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MIDI music explanation

Ihar Hubchyk edited this page Jun 18, 2022 · 1 revision

Heroes of Might and Magic II support high quality music called Opera music and MIDI music. While it is hard to distinguish instruments used in Opera music it is easy to get such information for each MIDI track in the game. Any future MIDI songs should use similar instruments to be in the same style as music in the original game.

Track Instrument Drum sound
MIDI0042.XMI (Main Menu)
Pad 1 (new age Fantasia)
Acoustic Guitar (nylon)
FX 5 (brightness)
Honky-tonk Piano
Distortion Guitar
Flute
MIDI0043.XMI (Victory)
Acoustic Guitar (nylon)
Lead 5 (charang)
Distortion Guitar
Electric Bass (picked)
FX 5 (brightness)
Pad 1 (new age Fantasia)
Distortion Guitar
Slap Bass 1
MIDI0017.XMI (Dirt terrain)
Pad 1 (new age Fantasia)
FX 4 (atmosphere)
Marimba
FX 5 (brightness)
Acoustic Guitar (nylon)
MIDI0015.XMI (Swamp Terrain)
Pad 1 (new age Fantasia)
Fretless Bass
FX 4 (atmosphere)
Tango Accordion (Band neon)
FX 5 (brightness)
MIDI0013.XMI (Desert terrain)
Pad 1 (new age Fantasia)
Lead 7 (fifths)
Lead 5 (charang)
Fretless Bass
Electric Bass (picked)
Acoustic Guitar (nylon)
Lead 8 (bass + lead)
Pad 1 (new age Fantasia)
Tuba
MIDI0018.XMI (Grass terrain)
Honky-tonk Piano
FX 5 (brightness)
Pad 1 (new age Fantasia)
Tango Accordion (Band neon)
MIDI0014.XMI (Snow terrain)
Pad 1 (new age Fantasia)
Pad 1 (new age Fantasia)
FX 5 (brightness)
Acoustic Grand Piano
Electric Bass (picked)
MIDI0006.XMI (Necromancer castle)
Acoustic Guitar (nylon)
Lead 6 (voice solo)
Acoustic Guitar (nylon)
Fretless Bass
Acoustic Grand Piano
Distortion Guitar
Pad 5 (bowed glass)
Lead 8 (bass + lead)
D4 Mute Hi Conga
MIDI0005.XMI (Sorceress castle)
Pad 1 (new age Fantasia)
Tango Accordion (Band neon)
Acoustic Grand Piano
FX 5 (brightness)
Electric Guitar (jazz)
Pad 1 (new age Fantasia)