How-To: RIP Samples from MAME ROMS

In this video I show you how to RIP or extract sounds and music from MAME ROMS. The two programs you need that are mentioned in the video can be found at the links below
Get "M1" "M1XML" and "M1 Bridge" all on this page:
www.e2j.net/dow...
Get MAME ROMS:
www.rom-world.c...
Also be sure to check out my website for free music!
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[@RussDnB]

It may be a few years old, but this video just helped me a lot!

[@SparcMan]

This is great. Thanks for making this tutorial! I have the entire Mame library as of Mame version .110, I think. I kind of stopped trying to keep up after that though. This will be fun to play around with.

[@KidAwesomeTwo]

Liked the outro "Love ya to bits". Lol. Thanks for sharing the process "Big B". I always wondered how that was done. I hope that you and your family have a great 2014.

[@Iceferno]

Is there a way to isolate channels of individual instruments?

[@MrJenkins2612]

Everybody needs to know this now this is very good info if your doing this Import raw data at 8Khz do not speed correct, you are not setting sample rate for quality, that is for speed, if you want project sample rate to be 44.1khz, when audio is open in audacity, go to project sample rate at the bottom right corner, change to 44.1khz, mix and render it on the track setting, then click on your track on the arrow and change bit rate to 16 bit Save it as u want Ive seen multiple people say to speed correct, as an audio engineer, thats stupid and your fixing the problem incorrectly, most of these games are japanese with a completely different hz setting than ours, remember that

[@Nightshft42]

Thanks a lot for this! Tip: If you cant playback use "audit" to read the roms (I know you said it in the video but nevertheless). Works really fine. Love the Super Wonderboy Monsterland Soundtrack.

[@Loader2K1]

Because of you and this video, I now have some new video game music on my MP3 player. Thanks a bunch!

[@OuterConnection]

Fantastic.Thank you bro!

[@rightbryce]

I cannot thank you enough for this!!

[@bitburner]

+rightbryce No problem ;)

[@8-bitOctopus]

Thank you! This is exactly what I needed for my content

[@Agahnim7]

is it work with windows 10 or 11?

[@ct3000]

so I pointed to the my roms directory scanned and it did detect roms but the when I click to load them it it justs says "error roms missing (name of rom)" which is bs because it showed up in the first place and was not x out also I know the roms work in mame I'm probably doing something stupid but I need so help.

[@ct3000]

I don't get it, The roms there it works and m1 clearly sees it as its not marked with an x but every rom i get. "M1 core returned and error ROM load failure: H:\Mame oms\lastblad.zip ROMs are missing: lastblad.zip"

[@egmusic1925]

Is it possible to isolate certain channels? i need to rip instruments

[@WillisJaxon]

Thanks for the tutorial, Gyruss OST here we come...

[@NeopiaCentral]

it only show the music and themes where is suppose to be the soundclips?

[@caffeinated-pixels]

Thanks, this was really useful! Now I can listen to Outrun without actually playing it :)

[@javaly78]

For Super Contra, and possibly other games, by default is the mixing off on some of the songs compared to when you hear it during gameplay?

[@metroidfannumber1234]

i'm trying to get jurassic park to work. it doesn't show up. on either mame or m1 bridge. i know mame works because i can play ninja baseball batman on it any time i want. i just cant get jpark or NBB to work on m1bridge.

[@Stenocardic]

Hello! the M1.xml file is not available for download. And I can't find it anywhere now. Can you share this file somewhere please?

[@kickheavy8982]

yep i'm trying to find it now and it's not working. a page comes up that says downloading shortly and it never downloads

[@JackTheGamer3]

There a more up to date bridge M1?

[@stephenbereznicki7506]

Hello, I have a sf2.zip file (Street Fighter 2), but it seems that BridgeM1 won't read it when I try to load it, it keeps saying; "ROM load Failure: sf2.zip" "ROMs are missing: sf2.zip" I'm sure I have it, but maybe there is some other folder it must be in?

[@bitburner]

Being a capcom game I think there is a capcom bios you're missing. You can find mame bios packs pretty easy. Google "mame bios pack"...find a bunch and throw them in the roms folder just like roms. Should fix it.

