Ripping MIDI files from the classics

Does anyone know how to extract MIDI from the first releases of Putt-Putt Joins the Parade, Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise, and Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon? I'd try it myself but the music has a different header than a real MIDI file, thus, MIDI players won't play it!

It's very complicated; you must use ScummEX and an old DOS developer kit.

A developer kit, eh? Where can I get one?

All I remember is that it's a ZIP file called dmkit150 or something.

Instructions: [VERY TECHNICAL!]

1. Get dmkit150 here: http://ftp.lanet.lv/ftp/mirror/x2ftp/msdos/programming/mxlibs/dmkit150.zip

1. Download a DOS program that can convert XMI files to MIDI files here: http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=XMI_to_MIDI It's a command line program and will work fine in Windows up to XP, but Vista and later have les DOS support so I recommend using dosbox to run it under those systems.)

2. Get dosbox here: http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1 (Only needed if you have Windows Vista or later!)

3. Get ScummEX here: http://www.scummvm.org/subprojects/

4. Get XVI32 here: http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm

5. open the .HE1 of any DOS title with ScummEx

6. find a SOUN block and expand it

7. select the MIDI block

8. click tools --> file dump

9. save it as [something].xmi

10 open it with XVI32

11. Find a bit that looks like this: FORM XDIRINFO

12. Delete everything before F

13. save the file

14. Use XMI2MID to convert it to a MIDI file. The command you'll want to use is something like this: XMI2MID putt.xmi putt.mid

14. put it in the dmkit150 folder


15. mount the folder with dosbox


16. type SETUP and select the MPU401 driver from the prompts


17. type MENU and select the [something].xmi file


18. press CTRL+ALT+F8 to capture the song to a standard MID file


(see the new step 14 for a much better way of doing this)

15. cry because you managed to do all of this.  

LET ME KNOW IF YOU GET STUCK!!!

Geesus, thanks!

People do ask me how I figured it out... :P

How did you figure that out?

Educated deduction. Knowledge is powerful.

I remember you said people have used the same method to extract the midi files from Lucasarts adventures. Figures it wouldn't be that different in another Scumm game.

I think it's related, but different. Incidentally, I found a program to automate converting XMI files to MIDI files. No more screwing with dosbox! Well, actually it's a DOS program, so if you're on 64-bit windows, it's just less screwing with dosbox!