midi files

[caleman]

so i just googled and some guide from 2006 says that in order for warcraft 3 and the world editor to recognize and play midi music we have to edit a bunch of stuff wich is bad because every single person who wants to hear the midi files would have to do the whole editing

has a new better way been found?

 

[MasterTrainer]

Bro, this is 2013, not 2006. Just use .mp3 music files and the Sound Editor will do it's thing.

 

[caleman]

the good thing about midi files is the low size of them

also bump

 

[MasterTrainer]

I think .mp3 files are more compressed and smaller; anyways if it's the size you're worried there are a good deal of tools online that might help you.

 

[PurgeandFire]

No, there have been no changes to the method since. I think you can possibly run a .bat file that performs the necessary changes (through the preload exploit), but no one has made that yet.

Use .mp3's instead and compress it using something like Audacity.

 

[Radicool]

Bro, this is 2013, not 2006. Just use .mp3 music files and the Sound Editor will do it's thing.

...?

I think .mp3 files are more compressed and smaller; anyways if it's the size you're worried there are a good deal of tools online that might help you.

Yes of course the attraction to midi's is their file size...

To the point. I have not used Midi's before. Midi's require a soundfont of sampled sounds in order to be played. The problem is that the World Editor or Warcraft 3 does not have these soundfonts and therefore does not support Midi files.

However, it is possible to access the computers soundfont files. You need to mess around with it a bit. I don't personally know how to do this, but here is a tutorial:

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/miscellaneous-tutorials-456/using-midi-music-wc3-217591/

Good luck. Let us know if it works.

Edit:

Use .mp3's instead and compress it using something like Audacity.

I've managed to get 3 minute songs down to 800KB or so with reasonable quality. Look into compression if the MIDI's dont work out for you like PurgeandFire suggested.

 

[WaterKnight]

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/jass-resources-412/system-tabreader-music-interpreter-215824/

 

[caleman]

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/jass-resources-412/system-tabreader-music-interpreter-215824/

interesing

 

[Radicool]

[System] TabReader (Music Interpreter)

interesing

Yes, indeed. Very useful tool.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

TabReader has it's weaknesses, though.
Biggest weakness is that mp3s of high compression sound bad in wc3, so you need to import your sounds in a reasonable quality.
If you only want some soft piano music or steel string guitar music, it's a great thing though.