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The triangle channel has no hardware sweep. ([url=http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/APU]source) Software sweeps = 1xx/2xx; so that's already in there.
What the triangle did have that isn't supported right now is a linear counter.
Well I have heard games where the triangle has a 'click' sound like the hardware sweep on the square wave channels. Is that what the linear counter is?
I don't think there's plans to ever support the linear counter, no. Then again I've never seen jsr say otherwise so if anyone wants to prove me wrong, feel free.
The linear counter lets you automatically stop the triangle on a quarter frame. If you want to see what it sounds like, try FamiTracker at 240hz (see attached).
It's only really useful for very short bursts at highish pitches; the difference a quarter frame makes becomes decreasingly apparent as the counter gets longer.
It could probably be supported as an effect, e.g. Lxx where xx is a 7-bit value.
I don't personally care if any of these get implemented, but the other missing 2A03 hardware features are the length counter (completely redundant with volume macros, no reason to implement), the 120hz envelope generators (only very subtly different than similar 60hz envelope macros) and hardware sweeps that don't reset pitch.
[quote=darkhog]Oh, okay, but exactly what was his motivation behind this? Before NSF Importer he said it is impossible to import NSFs, even it still is in FT help file, I think. But now someone proved it is possible. Also NSF import would make easier to make remixes of old NES game music, so why not?[/quote]
To clear up about NSF importing: it still is impossible to import NSFs, in the sense that instruments and pattern effects can be recreated. What the NSF importer does is to convert the register stream to pattern data, and this has always been possible (earlier by using tools such as NSFplug or nsf2midi). I prefer it staying as a separate program because it means less code for me to maintain.
And regarding the unused APU features, these are unsupported simply because I don't see the point using them, it all can be done in software instead (which is more flexible).
Is it possible to change the wave position of an N163 instrument on the fly using an effect command?
Also, about the linear counter and the hardware decay, higher engine speed means that all envelopes have to be stretched and that all effect commands are way much faster, as well lower compatibility in NSF players. After all, they [i]are[/i] what NES is capable of; using software methods in reality makes the FTM very inflexible.
And still, even if these features would be supported, I don't see how it would add anything of musical value (which also makes the desire to exactly emulate these at high speed kind of pointless, in my opinion). The only actual use I can see is if a really slim music driver is needed, such as the one used by SMB.
So, you're telling me you won't support the linear counter for the triangle channel? You might as well remove the hardware sweep effect since H00 is the same thing (a click sound).
It's not useful and I would never find a good use for it.
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[quote=iGotno_scope]im going to continue making this crazy stuff then after a while my style will be so sick that you will be like damn suuun that shit is so sick i dont even get it. i will be like bro its ok.. you dont have to.[/quote]
I have said in the latest post that 240Hz will not make the FTM more flexible; it only spawns a plethora of effect commands that are too quick for regular use. For example, the arpeggio, 0xy, is clearly not what an arpeggio is when used in 240Hz.
And its use? Compare [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d9MvqEKvLc]this and NSF importer's nothingness:
Like I said, it's like the H00 effect. When you use a mute delay, you get pop-ish sound that you don't get in the linear counter. I apologize, as I don't mean to sound like an asshole.
