GMBLAST.DRV driver for SCI0 games

[MusicallyInspired]

There exists a fanmade driver out there (GM.DRV) for SCI0 games (SQ3, KQ4, PQ2, HQ1) that makes the soundtrack General MIDI compatible by translating the MT-32 instrument names to General MIDI equivalents. Some SCI0 games have digital sound effects (KQ1's crash sounds and the front gate closing, SQ3's "Where Am I?" line) and there are drivers out there to enable them: SNDBLAST.DRV and MTBLAST.DRV which enables digital sound effects with Adlib music or MT-32 music.

What I'm wondering is how hard would it be to put the same digital sound effect functionality from either SNDBLAST.DRV or MTBLAST.DRV (the SCI0 versions) into the fanmade GM.DRV to have a GMBLAST.DRV for SCI0 games? It would be nice to have a GMBLAST.DRV for SCI fangames so people could play the games through Windows' wavetable MIDI instead of Adlib if they prefer seeing as most people seem to prefer it to Adlib.

There's also an MPUMIDI.DRV driver which just transmits MIDI information and instruments based on their patch numbers and whatever MIDI device is on the other end it plays that instrument that shares the same patch number. Maybe it'd be nice and complete to have an MPUBLAST.DRV driver as well.

I know there is a GMBLAST.DRV for SCI10 games (KQ5, SQ4disk, SQ1VGA, PQ3) that does the same thing but it won't work for SCI0 games. But maybe we can take a page from the work done on it?

[Alistair]

Don't forget that for most games the driver isn't set up correctly to designate patches, so it's like playing the MT-32 files through a GM device for the most part (i.e. bad). That is, unless there's another driver i've missed out on..

- Alistair

[MusicallyInspired]

No, that would be the MPU driver. GM.DRV interprets General MIDI instruments from the MT-32 patch names. Obviously it doesn't translate all of them (some sound effects and whatnot) but this driver already exists. Just without digital sound support.

[Alistair]

You're right, I forgot about the FreeSCI driver from long ago.

But..

I know there is a GMBLAST.DRV for SCI10 games (KQ5, SQ4disk, SQ1VGA, PQ3)

Where can this one be found?

- Alistair

[MusicallyInspired]

http://sierra.voyd.net/