issue223:furnace
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| So what is Furnace then? In essence it is a sound chip (audio processor) emulator and a sound tracker. That would mean it should be able to play back files too, right? I immediately tried and was greeted by a warning: | So what is Furnace then? In essence it is a sound chip (audio processor) emulator and a sound tracker. That would mean it should be able to play back files too, right? I immediately tried and was greeted by a warning: | ||
| - | Warning aside, it played the file like a champ! | + | Warning aside, it played the file like a champ!** |
| - | To understand why I like MOD and SID files and the like, you need to consider the size. If I take the C64 file for: “There’s a computer in my backpack and a chiptune in my heart”, it is 5k in size, versus the .mp3-file that is 100% the same, at 3MB!! While that does not seem impressive when people have 30Mb .flac-files, | + | Site web : https:// |
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| + | Prix : Gratuit ! | ||
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| + | J’apprécie Alternative.to car on y trouve toujours des alternatives Linux intéressantes. Cependant, le système de référencement est défaillant. Par exemple, si je clique sur l’une des cinquante alternatives proposées par le Bloc-notes, je n’en obtiens que dix au lieu de cinquante. Je cherchais un lecteur SID quand, par inadvertance, | ||
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| + | Alors, Furnace, c’est quoi au juste ? En gros, c'est un émulateur de puce son (processeur audio) et un lecteur de fichiers audio. Ça devrait donc aussi pouvoir lire des fichiers, non ? J'ai immédiatement essayé et j'ai eu un avertissement : | ||
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| + | **To understand why I like MOD and SID files and the like, you need to consider the size. If I take the C64 file for: “There’s a computer in my backpack and a chiptune in my heart”, it is 5k in size, versus the .mp3-file that is 100% the same, at 3MB!! While that does not seem impressive when people have 30Mb .flac-files, | ||
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| - | If at any stage, any of the terminology like ‘ADPCM’ is foreign to you, you can simply look it up in the provided manual, in PDF format. | + | If at any stage, any of the terminology like ‘ADPCM’ is foreign to you, you can simply look it up in the provided manual, in PDF format.** |
| - | Usage | + | Pour comprendre mon intérêt pour les fichiers MOD et SID, il faut considérer leur taille. Prenons l' |
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| + | Si, à un moment donné, certains termes comme « ADPCM » vous sont inconnus, vous pouvez simplement les consulter dans le manuel fourni, au format PDF. | ||
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| Before I started, I looked at the list of supported sound chips / systems that it emulated and the list is truly impressive! If you load up a file, the system auto detects the system that the file is from and I have yet to find a file to fool it. Even early Amiga MOD files, before pro tracker, got detected correctly. That said, I’m sure none of you reading this wants to hear about my playback escapades. (For those of you familiar with Milky Tracker, this is similar.) | Before I started, I looked at the list of supported sound chips / systems that it emulated and the list is truly impressive! If you load up a file, the system auto detects the system that the file is from and I have yet to find a file to fool it. Even early Amiga MOD files, before pro tracker, got detected correctly. That said, I’m sure none of you reading this wants to hear about my playback escapades. (For those of you familiar with Milky Tracker, this is similar.) | ||
| - | Furnace is a tool for creators! I can hear some of you now, “have four channels, will travel”. While I have about as much musical flair as my neighbour’s cat, I’ll try to guide you as best I can. To understand what we are working with, we need to identify the main parts. The application is clearly delineated into a top and bottom half. The top has four blocks, the bottom half has numbered rows with dots in a large block and a helpful panel listing effects. The large window is where you will be spending most of your time, composing your music. If you pay attention to the helpful panel to the right of the main one, you may have noticed that all the effects have odd numbering. That is because the tool works in hexadecimal. Yes, that hexadecimal, | + | Furnace is a tool for creators! I can hear some of you now, “have four channels, will travel”. While I have about as much musical flair as my neighbour’s cat, I’ll try to guide you as best I can. To understand what we are working with, we need to identify the main parts. The application is clearly delineated into a top and bottom half. The top has four blocks, the bottom half has numbered rows with dots in a large block and a helpful panel listing effects. The large window is where you will be spending most of your time, composing your music. If you pay attention to the helpful panel to the right of the main one, you may have noticed that all the effects have odd numbering. That is because the tool works in hexadecimal. Yes, that hexadecimal, |
