Furnace v0.6.8 - the last

[tildearrow]

it's been a while since 0.6.7...
this is (hopefully) the final release in the 0.6 series. 0.7 development will begin very soon.

change log

• add Watara Supervision system

  • a rather obscure console from Taiwan with two pulse channels, a noise and primitive sample channel

• add SID3 fantasy chip

  • inspired by SID, this chip has 6 channels of analog-synth-like goodness, a boatload of macros and even one wave channel

• add OPL4 system

  • OPL3 with 24 sample channels taken from the to-be-implemented MultiPCM

• fix 5E01 not producing sound at all

• SNES anti-click

• POKEY SAP type R export (playable by Altirra and lzss-sap on hardware)

• FamiTracker import improvements

  • create instrument copies to represent what FamiTracker does (in particular, on VRC6 channels when using 2A03 instruments)
  • fix Hxy effect for S5B (AY)
  • fix virtual tempo going outside range
  • fix VRC7 patch switch effect (Dn-FamiTracker) not being imported correctly

• find/replace improvements

  • make the note selector a bit more comfortable
  • search in selection now works on selected channels only (previously it would search on all channels... issue Find and Replace search in selection working impropperly #2393)
  • fix a possible crash (issue Crashes when using find/replace #2328)
  • cut/delay policy is now lax
  • set macro release mode to Active (issue FTM Instrument Macro Release is loaded as Passive when it should be Active. #2376)

• C64 4-bit PCM/digi (using volume control)

• performance optimizations for certain chips

  • up to 10 times less CPU usage during playback and faster audio exports
  • optimized chips include: PC Speaker, GA20, Amiga, PC Engine, SCC, NES, MMC5, VRC6, TIA, Virtual Boy, AY (not so much), Nintendo DS, T6W28, SN, SM8521, Bubble System WSG and K007232

• new WonderSwan emulation core courtesy of asiekierka (swan: New sound core #2401)

• Virtual Boy changes

  • one notorious Virtual Boy quirk is that you cannot write to wave/modulation table memory unless all channels are disabled
  • Furnace wasn't taking this quirk into account, which means that exported VGMs wouldn't play on hardware
  • this release makes exported VGMs work on hardware by disabling all channels on wave change
  • however, this means there will be a "click" on every wave change, which can get very annoying
  • it is recommended you use static mode, or change waves sparingly...
  • there's a setting to go back to the old behavior, but keep in mind this will break VGM export and is not hardware-accurate!

• TFM import improvements

  • implement looping

• XM import improvements

  • new envelope conversion algorithm

• add ability to set multiple key binds for actions

• FM 30xx (hard reset envelope) now working on VGM export

• OPZ improvements (per-op frequency control including arp/pitch macros)

• support for MSX2 .dmf (no, I am not going to support its weird AY manners. sorry!)

• add ability to create a sample from a wavetable

• per-op fixed octave/block setting in OPN, OPL and ESFM (useful for SSG-EG)

• CSM on all OPN chips

• Combat Vehicle improvements

  • small stages, modifiers, special powerups and planes

• fix a possible crash on macOS when the font texture is too large

• fix two possible hangs in MIDI code when audio output isn't working

• fix crash when selecting all after expanding/collapsing/change-effect-counting channel

• OPN: fix possible crash when using FM effects on non-FM channels (issue [BUG] Heap Buffer Overflow in DivPlatformYM2610::dispatch #2286)

• fix some file loading exploits

  • negative sample length (issue [BUG] Heap Buffer Overflow in DivEngine::loadDMF #2316)
  • samples too long in .dmf
  • invalid pitches in .dmf

• command palette improvements

  • show shortcuts (for actions)
  • color the search characters
  • use non-greedy search to find optimal fuzzy match order

• fix the "Rendering..." window being too small at times

• add cursor undo/redo actions

• add the ability to set a channel visibility mask for user presets

  • use chanMask in the Advanced parameter. for example: chanMask=0,2 will hide the first and third channel.

• fix certain things not marking song as modified

• fix preset patches not having DC, DM and KSL set correctly in the editor

• fix WaveTools in wavetable editor not updating wave in chips

• fix volume portamento inhibiting volume column after it has reached target

• add setting to auto-zoom macro editor depending on macro length(s)

• horizontal wavetable list

• fix an EDxx bug (issue EDxx Issue #2014)

• add ctrlWheelModifier option for Alt

• slightly improve the welcome screen

• SID2: fix chan osc overflow

• remove party mode

• fix order nibble when moving cursor with keys (issue Unexpected behaviour when order edit mode is "Select and type" #2170)

• fix QSound ADPCM in VGM export

• OPL3: fix 4-op mode toggle corrupting volume ([OPL3] Volume of 4op FM instruments gets corrupted after switching to 2op FM instr and back #2171)

• fix YMF289 in ymfm

• Y8950: fix ADPCM pitch (issue Y8950 ADPCM channel is one octave higher compared to sample editor #2028)

• add a warning when importing a MOD/S3M/XM/IT file for the first time

• implement auto-fill file name when saving in system file picker (Windows and macOS only)

• fix DT2 effect in OPM and OPZ

• fix possible issue in config files when a line is too long (issue User System Error #2025)

