Research: A document on RSE's voicegroups and the instruments they play.

[Magnius]

Hi this is Magnius. In this document you're going to find information on the voicegroups used in RSE, as well as some general information about voicegroups. For those of you who have not read the Fire Red voicegroup document yet or are just clueless about what voicegroups are, I'm going to go over the basics of voicegroups.

So what is a voicegroup? Well if I had to define it myself, I would define it as a list of instruments stored in a particular value of a rom. That's my personal definition of what a voicegroup is. But why are voicegroups important you ask? Well, it's because they play such a big role in whether or not a midi you insert into the game sounds good. I'm sure you've all been in a situation where you assemble a midi into the game, but then some of the most important instruments get turned to GBSynth. This is most likely because of A. The instruments that get turned to GBSynth aren't in the voicegroup you assembled the song too or B. You have too many DirectSound instruments.

"But Magnius, how do I know which voicegroups support which instruments?" Well, simply, read through this topic and you'll find out all of that. Below, you're basically gonna find a list of most of the voicegroups in RSE and what instruments they play.

But before we get on to that... I'm gonna list a few things that are true for every voicegroup, as well as some general notes on things regarding the voicegroups.

- Usually, tracks 80 and up are used as GBSynth. In the rare case this ISN'T true for a particular voicegroup, I'll note that.

- Tracks 2-13 are also usually used as GBSynth. There are however, some cases where that's not true. In the case that one of these instruments IS used as a DirectSound track, I'll list it.

- 125, 126 and 127 are used as "Noise" tracks.

- Track 0 is usually the drum track, however, in some voicegroups Track 0 is used as an Acoustic Grand track.

- Tracks 33-38 are commonly used basses in RSE, however, you can only hear in Sappy is Track 38 - Synth Bass 1, in Sappy. So while all the other basses DO play in game, you won't be able to actually hear them in Sappy.

- Be aware that even if a voicegroup has more than 5 DirectSound instruments in it, you can only have 5 DirectSound tracks playing at once. If your song uses drums, that already counts as one of the DirectSound tracks.

Read through all that? Haha. Well then here it is, what you guys have been waiting for! The list!

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01 - Bright Acoustic
45 - Pizzicato Strings
46 - Harp
47 - Timpani
48 - Strings
56 - Trumpet
58 - Tuba
60 - French Horn
73 - Flute

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01 - Bright Acoustic
46 - Harp
47 - Timpani
48 - Strings
56 - Trumpet
58 - Tuba
60 - French Horn

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01 - Bright Acoustic
14 - Tubular Bells
46 - Harp
47 - Timpani
48 - Strings
56 - Trumpet
58 - Tuba
60 - French Horn
73 - Flute

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01 - Bright Acoustic
35 - Fretless Bass
45 - Pizzicato Strings
48 - Strings
73 - Flute

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01 - Bright Acoustic
24 - Acoustic Guitar Nylon (Used as GBSynth here)
25 - Acoustic Guitar Steel (Used as GBSynth here)
26 - Electric Guitar Jazz (Used as GBSynth here)
27 - Electric Guitar Clean (Used as GBSynth here)
35 - Fretless Bass
56 - Trumpet
73 - Flute

0x43A280

01 - Bright Acoustic (Used as GBSynth here)
02 - Electric Grand (Used as GBSynth here)
03 - Honky-Tonk (Used as GBSynth here)
06 - Harpsichord (Used as GBSynth here)
10 - Music Box
17 - Percussive Organ
38 - Synth Bass 1
48 - Strings
73 - Flute

0x444444

17 - Percussive Organ
24 - Acoustic Guitar Nylon
35 - Fretless Bass
46 - Harp
48 - Strings
73 - Flute

0x446844

05 - Electric Piano 2 (Used as GBSynth here)
17 - Percussive Organ
24 - Acoustic Guitar Nylon
39 - Synth Bass 2(Wave instrument, but still makes sound)
48 - Strings
73 - Flute

0x439EB4

00 - Acoustic Grand
35 - Fretless Bass
45 - Pizzicato Strings
48 - Strings
73 - Flute

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24 - Acoustic Guitar Nylon
45 - Pizzicato Strings
46 - Harp
48 - Strings
60 - French Horn
73 - Flute

0x436314

01 - Bright Acoustic
35 - Fretless Bass
73 - Flute

0x43D418

45 - Pizzicato Strings
48 - Strings
58 - Tuba
60 - French Horn
73 - Flute

0x44A84C

01 - Bright Acoustic
17 - Percussive Organ
24 - Acoustic Guitar Nylon
58 - Tuba
73 - Flute

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14 - Tubular Bells
24 - Acoustic Guitar Nylon
35 - Fretless Bass
56 - Trumpet

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24 - Acoustic Guitar Nylon
35 - Fretless Bass
48 - Strings
73 - Flute

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14 - Tubular Bells
46 - Harp
47 - Timpani
48 - Strings
56 - Trumpet
58 - Tuba
60 - French Horn

0x431BF8

24 - Acoustic Guitar Nylon
46 - Harp
47 - Timpani
48 - Strings
56 - Trumpet
60 - French Horn

0x4339A4

47 - Timpani
56 - Trumpet
58 - Tuba
60 - French Horn
73 - Flute
81 - Sawtooth(Used as a Wave instrument here, but makes noise)

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46 - Harp
47 - Timpani
48 - Strings
56 - Trumpet
58 - Tuba
60 - French Horn

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24 - Acoustic Guitar Nylon
47 - Timpani
60 - French Horn
73 - Flute

