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SEGASATURN FAQ

Sound Overview/Tools

▲Overview

Q ) What is the process of producing sound on the Sega Saturn?
Q ) What kind of data do I need to produce on the sound side?
Q ) Is there anything I should consider regarding volume settings?
Q ) Please give me an overview of the Sega Saturn's sound specs.

▲General tools

Q ) It crashes frequently when using MIDI etc. using sound tools.

▲Sound simulator

Q ) Standard MIDI file format 0 data cannot be converted.
Q ) DSP is not applied 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 ) Previous maps cannot be opened with the latest version.
Q ) Conversion to SGL-PCM does not work properly with SndSim.
Q ) Real-time panpot change during key-on is unnatural.
Q ) Petit noise on SndSimulator
Q ) Song data does not play 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 information on header information other than PCM.
Q ) Not reading loop points
Q ) In 2.07, I cannot find the loop point of the data received from the waveform editor.
Q ) How can I check the waveform size accurately?
Q ) What is the size of the AIFF waveform that can be assigned?
Q ) It seems strange only when the BendRange parameter change is 13.
Q ) I am changing the rate of the AIFF waveform to be assigned, but is this a problem?
Q ) Hangs up when sending
Q ) Changes to MASTER VOLUME are invalidated the next time it is loaded.
Q ) How do I set portamento parameters?
Q ) There is no sound.
Q ) What is displayed in the finder?
Q ) Parameters during Velocity Edit

▲DSP linker

Q ) Sometimes the effect is not applied.
Q ) Reverb is distorted when Effect Send Level is maximized
Q ) Sometimes the sound stops producing noise.
Q ) What are the reverb module TYPEs 1 to 4?
Q ) Real-time parameter changes.
Q ) I get an error saying "Not enough work rams".

▲Sound driver

Q ) Releases are interrupted after version 2.10.
Q ) Dynamic filter does not work.
Q ) Sequence fade processing is not working properly.
Q ) The volume of BGM becomes low.
Q ) I can't set the sequence volume.
Q ) When I fade pronunciation control number 0, the sounds of other control numbers gradually become quieter.
Q ) Pronunciation stops from Ver2.00->Ver2.10
Q ) Sound driver modification

▲Other sound tools related

Q ) Latest version of sound tool
Q ) How to create data when playing sound sources separately.
Q ) An error occurs when using "Play Audio" in the waveform editor.
Q ) Please tell me the flow of effect output on the tool.
Q ) Are there any suitable sequence volume settings?
Q ) Loop settings in 98 Recomposer
Q ) I want to set Volume and Velocity for each song.

▲ADPCM

Q ) Please tell me the library and method used to play ADPCM.
Q ) Please tell me about ADPCM.
Q ) I have created ADPCM data, what kind of tool should I use?
Q ) What is the bit width of AIFF used for ADPCM data?
Q ) What is the bit width of ADPCM unit sample?
Q ) How many bits is the bit width of the restored sample when ADPCM data is expanded?
Q ) How much is the load different between ADPCM and PCM streams?
Q ) Noise due to difference in encoder
Q ) Please tell me how to play ADPCM data on CD-XA.
Q ) Please tell me how to play ADPCM data in on-memory.
Q ) Please tell me about the procedure for creating data used during ADPCM playback.
Q ) The sound that plays properly with PCM is cut off at the end when it is played with ADPCM.

▲AIFF

Q ) I would like to know the format of AIFF.

▲CDDA

Q ) How do you create CDDA data?

▲Hardware

Q ) Please tell me about the hardware configuration of the sound-related parts of the Sega Saturn.
Q ) Is it true that the sound CPU cannot perform byte access?
Q ) What does "SCSP operates as one large cycle of 22.68μsec" mean?

▲Others

Q ) For MIDI loops, is it okay to use Controll Change 31 to start and end the loop?
Q ) What is the standard for MIDI resolution?
Q ) How should I arrange the commands to be added to the beginning of a song?
Q ) Total memory upper limit
Q ) AudioMedia2 cannot be used on PowerMac7200
Q ) What kind of tone libraries are available?
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