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new Furnace instrument format

the main issue with Furnace instrument files is that they are too big, even if the instrument is nothing more than the FM setup...

the aim of this new format is to greatly reduce the size of a resulting instrument.

information

this format is "featural", meaning that only used parameters are stored (depending on instrument types). this is the biggest improvement over the previous format, which stored everything including unused parameters.

features which are not recognized by Furnace will be ignored.

instruments are not compressed using zlib, unlike Furnace songs.

all numbers are little-endian.

the following fields may be found in "size":

f indicates a floating point number.
STR is a UTF-8 zero-terminated string.
??? is an array of variable size.
S?? is an array of STRs.
1?? is an array of bytes.
2?? is an array of shorts.
4?? is an array of ints.

the format may change across versions. a (>=VER) indicates this field is only present starting from format version VER, and (<VER) indicates this field is present only before version VER.

furthermore, an or reserved indicates this field is always present, but is reserved when the version condition is not met.

the size of this block fields represent the size of a block excluding the ID and the aforementioned field.

header

.fui files use the following header:

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
  4  | "FINS" format magic
  2  | format version
  2  | instrument type
 ??? | features...

instruments in a .fur file use the following header instead:

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
  4  | "INS2" block ID
  4  | size of this block
  2  | format version
  2  | instrument type
 ??? | features...

a feature uses the following format:

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
  2  | feature code
  2  | length of block
 ??? | data...

the following instrument types are available:

0: SN76489
1: FM (OPN)
2: Game Boy
3: C64
4: Amiga/sample
5: PC Engine
6: AY-3-8910
7: AY8930
8: TIA
9: SAA1099
10: VIC
11: PET
12: VRC6
13: OPLL
14: OPL
15: FDS
16: Virtual Boy
17: Namco 163
18: SCC
19: OPZ
20: POKEY
21: PC Speaker
22: WonderSwan
23: Lynx
24: VERA
25: X1-010
26: VRC6 (saw)
27: ES5506
28: MultiPCM
29: SNES
30: Sound Unit
31: Namco WSG
32: OPL (drums)
33: FM (OPM)
34: NES
35: MSM6258
36: MSM6295
37: ADPCM-A
38: ADPCM-B
39: SegaPCM
40: QSound
41: YMZ280B
42: RF5C68
43: MSM5232
44: T6W28
45: K007232
46: GA20
47: Pokémon Mini/QuadTone
48: SM8521
49: PV-1000
50: K053260
52: TED
53: C140
54: C219
55: ESFM
56: PowerNoise (noise)
57: PowerNoise (slope)
58: Dave
59: NDS
60: GBA DMA
61: GBA MinMod
62: Bifurcator
63: SID2

the following feature codes are recognized:

NA: instrument name
FM: FM ins data
MA: macro data
64: C64 ins data
GB: Game Boy ins data
SM: sample ins data
O1: operator 1 macros
O2: operator 2 macros
O3: operator 3 macros
O4: operator 4 macros
LD: OPL drums mode data
SN: SNES ins data
N1: Namco 163 ins data
FD: FDS/Virtual Boy ins data
WS: wavetable synth data
SL: list of samples
WL: list of wavetables
MP: MultiPCM ins data
SU: Sound Unit ins data
ES: ES5506 ins data
X1: X1-010 ins data
NE: NES DPCM sample map data
EF: ESFM ins data
PN: PowerNoise ins data
S2: SID2 ins data
EN: end of features
- if you find this feature code, stop reading the instrument.
- it will usually appear only when there sample/wave lists.
- instruments in a .fur shall end with this feature code.

instrument name (NA)

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
 STR | instrument name

FM data (FM)

FM operator order is:
- 1/3/2/4 (internal order) for OPN, OPM, OPZ and OPL 4-op
- 1/2/?/? (? = unused) for OPL 2-op and OPLL

