High-Quality Sound Mixing for Mother 3 (Fan Translations)

Original game : Mother 3

Platform : GBA

Author : Summer Dragonfly

Release date : 24 April 2023

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.3.1

Modifications : S

Downloads : 4301

ROM Information

Database match: Mother 3 (Japan)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20210227-023848)
File/ROM SHA-1: 4F0F493E12C2A8C61B2D809AF03F7ABF87A85776
File/ROM CRC32: 42AC9CB9

Hack description

HIGH-QUALITY AUDIO MIXING FOR MOTHER 3 (FAN TRANSLATIONS)

Ever wanted to play MOTHER 3 without so much noise? Love hearing its soundtrack crystal clear on YouTube? Now you can experience the game with much cleaner audio! This hack mixes every individual channel at 16-bit audio before downsampling everything to 8-bit audio as opposed to the default m4a mixer which mixes every channel at 8-bit audio (blame the GBA's DAC!)
- This hack greatly reduces the number of quantization/rounding errors that pop up during the mixing process, making the classic GBA "background hiss" much quieter while making Shogo Sakai's music sound crispier than ever! Results seem even better when played back on actual hardware. Enjoy!!

DISCLAIMER FOR SPEEDRUNNERS:

This patch does modify the RNG used by MOTHER 3 and will most likely give you unexpected results! Because of that, any TAS recordings of MOTHER 3 will be broken by this hack. You have been warned!!

INCLUDED PATCHES
- German, v1.1
- English, v1.3
- French, v1.9
- Italian, v1.1.1
- Dutch, v1.0
- Polish, v1.1
- Brazilian Portuguese, v1.0
- Chinese, v1.0

CREDITS:
- HQ sound mixer ingeniously programmed by ipatix, inspired by "Golden Sun": https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=324673
- Mixer preparation and hacking by Summer Dragonfly (xkas format by Near/byuu: https://wiki.superfamicom.org/xkas)
- Mother 3 decompilation and technical support: Kurausukun and theo3 (https://github.com/Kurausukun/mother3)
- Extra technical support: phoenixbound, Lorenzooone, and Yosuke
- Patcher translations by JumpmanFR and Somewhat Viable
- Special thanks to the Mother 1+2 Fan Translation/Sound Restoration project and the PRET Discord community!

Report any bugs found to https://github.com/MusicTheorist/MOTHER-3-HQ-Sound-Mixing-hack

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
ipatix	Hacking	HQ sound mixer programming
Kurausukun and theo3	Hacking	Decompiling; technical support

Reviews

Have been waiting for something like this!	final.fancy	2024-04-17	Version 1.3.1
This is a really great hack, and definitely the definitive way to play Mother 3. The preview videos don't really do it justice, its really wonderful actually playing this awesome game without the noise. My only critique would be of the description. "Included hacks" makes it sound like the translation is included in this hack. If that's the case I wasn't able to figure that out, and I had to apply the translation separately before I applied this one. Either way, THANK YOU SO MUCH!♥ Phenomenal work!!!

An essental patch.	Auyx	2023-12-20	Version 1.3.1
I adore this patch. Used in concert with my Analogue Pockets HQ sound option the game sounds so much better when payed through my soundbar on TV. It's such a pitty so many games on the GBA suffer from poor audio. Wish something could be done for more games. Bravo A+++

The way Mother 3 was meant to sound	SleepyFist	2022-11-26	Version 1.0
Listening to the improved playback, and the difference is night and day! I highly recommend this, the improved sound clarity is well worth it.

Noticeable improvement!!	cinnamonroll	2022-06-23	Version 1.0
I listened back and forth and the difference was apparent. Less hissing, more crisp sound. Might be too subtle for some, but with headphones it's hard not to hear. This game has an amazing soundtrack, so this hack is very much appreciated!!!

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