FamiStudio 4.3.0

Changes/Fixes:

• Support for custom tuning per project (ex: where A is not 440Hz)
• N163 wave auto position assignment
• Improve conflict resolution when copy-pasting between songs/projects
• New in-app font (Noto Sans) : More readable at low resolution and supports international characters
• Unifying UI code between desktop/mobile, mobile dialogs will now look and feel more like the desktop version
• Making more features available on mobile:
  • Shy mode
  • MIDI import
  • MIDI export
  • Ability to import songs from storage
  • Ability to import instruments from storage
  • Ability to import DPCM samples from other FMS projects on device storage
• PAL expansion audio support (Thanks Steo!)
• Minor adjustment to NES APU volumes (Thanks Steo!)
• SDAS/GBDK support (Thanks Michel Iwaniec!)
• Russian translation (Thanks Alex, Mkliukang1 and Furmilion!)
• Korean translation (Thanks Nyaongi and Ospaggi!)
• Upgrade all platforms to .NET 8.0

Breaking/Behavior changes:

• Default bass cutoff and filter frequencies where changed to better match the hardware
• NES APU volumes have been adjusted slightly to better match the hardware
• Most "Select All" / "Select None" buttons have been replace by context menus (right-click on desktop, long press on mobile).

FamiStudio 4.2.1

Changes/Fixes:

• Fixed MSI installer pointing to .NET 5.0 instead of 7.0
• Fixed sound engine settings not being saved in project properties
• Fixed bass filter setting not being saved in app settings
• Fixed VRC6 initialization in sound engine by writing zero to $9003
• Fixed issue with vibrato in sound engine that could stall the audio
• Fixed the "+" button of DPCM samples in project explorer on mobile
• Fixed crash when pasting items between projects when using folders
• Fixed GLFW compatibility issues on Linux (Thanks Steo!)
• Fixed incorrect size of FDS disks
• Fixed issue with non-looping relative pitch envelope in Sound Engine/NSF/ROM
• Fixed issue with volume slides and FamiTracker tempo in Sound Engine/NSF/ROM
• Made the video looping more consistent with how the audio loops in the app
• Made it clearer that you cannot rename multiple patterns
• Optimized VGM import

FamiStudio 4.2.0

Changes/Fixes:

• S5B envelope support (S5B & EPSM)
• FDS auto-modulation support
• FDS emulation improvements : Proper filtering, DAC emulation & fixes.
• Phase reset support
• Accurate seek support (fully emulate entire song from start, useful for phase resets)
• Allow disabling attack on notes if all instrument envelopes matches (useful for FM channels)
• Folders support in Project Explorer
• More filtering options for audio expansions & ability to store settings in project
• Support for up to 256 instruments (for both regular and expansion) in sound engine
• German translation (thanks Arda & VRC6Lover123!)
• Audio backend improvements:
  • Reduced audio latency on all platform
  • Switch to WASAPI on Windows (non-exclusive mode)
  • Audio device change detection & improved BT headphones support on MacOS
• Video export improvements:
  • Unified piano roll mode
  • Piano roll 3D effect
  • Option to overlay registers
  • Preview mode
• Small quality of life improvements:
  • Eraser mode
  • Ability to copy samples between instruments
  • Ability to type effect values and project explorer parameters
  • Function to replace specific instruments
  • Logarithmic sliders for effects and parameters with huge values

Breaking/Behavior changes:

• FDS mod speed/depth effects will be resetted to the instrument values on notes with an attack.
• FDS emulation now matches the hardware much more closely. Some instruments may now sound very different.
• S5B/EPSM noise no longer has a "NOP" frequency, noise frequency will be set if it is enabled by the mixer envelope.

System Requirement Changes:

• Upgraded to .NET 7.0
• Minimum OpenGL requirement for Desktop lowered to OpenGL 3.0 (was 3.3)

FamiStudio 4.1.3

Changes/Fixes:

• Fixed "pop" when opening N163 projects or playing N163 songs
• Fixed colors becoming progressively washed out when performing specific actions on Android
• Fixed overwrite confirmation dialog not appearing if you type the exact same name of an existing project on Android
• Fixed issue where envelope editor would let you set releases on FDS waveform
• Fixed "Unassign unused DPCM instrument keys" cleanup option not working if another DPCM instrument was using the same piano key
• Fixed bug introduced in 4.1.2 where notes were replaying their attack if a gap was left between the notes
• Fixed issue where note attacks were re-triggers unconditionally when crossing the loop point when exporting to NSF/ROM/SoundEngine
• Fixed loophole where you could disable note attacks on the DPCM channel by duplicating patterns
• Fixed DPCM samples not importing correctly from FamiTracker TXT files
• Fixed issue where arpeggios imported from FamiTracker files would not play sometimes
• Fixed issue when exporting N163 songs to NSF/ROM/FDS/SoundEngine with instrument names only differentiated by special characters
• Fixed QWERTY piano input getting stuck if pressing another key while holding a key
• Names that are too long to fit in the project explorer are now truncated with ellipsis (...) on Desktop (was already the case on Mobile)
• Upgraded to Android API level 33 (Android 13.0)

FamiStudio 4.1.2

Changes/Fixes:

