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Final Fantasy IV Research & Development / Re: FF II: A Threat from Within - Expanded ROM = New Features!
« on: September 19, 2016, 04:43:12 PM »
Hey chillyfeez, that is exactly what I was offering, that I could be most useful :D
Just to be sure that we are on the same page, you need a tool that:
- easily enter the music data (notes and all commands)
- uses couple of tracks for above
- export data in a raw SPC700 format
- (optional) if possible, play the music, to test before using it in a ROM
- (optional) writing the output directly to FF4 ROM (no need for copy/paste, hex editors,..)
- (optional) import of data from FF4 ROM
In order to accomplish the goals, I need:
- what format commands will use? Obviously notes will use the simple forms like, C, C#,... What about the rest? (table with all 256 commands)
- how do you imagine the tracks go? - horizontally or vertically? Most editors that I have seen use vertical flow, but horizontal seems more natural
- exact specification of what to be exported and what format
- playing music would require external program. That would mean export in SPC file format. Can you find the spec of that format?
Since you are very creative person, if you have in mind a design of how the application would look, please draw a simple outline
P.S. Since we probably will have many things to settle in the beginning, maybe it will be easier to use a chat-like means. If so details on PM please :)
Just to be sure that we are on the same page, you need a tool that:
- easily enter the music data (notes and all commands)
- uses couple of tracks for above
- export data in a raw SPC700 format
- (optional) if possible, play the music, to test before using it in a ROM
- (optional) writing the output directly to FF4 ROM (no need for copy/paste, hex editors,..)
- (optional) import of data from FF4 ROM
In order to accomplish the goals, I need:
- what format commands will use? Obviously notes will use the simple forms like, C, C#,... What about the rest? (table with all 256 commands)
- how do you imagine the tracks go? - horizontally or vertically? Most editors that I have seen use vertical flow, but horizontal seems more natural
- exact specification of what to be exported and what format
- playing music would require external program. That would mean export in SPC file format. Can you find the spec of that format?
Since you are very creative person, if you have in mind a design of how the application would look, please draw a simple outline
P.S. Since we probably will have many things to settle in the beginning, maybe it will be easier to use a chat-like means. If so details on PM please :)
