From a80aa343a53c3dd3db2434a52d70de72ec4df955 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Howard Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 15:08:59 -0400 Subject: Simplify INSTALL.template music notes. Now that there is more extensive documentation in README.Music, remove some of the details from the INSTALL files and just include a reference to it. --- man/INSTALL.template | 33 +++------------------------------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/INSTALL.template b/man/INSTALL.template index 016b70b6..9c850993 100644 --- a/man/INSTALL.template +++ b/man/INSTALL.template @@ -262,36 +262,9 @@ LONG_GAME_NAME includes OPL emulation code that accurately reproduces the way that the in-game music sounded under DOS when using an Adlib/Soundblaster card. This is, however, not to everyone's taste. -#if _WIN32 -Better quality MIDI playback is possible by using Windows' native -MIDI synthesizer that is part of the operating system. Select "Native -MIDI" within the sound dialog in the setup tool. - -#endif -#if __MACOSX__ -High quality MIDI playback is possible by using Mac OS X's native MIDI -synthesizer that is part of the operating system. Select "Native MIDI" -within the sound dialog in the setup tool. - -#endif -As an alternative it is possible to use Timidity for high quality MIDI -playback: - - http://timidity.sourceforge.net/ - -A good set of patches for Timidity is the eawpats collection, which can -be found here: - - http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=13928 - (Doom idgames archive, /sounds/eawpats.zip) - -LONG_GAME_NAME also has provides a very limited form "emulation" of -the Gravis Ultrasound (GUS) card, using Timidity's GUS patch file -support. To use this requires a copy of the GUS patch files, found -here: - - http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=17127 - (Doom idgames archive, /music/dgguspat.zip) +LONG_GAME_NAME includes a number of different options for better +quality MIDI playback; see the file README.Music for more details of +how to set these up. #if !PRECOMPILED When compiling from source, be sure to compile and install Timidity -- cgit v1.2.3