Deprecated: mysql_connect(): The mysql extension is deprecated and will be removed in the future: use mysqli or PDO instead in /storage/content/49/145849/famitracker.com/public_html/forum/classes/dbHandler.php on line 29
FamiTracker
When the tempo is 900 BPM, the duration of each row is exactly 1 frame, which is approximately 1 รท 60.002400096003 second in NTSC default; any tempo greater than 900 will cause FamiTracker to skip certain rows if a higher custom engine speed is not set.
1530 BPM works best when the engine speed is a multiple of 102Hz. However, as everyone knows, there is no soundtrack which really uses a custom speed. (I have heard people saying that hardware sweeps always go at 120Hz, though) A song using a custom engine speed is likely to screw everything anyway.
The point of using 900 BPM is to remove all volumetric and pitch instrumentations (and waveform in certain channels) so that people will not get mad just because a Game Over fanfare uses more than 16 instruments. It lags your computer most of the time, but should be able to be overcome by increasing the buffer time (something like that) and disabling the Follow-mode.
[quote=nicetas_c]The point of using 900 BPM is to remove all volumetric and pitch instrumentations (and waveform in certain channels) so that people will not get mad just because a Game Over fanfare uses more than 16 instruments.[/quote]
Huh?
If I instrumentate a volume E version and a volume D version of instrument 09, as well as instrumentate an S02 version of instrument 04 (which I should), or simply instrumentate all Sxx variations, then it has to exceed 16.
I know this isn't documented anywhere but 900BPM is the max speed and famitracker will not skip rows if you try to use a faster speed (which means the BPM value is inaccurate for BPMs over 900). It could easily be added, but you already have full control at 900BPM so it would only waste CPU time and increase complexity.
You will find that it the attached module. Sometimes nothing is played, i.e. the note is skipped; Sometimes the note will last forever, i.e. the note cut is skipped.
Then I test it in 102Hz, and indeed everything plays well.
) 