• freaking workaround for Flatpak quirks (issue flatpak wont save without extension #2096)

• fix built-in file picker X scroll (issue Minor horizontal scrolling issues #2190)

• don't show duty macro in beeper-type instrument if ZX Spectrum is not present

• add a little visual description for chip channels in the chip selector

• fix "play/repeat from beginning" not doing so from beginning at times (issue "Play/repeat from the beginning" buttons don't always play from beginning #2182)

• Lynx VGM export sample support

• Lynx Load LFSR macro fix

• allow the user to change octave when the built-in file picker is open (issue Octave change keys stop working inside the file/instrument/sample selector. #1895)

• VIC-20: add option to disable filters

• fix PZI import (it did not import most of the samples before)

• fix moveSelected going out of bounds

• fix several problems with AtomicSSG

• work around some possible text overflow situations by implementing a scroll text (issue 'Vibrato' 'Sustain' display incomplete on OPL instrument, regardless resizing instrument editor.  #1961)

• fix incorrect commands on VGM export (issue Incorrect commands on VGM dumps #2226)

• C64: fix global param again... (issue [C64] filter macro does not appear to work correctly #2181)

• fix file remaining open when loading .dmc or .brr

• MSM6258: fix panning in VGM export (in .vgm export, panning values are inverted for OKI MSM6258 #2249)

• fix sample loop crossfade overflow (thanks Eknous)

• handle more errors in DirectX 9 backend

• fix orders not scrolling when pattern changes due to cursor movement

• fix sample drawing rounding in sample editor

• fix backup size calculation

• text wrap for sub-song notes

• OPL: kind of fix drum muting (issue OPL drum muting is not instant #1945)

• fix song timer drift (issue Timer issues #2189)

• add a command line parameter for exporting text files

• add a command line parameter for exporting ROM where supported

• PCE: fix DAC data being offset in VGM export

• correct cursor position on song stop (issue Stopping song during last row keeps same position while skipping to next pattern #2274)

• drag-and-drop in assets to reorder them

• fix user systems not loading when language is not set to English

• SegaPCM: fix sample offset effect moving loop (issue SegaPCM: Sample offset also moves loop #2306)

• YMZ280B: fix sample offset effect moving loop (issue Sample offset commands are off on PCMD8 #2213)

• fix possible bug notes in .mod import

• fix paste overflow not changing order

• fix panning in command stream export

• add ability to copy by dragging selection

• add ability to skip intro immediately with keyboard... somebody made one heck of a complaint despite a skip feature already existing

• add a button in sample editor to preview selection

• don't sort note keys in settings until Apply or OK are clicked (issue Confusing behavior when editing note input keys #2345)

• add "set effect" option to randomize

  • this sets the effect to a fixed value

• Amiga validation export improvements (now it uses VBlank interrupts and supports fast RAM)

• load fallback fonts in pattern font (issue Characters with diacritic signs appear as "?"s in channel name labels #2312)

  • this may use too much video memory so I have added an option to disable...

• WaveSynth: add change detection (don't update wave if it is intact... issue Wave switching continues after wave stops changing in wavetable synthesizer. #2298)

• PCE: fix sample volume and linger in VGM export (issues PC Engine - .vgm export ignores volume controls on sample instruments #2319 and PC Engine - .vgm export breaks when playing a wavetable instrument after a sample instrument #2322)

• ES5506: increase precision in Amiga pitch mode (fixes cal-cal.xm and issue IT import is pitched incorrectly #2120)

• fix compilation when using CMake 4.0

• scroll pattern view horizontally when moving the mouse cursor out of bounds during selection

• optimize pattern view a bit

• optimize order window as well

• disable 32-bit float audio export in per-chip mode (issue 32-bit one-per-chip .wav export corrupts files #2389)

• add an audio load chart

• fix samples sometimes not triggering in Amiga

• note input improvements during playback

• add a "sweep" option to sample editor apply filter (you no longer have to type two frequencies when you just want to use one)

• SM8521: fix chip output rate

• add DC offset correction settings for per-channel osc view

• ES5506: fix memory overflow

• X1-010: fix envelope slides in low-latency mode

• fix macro list jumping around in single macro editor layout

• improve the progress bar in per-channel audio export (issue [OPNx ch3]Rendering progress bar and channel x out of y is bugged #2431)

• OPNA/B: fix ADPCM-A/RSS muting with LLE core

• OPZ: add FMS2/AMS2 macros

• fix range chevron in arp/pitch macro being too large if horizontal zoom was set to a high enough value

• DS: fix non-8/16/IMA sample formats

• NES: fix envelope mode not being set when playing song (which would cause everything to be silent in specific circumstances)

• new demo songs

• translation updates

• several documentation updates

note for Windows users

there are two 64-bit versions: the normal one, and a "console" version.
the console version has the subsystem set to console so you can use Furnace for parsing files and/or playing in console mode (with the -console parameter). be noted that a command prompt will pop up when launching it through Explorer!
if you don't need to do that, just get the regular version.

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This discussion was created from the release Furnace v0.6.8 - the last.

[EG244]

Would be nice if we had an auto-update feature