Hello there Pfhorums community, I am a new user, SpooferJahk and have been into Marathon for quite some time now and I thought I would share a project I am working on for Aleph One that may interest some here. One thing that's always intrigued me about the first Marathon game was the music and low and behold, I found that it was all MIDI based and required a specific version of Quicktime to play properly on a Mac machine. The MIDI files themselves do not play properly on anything outside of the specific Quicktime version and this is where my project comes in, I have went through and fixed the MIDI files to play back as close to the original versions as possible under any MIDI sound setup.
The pack I am working on specifically contains recordings fine tuned for the Roland SC-55 Sound Canvas module, which was the standard for MIDI based music in the nineties for DOS games. I thought it would be interesting to create a Marathon music pack to emulate the hypothetical experience of playing the original game if it were a DOS/early Windows title as opposed to a Macintosh exclusive.
Here is a link to a recording of the track, Landing, with the original Quicktime recording played first, the original MIDI file played on the Roland SC-55, and my custom fixed MIDI played on the same Roland unit:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/epkx3p88thw9lm9/Landing+Comparison.mp3
UPDATE: The project is finished, here are the links for the various assets of it.
Tweaked MIDI Files: http://www.mediafire.com/download/cantahf99aahgb0/Marathon+%28Tweaked+GM+Edits%29.zip
Roland SC-55 Aleph One Pack: http://www.mediafire.com/download/fkh6pdup4jxt08k/Marathon+Roland+SC-55+Music+Addon.zip
Roland SC-55 WAV Files: http://www.mediafire.com/download/phb9uqp9qv2dnb9/Marathon+SC-55+Soundtrack.zip
Feedback is appreciated, and I hope this project will interest anyone in the Marathon community.