ROM Hack Question Layton's Mystery Journey music

HelpTheWretched · Jul 27, 2021

I wondered if this would belong in the Switch - Games & Content forum but, finding the answer might require some hacks.

Does anyone know if Layton's Mystery Journey (Deluxe Edition) for Switch has higher-quality music (sample rate and/or bitrate) than the 3DS or mobile versions? I haven't been able to find a Deluxe Edition music rip or the answer to that question, and I'd like to know if it'd be worthwhile to replace my 3DS-rip soundtrack.

I can check and post the exact specs of the 3DS music if anyone needs them to compare.

Taishiro · Jul 28, 2021

The Switch one is slightly higher quality but almost unnoticeable (48kHz vs 44.1kHz for the mobile version).
Another advantage for the Switch one is that it includes a full version of GIRLS albeit in Japanese

It has been ripped. search "Layton's Mystery Journey DX" on vgm hcs64

HelpTheWretched · Jul 28, 2021

Taishiro said:
It has been ripped. search "Layton's Mystery Journey DX" on vgm hcs64

Ahh, thank you! I searched on hcs64 but didn't know about the vgm subdomain, so I didn't find it before.

There's always a chance it was a higher bitrate encode as well as having a higher KHz. I'll listen closely to the cymbals and snare, which were kind of borked on 3DS.

[Edit]
Yep, there's a very slight improvement over the mobile version, but I wouldn't have noticed if I didn't know what to listen for. At 192kbs It's definitely better than my 3DS rip (130kbs, 32.7KHz).

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