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Since the volume column has no effect in this channel, maybe it would be worth hiding it entirely? New users are often confused then a 0 in the triangle volume does not silence the channel.
Oh, that's strange... I never tried that. 0 in an instrument volume macro will silence it... why not a 0 in the volume column?
That aside, I have to wonder if removing the volume column instead of just letting newcomers figure it out by experimenting wouldn't just create more confusion.
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I can't wait for when jsr puts this in FT and some really clever people are going to complain about "Triangle volume not functioning" and "If i put 8 in da triangl notin happuns"
But yeah it would make sense. I'm actually quite surprised that it's not like that at the moment. I had no idea since I always just note cut or Sxx when I want to stop it. Or actually release, and set the period register to the lowest possible value, like Megaman 1 and 2 does (which makes a little pop)
Isn't it the case that a note cut also resets effects like 4xy? Playing a note in the Triangle channel, then cutting it, then retriggering it later is not the same as zeroing its volume and then restoring it later. Or am I mistaken?
Technically, is the same. Zeroing the volume will change the exact same register as making a NOTE-OFF, because the NES' Triangle has only an ON/OFF command, there is nothing more.
BUT, maybe jsr is processing differently a volume change and a note off inside FamiTracker, so this require a look at the source or wait the jsr reply.
