the cutting room mirror

Dream Audition (PlayStation 2)

Microphones for karaoke? Who even needs those when you can just use the controller buttons?

Build Date#

At offset 0x2A93A0 in the ELF executable is a build date:

Core built at May  5 2000 19:11:20

(Source: tikal.)

Debug Menu#

To do:
codes to change moveMode and Look

Upon enabling the following code, trying to access the options screen in the main menu instead redirects to a debug screen:

Main Menu "Option" = Debug SND Test Info
2023B518 0012FDD8

Pressing Up and Down on Controller 2 scrolls through the options, while pressing Select on Controller 1 hides the menu.

(Source: tikal, punk7890)

Sound Test#

The known sound test functions are listed below, all of which use Controller 2:

Name

Function

Controls

REST TIME

Unknown.

N/A

SE

A sound effect player.

Left/Right - Changes the SE
Circle - Play

SndSEQ

A music player.

Left/Right - Changes the song
L1/R1 - Changes the pitch
Circle - Play
X - Stop
Square - Reload
L2 - Changes the Trk value in SE VOL between 0 and 1

PATTERN

A pattern player.

Left/Right - Changes the set
L1/R1 - Changes the pattern
Circle - Play without interruption
X - Stop
Square - Reload
L2 - Pause

TICK

Related to the song's speed.

L1/R1 - Changes the ATempo value in increments of 1
L2/R2 - Changes the RTempo value in increments of 0.01
Circle - Play
X - Stop

PCM

Another music player.

Left/Right - Changes the song
R1/Circle - Play
X - Stop
Square - Reload

VOL PCM/VOL MIC

A volume changer for the PCM function.

L1/R1 - Changes the VOL PCM value in increments of 0x0080
L2/R2 - Changes the VOL MIC value in increments of 0x0080

SE VOL/SEQ VOL

A volume changer for the SE and SndSEQ functions.

Left/Right - Changes the Trk ID
L1/R1 - Changes the SE VOL in increments of 0.02
L2/R2 - Changes the SEQ VOL in increments of 0.02
Triangle/Square - Changes the Trk value in increments of 0.02

EFCT CORE

Unknown.

Left/Right- Changes the ID
Triangle/Square - Changes the type value
L1/R1 - Changes the depth value

Camera Functions#

While strings for camera and scenario functions are also displayed on-screen, they cannot be changed outside of other cheat codes:

Stage ID Changer
203CD3E8 000000??

viewMode Changer
00382C10 000000??
00 - RANDOM
01 - AROUND
02 - SINCURVE
03 - TBL
04 - DEMO
05 - DEBUG

The debug camera functions all apply to Controller 1:

  • Up/Down - Move forward/backwards
  • Left/Right - Move left/right
  • Square/Circle - Skew left/right
  • Triangle/X - Skew up/down
  • L1/L2 - Move up/down
  • R1/R2 - Zoom in/out