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Hello,

I am spending a lot of time trying to get a VGM to MIDI exporter for my iMac which uses OS X 10.11 and so far, I am getting nowhere. I could try developing one, but I cannot even open the vgm2midi.exe unless I download virtual box purchase a CD of Windows XP, which I do not want to do. Can anybody help me out so I can get some good directions on what to do.

Josh

Hi Josh,

It looks like vgm2midi is a C# program so you might be able to run it with mono on OSX.

http://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/supported-platforms/osx/

Their website says it requires .NET framework 2.0 which seems to be well supported by the mono project. :)

http://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/compatibility/#net-20

Curiosity got the better of me and I tried it out. :)

It seems to work ok for me.

$ mono Vgm2Midi.exe monkey_lad_title_screen.vgm
WARNING: The runtime version supported by this application is unavailable.
Using default runtime: v4.0.30319
Vgm2Midi - Ben Ryves 2006
-------------------------
Defaults loaded.
Converting: - Monkey Lad - Title Screen [Niloct]
Done!

I couldn't get the resulting mid file to play with VLC though. :(

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efry wrote

Curiosity got the better of me and I tried it out. :)

It seems to work ok for me.

Thanks! It worked! The only issue is that it only exports the 4 PGS channels and not the other 6 FM channels, but that's fine for now. I am focused on 16-bit, not 8-bit. I can now use Logic Pro X to create the rest of the midi.

RKA Staff Roll.vgm (731.94 KB)

By the way, I did not know that a .vgm is used for both the SMS and SMD! I though that was a .gym. I feel that spending my money for the mighty and powerful F-MDrive 2612 virtual Genesis synth by AlyJames Lab inc. might be the only way to solve the rest of the issue. It actually works along with Audio Workstations, which is a plus. Also on the good side, it will be released for OS X in the future along with another side program for the 4 PSG channels.

The main reason and I am doing all this work is because I love Rocket Knight Adventures (for Sega Genesis obviously) because of the amazing soundtrack and there are only 3 available MIDI files out of the 22 possible themes that can be made.

I'll go off topic for a second just to say that I agree with you, some of those songs are fantastic and it's a shame there are no MIDIs available aside from the 3 you mentioned.

As for the gaming systems supported by the VGM format, well...

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hauck.josh Joined: 03 Apr 2016 Posts: 3	VGM2MIDI for OS X Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 3:38 am
hauck.josh Joined: 03 Apr 2016 Posts: 3	Hello, I am spending a lot of time trying to get a VGM to MIDI exporter for my iMac which uses OS X 10.11 and so far, I am getting nowhere. I could try developing one, but I cannot even open the vgm2midi.exe unless I download virtual box purchase a CD of Windows XP, which I do not want to do. Can anybody help me out so I can get some good directions on what to do. Josh

efry Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Posts: 106 Location: Sydney Australia	Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 4:27 am
	Hi Josh, It looks like vgm2midi is a C# program so you might be able to run it with mono on OSX. http://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/supported-platforms/osx/ Their website says it requires .NET framework 2.0 which seems to be well supported by the mono project. :) http://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/compatibility/#net-20

efry Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Posts: 106 Location: Sydney Australia	Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 4:46 am
	Curiosity got the better of me and I tried it out. :) It seems to work ok for me. $ mono Vgm2Midi.exe monkey_lad_title_screen.vgm WARNING: The runtime version supported by this application is unavailable. Using default runtime: v4.0.30319 Vgm2Midi - Ben Ryves 2006 ------------------------- Defaults loaded. Converting: - Monkey Lad - Title Screen [Niloct] Done! I couldn't get the resulting mid file to play with VLC though. :( [/code]

hauck.josh Joined: 03 Apr 2016 Posts: 3	Thanks! Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 4:56 am Last edited by hauck.josh on Sun Apr 03, 2016 1:39 pm; edited 1 time in total
hauck.josh Joined: 03 Apr 2016 Posts: 3	efry wrote Curiosity got the better of me and I tried it out. :) It seems to work ok for me. Thanks! It worked! The only issue is that it only exports the 4 PGS channels and not the other 6 FM channels, but that's fine for now. I am focused on 16-bit, not 8-bit. I can now use Logic Pro X to create the rest of the midi. RKA Staff Roll.vgm (731.94 KB)

hauck.josh Joined: 03 Apr 2016 Posts: 3	Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 1:38 pm
hauck.josh Joined: 03 Apr 2016 Posts: 3	By the way, I did not know that a .vgm is used for both the SMS and SMD! I though that was a .gym. I feel that spending my money for the mighty and powerful F-MDrive 2612 virtual Genesis synth by AlyJames Lab inc. might be the only way to solve the rest of the issue. It actually works along with Audio Workstations, which is a plus. Also on the good side, it will be released for OS X in the future along with another side program for the 4 PSG channels. The main reason and I am doing all this work is because I love Rocket Knight Adventures (for Sega Genesis obviously) because of the amazing soundtrack and there are only 3 available MIDI files out of the 22 possible themes that can be made.

Tom Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 1356 Location: italy	Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 8:13 am
Tom Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 1356 Location: italy	I'll go off topic for a second just to say that I agree with you, some of those songs are fantastic and it's a shame there are no MIDIs available aside from the 3 you mentioned. As for the gaming systems supported by the VGM format, well...

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