Archive created by -=MIRSOFT=-
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*** Archive info ***
Archiver: Barkman27
Type: Game rip
Format: MID (Recorded from DosBox)
Original Composer: Todd Hendrix, Tim Tully
Sequencer: Todd Hendrix, Tim Tully
Num of tunes: 26
Complete: 100%

*** Game info ***
Name: Might & Magic 5: Darkside of Xeen
Platform: PC Dos
Year: 1993
Genre: RPG
Publisher: New World Computing
Developer: CATware


*** Additional info ***

Here is a bunch of music from Swords of Xeen. It's the same as Darkside of Xeen, and since more people probably know about Darkside, I'll call it that :). 
To record the music, I just installed the game to play with the Roland Canvas soundcard (general midi), then played in Dosbox, and then recorded the midi commands, making all of the files here. 
I edited Town_theme1.mid and Town_theme2.mid with a free program called Midget (www.silverblade.co.uk), simply just changing some of the instruments around. 

The Roland Canvas card made things sound a little unusual compared to what most gamers might remember (probably Soundblaster Pro), so I tried 
to change the instruments around for the songs that seemed a little "off." After making this archive, I found a way to rip the Soundblaster 
music ... unfortunately, that was a little while ago, and the few files that I did re-record in Soundblaster style are on my old computer. 
However, if anyone would like the mp3s, just email me (see below).

First Update: Some of the files here are the same as when they were first recorded. Many, however were edited (mainly by changing the instruments around) with two programs- Midget 3.5 and NoteWorthy Composer. 
Recent update (Apr 24 2010): Thanks to Greg C for sending me "Corak's Theme/Escape Pod Music", which I missed originally! It's been a couple of years since I made this archive but I'm glad people still enjoy the music and help out :)

If you would like to contact me, feel free to email me at Roychipoqua@yahoo.com.

Thanks to: 

Robert Meakins -- showed me the way of recording midi from DosBox.
Andrew Greenwood -- creator of Midget 
Greg C -- sending me "Corak's Theme/Escape Pod Music," which I missed originally.
The makers of NoteWorthy Composer
Tim Tully- supreme creator of all Xeen music
The people who made DosBox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net)
New World Computing 

Completion: 100%- recently added "Corak's Theme/Escape Pod Music"