2004Scape with different MIDI SoundFonts
0Some parts (mainly the first SF switch) have loud volume; I'd play this low-volume and increase as-needed!
2004Scape can load sf2 SoundFonts that affect how MIDIs play (music, level up jingles, etc). The default for 2004Scape is based on the SF shipped with Windows XP (gm.dls). I play Baroque and Attack2 music tracks and switch the SoundFont used for comparisons. Sea Shanty2 sound awesome at the end too :p
(I'll timestamp and provide sf2 names soon but they're visible on pauses)
I like Attack2 at 04:04 with that hard swing effect, but 2:22 also has it toned down. Different SoundFonts have cool minor differences throughout tracks like that that give them different vibes!
This video doesn't have the "March2" track, but that track is my largest interest in this. The low drum-intro, to ear-piercing violin out of nowhere (I'm particularly interested in how this track sounded around 2004 on a XP computer legit RS in Internet Explorer). I find "SC-55 SoundFont v1.2a1.sf2" seems to handle it ok while sounding good everywhere else. I'm curious about tech details for anyone into SoundFonts! (the MIDI and sf loader stuff is open-source).
https://lostcity.rs/t/different-soundfonts-midi/4861/1
https://lostcity.rs/t/singleplayer-main-branch-scripts-and-desktop-start-launchers-on-windows-linux-freebsd/54
I tried a bunch of SFs last night and wanted:
Sad Meadow to not have such a huge volume shift on the drop
Violin after intro in March2 not be high-volume (Combat Training Camp should almost have a Wilderness ditch and warning :p)
Flute Salad to be basically high-tone like default (some muffled it or prioritized other instruments)
Rune Essence to have a good vibe (didn't see any bad ones but some make it way-more bell-y)
Dangerous to sound good at very beginning (some hard-vocalized the beginning and sounded odd)
SoundFonts replacing appears to be popular with DOOM communities. I noticed it with Warcraft 2 and have a "sc88vl_104_55_warcraft2_human1.mp3" that's an exact version I prefer (that track also sounds really different depending on the hardware).