| - | The first line in the main window is line 0. Go ahead and click anywhere on that line. Now, using your arrow keys, move the little highlight you placed, around like you are playing ‘snake’. Now hit the space bar. The line will turn red, indicating that you are in recording mode. Hit space bar again to turn it off. Easy, no? | + | Utilisation |
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| + | Avant de commencer, j'ai consulté la liste des puces et systèmes son émulés, et elle est vraiment impressionnante ! Lorsque vous chargez un fichier, le système détecte automatiquement le système d' | ||
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| + | Furnace est un outil pour les créateurs ! J' | ||
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| + | **The first line in the main window is line 0. Go ahead and click anywhere on that line. Now, using your arrow keys, move the little highlight you placed, around like you are playing ‘snake’. Now hit the space bar. The line will turn red, indicating that you are in recording mode. Hit space bar again to turn it off. Easy, no? | ||
| Before we move any further, I want to explain that time moves ‘down’ in our main window. If I play a note, the note following it will be below that one. (though there are clever ways to jump around, I just want you to understand how time flows inside Furnace) | Before we move any further, I want to explain that time moves ‘down’ in our main window. If I play a note, the note following it will be below that one. (though there are clever ways to jump around, I just want you to understand how time flows inside Furnace) | ||
| Right, navigate to zero again and hit the space bar to record. | Right, navigate to zero again and hit the space bar to record. | ||
| - | Now press: zxcvb and press the space bar again. (If you know music, don’t judge, I’m trying to make people excited for something they can do themselves, rather than making “twinkle twinkle”) You heard the tones coming from your keyboard presses. Your keyboard acted as a piano and you laid down your first notes. Those of you that are on the ball, may have tried to press the play button, to find that there was no sound and the lines just kept running down, regardless of where you moved the highlighted block. This is because the player plays the whole ‘pattern’ from 0 to 63, before either looping or moving on to the next. You will need to hit one of the “repeat” buttons to get it to play. So now you know the “flow”. So to play what you just laid down, use the arrow keys to move the highlighted block over a note or pattern and hit Enter. ;) | + | Now press: zxcvb and press the space bar again. (If you know music, don’t judge, I’m trying to make people excited for something they can do themselves, rather than making “twinkle twinkle”) You heard the tones coming from your keyboard presses. Your keyboard acted as a piano and you laid down your first notes. Those of you that are on the ball, may have tried to press the play button, to find that there was no sound and the lines just kept running down, regardless of where you moved the highlighted block. This is because the player plays the whole ‘pattern’ from 0 to 63, before either looping or moving on to the next. You will need to hit one of the “repeat” buttons to get it to play. So now you know the “flow”. So to play what you just laid down, use the arrow keys to move the highlighted block over a note or pattern and hit Enter. ;)** |
| - | You may have noticed that the “notes” you recorded only appeared in one column. Each column is a “channel” capable of only playing one note per row. You add multiple channels, with different (or the same!) instruments to make up a tune. | + | La première ligne de la fenêtre principale est la ligne 0. Cliquez n' |
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| + | Bien, retournez à la ligne zéro et appuyez sur la barre d' | ||
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| + | Appuyez maintenant sur : zxcvb, puis de nouveau sur la barre d' | ||
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| + | **You may have noticed that the “notes” you recorded only appeared in one column. Each column is a “channel” capable of only playing one note per row. You add multiple channels, with different (or the same!) instruments to make up a tune. | ||
| The amazing part of tracker software is that you don’t have to lay down each note perfectly, it just has to be there to be manipulated, | The amazing part of tracker software is that you don’t have to lay down each note perfectly, it just has to be there to be manipulated, | ||
| - | While we did not touch on samples and instruments and building patterns to make songs and the like, you now now enough to be dangerous. If you want us to run an article or two on making a tune, let us know at: misc@fullcirclemagazine.org, | + | While we did not touch on samples and instruments and building patterns to make songs and the like, you now now enough to be dangerous. If you want us to run an article or two on making a tune, let us know at: misc@fullcirclemagazine.org, |
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| + | Vous avez peut-être remarqué que les « notes » enregistrées n' | ||
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