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[quote=Dave]not a bug, it's a quirk of the 2a03 (and MMC5 too, I guess) where the phase of the wave is reset. it's something you have to work around.[/quote]
Ah... Somehow I had a feeling that it wasn't a bug after all. Still, pretty strange.
Actually, this could come in handy when using certain DPCM samples (for example, you may be using a snare sample where you'd like the noise channel to give it more emphasis). The popping noise can actually be a good thing if you know how to use it properly.
You'll also see this happen in the DPCM channel if you're alternating between Z00 & Z7F for each time a sample is played.
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[quote=Dave]not a bug, it's a quirk of the 2a03 (and MMC5 too, I guess) where the phase of the wave is reset. it's something you have to work around.[/quote]
Interestingly, the latest release of ppMCK features a command to cancel the effect of phase reset, SM and SMOF. Perhaps something similar could be implemented in FT? If that's even possible.
[quote=jrlepage]Search the [url=http://www.famitracker.shoodot.net/wiki/index.php5?title=Sound_hardware#Internal_2A03.2F2A07_channels]wiki next time plzkthx.[/quote]
Why should somebody expect something like that to be in the wiki if it sounds like a bug in the software?
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[quote=Xyz_39808]Is there a chart (me an my charts) that lets us know which notes exactly the bug works on? I've been getting it whenever I 3xx to or from A's or A#'s.[/quote]
[quote=jrlepage]Search the [url=http://www.famitracker.shoodot.net/wiki/index.php5?title=Sound_hardware#Internal_2A03.2F2A07_channels]wiki next time plzkthx.[/quote]
Besides, I wonder why people are still calling it a bug; semiconductor chips don't get bugs. FamiTracker attempts to emulate the original hardware down to its chips' tolerance limits.
The clicking & popping that you get from such things as alternating the Zxx effect or using pitch bending effects is actually a hardware quirk in the original system's hardware & not a software bug, just as Dave said. There's no such thing as the perfect chip & even then; you still have to contend with the physics of wave propagation & electricity.
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[quote=jrlepage]Interestingly, the latest release of ppMCK features a command to cancel the effect of phase reset, SM and SMOF. Perhaps something similar could be implemented in FT? If that's even possible.[/quote]
It is possible and I added it years ago but found that it wasn't widely supported by NSF players so I removed it again. Do you know if it works better now?
[quote=jrlepage]While we're at it, is the 2a03 bug also present in the MMC5? Or is that not supposed to happen?[/quote]
Good question, I assume it's the same but I'm not completely sure. I have a MMC5 cart so I might check it when I have time.
[quote=Xyz_39808]Is there a chart (me an my charts) that lets us know which notes exactly the bug works on? I've been getting it whenever I 3xx to or from A's or A#'s.[/quote]
I don't know any lists but most are close to A and A# and some to D.
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