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ROM Hack that adds support for playing CD quality music in Chrono Trigger using MSU-1. I also hope to play the FMV from the PS1 version.

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Chrono Trigger MSU-1
Version 1.1
by DarkShock

This hack adds CD quality audio to Chrono Trigger using the MSU-1 chip invented by byuu.

The hack has been tested on bsnes-plus v073+1, higan 096 and SD2SNES. BSNES 070, 075 is NOT RECOMMENDED, use bsnes-plus v073.

For those playing on SD2SNES, you need to exit to menu using L+R+Select+X shortcut in order to save your game.

Note they are two patches
- chrono_msu1.ips for emulators prior to higan v096 and SD2SNES without resume support
- chrono_msu1_resume.ips for higan v096 and up and SD2SNES with resume support

If you hate the fact that dungeon music restarts at the beginning with no-resume patch, delete chrono_msu1-69.pcm.

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= Installation =
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1. Buy Chrono Symphony album in FLAC format (http://www.thechronosymphony.com/). Extract them all to a folder.
2. Run make_music_pack.bat to create the music_pack
3. Create a copy of your original ROM named chrono_msu1.sfc
3. Patch the ROM using Lunar IPS or Floating IPS (http://www.smwcentral.net/?p=viewthread&t=78938)

Please support the original author of the album. I known some sites will host the complete music pack in PCM format, I do not endorse them at all.

Original ROM specs:
CHRONO TRIGGER
U.S.A.
4194304 Bytes (32.0000 Mb)
Interleaved/Swapped: No
Backup unit/emulator header: No
Version: 1.0
Checksum: Ok, 0x788c (calculated) == 0x788c (internal)
Inverse checksum: Ok, 0x8773 (calculated) == 0x8773 (internal)
Checksum (CRC32): 0x2d206bf7

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= Using higan =
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3. Launch it using higan
4. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Emulation\Super Famicom\chrono_msu1.sfc in Windows Explorer.
5. Rename program.rom to chrono_msu1.sfc
6. Copy manifest.bml and the .pcm file there
7. Launch the game

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= Using on SD2SNES =
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Drop the ROM file, chrono_msu1.msu and the .pcm files in any folder. (I really suggest creating a folder)
Launch the game and voilà, enjoy !

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= Credits =
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* DarkShock - ASM hacking & coding, music editing
* Blake Robinson - Music reorchestration

Special Thanks:
* Geiger - Chrono Trigger documentation
* zarradeth - Chrono Trigger music engine documentation

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= Compiling =
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Source is availabe on GitHub: https://github.com/mlarouche/ChronoTrigger-MSU1

To compile the hack you need

* bass v14 (https://web.archive.org/web/20140710190910/http://byuu.org/files/bass_v14.tar.xz)
* flac (https://xiph.org/flac/download.html)
* sox (http://sox.sourceforge.net/)
* wav2msu (https://github.com/mlarouche/wav2msu)

To distribute the hack you need

* uCON64 (http://ucon64.sourceforge.net/)
* 7-Zip (http://www.7-zip.org/)

create_pcm.bat create the .pcm from the WAV files
decode_flac.bat decode the FLAC from the Chrono Symphony album
edit_audio.bat edit the audio using SoX
distribute.bat distribute the patch
make_music_pack.bat calls required bats for creating the music pack.
make.bat assemble the patch
make_all.bat does everything

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