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@dsablic dsablic released this 02 Nov 22:22
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SIDOU 1.5.0: from the sound to the song, and onto the computer

Try it in your browser first: https://dsablic.github.io/sidou/, the
cheat sheet and the
how-to videos ("What's new" is new).

On the FM-1

  • LAB's song bridge. REC in LAB sends the sound to the song as a GoatTracker instrument while
    the song plays (SENT AS I06 SAW LEAD); what had to be approximated is said on the hint line.
    On INSTR, ENV, LFO or FX pulls an instrument back into LAB; one you sent and didn't edit comes
    back exactly.
  • Lift a sound from a .sid. In NOW PLAYING, press REC and the key of the voice you hear:
    its last note opens in LAB as LIFTED V2, to play, shape and keep with SAVE; HOME goes back to
    the tune.
  • Chords and drums from DICE. Set a lane's role in DICE's frame (EDIT + SCL held, PRESETS): an
    ARP lane rolls chords, a BASS+DRUMS lane puts the kit's kick and snare on the strong beats with
    the bass between, as C64 musicians share one voice.
  • Less squinting and scrolling. Every knob that changes something shown in small print shows
    its name and value large; EDIT + SELECT jumps a page in ORDER, TABLE and INSTR; INSTR says what
    each table pointer points to (PUL +0 +4 +7, 50% PWM) and the envelope in milliseconds.
  • One way to confirm. RESET, formatting a foreign store, discarding or deleting a song and
    playing a tune over an unsaved song all ask on SAVE and do it on SAVE AGAIN; HOME backs out,
    and no knob confirms anything.

On the computer

  • Live Link: the FM-1's screen in your browser, its buttons and knobs on screen, and the
    computer keyboard as a tracker keyboard (notes on two rows, arrows, page jumps, Shift for EDIT).
  • The site's library: list, download, send, rename, delete, back up and restore what is on the
    FM-1.
  • The site's song editor: instruments, tables, patterns and orderlists with a computer
    keyboard, preview with SIDOU's own player, save to the FM-1 or download.
  • MIDI controller maps for shaping sounds from an eight-knob controller
    (controllers).

Fixed

  • An effect saved with the last song (LO-FI's faint hiss) no longer switches itself back on a
    few seconds after a power-on; SONG's LOAD still brings the song's sound and effects.
  • Two value popups named the wrong control (EDIT + a knob with ARP held on LIVE; two knobs on
    ORDER that change nothing).
  • A DICE setting turned while a roll was still writing said SONG FULL; it says WAITING.

Under the hood, 8.5 KB of duplicated code is gone (it paid for most of 1.5's new features), with
nothing heard or seen changed.

Tested in the emulator, not yet on a real FM-1 (reports welcome): Live Link and the site's
library and editor over real Web MIDI.

The full list is in CHANGELOG.md.

Install

Over USB, at your own risk; the official firmware is one install away. Use Felucca's installer:
fm1_install.py sidou-1.5.0.fwsc, from the stock firmware, a Felucca-family firmware or an
earlier SIDOU (it finds the FM-1 as "SIDOU FM-1"). Back to stock: install M-VAVE's FM-1.fwsc
the same way. Holding OCT- at power-on is a rescue.

sidou-1.5.0.fwsc, identity FM-1_964, SHA-256 81d00c7bad16b5bf7564a8825204021087ac6f555671804500c9b71ff922d168.

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