10. Adding Music

WolfEdit 2 has the ability to read MIDI files and add them to a scenario. However, you can't just import any MIDI file and expect it to sound right. When Wolfenstein plays your MIDI file, it will play it using its own instrument set, which is almost certainly nothing like that for which the MIDI file was written. So, music for Wolfenstein really needs to be specially arranged for it. I regret that I cannot offer much advice concerning tools or techniques for doing this. All I can do is set out the technical requirements, which are described below under MIDI File Format .


Importing Music

The Music command in the Art & Music menu opens a window containing a list of added pieces of music. The Import... button allows you to select a MIDI file and import its contents. Imported music will be added to the Music pop-up menus in the Scenario Info and Level Info windows.


MIDI File Format

The file should be in Standard MIDI Format, as defined by the International Midi Association. A description of this format is available from the Web page http://hampshire.edu/CCL/MIDI/doc/midifile.html.

The file may use either Format 0 (single track) or Format 1 (multiple simultaneous tracks). Each track should start with one or more “Program Change” MIDI commands, one for each MIDI channel used, to establish the correspondence between channels and instruments.

The Program Numbers specified in the Program Change commands correspond to Wolfenstein instruments as follows:

Prog#       Instrument

     1              High Snare
     2              Low Snare
     3              Snare Flam
     4              Timpani
     5              Tam Tam
     6              Bass
     7              Bmin Chord
     8              Bdim Chord
     9              Eb Rip
   10             Eb Chime
   11              Melody Low
   12              Melody High
   13              Guitar – C Mute
   14              Guitar – C Short
   15              Guitar – E Bend
   16              Guitar – E7
   17              Guitar – E down/up
   19              Hat
   20              Kick
   21              Rock Snare
101              Loud High Snare
102              Loud Low Snare
103              Loud Snare Flam
104              Loud Timpani
105              Loud Tam Tam
106              Loud Bass
107              Loud Bmin Chord
108              Loud Bdim Chord
109              Loud Eb Rip
110              Loud Eb Chime
111              Loud Melody Low
112              Loud Melody High