[@LiverpoolVasco]

Working Fine Several Versions Of SF2

[@ZEBASS]

Thanks so much for the tutorial! I will try these at home :)

[@woshee_real]

i thank you! now i have my own personal custom hitsound and killsound for fps games.

[@BetterJS]

Seems to only work with the listed games. The ones I'm looking at aren't listed... bummer...

[@stickychannel92]

The procedure entry point m1snd_run could not be located in the dynamic link library. C:\Users\\Downloads\BridgeM1_060a7\bridgem1.exe Please help me. I'm desperately in need for this app.

[@noyz-anything]

the xml redirect is broken. please reupload & send

[@Nanoforge1]

The App works for me with one exception. The list of songs doesn't show up after I load the particular rom I want to listen to. Any suggestions.

[@germangerman3398]

Gracias from Agrentina!

[@GamingMarine]

The problem with doing this is that it only recognizes _synthesized_ sounds, and not _digital_ sounds. I found this out the hard way, when I was trying to rip sounds from NARC.

[@bobwa399]

It played all but Phoenix (1980) sounds. Have you tried to play Phoenix?

[@CAMTunes05]

COOL I AM GONNA TRY THAT TOMORROW. THX.

[@azazellon]

Hey, it could just be something on my end but it looks like I can't download M1.xml, is the download broken?

[@tjams3]

Having the same issue, seems to not be working currently.

[@azazellon]

@@tjams3 hey, just here to let you know, I poked around a bit in inspect element and found the download link, if you still need it, here mameload.mameworld.info/m1xml20160629.zip

[@manganoid7426]

Awesome, thank you so much for this :)

[@celsofilho8739]

Thanks! But the link XML is broken.

[@alejandroaguilar9038]

Dou you know how to convert wav file to ROM ?

[@BlockABoots]

Any ideas why im not getting a tracks showing up in the Track list window?

[@bitburner]

make sure you have the latest m1.xml from Tafoid (he keeps it updated with mame) and also make sure you have the List Pack...its the actual song list for the bridge UI. Its prob what you're missing. its on the M1 Bridge page

[@Wallcrawler]

So I downloaded the program and it's very smooth, all with the exception of I can't find the "wave" folder that has my recordings. Do you have to create a wave folder or does the M1 program generate one for you? At this point I wonder if my recording even registered I can't find them on anywhere on my hard drive.

[@bitburner]

They just dump into the root of your mame folder unfortunately. I move them afterwards and make sub folders for each game by hand.

[@Wallcrawler]

Last time I tried it nothing appeared in my Mame folder. I'll try again and get back to you.

[@rightbryce]

+Wallcrawler Did you get the WAV to dump? I'm having the same problem... my MAME rips with Bridge don't show up anywhere...

[@rightbryce]

+bitburner I'm having the same problem... my wavs aren't getting exported anywhere... not in the root, not in the roms folder. :(

[@LiverpoolVasco]

@@rightbryce Create waves folder yourself that the fix works

[@IdeaBeatz]

great video! Thanks a lot. Question. Is there a way to rip the actual instruments too? Just tried Mortal Kombat But only getting the soundtrack. thanks

[@bitburner]

DjIdea This program doesn't do that but there is one that does. In my daw I use a VST called VOPM Its a FM Synth and is what some arcade games use to produce music (if it uses a Yamaha YM2151 chip). People extract the FM patches. You may have to search for good arcade patches but you can find huge sets. Here is one for a ton of Sega Games truechiptilldeath.com/blog/2010/05/04/opm-patches-out-of-most-genesis-games/ and some arcade ones kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3y0daONj7x8erc

[@IdeaBeatz]

Im on Logic Pro X. I found the VOPM vst for mac but cannot run it through logic with out the component file. are you on PC or Mac? Thanks for your help.

[@bitburner]

DjIdea Abelton Live PC. There may be another OPM that will work with mac. Its worth a look ;)

[@supernaut72]

Thank you. Do you know how to ask for a game ROM to be decoded and added to the list?

[@KimSamaVideos]

Hello, I want to record OST from Time Crisis, but it only goes up to 255, and all tracks are from 270-298, and I can only get some of the tracks, how do I fix that?

