FF8 Audio Monitor

Shows every audio file Final Fantasy VIII plays, live, while you play.

Made for audio modders (it was built for EchoS): see which file to replace.

Features

• Music, sound effects, voices, ambient sounds and movie audio
• Nothing to set up or press: open the app, then start the game
• Finds the game and its FFNx.log by itself, wherever it's installed
• Only the audio lines, one color per type, no back to back repeats
• The list follows the newest line; scroll up to read older ones and it stays put
• Battle voices: every name FFNx tried, on one row, most specific first
• Hide the types you don't need, copy any line
• In-game overlay floats the latest lines over the game (no Alt+Tab)
• Locate FFNx.log opens a saved log to see every file it used
• Starts in dark mode: untick Dark mode for the light look

Works with

• FFNx through the Junction VIII mod manager
• Final Fantasy VIII Remastered and the 2013 Steam version
• Only these were tested, and they're the only ones supported
• A modding tool, not a companion app or a trainer

Download

• Get echos_audio_monitor.zip from the latest release
• Unzip it anywhere and run echos_audio_monitor.exe
• Keep the _internal folder next to the .exe

How to use

1. Open the app
2. Start the game through Junction VIII
3. Play: each sound shows up as it plays

FFNx settings

• Nothing to change in FFNx.toml: the app turns these on inside the running game

trace_music = true
trace_sfx = true
trace_voice = true
trace_ambient = true
trace_movies = true
use_external_music = true
use_external_sfx = true

• They live only in the game's memory and are gone when it closes
• Open the app before the game, so it can switch the last two on in time
• Game started first? The app tells you: start the game again
• With the last two on, a sound with no .ogg file is silent (FFNx has no fallback)
• Running the game as administrator? Run the app as administrator too

Blitzball mini game

• The Blitzball button opens a second window for the Blitzball FF8 mod
• It lists Blitzball's own music, sound effects and crowd as they play
• Nothing to turn on (Blitzball FF8 test 80 and newer)

• Now playing: each sound you hear, by its file name, and when that sound is used
• Its own sound: an optional file you can add for that exact moment
• Sound checklist: every sound Blitzball has a place for
• Heard this game: how many times each sound played
• Red: a sound still missing
• Yellow: an optional exact sound, like tackle_venom.ogg under tackle.ogg
• The general sound plays until the exact one is made
• Open the arrow on a line to see its exact sounds
• Rest the mouse on a line to see where its file is and every name it can have
• Right-click a line to open its folder
• Replaced a file? Unpause the match: it plays from then on (Blitzball FF8 test 90)
• A line says the new file was picked up
• Takes: pass_1.ogg to pass_16.ogg, a different one each time
• Made for Blitzball FF8 test 89 and newer (older logs still open)
• Open a saved log: reads BlitzballFF8\BlitzballFF8.log in the game folder
• BlitzballFF8.prev.log next to it is the game before
• Save this list: writes everything to a text file

Build it yourself

1. Download Source code (zip) from any release
2. Install Python 3 (3.8 or newer)
3. Double-click build_exeonedir.bat (it installs everything it needs)
4. Find the app in dist\echos_audio_monitor

Credits

• Made by AxlRose, with Claude (Anthropic's AI) helping write the code
• Questions and bug reports: Tsunamods Discord