FAQ

SEGA SATURN FAQ

Sound overview / tools



▲ Overview

Q ) What is the flow of sound production at Sega Saturn?
Q ) What kind of data do you need for the data produced on the sound side?
Q ) Is there anything I should consider about the volume setting?
Q ) Please tell us about the outline of Sega Saturn's sound specifications.

▲ Tools in general

Q ) When I use MIDI etc. with a sound tool, it often drops.

▲ Sound simulator

Q ) I can't convert standard MIDI file format 0 data.
Q ) DSP does not work on Sound Simulator
Q ) Are there any restrictions on converting SMF?
Q ) What are "mode" and "status" in the "Sound Simulator" window?
Q ) Sound driver version recognition
Q ) What kind of file is "Undo.TMP"?
Q ) What is the maximum number that can be registered in the sequence bank?
Q ) I can't open the previous map with the latest version.
Q ) SndSim does not work well for conversion to SGL-PCM
Q ) Real-time pan pot change during key-on is unnatural
Q ) Petit noise on Snd Simulator
Q ) Song data does not sound on SndSim
Q ) Error during SMF conversion
Q ) There is no sound ("0x8A" appears in "status")
Q ) I want to lock the status of used memory.

▲ Tone editor

Q ) I would like materials for header information other than PCM.
Q ) I don't read the loop point
Q ) I can't get the loop point of the data I got from the waveform editor in 2.07.
Q ) How to check the waveform size accurately?
Q ) What is the AIFF waveform size that can be assigned?
Q ) It seems strange only when the BendRange parameter change is 13.
Q ) I have changed the rate of the AIFF waveform to be assigned, is there any problem?
Q ) Hangs when sending
Q ) The change of MASTER VOLUME is invalid at the next loading.
Q ) How to set portamento parameters?
Q ) No sound
Q ) What is displayed in the viewfinder
Q ) Parameters for Verocity Edit

▲ DSP linker

Q ) Sometimes the effect is not applied.
Q ) When the reverb maximizes the Effect Send Level, it distorts.
Q ) Sometimes there is no sound and it becomes noise.
Q ) What are TYPEs 1 to 4 of the reverb module?
Q ) Real-time parameter change.
Q ) I get an error saying "Insufficient work ram".

▲ Sound driver

Q ) Release is interrupted after Ver2.10.
Q ) The dynamic filter does not work.
Q ) The fading process of the sequence does not work.
Q ) BGM volume becomes smaller
Q ) The sequence volume cannot be set.
Q ) When the pronunciation control number 0 is faded, the sounds of the other control numbers gradually become smaller.
Q ) No pronunciation in Ver2.00-> Ver2.10.
Q ) Sound driver modification

▲ Other sound tools related

Q ) The latest version of Sound Tool
Q ) How to create data when the sound sources are played separately.
Q ) I get an error in "Play Audio" of the waveform editor.
Q ) Please tell me the flow of effect output on the tool.
Q ) Is there an appropriate sequence volume setting?
Q ) Loop setting with 98 recomposer
Q ) I want to set Volume and Verocity for each song.

▲ ADPCM

Q ) Please tell me the library and method used for ADPCM playback.
Q ) Please tell us about ADPCM.
Q ) I created ADPCM data. What kind of tool should I use?
Q ) What is the AIFF bit width used for ADPCM data?
Q ) What is the bit width of the ADPCM unit sample?
Q ) What is the bit width of the restored sample when the ADPCM data is decompressed?
Q ) How different is the load between ADPCM and PCM stream?
Q ) Noise due to different encoders
Q ) Please tell me how to play ADPCM data on CD-XA.
Q ) Please tell me how to play ADPCM data on-memory.
Q ) Please tell me the procedure for creating data to be used during ADPCM playback.
Q ) If the sound that is played properly in PCM is ADPCM, the end will be cut off.

▲ AIFF

Q ) I want to know the AIFF format.

▲ CDDA

Q ) How do you create CDDA data?

▲ Hardware

Q ) Please tell me about the hardware configuration of the sound-related part of Sega Saturn.
Q ) Is it true that the sound CPU does not have byte access?
Q ) What is "SCSP operates with 22.68 μsec as one big cycle as a whole"?

▲ Other

Q ) Is it okay to use Controll Change 31 for both the start and end of a MIDI loop?
Q ) What is the standard for MIDI resolution?
Q ) How should the commands added at the beginning of the song be arranged?
Q ) Upper limit of total memory
Q ) AudioMedia2 cannot be used with PowerMac7200
Q ) What is in the tone library?
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