NotSo update, v0.86

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NotSo update, v0.86
by Drag on 2008-12-15 (#40794)
I updated my branch of NotSo the other night to update the fix I had applied that resets the dividers for the sweep and envelopes. Turns out, the envelopes had their first step occuring a clock too soon, causing some games to sound poppy (for example, the Eggerland games), and I had forgotten to add the fix to the noise channel all together. o_O

Next, I added a simulation for the quirk in the sweeps where it's clocked first, *then* reset (if it was written to), which fixes a sound effect in R.C. Pro Am, but I have no other games to test this with, so I have no idea if I got it right.

I also double-checked the $4017 / Sequencer emulation, and everything appears to check out there.

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UPDATE, v0.86 RELEASED:
I made a few more updates, fixing some problems with the envelopes and the sweeps, improving a lot of tiny things here and there, as well as making a small fix to 4017, in which writing $00 shouldn't cause an immediate update anymore. Links updated to the new build and source, I would *highly* recommend anyone making derivative works from NotSo to incorporate these updates.

Plugin v0.86
Source v0.86

So yeah, if anyone was using my particular branch of Notso (or the last official Notso), please let me know if any stuff is still wrong. :P

by NotTheCommonDose on 2008-12-15 (#40798)
Are these remakes of UF's latest?
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/11/9/ ... oFatso.zip

by Drag on 2008-12-16 (#40809)
Nope, my branch is completely seperate from UF's branch, always has been, and probably always will be. :P

by Drag on 2008-12-20 (#40903)
*bump*
NotSo v0.86 released, check the main post for links and details.

by ugetab on 2008-12-21 (#40904)
On a related note, I'm going to work on NSFs again. Not nearly as much to begin with, but I seem to have overcome the general aversion to them I've been feeling.

To start with, here's a redo of a good number of NSFs with 4017 fixes applied.

http://www.angelfire.com/nc/ugetab/NSFs/

Expect a focus on USF rips for a while though.

by Zepper on 2008-12-21 (#40908)
Akumajou Dracula looks buggy with NotSo 0.86 (track 1 is an example).
Kalin no Tsurugi has hicups during the track 1.

by ugetab on 2008-12-21 (#40916)
Are those using my edited versions? I hear a few consistent pops in Kalin no Tsurugi(always in the same spot), but Castlevania 1 doesn't seem to have anything wrong code-wise, or from what I can hear.

by Zepper on 2008-12-21 (#40919)
1. Yes.
2. I mean the japanese Castlevania 3, Akumajou Densetsu (sorry).

by NotTheCommonDose on 2008-12-21 (#40923)
Well it's a tie between the VRC7 addition made by UF and Drag's.

by ugetab on 2008-12-21 (#40925)
I don't hear the error(maybe not as familiar with it as you), so I don't think I can test to see if it's an NSF error, or a player error.