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Yea the only midi device on the computer is the Microsoft Synthesizer which isn't listed in speaker properties.
This means we must find a way to destroy it or add a controllable midi device.
Know of any good software ones available that work on Vista?
 
Hi guys,

I'm using Vista and wanted to play FF7 with FF7Music.
It works fine, but I've got one problem - when I mute the main volume in the game, there is no SFX effects, but the music is played by FF7Music.
How to set it up correctly under Vista? I had no problems with XP.
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I've got the same Problem.
The easiest solution to mute the MIDI is:
Open midi.lgp with Highwind and click "Remove all". Then click "save" (enabling the backup function).
then you'll have a midi.lgp that wont play midis and a backup with all the music if you need it and the game wont play music and FF7Music will (set General MIDI in FF7Config).
 
Try putting this file into data\midi (backup the previous version of awe.lgp first!) and setting the midi device to soundfont mid (awe32/64) whatever in ff7config. 

This is a file full of very short blank midi files instead of the proper music, so the game still thinks it's playing midis but they're silent.

I made the file using ficedula's lgp editor - if you look inside it, the file names are completely meaningless so it won't help.  The only problem i get is an occasional crash of ff7music, but the game continues.  You can switch to desktop and restart ff7music no problem which sorts it out, but would be good if anyone knows a way around this.

Hope this helps - i spent so long trying to get ff7 working on vista x64 and finally it does with good music! Enjoy :D

go here and download the file http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jim.daniel/

btw - this is my first post on a forum anywhere - any feedback would be much appreciated!
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For vista try this method if you can't be bothered editing the midi.lgp file because I just tested it and it worked. So now I can play with FF7music with no annoying midi running in the background and the sound is still going.

Thanks for the file jmd works great :)
 
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Christian@Your method works great - thx!
But I experience a bit problem with FF7Music after fixing another. It's about resuming tracks, when I play the game and move from one scene to another, the track starts again - even if it's set to Selective or None. What the?
 
Yes! I have the exact same problem, AND i have had the same first problem with the double-midi and volume control.
Seems like those are Vista-related problems. Does anyone know a solution for this, cause i couldnt find one this time...
 
I give up and turned back to XP again - this is a real system! :)

Even with my configuration (X2 3600+, 2 GB DDR2, GF 7600 GT) the game works not very smoothly when using high resolution patch under Vista. When using XP it works great.
 
Yes! I have the exact same problem, AND i have had the same first problem with the double-midi and volume control.
Seems like those are Vista-related problems. Does anyone know a solution for this, cause i couldnt find one this time...
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Yea there's been a resuming problem so I'm gonna try and figure out a way to install a different midi mapper by editing the registry somehow.
Does anyone know if the Yamaha S-YXG50 Software Synthesizer works on XP because that would be a start?
 
The software synth that comes with FF7 (S-YXG70) does not work with Windows XP, but there was a version of the S-YXG50 available from Yamaha for a time that works.  I don't think they sell it anymore.
 
I have been spending the last two days trying to get FF7music to work.  I can get the psf to work just fine but as soon as i switch to MP3 all i hear are the sound effects.  When i use PSF, FF7music says (for example)

"reading midi file: MAKORO.mid

MAKORO.mid

Midi file matched! MAKORO
CSA6
CSR7
File counterpart 103 Mako Reactor.minipsf
Resolved to psf\103 Mako Reactor.minipsf
Playing music"

but when i switch to mp3 it says

"reading midi file: MAKORO.mid

MAKORO.mid

Midi file matched! MAKORO
CSA6
CSR7
File counterpart makoro.mp3
Resolved to makoro.mp3
current volume: 127

MIDI is playing SUCCESSFULLY!!!"


Does anyone know what i need to do to get it to play the mp3s?
 
anyone can do a pack with all mp3 music renamed and ready to play?
 
Hi @ all,

I have a Problem. I can't mute the Midi sound in the game. I hear the midis and the MP3's together :( In this case wrote "not supported". But in the game I hear the midi sounds ?!?.  I would like mute this , because I would like use the FF7Music1.51a Patch.

what should I do ?

thx
 
Have you tried muting the MIDI output from Windows' Volume Control? Probably comes under "SW Synth" in there.
 
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Yes, I have. But thats change nothing :(


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IT Works. :D
 
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I have a similar problem in that the midi continues to play. Is there anyway to mute the midi in windows vista?
 
Heres my solution i posted one site ago in this thread ;)
I've got the same Problem.
The easiest solution to mute the MIDI is:
Open midi.lgp with Highwind and click "Remove all". Then click "save" (enabling the backup function).
then you'll have a midi.lgp that wont play midis and a backup with all the music if you need it and the game wont play music and FF7Music will (set General MIDI in FF7Config).
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That is a solution for it but it causes another problem aswell by not resuming on time. We just need a way to mute the SW synthesizer volume, registry hacks anyone?
 
Hi! Been a lurker a while, but now I need help with FF7Music, and after searches and searches, I'm out of solutions, so i registered to post this!

Before my question here's what I have installed for FF7

- OS: WINXP SP2
- Not using Ultima Edition

- TrueMotion 2.0
- 1.02 US
- High Res patch
- NPC Reconstruction..
- FF7Music, but it is an old version, it went with the cetra application + the music library in .psf. I have the dll from winamp, (given with the patch) but I don't have winamp installed.

With this setup, I have no problem playing, but the music never looped... even with the option checked to do so. It never did.

So, I've read that the new version made it work with mp3s, my bet was it should with the .psf too... I copied the .exe of the new version, ran the game, load my game. And no music, nothing.

So I uninstalled FF7, reinstalled everything EXCEPT FF7Music because I'm not sure what to do to install it correctly...

- Install last version only ?
-- Will it require files from the first version like the cetra application, ff7music.dll, ficedula.dll, etc.. or the .exe does everything

- Install every version in order and hope the new version will not conflict with the older ones?

Thx for your help!
 
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Hi! Been a lurker a while, but now I need help with FF7Music, and after searches and searches, I'm out of solutions, so i registered to post this!

Before my question here's what I have installed for FF7

- OS: WINXP SP2
- Not using Ultima Edition

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I tried to install the lastest version on my fresh install
As soon as I load my game I heard beeps... wondering what the hell that was... Windows was popping these errors well the same error multiple times so I guess I did something wrong!

The game crashes when I get into a fight also.. but I don't know if I got my PSF working because the music of the Train Graveyard still sound 'ok' in MIDI

(Picture is kinda large so i put the link...)
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/2227/errorih7.jpg
 
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for DJsolidsnake 

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 all the renamed mp3's for ff7


Mod Edit (SB): Please do not post links to the entire OST for download.
 
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if you guys still need it PM me and ill hook u up^^

(referring to the entire ost renamed) p.s. full 320 VBR


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