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FDS ROM extract!

A topic by dani created Jun 22, 2020 Views: 600 Replies: 10

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dani3 years ago

Please add a feature to export them as .fds somehow! I'm a huge fan of this project and will be using FamiStudio for my Disk System projects. I would love to see it!

BleuBleuDeveloper3 years ago(+2)(-1)

Thats a good idea. As I was discussing with another user, the FDS is pretty much the only expansion chip anyone can get, so it makes sense.

As usual, releases are a few months apart so don't expect anything quick :)

-Mat

dani3 years ago

Thank you! Would you be able to add a playlist feature maybe so that way you when you extract to rom it can play more then just 1 song?

BleuBleuDeveloper3 years ago

Sure, right now I support up to 8 song per ROM. Would that be enough for you?

You use the left/right dpad buttons to switch songs. (not the most user friendly thing, but hey, it works). :)

-Mat

dani3 years ago

That would be super!

MaxWar3 years ago(+1)

Slight change of subject, since we seem to have FDS enthusiast here, I was wondering what kind of crazy things people managed to make with the ''custom'' wave form of the FDS sound channel. I feel like there could be some wicked possibilities.

dani3 years ago

Haven't touched on it yet, very new to this software! But I will post when I create something clever!

BleuBleuDeveloper3 years ago

The FDS had huge potential but I have yet to see a good song made with it. I've open a lot of FDS nfs to look for one and it's all pretty bad. One of the issue seemed to be (im speculating here) that composer knew that the channel wouldn't be available in US/EU version so they always made it something optional (low humm in Metroid, bells in Zelda, etc). Sometimes only the title screen was making use of it.

But agreed, huge potential there.

The full list of games: https://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/List_of_games_with_expansion_audio#Nintendo_...

Please share if you find a kick-ass song in this list!

-Mat

BleuBleuDeveloper3 years ago

Finally gathered all the parts to make this a reality.

https://twitter.com/nesbleubleu/status/1290194228140630016

-Mat

dani3 years ago

AHHHH! I can't wait! What song should I try?

BleuBleuDeveloper3 years ago

Haha, well first let me finish this version, probably still 1 month to go :)

Not a lot of good songs on the FDS library unfortunately. Maybe you can make up your own?

-Mat

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