How to get more fun out of Realfun

Hero (609)

23-01-2003, 18:20

Realfun will be a music tracker like Moonblaster or Soundtracker. It only supports Moonsound and needs 256KB RAM. As soon I have killed all the bugs from the sample-part (or I might even rewrite it ) it is finished as far I'm concerned. I have already started coding Realfun2.

Realfun is almost finished, but Realfun2 will be very different. So I'd like to know what features you would like to see in such software. What do you miss in Moonblaster, or in other software? Maybe it's easy to implement in Realfun, or else it may be possible in Realfun2.

By BiFi

Enlighted (4348)

23-01-2003, 20:04

This may be a bit hard for people to discuss, since many people don't have the first version of Realfun yet. So a list of features which are implemented already or a downloadable version would be good to give people a look, feel and being able to post extra features.

By Latok

msx guru (3938)

23-01-2003, 22:29

sjoerd! YES! Give us some OPL4 software to play with. Only then, we can give you constructive critisism and ideas....

Man, this is GREAT!!!! Another Moonsound proggie!!!!!

By DarQ

Paragon (1038)

23-01-2003, 22:56

Ah, read the topics about meridian and you will know what to do, if you haven't already implemented it!? And i missed brightness-control in MBWave.

By Latok

msx guru (3938)

24-01-2003, 10:13

I believed brightness controller isn't possible with the WAVE-part of the OPL4?

By Latok

msx guru (3938)

24-01-2003, 10:22

/me is confused now.....Or is it possible? Doesn't the latest Moonblaster WAVE version from Marcel Delorme support this feature? Waaaaaaaaaaa.....I don't know...

By wolf_

Ambassador_ (10109)

24-01-2003, 11:16

you know, it's like trains..

you wait on them forever, and suddenly 2 trains show up at the same time

By Latok

msx guru (3938)

24-01-2003, 12:20

It is indeed. Waiting for ages and suddenly 2 new OPL4 trackers arise, Meridian and Realfun.....Pretty stupid, if you think about it

By snout

Ascended (15187)

24-01-2003, 13:12

I'd like to see the current RealFun first, but I think you should head a (entirely) different way than Meridian. Focus on speed, an external replayer, in-game use yet avoiding the downsides of the existing moonblasters.

By Arjan

Paladin (787)

24-01-2003, 14:44

Latok, you're confusing the X-command of moonblaster(and mbfm?) with the one of MBWave. In MBWave, the X-command is used to change the LFO/vibrato/tremolo settings, while in moonblaster it is used for brightness control.

By sjoerd

Hero (609)

24-01-2003, 16:51

Realfun supports brightness like the way I think Soundtracker did. If I am right it's possible to change the brightness of all 4 operators (when using 4op fm, ofcourse). There is no brightness control for the wave-channels.

I'll create a 'Realfun probeerversie' this weekend. (I am still thinking of a way to make it explode after 3 uses )