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# touhou-midi-collection
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A collection of MIDIs of the TouHou OSTs and some other arrangemrnts.
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Originally was hosted on [Gamebanana](https://gamebanana.com/projects/35179), but I ~~stole~~ downloaded ~~all~~ (I'll upload all of them soon) the MIDIs and \
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reuploaded on here for the easier access.
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## Repo Contents
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In the root directory, every MIDI files are separated into sections to make it easier for a song to search.
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There will be multiple MIDIs for the same track. It may vary in the sounds used or notations.
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### What does each Folder Contain?
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If you are having trouble with finding the game for which you want to download the MIDI, here is a quick \
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guide that will tell what each era means:
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1. **1 - Shooter Games** - Official TouHou series
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2. **2 - Spin-Offs** - Minor mlreleases of TouHou that does not include the main plot
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3. **3 - Fighting Games** - TouHou Fighting games
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4. **4 - Music CDs** - ZUN over time, has released some music discs,these CDs have arrangements as well as \
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exclusive music
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5. **5 - Other-Misc** - Others MIDIs that doesn\'t really fit in the other categories
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6. **6 - Arranges** - Famous Arrangements of TouHou songs
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7. **7 - Fan and Related Games** - The fangames are games made by fans, many of them, without the participation \
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of ZUN, the related games ZUN could be involved in some way
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## How to download?
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If you want to download your desired MIDI file,
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- Navigate to the folder of the track you want to download
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- Click on any one of the MIDI files
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- And then click on view raw.
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In case it goes to a page of text instead of downloading the file,
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- Go back to the previous page
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- Right click on the 'view raw' link (Hold on it if you are using a phone)
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- Click on 'Download link'/'Save As'
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If you want to download the entire repo, (Note: use desktop site mode on mobile browser as it doesn't work \
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on the mobile version of the page.)
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- Go to the main page of this repo (if you aren't already here)
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- Click on the green box with the text "Code"
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- Click on download zip
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If you want to download the repo using command line interface, enter the following command and run:
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```
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$ git clone https://github.com/AyHa1810/touhou-midi-collection.git
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```
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## So, what is MIDI?
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MIDI means "Musical Instrument Digital Interface" and its an electronic musical instrument industry \
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specification that enables a wide variety of digital musical instruments, computers and other related devices \
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to connect and communicate with one another. It is a set of standard commands that allows electronic musical \
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instruments, performance controllers, computers and related devices to communicate. You can say its like an \
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electronic score.
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Very difficult to understand? Imagine this, the roll of paper that gets into a pianola, but electronic, now \
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instead of piano you can use several different instruments, And all that added to a low spec and easily \
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modifiable. That would be a summary of MIDI.
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## How to use it?
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You can play them with any MIDI player/music player that supports playing MIDI files. You should use \
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appropriate SoundFont pack for them to sound correctly.
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Or, you can edit them or use them in any DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) that supports MIDI import (well \
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every DAW supports MIDI Imports, I suppose).
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If you want to go deeper into stuff like this and want the MIDIs to sound clost to the original, you need to \
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know the following info:
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- For MIDIs in TouHou 1 till 5, ZUN used Roland Edirol SC-88 Pro (1996). But since SC-88 Pro is out of \
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production, you might consider using [Edirol Sound Canvas VA](https://www.roland.com/us/products/rc_sound_canvas_va/) VST. It includes soundbanks from SC-55, SC-88, SC-8820 and SC-88 Pro. \
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If available, you can buy it second-handed from sites like Ebay and other sites that sells stuff like these. \
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You can also use SoundFonts for SC-88 Pro.
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- For MIDIs in TouHou 6 till latest ones, ZUN used [Ronald Edirol SD-90](https://www.roland.com/global/products/sd-90/) (2001) among with several VSTs. SD-90 also have \
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been discontinued since then. There is no VST for it, so you may need to rely on alternatives like THfont \
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(this one is not generally recommended). If available, you can buy this one second-handed too. Though you \
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may find similar sounds from it in other SoundCanvas VSTs, for example, the Romantic TP preset from SD-90 \
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(also popularly known as ZUNpet) is available on Roland SRX World VST as GypsyTrumpet in bank PR-A.
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## Contribute
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If you have any MIDI(s) that are not in this repo, or if there are any mistakes in the repo, you can fork \
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this repo, upload your MIDI file(s) or fix any mistakes and then pull request your forked repo. You can also \
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send MIDIs in the Issues tab and I'll add them to the repo.
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The MIDIs should have relevant file name, and they should be on their respective folders. You may credit the \
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arranger in the filename.
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Note that any black MIDIs or MIDIs that are unrelated to TouHou at all are NOT allowed.
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## Issues
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If you have any issues or questions related to this repo, you simply can oen a new issue in the "Issues" tab. \
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You should search for the existing issue/question before opening any new one. Unrelated issues will be closed.
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## Acknowledgement
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Thanks to The Tremolo Measure (admin of the [Gamebana](https://gamebanana.com/projects/35179)) for maintaining the project, and all the contributors \
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for contributing to the project.
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If you want to know more about TouHou, you can visit the official [TouHou Wiki](https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Touhou_Wiki) maintained by TouHou community.
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