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FamiTracker
I am an avid user of both OpenMPT and FamiTracker, and sadly there isn't a program that combines the two and the OpenMPT developers don't want to go through the trouble of emulating the NES soundchips, thus ruling out FamiTracker integration.
I propose that you add the option to export FTMs and NSFs to other tracker formats, such as ITP, MPTM, UMX, MIDI, etc.
In the case of UMX, you could include the soundchip functions as "instruments" embedded into the package. For other formats (such as MIDI), the default instruments selected for the export could correspond to the channels used on the soundchip. For instance, the DPCM channel might default to drums, and the Pulse channel might default to an electric guitar or something.
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Also, I would love the option to use Stereo Sound. Even if NSFs can only be Mono (if I recall correctly), Stereo Sound would still be great when exporting as a WAV or UMX.
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P.S.: Could somebody please make an 8-Bit rendition of Go Down? I am too noobish to do it myself and I can't find one anywhere.
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The text export and import makes it possible to write converters to and from other formats. If you have knowledge of a MOD file format and are willing to do (or learn) some programming, nearly any programming language could be used to perform this conversion.
The reason I don't suggest doing it on FTM files directly is that it is not a format that is really written to a spec; the contents of the file are too closely dependent on the guts of Famitracker itself. The text export, on the other hand, has a complete specification (in the famitracker.chm), and also has the advantage of being text, which makes parsing it that much easier.
A quick solution if you'd like stereo sound. Export as NSF, and then use the stereo channel mixer in NSFPlay: [url=http://rainwarrior.ca/projects/nsfplay/index.html]http://rainwarrior.ca/projects/nsfplay/index.html
If you guys do end up partnering with the ModPlug team in the future, I'd be more than happy to try my hand at doing demo music, even if it doesn't turn out very good.
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