Creating Custom Soundtracks

[JaoSming]

First Step, Get the Tool
viewtopic.php?f=149&t=91782
- NBA 2K Audio Editor



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG2DkEwE8sY

phpBB [video]

Useful information

Here is each song, by the ID from the tool

Code: Select all

0   Kanye West   -   Mercy (Feat. Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz)
1   The Hours   -   Ali in the Jungle
2   Too $hort   -   Blow the Whistle
3   Eric B. & Rakim   -   I Ain't No Joke
4   Phoenix   -   1901
5   Jay Z   -   Pump It Up (Freestyle)
6   Puff Daddy & The Family   -   Victory (Feat. The Notorious B.I.G. And Busta Rhymes)
7   Daft Punk   -   Around the World (Radio Edit)
8   U2   -   Elevation
9   Santigold   -   Shove It (Feat. Spank Rock)
10   Kanye West   -   Amazing (Feat. Young Jeezy)
11   Jay Z   -   Run This Town (Feat. Rihanna and Kanye West)
12   Dirty Projectors   -   Stillness is the Move
13   Nas   -   The World is Yours
14   Coldplay   -   Viva La Vida
15   Roy Ayers   -   We Line in Brooklyn, Baby
16   Justice   -   Stress
17   Jay Z   -   The Bounce
18   Kanye West   -   We Major (Feat. Nas & Really Doe)
19   Mobb Deep   -   Shook Ones, PT. II
20   Meek Mill   -   IMA Boss (Feat. Rick Ross) [Instrumental]
21   Jay Z   -   On to the Next One (Feat. Swizz Beatz)
22   Jay Z & Kanye West   -   H.A.M. [Instrumental]
23   Jay Z   -   Public Service Announcement (Interlude)


Maximum song lengths (try and pick songs a few seconds shorter than these to be safe)

Code: Select all

3:36
4:36
2:36
3:54
3:12
2:00
4:36
4:00
3:36
2:40
3:30
4:24
5:18
4:42
4:00
3:42
5:00
4:06
6:24
4:42
4:12
4:18
5:06
1:54


[NIB]

Thanks Jao and NLSC for the blinding guide in the dark!

[Mocker]

Thanks! Your guide helped alot, as I am not into any sorts of editing at all. At last we can get rid of this boring Jay-Z-oriented playlist. Also, MediaMonkey was very useful, scanned my music library pretty fast (~30000 songs according to it), so then I could sort all songs by duration.
My current list (totally not NBA-related, just the stuff that somehow fits the fast and energetic nature of the game + Welcome to the Jungle ):

Code: Select all

0. Kuedo - Scissors
1. Guns'N'Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
2. Sam & Dave - Hold on I'm Coming
3. The Knife - Heartbeats
4. Nosaj Thing - Light #2
5. College - Express for Acelia
6. Wax Tailor - Where my Heart's at (feat. The Others)
7. Daft Punk - Human after all (Guy-Man After All Justice remix)
8. Audio Bullys - Shot You Down
9. Four Tops - Standing in the Shadows of Love
10. 80kidz - Miss Mars
11. The Black Keys - Strange Desire
12. Miike Snow - In Search of
13. DamianMarley - In 2 Deep
14. Pixelord - Vulvatron (SRC remix)
15. Bill Conty - Take You Back
16. Kavinsky - Testarossa (SebastiAn remix)
17. Pepe Deluxe - A Night and a Day
18. Paul Simpson - Musical Freedom
19. Blue Oyster Cult - Subhuman
20. Gorillaz - Rock the House
21. Red Snapper - I Stole Your Car
22. High Tone - Boogie Dub Production
23. Blackbird Blackbird - Happy High

[RayHoops1]

Jao im using this on 2k12, it works perfectly but for some reason after it play one song, the next one doesn't play. It's just silent.

[JaoSming]

its a known issue that will hopefully be fixed soon

[RayHoops1]

Oh ok thx bruh!

[mcdee001]

Please Help me to fix this
http://prntscr.com/1c8ktj
http://prntscr.com/1c8kvf

[JaoSming]

post the txt contents in the releases forum thread for the tool,

this is just for putting the songs in, not supporting the tool

[Reddwarf33]

Hi Jao - I've created an 80's and 70's soundtrack to use with my retro mods in 2k12 and am enjoying listening to Hall and Oats, Kiss and Joan Jett when the menus are up, but once the game starts, when the players walk in in their civies, the game reverts to the in-game music despite the fact that I have changed 25 of the 26 tracks in the Jukebox.

Is this what always happens or is there a different file I should also be editing to get my retro music right thru the game?

[Leftos]

Reddwarf33, eventmusic.bin is the file you want to edit for the music once you leave the menus and go into a game.

[Bliss]

Did you already figured out the audio for the commentator?

[Hypnosis]

Is there a file that I can edit so that I can change the album artworks?

[JaoSming]

alb_cvr_cont_fcb780e2.iff iirc

[Hypnosis]

Thank you, Mr. JaoSming!

[Moz]

Any idea how to edit the track names?

[JaoSming]

watch the video tutorial past and around the 5:00 mark

again, that feature in RED MC does cost money though

[JRSwish]

Does this work for 2K14?

[JaoSming]

yes

[M3r$uRy]

I've made a custom soundtrack and after certain songs, the music just stops and never gets to the next song! Anyone knows why?

[JaoSming]

you need to make sure the songs are only 1-2 seconds shorter than the original songs

[M3r$uRy]

you need to make sure the songs are only 1-2 seconds shorter than the original songs

I thought that was the case but the next song never plays! Let's say I have a song 20 sec shorter than the original. The next song won't play even if the 20 sec pass!

[JaoSming]

you need to extend that song up to 1-2 seconds shorter, check the tool's thread, first post by leftos, he covers it

[M3r$uRy]

oh okay thanks a lot mate

[M3r$uRy]

After some messing around I found out that a new song cannot be more than 19sec shorter than the original or the music will stop playing aferwards.

I have also managed to include songs up to 17sec shorter than the original. I haven't had a chance to test what happens with a 18 or 19sec difference, though.

[PyxHUN]

Reddwarf33, eventmusic.bin is the file you want to edit for the music once you leave the menus and go into a game.

I tried to change music in eventmusic.bin, but after replacing if i play the song i can only hear a short beep and thats all. The duration is ok, so what can be the problem ?