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
  1  | flags
     | - bit 4-7: op enabled
     |   - op order from 4 to 7: 0, 2, 1, 3
     |   - 2-op instruments: 0, 1, x, x
     | - bit 0-3: op count
-----|------------------------------------
     | **base data**
     | /7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0|
  1  | |x| ALG |x| FB  |
  1  | |FMS2 |AMS| FMS |
  1  | |AM2|4| LLPatch |
-----|------------------------------------
     | **operator data × opCount**
     | /7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0|
  1  | |r| D T |  MULT |
     |  \- KSR
  1  | |s|     T L     |
     |  \- SUS
  1  | |R S|v|   A R   |
     |      \- VIB
  1  | |A|KSL|   D R   |
     |  \- AM
  1  | |e|KVS|   D2R   |
     |  \- EGT
  1  | |  S L  |  R R  |
  1  | |  DVB  |  SSG  |
  1  | | DAM |DT2| W S |

macro data (MA)

notes:

the macro range varies depending on the instrument type.
"macro open" indicates whether the macro is collapsed or not in the instrument editor.
meaning of extended macros varies depending on instrument type.
meaning of panning macros varies depending on instrument type:
- for hard-panned chips (e.g. FM and Game Boy): left panning is 2-bit panning macro (left/right)
- otherwise both left and right panning macros are used

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
  2  | length of macro header
 ??? | data...

each macro is represented like this:

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
  1  | macro code
     | - 0: vol
     | - 1: arp
     | - 2: duty
     | - 3: wave
     | - 4: pitch
     | - 5: ex1
     | - 6: ex2
     | - 7: ex3
     | - 8: alg
     | - 9: fb
     | - 10: fms
     | - 11: ams
     | - 12: panL
     | - 13: panR
     | - 14: phaseReset
     | - 15: ex4
     | - 16: ex5
     | - 17: ex6
     | - 18: ex7
     | - 19: ex8
     | - 255: stop reading and move on
  1  | macro length
  1  | macro loop
  1  | macro release
  1  | macro mode
  1  | macro open/type/word size
     | - bit 6-7: word size
     |   - 0: 8-bit unsigned
     |   - 1: 8-bit signed
     |   - 2: 16-bit signed
     |   - 3: 32-bit signed
     | - bit 3: instant release (>=182)
     | - bit 1-2: type
     |   - 0: normal
     |   - 1: ADSR
     |   - 2: LFO
     | - bit 0: open
  1  | macro delay
  1  | macro speed
 ??? | macro data
     | - length: macro length × word size

interpreting macro mode values

sequence (normal): I think this is obvious...
ADSR:
- val[0]: bottom
- val[1]: top
- val[2]: attack
- val[3]: hold time
- val[4]: decay
- val[5]: sustain level
- val[6]: sustain hold time
- val[7]: decay 2
- val[8]: release
LFO:
- val[11]: speed
- val[12]: waveform
  - 0: triangle
  - 1: saw
  - 2: pulse
- val[13]: phase
- val[14]: loop
- val[15]: global (not sure how will I implement this)

C64 data (64)

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
  1  | flags 1
     | - bit 7: dutyIsAbs
     | - bit 6: initFilter
     | - bit 5: volIsCutoff (<187)
     | - from version 187 onwards, volume and cutoff macros are separate.
     | - if this is on and the version is less than 187, move the volume macro into the ALG one.
     | - bit 4: toFilter
     | - bit 3: noise on
     | - bit 2: pulse on
     | - bit 1: saw on
     | - bit 0: triangle on
  1  | flags 2
     | - bit 7: oscSync
     | - bit 6: ringMod
     | - bit 5: noTest
     | - bit 4: filterIsAbs
     | - bit 3: ch3off
     | - bit 2: band pass
     | - bit 1: high pass
     | - bit 0: low pass
  1  | attack/decay
     | - bit 4-7: attack
     | - bit 0-3: decay
  1  | sustain release
     | - bit 4-7: sustain
     | - bit 0-3: release
  2  | duty
  2  | cutoff/resonance
     | - bit 12-15: resonance
     | - bit 0-10: cutoff (0-11 on SID2)
  1  | upper nibble of resonance (for SID2) (>=199)

C64 compatibility note (>=187)

in Furnace dev187 the volume and cutoff macros have been separated, as noted above. however, there are two other changes as well: inverted relative (non-absolute) cutoff macro; and a new, improved Special macro.

if version is less than 187, you must convert the Special macro:

do not continue if ex4 is not a Sequence type macro!
move bit 0 of ex4 macro data into bit 3.
set bit 0 on all steps of ex4 macro to 1.
if ex3 is not a Sequence type macro, stop here.
if ex3 macro length is 0, stop here.
merge the ex3 macro (former Special) into ex4 (former Test).

use the largest size (between ex3 and ex4).
if the ex3 macro is shorter than the ex4 one, use the last value of ex3, and vice-versa.
if the ex4 macro length is 0, expand it to the largest size, and set all steps to 1.

don't worry about loop or release...

