Ripping MIDIs from GBA games -

[Silver]

I know we have a few technologically-minded Kiwis, and I was wondering if any of you could help me with something. I've been unsuccessful in finding full soundtracks of two GBA games (specifically Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Games and Hamtaro: Rainbow Rescue) so I'm thinking I'll upload them myself, but these two games in particular are not conducive to recording straight from emulator, and I have no idea to to deal with game coding. So I'm wondering: would anyone here be able to help me out by ripping the soundtracks from these two games and converting them into MIDI files?

There's only one thing I know about the tracks, that might help you out: they don't use the Sappy engine.

 

[Splendid]

GBA -> headphone cable -> computer's mic jack -> recording program

Ask me if you need any more details.

You're welcome.

Edit: You can do it with a USB setup too.

 

[Silver]

The problem here isn't the recording, it's that there isn't a playlist or a dedicated list of the songs in the game so I'm not sure how many there are. This is why I'm looking for someone to help me rip them so I can figure out what all the songs are.

I know I didn't make this clear in the OP but I was hoping I could just have someone offer to help me rip the tracks :/ maybe i should be less vague

Edit: Plus I don't even have one of the two games on cartridge lmao

 

[XYZpdq]

I remember this sort of thing being very popular in the emu world a while back (15ish years ago). You could download the extracted audio data and run it via a winamp plugin and stuff.

I don't know that what you're looking for is covered, but there might be info to get you on the right track at least if you hunt around.

 

[Silver]

The question is, where can I get the extracted audio data, and would anyone here be willing to help me get it? I know literally nothing about hacking or anything lol

 

[XYZpdq]

Zophar has Ham Ham Heartbreak at least http://www.zophar.net/music/gsf/ham...oko-hamtaro-3-love-love-daibouken-dechu].html

 

[Silver]

I've seen Ham-Ham Heartbreak's rip before, yeah. But searching for Ham-Ham Games and Rainbow Rescue turns up next to nothing.

 

[XYZpdq]

googling Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Games soundtrack seems to give some results too
http://hhp.icy-mint.net/m/media/gamewavs/

 

[XYZpdq]

http://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/hamtaro-ham-ham-heartbreak-gba-
if you don't mind mpg compression lossyraping your chiptunes

 

[Silver]

googling Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Games soundtrack seems to give some results too
http://hhp.icy-mint.net/m/media/gamewavs/

Can't download the .zip file (linkrot?) and the other downloads are not the full soundtrack, I know that much (same with Rainbow Rescue)

As for the Ham-Ham Heartbreak rip I do have that one already.

 

[XYZpdq]

Sorry. My ham ham download skills have fallen short of your needs.

Googling "how to extract gba music" seems to give some results?

 

[Silver]

Sorry. My ham ham download skills have fallen short of your needs.

Googling "how to extract gba music" seems to give some results?

Unfortunately, results I don't understand. But thank you anyway.

 

[Splendid]

I'm busy, but I'll look into it this Sunday and do it if it isn't too time consuming.

 

[alex_theman]

Try finding what sound engine it is.

 

[Silver]

Try finding what sound engine it is.

I've been working on this with someone else, actually. The games don't have like *any* research on them anywhere so all we can do is test for multiple sound engines. I know it's not Sappy for sure, and we're presently trying Krawall. I'll post about that once we determine whether it is or not.

@Splendid Meat Sticks: Hey, thanks! Any help from anyone is greatly appreciated

 

[Bugaboo]

Ham ham Heartbreak is an enigma bro

 

[Silver]

Well yes but why say that

 

[XYZpdq]

Maybe this is a deeper issue, like, the Heartbreak the hamhams feel is such an all-encompassing despair that concepts like joy and music can't even escape the constraints of the game rom.

 

[KatsuKitty]

Normally, how this is done is you dump the state of the sound driver as well as all FM patches (Sega Master System/Genesis), PSG (NES, Game Boy), or the MIDI wavetable (SNES, N64). For most consoles there's community-standard formats that hold the sound state; you can play these with Winamp for example and that will give you the "cleanest" sound.

I don't know how sound works on a GBA, but there are a handful of emulators that let you dump .nsf/.spc files for other consoles. Try some GBA emulators and see if they offer any option to export the sound state. Then, you'll get a file playable in special kinds of audio players.

 

[Glaive]

I've ripped complete soundtracks from GBA ROMs several times.

I used this guide: http://www.vg-resource.com/thread-21591.html

However I think for my unpacker I also used: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dragonunpacker/

You can also extract sound effects as a SF2 file. Have fun.
If you still have trouble I could do it for you when I get some free time. Let me know.