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Posted February 24, 2012
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voodoodrul: Hopefully the GOG team will revise the release and make General MIDI the default.
We updated the build. Any downloads after Tuesday should have MIDI as default setting.
Posted February 25, 2012
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voodoodrul: Hopefully the GOG team will revise the release and make General MIDI the default.
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Thiev: We updated the build. Any downloads after Tuesday should have MIDI as default setting.
Talk about awesome service and support. Go GOG Go!
Posted April 11, 2012
the new upload did NOT work for me.
only the steps written by sndwv did it!

sndwv:
EDIT: What I did in the end was delete scummvm.ini and then start the game. The ScummVM GUI will come up and you can reconfigure the game from scratch: click 'add game...', point to the The 7th Guest folder (probably 'go up' one level from the scummvm folder). Then, in the 'audio' tab check 'overríde global audio settings' and select the desired music device. You will probaly also want to check the 'full screen mode' checkbox under 'graphics' options. Click 'ok' and you should be set!

Great! Thanks.
Posted May 12, 2015
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Lafazar: ScummVM seems to default to AdLib emulation. Since the music in this game was made with General Midi in mind, the Music quality can be greatly improved by editing the "ScummVM.ini" file in the installation directory. Add he following line in the "[t7g]" setion of the file below the "platform=pc" line.

music_driver=windows_Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth

Edit: You will know that it works correctly if the game starts with a special loading screen showing a running clock beneath Stauf's portrait and the words "Please wait while General midi drivers are loaded" (see attached picture).
I tried following your direction and I just couldn't find the ScummVM.ini file you mention. I did notice however that when I start my GoG copy, it goes to that loading screen about the General Midi drivers automatically. Has there been an update that does it automatically since you posted this? Also, is there somewhere I can find a comparison between the two versions of the music? I kinda like seeing differences between these sort of things. I find it interesting for some reason.

Edit: Never mind! Just saw a reply that says it was updated.
Post edited May 15, 2015 by Catmancer
Posted December 27, 2015
Just to add:

This doesn't work for the Mac OS version as well. Trilobyte released a new version including emulation, so that ScummVM is not necessary anymore. Therefore, you will always get the best audio quality.

Even more so, in the Mac OS version the audio files are "pre-rendered" m4a files (see screenshot).
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Posted January 09, 2016
...aaaand a follow up for the Mac version :D

Unfortunately, there has been a problem with the can puzzle and GOG temporarily switched back to the ScummVM emulation version until there is a fixed native Mac version available. Until then this "music fix" applies again, at least for the Mac version ;)
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