Ripping keysounds (AC Beatmania)

[my58vw]

Hello all,

Since I own nearly all the AC Beatmania's (Including 7th mix, and eventually the final), I have been thinking about ripping audio/keysounds for BME/BMS Creation (or to use with existing files). I have full audio access, and can plug in to the sound board on the machine to extract audio. I know people can extract keysounds from games like DJ Troopers - how can I do on my machine?

Thanks as always!

[Ultra Violette]

Easiest way I know of would be to make an image of the hard disk drive, and let BeMedia Ripper (anb maybe Bemani2BMS) have its way with it

[my58vw]

I am going to put this on hold right now --- the ripper does not work with the hdd images... plus the ripper did work on the BG videos I was trying to rip - so I am going to work on those!

[Solefald]

What format are they in on a Beatmania hard drive?

[my58vw]

I am not sure, I decompressed a chd and I was not able to access the iso. I do not have access to a converter to plug in a 2.5 inch hdd right now to rip it to the computer.You can download the compressed hdd's (chd format) for mame from retroroms, then decompress the chds to iso, but I am not sure what to do from there. It is possable that something like demonoid may be able to open them, but I am not sure!

[SaxxonPike]

We will have to work closely to make rips of those drives such as The Final possible. I don't even know what format they are in. But hey, it would at least give me an opportunity to work with the raw images

By the way, when working with CHDs, you need to unpack them to RAW first using CHDMAN I believe. If that doesn't work, I'll have to take an extensive look at the format. At any rate, I just want to get my hands on the image.

[my58vw]

I unpacked beatmania complete mix with CHDMAN and got a raw iso image. I was not sucessful in getting into the image with tools such as winrar, etc, but am working on it. I need to still obtain a final kit, but since all the mixes used a similar format any of the drives should work. You can download the chd files from retroroms under mame right now, also I should be able to do a bit by bit raw copy for the hard discs I have using other tools.

BTW the kits I have listed are the ones I have, of real interest right now are 7th mix and the final, specifically because most players have never played these songs (because a home version was never made).

I will try and get some of these images posted - but be warned they are large!

EDIT - I just got the new ripper - I am going to try and run a few of the unpacked images tomorrow and see the result.

[SaxxonPike]

ISO isn't what you need. You need RAW. ISO pads stuff and adds headers which interrupt BeMedia's methods.