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niltwill 22 Apr, 2020 @ 5:28am
Music Mods
Have you ever wanted to listen to some fan music in the game? It took me some trial and error, but I finally managed to replace the music tracks in the game: I replaced the original tracks with fan music available from YouTube.

Zinle's music mod has new BGMs for PW: AA and PW: AA - JFA only, the other two for all three. As a bonus, I also made 3 new ringtones with a Nokia-like feel (since no one seems to have all three covered).

Download the music mods from here:
Gyakuten Saiban Sound BOX - music mod[icedrive.net]
Benlinlin's music mod[drive.google.com]
jattello's music mod[drive.google.com]
JTPaper's music mod[drive.google.com]
Zinle's music mod[drive.google.com]
Nokia ringtones music mod[drive.google.com]

These are self-extracting setups which can make a backup too, so no need to manually replace or fiddle with any files (though the original file restoration is a manual process). I did not test this very much, though they should work just fine. Since the tracks are not exactly as long as the original ones, I had to approximately cut them to fit the original BGMs' loop points, but while they may sound OK in a music player while looping, that may not be the case in the game... Either way, hope this can provide some further entertainment!
Last edited by niltwill; 21 Mar, 2023 @ 7:47am
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niltwill 13 Mar, 2021 @ 2:43pm 
Let me bump this if I may, so that others may also see this for a while... Recently I revamped this from scratch and added JTPaper's music mod (+ my Nokia ringtones). Fixed the loops too (previously I was only experimenting how to do this), now they should match the original BGMs (except some tracks from Zinle that are a bit different).
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niltwill 2 Nov, 2021 @ 6:21am 
Another bump for this. Finally found a method to add the loop points (this previously did not work), so now all these music mods should be usable, at long last (uploaded fixed versions). Might be worth another try for those who tried it before, to check how it fares now.
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niltwill 20 Feb, 2022 @ 2:20am 
Yes, here it is (all three of the objection themes as in the video):
FUSIONROCKER's Objection Themes[drive.google.com]
A lot more is needed for the T&T OST though.
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niltwill 21 Feb, 2022 @ 8:27am 
Originally posted by Lord Nickington:
Why on earth would you replace the game's music? It's perfect already, you can't improve on it
Because why not? If the possibility to do it is there, what does it hurt you? I'd prefer having some imperfections and irregularity in the music over sheer perfection. This is not a competition. It's not about improvement or to "beat the original" in any way, art is simply a form of expression, which then gets evaluated in many ways. What's wrong with having more options or flavors? Don't you ever get bored listening to the same tunes all the time? Then good for you.
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Nintenbro 14 Sep, 2022 @ 9:04pm 
I have no clue if you are at all familiar with Switch modding, but do you know if there's any way to make the JTPaper mod work on Switch? I tried running the .exe and then put the files that it produced in the proper place on my Switch--along with renaming the main folder to the proper name--but it ended up making my music go silent. I really like the work you've done but I don't want to have to buy another copy of the trilogy.
Last edited by Nintenbro; 14 Sep, 2022 @ 9:04pm
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Hirai 16 Sep, 2022 @ 9:22pm 
:v
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Thenimas 19 Sep, 2022 @ 5:37pm 
Is there any kind of resource for modding assets like these? Can you show me how you made these? I'm interested in making my own personal music pack to my liking, I've been trying to figure out how to replace anything on my own accord but anything I've tried doesn't seem to really work.
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niltwill 21 Sep, 2022 @ 2:09pm 
Originally posted by SonicNintendoFan720:
I have no clue if you are at all familiar with Switch modding, but do you know if there's any way to make the JTPaper mod work on Switch? I tried running the .exe and then put the files that it produced in the proper place on my Switch--along with renaming the main folder to the proper name--but it ended up making my music go silent. I really like the work you've done but I don't want to have to buy another copy of the trilogy.

Well, I do not have a Nintendo Switch, so no idea. For testing, [[here's a decrypted bgm008.unity3d]] (link removed, was only shared for temporary testing). It's the song for the courtroom lounge that you can test immediately in the very first case of AA. Try this one only, see if there's any difference?

Originally posted by Thenimas:
Is there any kind of resource for modding assets like these? Can you show me how you made these? I'm interested in making my own personal music pack to my liking, I've been trying to figure out how to replace anything on my own accord but anything I've tried doesn't seem to really work.

