Posted October 29, 2014
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Updated 01/20/2015: Added Timbres of Heaven 3.0 (thanks herecomethe2000)
I found a driver that works great for MIDI Driver switching + SoundFont Support in Windows 7/8/8.1:
http://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/virtualmidisynth#download
Here is a page with some SoundFonts you can download:
Pages with lists of various SoundFont files that are freely available, standouts seem to be Weeds, FluidR3, Crisis, by all means try them all, everyone's tastes are different.
http://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/virtualmidisynth#soundfonts
https://www.kode54.net/bassmididrv/BASSMIDI_Driver_Installation_and_Configuration.htm
Timbres of Heaven recommended by (herecomethe2000)
http://www.mediafire.com/download/6u6x2j6iw0azqet/Timbres+Of+Heaven+GM_GS_XG_SFX+V+3.0+Final+!!!.7z
A couple recommends by (timppu)
"Chorium Revision A" SoundFont, by Open World (28.9 megabytes)
http://www.un4seen.com/download.php?extra/ChoriumRevA.rar
"Roland SC-55 v1.1 (GM.dls)" Sound Canvas SoundFont, by DJ Tony (9.9 megabytes) *
http://www.mediafire.com/?a6qn1tc811b2ce1
PrincessSoft SF2, DonateWare: I haven't tried this, perhaps someone can chime in:
http://princesssoftsf2.altervista.org/Inglese/index1.html
If you would like MT-32 support, you can install Munt in windows and use VirtualMIDISynth to switch
to that driver when you want to play an MT-32 game (X-Wing 1993 is)
Munt: http://sourceforge.net/projects/munt/
Here's some information on MT-32 in the thread:
MT-32 instructions/pro+con (timppu)
http://www.gog.com/forum/star_wars_xwing_special_edition/get_dramatically_better_midi_music/post23
MT-32 Comparison (ikantspelwurdz):
http://sound.dosforum.de/
http://www.gog.com/forum/star_wars_xwing_special_edition/get_dramatically_better_midi_music/post16
If you have something you think I could add to this OP to make life easier and improve the quality of playing these games (and any GoG with MIDI music for that matter, pop me a message!) Peruse the thread there's a ton of great info here.
Have fun!
I found a driver that works great for MIDI Driver switching + SoundFont Support in Windows 7/8/8.1:
http://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/virtualmidisynth#download
Here is a page with some SoundFonts you can download:
Pages with lists of various SoundFont files that are freely available, standouts seem to be Weeds, FluidR3, Crisis, by all means try them all, everyone's tastes are different.
http://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/virtualmidisynth#soundfonts
https://www.kode54.net/bassmididrv/BASSMIDI_Driver_Installation_and_Configuration.htm
Timbres of Heaven recommended by (herecomethe2000)
http://www.mediafire.com/download/6u6x2j6iw0azqet/Timbres+Of+Heaven+GM_GS_XG_SFX+V+3.0+Final+!!!.7z
A couple recommends by (timppu)
"Chorium Revision A" SoundFont, by Open World (28.9 megabytes)
http://www.un4seen.com/download.php?extra/ChoriumRevA.rar
"Roland SC-55 v1.1 (GM.dls)" Sound Canvas SoundFont, by DJ Tony (9.9 megabytes) *
http://www.mediafire.com/?a6qn1tc811b2ce1
PrincessSoft SF2, DonateWare: I haven't tried this, perhaps someone can chime in:
http://princesssoftsf2.altervista.org/Inglese/index1.html
If you would like MT-32 support, you can install Munt in windows and use VirtualMIDISynth to switch
to that driver when you want to play an MT-32 game (X-Wing 1993 is)
Munt: http://sourceforge.net/projects/munt/
Here's some information on MT-32 in the thread:
MT-32 instructions/pro+con (timppu)
http://www.gog.com/forum/star_wars_xwing_special_edition/get_dramatically_better_midi_music/post23
MT-32 Comparison (ikantspelwurdz):
http://sound.dosforum.de/
http://www.gog.com/forum/star_wars_xwing_special_edition/get_dramatically_better_midi_music/post16
If you have something you think I could add to this OP to make life easier and improve the quality of playing these games (and any GoG with MIDI music for that matter, pop me a message!) Peruse the thread there's a ton of great info here.
Have fun!
Post edited January 21, 2015 by hfm