This music track is the last soundtrack of the introduction sequence from The Legend of Kyrandia: Book One, a game developed by Westwood Studios and released on the MS-DOS PC by Westwood Studios in 1992.
This track is from an original MIDI file from the game, as composed by Frank Klepacki
The purpose of this audio track is to demonstrate that MIDI files can actually sound very good when played with a nice synthesizer.
Here, I used the free BASSMIDI Driver SoundFont-compatible software synthesizer (
www.kode54.net/bassmididrv/) to reproduce a MIDI file using Arachno SoundFont, a custom General MIDI SoundFont bank I designed for my Sound Blaster Live! soundcard.
My bank features many famous sounds from the best synthesizers by Roland (D-50, Sound Canvas...), Korg (M1, X5...), Yamaha (MU, Clavinova...), Fairlight (CMI), E-MU (Emulator), Ensoniq...
The purpose of this audio track is to demonstrate that MIDI files can actually sound very good when played with a nice synthesizer.
I used the free BASSMIDI Driver SoundFont-compatible software synthesizer (
www.kode54.net/bassmididrv/) to reproduce MIDI files using Arachno SoundFont, a custom General MIDI SoundFont bank I designed for my Sound Blaster Live! soundcard.
I've been working on Arachno SoundFont since 2003, to enhance the sounds of my MIDI files.
It features many famous sounds from the best synthesizers by Roland (D-50, Sound Canvas...), Korg (M1, X5...), Yamaha (MU, Clavinova...), Fairlight (CMI), E-MU (Emulator), Ensoniq...
This arrangement has been rendered from the above-mentioned MIDI file, directly from BASSMIDI Driver 3.21 using my Arachno SoundFont bank.
File has been recorded dry, without any extra effects, other than those added by BASSMIDI Driver.
Arachno SoundFont, as well as MP3 and OGG versions of these recordings, are available for free on my website, located at the following address:
www.arachnosoft.com
Used to think that MIDI music was ugly? Think again!
Any questions, comments or remarks will be appreciated!
released July 14, 2014
Original MIDI files by Frank Klepacki