• Fixed instrument context menu disappearing when using a left-click
• Fixed "Follow Mode" jittering when using small % values
• Fixed out of range volumes when importing .fti containing FDS instruments
• Fixed effect icons sometimes visible past the end of a pattern
• Fixed issue where instruments fail to load properly when a stop note is used before any other notes
• Fixed crash when playing a note from all channels with all expansions enabled
• Fixed a couple of minor issues with demo songs
• Fixed N163 emulation issue where waves where not properly biased by -8
• Minor localization fixes
• An APK of the Android version is now available for download, but no support will be provided if it does not work on your device

Breaking/Behavior changes:

• Songs using 7 or 8 N163 channels may sound slight quieter now and volume might react a bit differently as well

FamiStudio 4.1.1

Fixes:

• Fixed DPCM samples not playing when exporting to ROM with VRC6
• Fixed transposition of DPCM samples incorrectly affecting all instruments
• Fixed "Clear effect values" not always working
• Fixed startup crashes with rtmidi on Linux and updating the version we provide
• Fixed export of DPCM samples with FamiStudio Text format
• Fixed file association on Windows when using the portable EXE version
• Fixed file association on MacOS not always working
• Fixed first mouse click outside a context menu being ignored (will behave like 4.0.x)
• Fixed occasional crash on MacOS when using Cmd+Q
• Fixed issues with MIDI device on MacOS
• Fixed trackpad controls on MacOS
• Fixed keyboard shortcut confusion with select/force display channels
• Fixed minor localization issues.
• Changed the ffmpeg path option to allow text input, and allow using ffmpeg if its on the PATH
• Changed the default keyboard shortcut to force display channel to SHIFT + F-keys on MacOS to avoid issues

FamiStudio 4.1.0

System Requirement Changes:

• Windows version is now 64-bit and targets .NET 5.0.
• Linux/MacOS versions now uses .NET 6.0. Mono is not longer used (See installation page for .NET download links)
• MacOS now requires at least Catalina and will run natively on ARM if you install the ARM version of .NET
• All desktop version now requires OpenGL 3.3.
• Android version now requires OpenGL ES 2.0.
• Windows 7 and 32-bit systems are longer supported.

Changes/Fixes:

• DPCM improvements:
  • No more "DPCM instrument", each instrument can have DPCM samples assigned (a-la FamiTracker)
  • Up to 256KB of samples using bank switching.
• Configurable keyboard shortcuts
• Text rendering changes, small text may look slightly blurrier.
• More UI scaling % options
• More context menus options throughout the app
• Option to mix N163 or not
• Project explorer sorting improvements
• NSF import support on Android
• Stereo and delay export support on Android.
• Sunsoft 5B noise support (Perkka contribution)
• VGM & WAV code cleanup (alexmush contribution)
• VGM import support (Perkka & alexmush contribution)
• Translations
  • Spanish (NicolAR, zukinnyk and LagMager contribution)
  • Portuguese (BeepsNBoops contribution)
  • Simplified chinese (xwjcool123 & FRC contribution)

FamiStudio 4.0.6

Changes/Fixes:

• Fixed issue where modifying the N163 repeat envelope would sometimes reset the loop point.

FamiStudio 4.0.5

Changes/Fixes:

• Added option for default pattern name
• Added option to rewind to the previous position when stopping playback
• Added warning when user is editing an arpeggio different than the currently selected one
• Added a proper warning when songs are too big to be exported to NSF, ROM or sound engine
• Allowed longer pattern on NSF import
• Fixed crash when using pattern length of 2048 frames
• Fixed opening of NSF when FamiStudio is set to the default app
• Fixed glitch that could cause visual overlap of notes in piano roll
• Fixed notes ending prematurely near the end of songs
• Fixed crash when exporting to NSF, ROM or sound engine with certain vibrato settings
• Fixed multiple issues when importing instruments from other projects
• Fixed issue causing exported NSFe to start at song 2.
• Fixed crash when MIDI notes are out of range.
• Fixed rasterization issue in the pattern thumbnails
• Fixed multiple FamiTracker (FTM/TXT) import/export issues
• Fixed minor annoyances in the piano roll on mobile
• Fixed app crashing when using more than 2GB of RAM on Windows
• Fixed loophole where the FDS envelopes could be cleared/resized
• Fixed various issues with dropdown list scrollbars
• Fixed crash when exporting video with lots of channels
• Fixed releases for VRC7 and EPSM
• Fixed multiple inconsistencies in the register viewer (Thanks Alex!)

Sound Engine changes/fixes:

• Fixed inconsistencies with vibrato with the main app
• Fixed issues with relative pitch envelopes
• Fixed notes always reapply instruments on EPSM FM Channel 4,5,6 in NSF driver (Thanks Perkka!)
• Fixed EPSM rhythm occasionally missing beats (Thanks Perkka!)
• Fixed volume being off by one for EPSM (Thanks Perkka!)

Breaking/Behavior changes:

• The register viewer will now show the real note pitches and wont necessarily match the notes on the piano roll
• Vibrato depths of more than 13 cant unfortunately be supported in the sound engine at the moment. A warning will be given instead of producing the wrong result.
• Releases for VRC7/EPSM instrument will now be handled correctly. That was always the intention, but a bug was preventing them from working

FamiStudio 4.0.4

Fixes:

• Fixed video export when there are more than 32 channels in a project.