Creating Custom Soundtracks

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Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby JaoSming on Tue Jun 18, 2013 1:00 pm

First Step, Get the Tool
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- NBA 2K Audio Editor



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Useful information

Here is each song, by the ID from the tool
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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)
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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
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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby NIB on Tue Jun 18, 2013 2:43 pm

Thanks Jao and NLSC for the blinding guide in the dark! :D :cheeky:
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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby Mocker on Fri Jun 21, 2013 1:11 am

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 :) ):
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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
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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby RayHoops1 on Sat Jun 22, 2013 5:47 pm

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.
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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby JaoSming on Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:51 pm

its a known issue that will hopefully be fixed soon
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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby RayHoops1 on Sun Jun 23, 2013 4:20 am

Oh ok thx bruh!
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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby mcdee001 on Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:11 am

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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby JaoSming on Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:14 am

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

this is just for putting the songs in, not supporting the tool
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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby Reddwarf33 on Sun Jun 30, 2013 1:58 am

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?
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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby Leftos on Sun Jun 30, 2013 2:17 am

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

Postby Bliss on Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:03 am

Did you already figured out the audio for the commentator? :D
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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby Hypnosis on Sun Aug 04, 2013 4:18 pm

Is there a file that I can edit so that I can change the album artworks? :D
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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby JaoSming on Sun Aug 04, 2013 11:45 pm

alb_cvr_cont_fcb780e2.iff iirc
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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby Hypnosis on Mon Aug 05, 2013 9:53 pm

Thank you, Mr. JaoSming! :)
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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby Moz on Thu Aug 15, 2013 4:50 pm

Any idea how to edit the track names?
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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby JaoSming on Thu Aug 15, 2013 10:48 pm

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

again, that feature in RED MC does cost money though
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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby JRSwish on Sat Oct 05, 2013 12:46 am

Does this work for 2K14?
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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby JaoSming on Sat Oct 05, 2013 12:57 am

yes
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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby M3r$uRy on Wed Oct 09, 2013 5:46 pm

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

Postby JaoSming on Wed Oct 09, 2013 11:08 pm

you need to make sure the songs are only 1-2 seconds shorter than the original songs
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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby M3r$uRy on Thu Oct 10, 2013 12:17 am

JaoSming wrote: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!
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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby JaoSming on Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:10 am

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

Postby M3r$uRy on Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:57 am

oh okay thanks a lot mate :mrgreen:
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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby M3r$uRy on Tue Oct 29, 2013 2:04 am

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.
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Re: Creating Custom Soundtracks

Postby PyxHUN on Sat Jun 16, 2018 11:34 am

Leftos wrote: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 ?
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