[@bitburner]

Smarty Official If you use the command line only part (Not the gui) you can go into any block of any rom. So how the gui one works is there is a XML file that someone listed the known blocks etc and it acts as a pointer and lists in the gui etc. Not all roms are there so the command line is basically just stepping through each byte of a rom you choose. Once you map it all out you can submit to the list if you want to make it easier for others in the future.

[@KimSamaVideos]

***** Nerver mind, I got it working on BridgeM1, I just edit the m1.xml file

[@braunbroadnax2151]

it doesn't play the voices on mine. I need some diesounds. Is mine broken?

[@c-sama6743]

I wish i could get the sfx from violent storm but it wont work for me

[@Silverlining-gm8fd]

Now I wonder if they have figured out how to do it with CPS3 boards and Street Fighter III 3rd Strike it's one in my wish-list

[@Silverlining-gm8fd]

Oh I meant to have the tracks separated by channels ;)

[@judanetwork]

hi why the Capcom games don't work?

[@DixieChix]

Does this work with MIDIs, though? I have been trying to rip MIDI files from Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (which, btw, is a arcade game) with VGMTrans, but I cant really seem to find anything, nor anything for X-Men: Children of the Atom. I dunno if its because that Cadillacs and Dinosaurs uses the CPS1 chip (which, IIRC, is based around FM synth, and those are unrippable on VGMTrans AFAIK) or if VGMTrans isnt the program for this, but still.

[@archillesprime]

im looking to get the music from Xenophobe. Apparently it isnt listed in the files. I also tried loading the files into Audacity and slowing them down. I found sound effects, but not the music. Anyone have other tips, etc? thanks!

[@Animemaster2234531351341413341]

How i can put the rom files in the sample extractor?help me!!

[@Alianger]

Any finished sample packs out there? Looking for the Super Street Fighter 2 samples.

[@LiverpoolVasco]

There All On There All Street Fighters Working Flawless

[@ginabobina101]

Do you know of any tutorials that explain how to rip sprites themselves?

[@bitburner]

MAME actually has a palette/tile viewer built in and then you just screenshot what you want. F4 then hit "enter" bam you're browsing the tiles. use arrow keys and page up page down to find what you want...then use Alt+PrtScreen to take a screenshot of it. Hope this helps.

[@ginabobina101]

Thanks for!your reply! I tried doing that, but what shows up is very odd looking. The sprites are miscolored and they just seem strange.

[@bitburner]

ginabobina101 lookup the key commands for MAME specifically under the F4 section. There is a way to cycle through the color palette I think the keys are [ and ] to cycle but double check because there are more options. Also if you have the video up from anything but default resolution or if you have anti aliasing on it's going look whack!

[@ginabobina101]

***** I messed around and changed the color pallet and finally found working ones! It's crazy because each character has a different color that is the correct one, so I have to keep changing it. Also, it looks like I'm going to have to put them together like puzzle pieces or something. This should be fun hahaha. Thank you SO, so much for your help!

[@milosvlatkovic116]

Thanx, it works! :) Thanks a lot!

[@alexkubrat3868]

The link doesn't work, gives me 403 error.

[@623-x7b]

Can you extract the individual instruments?

[@jeremiahcayden9125]

A tip : watch movies at instaflixxer. Me and my gf have been using it for watching loads of movies lately.

[@mylesfrancisco814]

@Jeremiah Cayden definitely, been watching on instaflixxer for since december myself =)

[@malcolmalexis1471]

@Jeremiah Cayden Yea, been watching on instaflixxer for years myself :)

How would you go about transforming the samples into something different?

[@MalkuthX]

Ransu The Young Mgtow you could for instance: chop the sample up into smaller bits, change the pitch, play in reverse, add effects, etc so that it’s the original sample not recognizable

[@fishguylmfao]

the xml file doesent work anymore

[@JackTheGamer3]

Thanks! Now how do I make these become vgm files? :)

[@MilknPopcorn]

I noticed in your 'waves' folder that you have NARC sounds. Could you upload/send them to me somehow? I really want to use some of the voices as samples ("We got it", "I give up!", etc.), and I haven't been able to obtain them using your method.

