Super Metroid MSU-Hack Tutorial v1.0

hi, want to play super metroid with higher quality music? you're in the right place

how to get the msu-1 hack working in the first place:
	-download the original msu-1 hack + music files: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7cv12pu2xd339cl/Super%20Metroid%20MSU-1.7z?dl=0
	-an sd2snes or higan/bsnes
	-your sd2snes has to be firmware 1.7 or later: https://sd2snes.de/blog/downloads
	-if you're on console, you're done, I included everything, just keep it all in the same folder, put on sd card, enjoy on your 		sd2snes (sd2snes menu has a "chip settings" thing, if the music is too quiet, you can turn it up in that menu. I wouldn't recommend going over 3.5dbs)
	-if you're on emu, you need the original rom, and the patches below, follow instructions for bsnes or higan below (I haven't used emulator for this personally, so ymmv for the instructions below)
using higan:
1. Patch the ROM
2. Launch it using higan
3. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Emulation\Super Famicom\mmx_msu1.sfc in Windows Explorer.
4. Copy manifest.bml and the .pcm file there
5. Run the game

using bsnes:
Just patch the ROM and launch the game. The pcm file needs to be in the same folder.
	-you can use the patches I included to add the music to your randomizer rom, or most romhacks:
		1. get the romhack or randomizer rom
		2. use lunar ips and the msu-1 rom patch below to patch your randomizer/romhack rom
		3. rename your rom "supermetroid_msu1.sfc"
		4. put the rom in the folder with all the .pcm's, and the .msu
		3. enjoy

don't like the music choices, or just want to change things up a bit? here's how:

things you'll need to start:
audacity: http://www.audacityteam.org/download/
wav2msu: https://dl.smwcentral.net/4872/wav2msu.zip
msu-1 rom patches: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mdisar9qlkc1sk1/msu-1%20patches.7z?dl=0
lunar ips to patch the rom: http://fusoya.eludevisibility.org/lips/download/lips102.zip
the original super metroid rom: google it

music indexes: http://pastebin.com/87QxkdZu
	this is what you need to know. all of the tracks in the game correspond to these 30 tracks, you can replace each of them which whatever you want. I haven't labeled them that well, because I haven't messed with all of them, but if you listen to the original tracks, its pretty obvious which ones they are.

steps to replace the .pcm's:
1. have your audio files you want to replace the .pcm with
2. open it audacity, edit it to loop how you want it to loop, i.e. edit it to start and stop when you want it to
3. save it as an audacity project first, so you can edit it easier later if need be (you'll 99% be likely to need to)
4. export it (it exports as a .wav file)
5. drag the .wav file onto the wav2msu.exe (it creates a .pcm file)
6. rename the .pcm file you created the exact same as the track you're going to replace (see above music index)
7. test it in game to be sure it sounds how you want it to sound
	-I recommend patching a rom with total's in game menu so you can teleport around to test tracks more easily
	-its 99% likely that the sound balance is off, return to audacity if it is, and add an amplify effect to lower it or increase the volume
8. enjoy


known bugs/issues:
1. getting caught by the big metroid and being drained calls the "return to crateria with pbs track"
2. the credits track isn't properly synced
3. some of the other tracks aren't properly synced
4. maridia is a little too loud

just gonna copy-paste the credits from the readme from the original msu-1 hack author and add a couple more:
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= Credits =
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* DarkShock - ASM hacking & coding, music editing
* Blake Robinson - Reorchestration (http://syntheticorchestra.com/)
* lower norfair (that I added in to replace the original) - The Noble Demon on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhfDg2Sysgo
* foosda - making this tutorial, and minor bugfixes to the msu-1 hack