What are the advantages and drawbacks of the different music programs?

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[edit] MIDI

The Windows and Linux versions of the OHRRPGCE support MIDI format music. There are a lot of programs out there that let you create MID files, some free, some shareware, and some commercial.

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[edit] Anvil Studio

Anvil Studio is a Freeware MIDI sequencer. It also does WAVE mixing, but the plugin for that costs money, and you can't use it in the OHRRPGCE anyway.

Disadvantages

  • Technically shareware/not open source
  • Kind of buggy
  • Windows only

Advantages

  • For our purposes, it's free.
  • Support for Sysex events/Music Code
  • Lots of neato midi-editing features which make life easier (if you know how to use them...)


[edit] BAM

BAM format music used to be the only format supported by the OHRRPGCE. Tools for creating BAM are all DOS based. You will often need VDMSound if you want to use them under Windows.

[edit] Notate

Notate allows you to create BAM format music by placing notes on a staff, similar to writing sheet music. It is included with the OHRRPGCE

Disadvantages

  • Only opens its own NOT formatted files. It cannot open BAM files created with other tools.
  • BAM is somewhat depreciated, now that the OHRRPGCE is capable of playing MIDI music

Advantages

  • It is probably the only music notation program available that allows pure keyboard input... which is only an advantage if you are the type of person who goes for that sort of thing ;)

[edit] MIDI2BAM

Midi2Bam.exe converts MIDI formatted music into BAM formatted music. It is included with the OHRRPGCE

Disadvantages

  • It is not recommended for use anymore, now that the OHRRPGCE supports MIDI music

Advantages

  • The only reason you would want to use it is if you want to make backwards compatible versions of your MIDI music for the DOS version of the OHRRPGCE.

[edit] Stephanie's PC Piano

Stephanie's PC Piano lets you play your computer's keyboard as if it was a music keyboard. You can record and save the results in BAM format. It also supports real MIDI instruments attached via the gameport. You can download it from http://HamsterRepublic.com/dl/pcpiano.zip

Disadvantages

  • BAM is somewhat depreciated, now that the OHRRPGCE is capable of playing MIDI music
  • Most modern MIDI instruments attach to the USB port, so only very old gameport-style instruments will be usable

Advantages

  • Small, simple, and easy to understand compared with many larger programs that do the same thing.

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