The Legend of Kyrandia
                           Roland MT-32 Recording Notes
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                            (C) 1992 Westwood Studios


 Music composed by Frank Klepacki
 Sound effects by Dwight Okahara

 Status: complete.
 Number of tracks: 52.
 Length: 1:20:57.


 Thanks to Tracker Noise for the original Roland MT-32!

 - All tracks were recorded with Audacity 1.3.12 in 32 bits stereo with a PreSonus
   Inspire 1394. They were edited in Adobe Audition 3.0.1 and converted to 32-bit
   Wavpack and 16-bit FLAC lossless formats with dBpoweramp (triangular dithering
   was applied to 16-bit FLAC files).

 - All tracks have been recorded in their entirety, I hope!

 - All tracks recorded with a Roland MT-32 "old-type" revision 1 (ROM version 1.07)
   with the master volume at 20. There was no checksum or buffer overflow error.
   Serial number is 887099.

 - The English Version 1.3 of the game was used for the recording. Some tracks
   are different between Version 1.0 & Version 1.3, but it's probable that most
   tracks are identical between the two versions. There is nonetheless one major
   and noticeable difference: track "30 - Restoring the Fountain" does not exist
   in Version 1.0. As far as I know, XMI files are identical in Version 1.3 and
   subsequent (and ADL files too - for Adlib music).

 - In order to preserve the game's original dynamics, all tracks have been recorded
   with a unique input volume. All tracks' volume has then been increased by +1.5 dB
   in Adobe Audition 3.0.1 to maximize the volume. No other transformations have
   been applied. The track with the loudest peak is "29 - Malcolm at the Enchanted
   Fountain" (the very end with the chimes).

 - All tracks were recorded with DOSBox 0.74 except track "20b - Healing the Songbird
   (ScummVM)", which was recorded with ScummVM 1.2.1. It features the (beautiful)
   sound effects from the game sequence by Dwight Okahara. I used ScummVM instead
   because the "Timbermist Woods" would not fade out properly in DOSBox before the
   songbird sequence. Track "20 - Healing the Songbird" does not feature the
   sound effects and was recorded with DOSBox.

 - Track "11 - Playing with Merith" features a sound effect. I recorded a version
   with no sound effect: track "11b - Playing with Merith (no sound effect)".

 - Some tracks are considered "sound effects" by the game, for instance track
   "15 - Game Over" or track "31 - Getting the Blue Power". I assume they were
   nonetheless composed by Frank Klepacki and not Dwight Okahara, but I might be
   wrong.

 - I believe tracks "38 - Meeting Malcolm in the Castle" & "39 - The Castle of
   Kyrandia" contain a bug and that some instruments are not properly reset on
   repeat, most noticeably the lead instrument. It's pretty obvious in the Castle
   track where the flute disappears on repeat (~7:24). Since it sounds different,
   I recorded the full tracks (which makes the "Castle of Kyrandia" almost 15 minutes
   long!). It was never corrected and appears in all versions.

 - Track "41 - Herman Possessed (alternate)" seems to be heard only at a particular
   moment in the game. See the video here: http://www.warriorlabs.net/index.php?showtopic=388,
   "Ep. 6: ...And the Rest" at 36:45 for a demonstration. Thanks to fllthdcrb for
   this very useful video! I never knew how/where to hear that music before.

 - I did not split track "46 - Malcolm Defeated & End Credits" in two because it
   is considered one track by the game.

 - Track "48 - Unused Track" was played and recorded from the game itself (I renamed the XMI
   files, etc.).


  Well, if you're still here, thanks for reading! :) This recording was a lot of
  work, I am glad it's done. :) And I hope you enjoy it! The game has been one
  of my favourite since the first time I played in 1992. I have played it over
  and over these past 20 (almost!) years and I still love it as much as the first
  time. Thanks to Westwood Studios for making this great game (among others!)
  and especially to Frank Klepacki for his hauntingly beautiful music that keeps
  me dreaming after all this time!

  - Ben
    March 2011