[@LiverpoolVasco]

Tested Loads 99% Working Perfect Flawless Lots Of Z80 Based Hardware The Mixer Feature Very Nice Turn Off Certain Channels "Capcom Commando" For Example Also The Informations Great Commando - Capcom Game Music Alfa Records - Recorded 28XA-94 AUG 26 1984 - Capcom Game Music Legend Series SME/Scriton SCDC-00193 JUNE 19 2002 - Composer Tamayo Kawamoto

[@TeenGohanOP]

this isnt working 100% for me, at least the XML Folder part it wont download

[@voids49]

do you know how to extract images and videos from arcade games?

[@dmr5095]

for ubuntu?

[@--mb--]

Where is the actual BridgeM1.exe? I can't find it anywhere in the zip files you linked.

[@--mb--]

::: Morsh Borsh ::: Never mind, I found it. You have to actually click the green download button on the E2J page. I'm fucking stupid, lol.

[@bitburner]

::: Morsh Borsh ::: Yeah its weird to be honest. Those green buttons look like those ones that are fake and are ads/spyware so actually my brain doesn't see them as real download buttons either. It see's the dll text link as the download. You're not alone. It took me a second to realise it also. The author should have kept the formatting they started IMHO.

[@--mb--]

***** That's the same exact reason I didn't click on it in the first place. Sneaky companies, eh?

[@LiverpoolVasco]

Not Needed

[@ElfedBreizh]

Great tool ! Thanks ;)

[@TheCrackingBones]

Is there a Mac version of the two files anywhere? This is just feeling like a huge nightmare and I need answers quickly as possible.

[@bitburner]

+Where's Derp Scout? Yes, www.bannister.org/software/m1.htm hopefull this link works and doesnt get stripped out

[@bitburner]

+Where's Derp Scout? Just in case you can't see that link...who know with YT these days... You can do a google search for "Richard Bannister M1" He's the guy who did the macosx port ;) Cheers

[@georgeissue2152]

It did not work for any MAME version I have. He recognizes the roms but gives error when playing audio. What version of mame you using? Can you pass me?

[@JackTheGamer3]

I'm using mame 0.229 and it works perfectly fine for me! XD (Except For later neo geo games apparently)

[@JAYCEEDOUBLE]

Chockingly the samples of DOA1 worked on this despite it being uncompatible with MAME.

[@Moonboy65]

i want to rip mazinger z, but M1 bridge wont recognize the folder, help!!!

[@bitburner]

You can use the command line M1 and specify a specific rom zip even if it's not in m1bridge.

[@Moonboy65]

***** actually nvm, i already managed to open Mazinger Z on bridge :P

[@bitburner]

Moonboy65 Awesome! Sorry it took so long to respond.

[@Moonboy65]

***** thats ok lol

[@TCgamerboy2002]

The link to M1 Bridge is broken. T_T

[@bitburner]

+TCgamerboy2002 Hmm weird works for me...

[@LiverpoolVasco]

www.e2j.net/downloads.html

[@blacarcangel123]

esto si que es algo nuevo gracias amigo muy buen tutorial me as ayudado mucho me suscribo

[@rafaelsamyaza]

Hi man? How are you? How do I rip backgrounds and sprites using MAME? Please, thank you if you explain this to me!

[@Renanbrj]

the program just give some error message and don't load nothing

[@bitburner]

renan brj you have M1 in the same directory as MAME???

[@Renanbrj]

i think i followed everything right, this is the 2nd tutorial that i watched, and looks easy, but i can't make it work

[@bitburner]

renan brj might try older version of MAME. make sure you are using MAME cli real app and not a GUI one or a remake. try older versions. M1 is command line where the bridge is a GUI overr that. see if you can get cli working first maybe?

[@Renanbrj]

Are you using what version of MAME?

[@troyar]

brutal.... thanks

[@thatbrotherclawz6590]

didn't know joe rogan did tutorials on MAME stuff

[@arv584]

there isn't the "sheriff" arcade game rom!

[@KimSamaVideos]

Do you know how to rip textures from mame roms?

[@futurepaver2039]

it dosent work for me OS: Windows 10 64bit

[@LMR__1]

Doesn't seem like this software recognizes the only game i wanted to rip audio from, oh well, good tutorial nonetheless.

[@NARbluebear]

M1: Error establishing a database connection

[@bitburner]

I should take that dead link down. Now the M1 is available on the same page as M1 Bridge. You can get all 3 files there M1, M1 Bridge and M1xml

[@JR-tl8tg]

Epic !!! you rock man thanks