Laserschwert Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 The concept art viewer though shows the MI2:SE cover with a better face on LeChuck: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makabro Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Guys i'm messing with that audio file: "default.aws" (included in the Launcher.pak) and i did this: remaned it from *.aws -> *.ogg, converted it from *.ogg -> *.ogg but did not cut it. It has awesome quality!!!. Does any of you cut it in tracks? Edit: i forget to mention that i used Easy CD-DA Extractor [ultimate] in the process of convertion, it did a great job!! Edit 2: they DEFINITELY are the "master tracks" of the games, the trumpets are simply GREAT!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 They can't be the "master tracks", as those wouldn't be compressed ;-) I wonder though if Benny could write an automated tool to split the big file, giving the snippets the correct track names (through a text file which contains timings and titles). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinus Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 I would rather have an compressed-by-Lucas version than a transcoded-by-user version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Well, you don't have a choice ;-) And the quality of these is really outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinus Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 No I meant I prefer extracted as-is versions rather than transcoded from-to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Yeah, but in this case the "extracted as-is" version is a single 137 minute long file, with the tracks in random order. Splitting it up into the appropriate tracks doesn't require a re-transcode (or you'll transcode them to FLAC). Edit: Opening the "default.awb" file with a text editor, it looks like the order isn't all random after all: MI1_01_TheGoldGuy MI1_02_Introductions MI1_03_TheLookout MI1_04_ChapterScreen MI1_05_TheScummBar MI1_06_LeChucksTheme MI1_07_TheShopkeeper MI1_08_MeleeIsland MI1_09_TheFettuciniBros MI1_10_GuybrushElaine MI1_11_TheVoodooShop MI1_12_KidnapGovernor MI1_13_StansVessels MI1_14_MeleeForest MI1_15_Meanwhile MI1_16_TheJourney MI1_17_MonkeyIsland MI1_18_GhostShipShuffle MI1_19_CannibalVillage MI1_20_OrganPrelude MI1_21_ClosingThemes MI1_22_BonusCue2 MI2_14_RumRogersJr MI2_15_JojoTheMonkey MI2_16_BootyIsland MI2_17_KioskAndCook MI2_18_MardiGrasFishFry MI2_19_KateStansCoffins MI2_20_ElainesMapTiff MI2_21_DemBonesAndDream MI2_22_WallyIsKidnapped MI2_23_RoomsOfUglyBone MI2_24_TortureChamber MI2_25_DinkyIsland MI2_26_TheVoodooDolly MI2_27_TheTunnels MI2_28_BigWhoopFinale MI2_01_HeyYouGuys MI2_02_ItStartedOnScabb MI2_03_TheLargoEmbargo MI2_04_WoodtickSuite MI2_05_TheCemetery MI2_06_TheHouseOfMojo MI2_07_PokingLargo MI2_08_CaptainDread MI2_09_PhattIslandArrival MI2_10_TheBoneMaster MI2_11_GovPhattsMansion MI2_12_TheGamblersClub MI2_13_BeyndTheWatrfall It's only the first half of the MI2 soundtrack that's moved to the end of the tracks... whyever. Maybe Benny might be able to get the exact split points from these file and automate it somehow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinus Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Finally I found the MI-SE explorer. Sorry! (Thanks benny btw.) Opening the default.aws with audacity shows a selection window with different streams (recognizing them as Ogg Vorbis) and imports the selection as separate stereo tracks, which makes exporting very easy! (no need to edit) The selection window looks something like this ... Index[00] Version[0] Channels [2] Rate[44100] Index[01] Version[0] Channels [2] Rate[44100] ... Index[0f] Version[0] Channels [2] Rate[44100] ... (The index numbers are hexa-decimal.) (foobar won't play it. and eac3to "could not detect the format of the source file".) I wish there was some way to really extract these streams without re-encoding or at least find out the quality setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinus Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 doing the math: 137 minutes of music = 190 MB 8220 seconds = 1556480 kb 1 second = 189,35 kb My default.aws is 182 MB (?) which leads me to 1497116.46875 kilobits and 182 kbps which is approximately ogg vorbis -q5.7 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Oh, haven't tried it with Audacity... good to know it recognizes the splits But saving the files as straight WAVs shouldn't result in any quality loss, or does it? EDIT Filesize in the properties: 191,630,908 Bytes So yeah, 187,139 kB or 182,75 MB All is well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Only just seen this thanks to a pm from Laser. My friend has the cd so I'll borrow that and have a look into the music today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinus Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 But saving the files as straight WAVs shouldn't result in any quality loss, or does it? IT DOES ... in a loss of disk space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Then use FLAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 I've got it, had a look and it looks simple enough. At some point I'll update Monkey Island Explorer to support the .awb files but for now I'll just knock together a quick dumper with everything hardcoded to get the ogg's out with the correct filenames. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Awesome!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandra IDV Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Indeed. Thanks a lot, Bgbennyboy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinus Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 dumper Which means without re-encoding, right? btw: Just played the Secret SE for the first time ever. and on the top of monkey island (where you can suffer a sierra-like fake death) the entire sky is missing, says "texture not found" ... anyone had a similar problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Done it. It took a bit longer than expected because I did it properly rather than make a quick brute force dumper. It parses the .awb file and then dumps the music from the .aws file, its all automatic - just point it to launcher.pak and it'll take care of the rest. Monkey Island Music Extractor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Which means without re-encoding, right? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 You, sir, are a genius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Thanks to Laserschwert I've updated the program to include tagging. All music files are now tagged with name/artist/album/trackno information, filenames are improved and the music is dumped to separate folders for each game. Many thanks to Laserschwert for providing the tags. Get it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinus Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 You, sir, are a genius! Indeed! Thanks!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 While the soundtracks on the Collection are almost complete, I've got three more tracks that should be included as well, to make it even more "almost complete": The Secret of Monkey Island - SE: Monkey Island Main Theme (Menu Version) This is a version of the main theme without the flute, which is heard in the menu of the game. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - SE: Monkey Island 2 Main Theme (Game Version) The version of the main theme in the game is slightly different (different slap bass, different drums, ...), which I like a bit better than the album version. Woodtick Suite (Extended) Since Jesse's version on the album leaves out a bit of the themes, this is a version of Woodtick including every second of music from it (except for some of the transitions, of course). You can get the tracks HERE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinus Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Thanks again for the dumper tool. Listening to it now with foobar - love seeing the VBR meter exceed MP3's 320 kbps. And with this nice tool, it was possible to retain some little peaks over 0dB. LEC/Harlin really should get together with LaLaLand Records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnbteddybear Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 if it's not too much to ask, can someone make itunes cover artworks for both special editions? pretty please with cherry on top? and possibly for the collection also? thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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