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38 - Synth Bass 1
48 - Strings

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01 - Bright Acoustic
14 - Tubular Bells
17 - Percussive Organ
46 - Harp
47 - Timpani
60 - French Horn
90 - Polysynth

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56 - Trumpet
58 - Tuba
60 - French Horn

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14 - Tubular Bells
46 - Harp
47 - Timpani
48 - Strings
58 - Tuba
60 - French Horn

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24 - Acoustic Guitar Nylon
38 - Synth Bass 1
48 - Strings
60 - French Horn
73 - Flute

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14 - Tubular Bells
24 - Acoustic Guitar Nylon
35 - Fretless Bass
45 - Pizzicato Strings
47 - Timpani
60 - French Horn

0x445044

01 - Bright Acoustic
14 - Tubular Bells
47 - Timpani
48 - Strings
56 - Trumpet
60 - French Horn
73 - Flute

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00 - Acoustic Grand
24 - Acoustic Guitar Nylon
46 - Harp
47 - Timpani
48 - Strings
60 - French Horn
73 - Flute

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47 - Timpani
48 - Strings
56 - Trumpet
60 - French Horn

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45 - Pizzicato Strings
46 - Harp
48 - Strings
58 - Tuba
60 - French Horn
73 - Flute

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01 - Bright Acoustic
09 - Glockenspiel
35 - Fretless Bass
45 - Pizzicato Strings
46 - Harp
47 - Timpani
48 - Strings
60 - French Horn
73 - Flute

0x43E618

09 - Glockenspiel
23 - Tango Accordion
35 - Fretless Bass
45 - Pizzicato Strings
46 - Harp

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17 - Percussive Organ
24 - Acoustic Guitar Nylon
35 - Fretless Bass
46 - Harp(Used as noise here)
73 - Flute
82 - Calliope(Used as Wave instrument, but makes sound)

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73 - Flute

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Has no DirectSound instruments.

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00 - Acoustic Grand
06 - Electric Piano 2
45 - Pizzicato Strings
48 - Strings
73 - Flute

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01 - Bright Acoustic
17 - Percussive Organ
35 - Fretless Bass
46 - Harp

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47 - Timpani
48 - Strings
56 - Trumpet
87 - Fifths(Used as a Wave instrument, but makes sound)

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17 - Percussive Organ
35 - Fretless Bass
36 - Slap Bass 1
56 - Trumpet

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09 - Glockenspiel
13 - Xylophone
14 - Tubular Bells
17 - Percussive Organ
21 - Accordian
24 - Acoustic Guitar Nylon
47 - Timpani
48 - Strings
56 - Trumpet
60 - French Horn
73 - Flute

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56 - Trumpet
58 - Tuba
73 - Flute

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00 - Acoustic Grand
45 - Pizzicato Strings
48 - Strings
58 - Tuba

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00 - Acoustic Grand
35 - Fretless Bass
46 - Harp
56 - Trumpet

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01 - Bright Acoustic

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01 - Bright Acoustic
47 - Timpani
48 - Strings
56 - Trumpet
60 - French Horn

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13 - Xylophone
35 - Fretless Bass
47 - Timpani
82 - Calliope(Used as a wave instrument here, but plays sound)

0x448A4C

17 - Percussive Organ
36 - Slap Bass 1
56 - Trumpet
60 - French Horn
73 - Flute

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24 - Acoustic Guitar Nylon
38 - Synth Bass 1

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24 - Acoustic Guitar Nylon
35 - Fretless Bass
45 - Pizzicato Strings

0x435570

17 - Percussive Organ
36 - Slap Bass 1
56 - Trumpet

0x43CE18

01 - Bright Acoustic
35 - Fretless Bass
48 - Strings
73 - Flute

0x44C04C

24 - Acoustic Guitar Nylon
38 - Synth Bass 1

0x434F70

01 - Bright Acoustic
13 - Xylophone
38 - Synth Bass 1

0x4374E4

33 - Electric Bass Fingered
48 - Strings
60 - French Horn

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01 - Bright Acoustic
48 - Strings
58 - Tuba
73 - Flute

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47 - Timpani
58 - Tuba
60 - French Horn

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29 - Overdriven Guitar(Wave instrument but plays sound)
38 - Synth Bass 1
56 - Trumpet

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17 - Percussive Organ
36 - Slap Bass 1
56 - Trumpet

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01 - Bright Acoustic
36 - Slap Bass 1
56 - Trumpet

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29 - Overdriven Guitar(Used as a wave instrument here, but plays

sound)
38 - Synth Bass 1
47 - Timpani
56 - Trumpet
60 - French Horn

And there it goes. It's not complete yet, but it probably will be pretty soon.

 

[Zeikku™]

Nice one Magnius, I figured out some, but it helps a bunch that you've posted the rest.
Oh and I'm the first person to post! :D

 

[Argent Crusader]

Oh! Pretty interesting. I've been waiting for this :D
I still need to try it, but thanks a lot Magnius!

 

[AmineX]

All that is good job no offence but that arrives a little late cause grace to sappy himself you can know all that

 

[destinedjagold]

thankies for making this tutorial. :)
gotta try it out when I'm in the mood of music editing. :P

again, thanks~

 

[Magnius]

Revised the document. Still not a complete list of voicegroups, but it should seem less rushed now.

 

[cubone_master]

Cool dude!
that will help me xD

 

[Joey the Cockroach]

Magnius, thanks for this. i wouldn't have been able to figure this out myself, but this should be what i can use for now. thanks a lot, much appreciated.

 

[cubone_master]

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