: Use this to rip the original music from the game if you only have a ROM. It extracts the SSEQ files which are the true source for the MIDI data.
The video game music preservation community has largely moved on from 2sf/mini2sf . The modern standard for Nintendo DS music on PC is . As one developer explains, "we use NCSF now" because it offers faster performance and resolves inaccuracies present in the 2SF players. When using VGMTrans, you are working with the underlying SDAT data, which remains compatible with modern standards. mini2sf to midi
The conversion is not a simple "save as" operation. It requires reverse-engineering the DS sound driver. : Use this to rip the original music
To understand how to get a MIDI out of a .mini2sf file, it helps to understand how the Nintendo DS handles audio. The modern standard for Nintendo DS music on PC is
Drag and drop your .mini2sf file (ensuring the .2sflib is in the same directory) into the application window.
As of 2025, dedicated Mini2SF-to-MIDI converters are rare. Most users resort to: