Dohmen Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 And old thread, but I thought you'd all appreciate http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Dune_II:_The_Building_of_a_Dynasty_(DOS) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.