24-Sep-2020, 2:53 AM
(This post was last modified: 24-Sep-2020, 5:18 AM by JDGP030302.)
I discovered the origin of the music in Chip's Challenge 2. Well, as the "About" screen can hint, someone called Warren Trachtman was involved. He was a guy that in the early days of Internet uploaded MIDI versions of ragtime music sequenced by him. The files even share the same name with the MP3 files in CC2 (obviously they don't have the same extension). However, in CC2 some are capitalized.
https://web.archive.org/web/202005131633...outfil.htm
https://www.primeshop.com/MIDILibrary/midlist2.htm
I have noticed that altough they are definitely the source files, they don't sound the same as the MP3 ones in CC2 with the default soundfont of Windows (Microsoft GS wavetable synth). I couldn't find the soundfont used for creating them.
Also, this discovery only confirms my theory that Chuck Somerville created the game with almost no budget and needed to add music to the game. So he used this resource.
Warren Trachtman died in 2017.
https://web.archive.org/web/202005131633...outfil.htm
https://www.primeshop.com/MIDILibrary/midlist2.htm
I have noticed that altough they are definitely the source files, they don't sound the same as the MP3 ones in CC2 with the default soundfont of Windows (Microsoft GS wavetable synth). I couldn't find the soundfont used for creating them.
Also, this discovery only confirms my theory that Chuck Somerville created the game with almost no budget and needed to add music to the game. So he used this resource.
Warren Trachtman died in 2017.
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* The default music in Chip's Challenge 2 have some rather ugly errors that completely ruin them. Would you mind reading this?
* Also, have you heard of Crystal Mines II? It is more related to Chip's Challenge than you may think!
* The default music in Chip's Challenge 2 have some rather ugly errors that completely ruin them. Would you mind reading this?
* Also, have you heard of Crystal Mines II? It is more related to Chip's Challenge than you may think!