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I am looking for a way (or prefferably 'the' way) to merge a couple of songs into 1 NSF. It would be ideal if I could do this with famitracker modules so I could output to a multiple song NSF. Is this 'somehow' possible?
there's no useful info in the wip thread. is this instrument mask feature which was in the beta? how do I use it? Can I import/export songdata? and make a multi-nsf with shared instruments? cant figure it out.
also. can I swap songs inside .ftm module ? or delete a song?
and how do I skip to the next song? I've got my songs on a cartridge and I want them to play in order. I've put Cxx at the end of columns but the song just stops playing, and doesn't jump to the next subtune.
The newest version of Famitracker STILL supports making multi-track NSFs.
Go to the "Module" menu. Select "Module Properties". Select the amount of songs you want your NSF to contain by dragging the slider.
OK, now you are working on the first track of your NSF. To change, right above the Triangle section there is a little menu titled "Songs". Using this menu is how you navigate between all your songs.
(All of the tracks share the same instruments. It is going to take a lot of tedious work to transfer a completed track into a subtune of another NSF...copy, paste, etc.)
but I am unable to manage songs in any way. I need to rewrite them to change order etc., and this is no fun. I can't even listen to all of the songs in a module when I put them on a cartridge, the first song plays till the end and then stops (or loops)
I agree it should be possible to reorder the songs within a multi-song famitracker project. I don't know why that's not possible, but it shouldn't be too difficult to fix for jsr, I don't think... I've already requested the feature to merge several ftm projects into a single one, and jsr said he's been thinking of adding that feature but was trying to find and "elegant" way of doing it. Yeah, I don't know what he meant, either.
It's possible to merge different FTMs into one NSF by modifying and compiling the NSF sources. However doing this requires knowledge in the assembly language, so I'll probably have to do a tutorial (or make it possible directly in the tracker).
I also know the song-management sucks right now, it'll be improved.
Thank you for your reply. it's really a problem for me cause i'am unable to continue on my projects, and I like to keep things organized. I feel totally unconfident working on a subtune 3 when I am not even sure if I will keep subtune 1. what if I want to delete it and make the second one first?
A tutorial for recompiling NSF's will probably do, but still I will need to rewrite all subtunes into separate projects. there are many reasons for that, but mainly because I can't even listen to them on my hardware. If I could only import/export songdata and wipe it (so I don't have to delete phrases manually.. doh) that would be totally sufficient. I could reorder songs with very little effort.
And please tell me, because this is really important to me. Is there any way I can listen to all of the songs that are on a cartridge? because I have exhausted every possibility which came to my mind, and still I am only able to listen to subtune 1. then it loops or ends. and I can't code in assembly, have tried to learn many times but it's just not my thing. so I am restricted to a .prg file outputted by famitracker.
It should be possible, I think, to include a function in Famitracker that allows the user to export a working nes rom that just shows something like the NSF headers on the screen, and the number of the song currently playing. Pressing left or right on the pad would change to the next or previous song, respectively (look at any of the gb ready soundtracks found at [url=http://www.zophar.net/gbs]zophar's gbs page to get an idea of what I mean). Once the "template" program has been made, it should be easy to implement the funtion to make a rom like the above into Famitracker. I don't know anyone who knows how to make a nes rom like the above though...
Can NSFs be merged into one multi-track NSF? If so, can Famitracker NSFs be merged with MCK NSFs into one multi-track NSF? I realize it might be difficult, but is it even doable, even with the knowledge required, and can it be done in a reasonable amount of time (a few hours) if it has to be done manually?
