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How to convert Dracula X PCM files to WAV?

Tid - Apr 14, 2005

		Tid		Apr 14, 2005
			hello anyone know how to do that? i tested RB_SaturnPCM.EXE converter but not really working... another question, is it possible to identify the sample rate of a PCM? oh well any tips for ripping those Dracula X musics are welcome thanks

RockinB

Apr 15, 2005

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by Tid@Fri, 2005-04-15 @ 09:36 AM



hello



anyone know how to do that? i tested RB_SaturnPCM.EXE converter but not really working...



another question, is it possible to identify the sample rate of a PCM?



oh well any tips for ripping those Dracula X musics are welcome



thanks



[post=132901]Quoted post[/post]

You might want to take a look at this discussion:

http://forums.segaxtreme.net/index.php?showtopic=1...

What means "not really working"?

The only Saturn sound file format for which I don't know a way to convert it is ACX.

For raw headerless PCM, you can only guess and try different samplerates and bit resolutions with RB_SaturnPCM.EXE or with

Saturn SoundPlayer... on the console itself by swapping in the Dracula X CD or burning the files on the CD-R.

		Tid		Apr 15, 2005
			the problem is the music is converted but there is a terrible background noise, changing sample rate dont seems to help i use mono 16 22050 settings here... u can find the PCM i'm trying to convert

		Borisz		Apr 15, 2005
			the music in Dracula X is headerless and ADPCM if i recall correctly, and stereo - most likely 44,1khz is the sampling rate, judging from the quality. I don't know of any utils that could convert them though.

		Tid		Apr 15, 2005
			i see, oh well thx for the answer, hope one day those ADPCM can be converted

MasterAkumaMatata

Apr 16, 2005

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by Tid@Fri, 2005-04-15 @ 06:11 PM



i use mono 16 22050 settings[post=132928]Quoted post[/post]

It's definitely stereo and not mono according to a quick analysis of the PCM file with a hex editor. See attached pic.

		Borisz		Apr 16, 2005
			it's definetaly stereo after playing the game too.

DBOY

Jun 10, 2005

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by Borisz@Sun, 2005-04-17 @ 12:07 PM



it's definetaly stereo after playing the game too.



[post=132963]Quoted post[/post]

Have you tried opening it as raw ADPCM data using Adobe Audition? I ended up using that at a later date when pulling all the audio out of Gulliver Boy for Saturn.

Relevant post from a few years ago...

The gulldump... script was the end result. Youll need to scan the file with WinHex though, but maybe you can find a better way to locate song starts and ends.

Also, this is a total shot in the dark, but you might want to look at the ScummVM... tools too. They have a tool for unpacking these kinds of huge PCM audio files (they use it to repack the 160MB voice files in Ogg format for playing Lucasarts games)

		Borisz		Jun 11, 2005
			I don't have Adobe Audition, so I couldn't check it. There are a fuckton of ADPCM codecs out there though, and I wouldn't be surprised if the game would use something entirely costum. Or headerless DUCK 4bit files.