The TFX music editor Version 2.97 News

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What's new in TFX 2.97

What's new in TFX 2.97

  * Less bugs, Better Tasting, More
    Filling. Now with 20% more waldorf.

  * Variable hard restart - Hard
    restart time can now be anywhere
    from zero to 255 frames. TFX will
    keep triger (i.e. when hard restart
    *finishes*) syncronised between
    channels, and so it is perfectly
    safe to use different values in
    each channel. At least, that's the
    theory. It usually even works.

  * Pulse width can no longer
    "overshoot" it's target - it checks
    less than/greater than now.
    (however, zero crossings are still
    an issue, so we don't recommend
    attempting to match on pulse=0)

  * Table variables - you can set one
    of six variables in the sector
    editor, and then use those in your
    tables, as if you'd written that
    number there. This allows you to
    change the behaviour of the wave/
    pulse/filter table from within your
    song (Note: This doesn't work with
    Jump commands, but it does work
    with everything else, including
    trigger). v2.97 also adds symbolic
    view/editing of the variables
    inside the pattern - press '=' to
    toggle display of variables as
    numbers or as notes (in either
    mode, you can enter either numbers
    or notes into them, depending on
    your needs).

  * Control Override - Now you can
    control Ring Modulation, OSC Sync,
    Test, Gate, and even the waveform
    from within the sector editor.

  * More Vibrato Control - Commands to
    change the vibrato speed/depth
    within sectors

  * Hard Note Mode - This will play the
    note value associated with that
    number, where $30 is middle c, $31
    is c#, etc (a table of notes is
    included in this document). In
    TFX3, you will be able to specify a
    note symbolicly in this mode, but
    this is TFX2, so you have to use
    numbers - this is incredibly useful
    with the Table Variables, tho.

  * Jump while gated - all tables now
    have a 'JWG' command, which will
    jump *if* the gate is set.

  * Filter type 00 will turn the filter
    off, for your unfiltered drum/
    filtered bass sound :)

  * Pulse and filter carry in editor -
    you can now set a flag in the
    sector editor with the 'nopls' (c=
    p) and 'noflt' (c=f) commands,
    which will prevent the pulse/filter
    table pointers from being reset on
    new note trigger

  * Optional two operator pulse/filter
    programs (finalPulse = pulse1 +
    pulse2 only, right now) through the
    "split table" (SPL, c=q) command -
    use the 'complextable' version of
    the player.

  * Ability to change the speed at
    which the wavetable is executed -
    see the 'spd' wave table command.

  * Import for TFX v2.7, v2.8 and v2.9
    files, and a new on-disk format
    that is portable between players,
    and there is multiple player
    versions included for varying needs
    (less ram/rastertime, better
    quality, etc). Be aware that when
    importing from another player,
    sometimes the "note count"
    parameter will be corrupted!

  * Greater filter control precision -
    control all 11 bits of cutoff
    frequence instead of just the upper
    eight.

  * The "hyperpacker" PC tool, for
    re-packing songs with reduced
    player/compressed data to save
    memory.