The main issue here is that the unity3d files (at least on PC) are encrypted. So first you need to decrypt them, then do the modification, then re-encrypt the files. Here is a tutorial[drive.google.com] I wrote recently, which describes my method (figured this out after some trial and error).
Last edited by niltwill; 2 Oct, 2022 @ 5:54am
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Nintenbro 30 Sep, 2022 @ 9:07pm 
Originally posted by niltwill:
Well, I do not have a Nintendo Switch, so no idea. For testing, here's a decrypted bgm008.unity3d[drive.google.com]. It's the song for the courtroom lounge that you can test immediately in the very first case of AA. Try this one only, see if there's any difference?
Unfortunately, it just made the courtroom lounge music silent :/... It's unfortunate that this format is so annoying to work with
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niltwill 2 Oct, 2022 @ 5:53am 
Originally posted by SonicNintendoFan720:
Unfortunately, it just made the courtroom lounge music silent :/... It's unfortunate that this format is so annoying to work with

So same behavior as before.. Yeah, it's not easy to troubleshoot.

[[Here are some further bgm008.unity3d files for testing]] (temporary link removed). Could you send me the Switch's bgm008.unity3d?
Last edited by niltwill; 3 Oct, 2022 @ 11:15am
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Nintenbro 2 Oct, 2022 @ 11:50am 
Originally posted by niltwill:
So same behavior as before.. Yeah, it's not easy to troubleshoot.

Here are some further bgm008.unity3d files for testing[drive.google.com]. Could you send me the Switch's bgm008.unity3d?

To my surprise, all of the files from the link worked correctly. If you still want it, here[drive.google.com] is the Switch's bgm008.unity3d.
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niltwill 3 Oct, 2022 @ 11:14am 
Originally posted by SonicNintendoFan720:
To my surprise, all of the files from the link worked correctly. If you still want it, here[drive.google.com] is the Switch's bgm008.unity3d.

That's good to hear. I found one character difference here[drive.google.com]. So after a little hex editing, here's JTPaper's Music Mod for the Nintendo Switch[icedrive.net]. Please test and say if it's OK, as I have no idea if that little change really did the trick (for the rest of the BGMs). I will do the other music mods too eventually and edit the first post when done.

Edit: Rather than that, I'll leave this link[github.com] in this post for other Ace Attorney music mods, as it's not related to PC.
Last edited by niltwill; 8 Oct, 2022 @ 2:45am
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Nintenbro 5 Oct, 2022 @ 5:04pm 
Originally posted by niltwill:
So after a little hex editing, here's JTPaper's Music Mod for the Nintendo Switch[icedrive.net]. Please test and say if it's OK, as I have no idea if that little change really did the trick (for the rest of the BGMs). I will do the other music mods too eventually and edit the first post when done.
I tested it for all three games, and it works great. Thank you so much!

EDIT: I did forget to mention a small thing, the folder structure is romfs/Data/StreamingAssets/etc. rather than romfs/StreamingAssets/etc.
Last edited by Nintenbro; 8 Oct, 2022 @ 1:13pm
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Mine18 16 Mar, 2023 @ 12:56am 
May I ask if there's a mod that's just higher quality versions of the originals? Just started AA1 and I'm disappointed with the quality of the music tracks, they sound too "muddy".
Last edited by Mine18; 16 Mar, 2023 @ 11:27pm
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niltwill 16 Mar, 2023 @ 8:41am 
Originally posted by Mine18:
May I ask if there's a mod that's just higher quality versions of the originals? Just AA1 and I'm disappointed with the quality of the music tracks, they sound too "muddy".

Not yet, but it would have made the most sense, after all. I will look into it more, since I also wanted to, but was busy with other things. Only question is, what source material would be the best to use for it? From a different port, could there also be better sounding SFXs? It could be more than just the BGMs... Need to do more research here.

So you tried each music mod and it's always muddy? Overlapping frequencies that clash with each other, and you can't hear all the individual parts? The solution seems to be proper sound selection of instruments and percussion that can separate well (layered in a harmonizing way). I guess you can't expect much from hobbyist or amateur musicians. Changing the tunes and trying to "beef it up" can quickly make it imbalanced and lead to generally bad arrangements that may sound distasteful to listen to.
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