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I have no idea if TFD export still works in VGM MM. If it does not work, well, it does not work. Anyway, TFD format does not support PSG or DAC and never will, it is obsoleted by VGM format. Also, I've said in very first post about VGM MM: No drivers for the consoles yet. They are planned, but I'm n...

On first launch of the editor you may need to change some settings. Go to editor settings window (Editor sheet of main window). Enable test signal by pressing button which is located at right part of the WaveOut group box. Select minimal possible values of Buffers count and Size, which allows to st...

Q. PSG sounds much louder with in_vgm plugin than in the editor. There is a problem that the volume balance differs between different models of the original consoles and between emulators. Volume balance was checked after a recording from MD1 PAL provided by Tomy (I don't have any hardware), it mat...

AR/DR/SR/RR aren't take any effect before next keyon, TL, MULT, DT, and probably SL (not sure) affect sound immideately.

Note, any register can be changed at any time, but not all the changes are affect sound immideately, some only take effect after next key on. This fact could be used in drivers.

Does not seems for me that it has predefined instruments. There are few instruments in an assembly file of a demo song or something, though.

You can put normal background on bottom layer, and put copy of highlight part on another layer, giving it brighter palette. It will be 31 colors combined, out of palette of 512, which is pretty limited in amount of shades of a color. It will be blocky, but you probably can prerender masked tiles in ...

Not much can be done on SMD for this effect. You can use shadow/highlight, though, it is not restricted to whole scanlines.

Also, check this.

Download VGM Music Maker v1.02 1.02 08.07.11 * Help item disappeared from the About menu after a module or an instrument has been opened * VGM output is improved and optimized, also fixed bugs with exporting modules with large amount of sample data + Built-in VGM optimization code from VGMTools by ...

Interestingly, current volume balance is pretty close to real MD1 PAL (compared with recording provided by Tomy). However, in latest versions of in_vgm PSG is way louder than in the editor and in the recording, so I honestly have no idea what to do with this.

No plans for tempo. Speed quantization is just one of limitations of chip music, although introduced not by sound chip, but by available source of sync with real time.

When there will be actual need in this. It require time to document the format, I don't want to waste time doing things that no one really need.

From all the feedback I've got since VGM MM release I clearly see that very few people actually read docs, so the docs now has really low priority for me.

The problem that loudness of FM is very uncertain parameter, even with one instrument it can vary greatly. I need comparsion with a certain instrument.

I have difficulties with setting proper volume balance between PSG and FM. I don't have real hardware to measure it, and it is differs among emulators and in_vgm versions. It seems PSG volume is too low in the editor right now. Can someone check it and give an advice on this? Also, FM and DAC volume...

Panning is audible in the tracker from the v1.0.