Game Boy data (GB)

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
  1  | envelope params
     | - bit 5-7: length
     | - bit 4: direction
     | - bit 0-3: volume
  1  | sound length
     | - 64 is infinity
  1  | flags
     | - bit 2: double wave width for GBA (>=196)
     | - bit 1: always init envelope
     | - bit 0: software envelope (zombie mode)
  1  | hardware sequence length
 ??? | hardware sequence...
     | - length: 3*hwSeqLen

a value in the hardware sequence has the following format:

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
  1  | command
     | - 0: set envelope
     | - 1: set sweep
     | - 2: wait
     | - 3: wait for release
     | - 4: loop
     | - 5: loop until release
  2  | data
     | - for set envelope:
     |   - 1 byte: parameter
     |     - bit 4-7: volume
     |     - bit 3: direction
     |     - bit 0-2: length
     |   - 1 byte: sound length
     | - for set sweep:
     |   - 1 byte: parameter
     |     - bit 4-6: length
     |     - bit 3: direction
     |     - bit 0-2: shift
     |   - 1 byte: nothing
     | - for wait:
     |   - 1 byte: length (in ticks)
     |   - 1 byte: nothing
     | - for wait for release:
     |   - 2 bytes: nothing
     | - for loop/loop until release:
     |   - 2 bytes: position

sample ins data (SM)

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
  2  | initial sample
  1  | flags
     | - bit 2: use wave
     | - bit 1: use sample
     | - bit 0: use sample map
  1  | waveform length
 4?? | sample map... (120 entries)
     | - only read if sample map is enabled

the sample map format:

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
  2  | note to play (>=152) or reserved
  2  | sample to play

operator macro data (O1, O2, O3 and O4)

similar to macro data, but using these macro codes:

0: AM
1: AR
2: DR
3: MULT
4: RR
5: SL
6: TL
7: DT2
8: RS
9: DT
10: D2R
11: SSG-EG
12: DAM
13: DVB
14: EGT
15: KSL
16: SUS
17: VIB
18: WS
19: KSR

OPL drums mode data (LD)

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
  1  | fixed frequency mode
  2  | kick freq
  2  | snare/hat freq
  2  | tom/top freq

SNES data (SN)

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
  1  | attack/decay
     | - bit 4-6: decay
     | - bit 0-3: attack
  1  | sustain/release
     | - bit 5-7: sustain
     | - bit 0-4: release
  1  | flags
     | - bit 4: envelope on
     | - bit 3: make sustain effective (<131)
     | - bit 0-2: gain mode
     |   - 0: direct
     |   - 4: dec
     |   - 5: exp
     |   - 6: inc
     |   - 7: bent
  1  | gain
  1  | decay 2/sustain mode (>=131)
     | - bit 5-6: sustain mode
     |   - 0: direct
     |   - 1: sustain (release with dec)
     |   - 2: sustain (release with exp)
     |   - 3: sustain (release with rel)
     | - bit 0-4: decay 2

Namco 163 data (N1)

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
  4  | waveform
  1  | wave pos
  1  | wave len
  1  | wave mode
     | **extra info** (>=164)
  1  | enable per channel wave pos/len
  8  | per channel wave pos
     | - only read if enabled.
  8  | per channel wave len
     | - only read if enabled.

FDS/Virtual Boy data (FD)

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
  4  | mod speed
  4  | mod depth
  1  | init mod table with first wave
 1?? | modulation table (32 entries)

wavetable synth data (WS)

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
  4  | first wave
  4  | second wave
  1  | rate divider
  1  | effect
     | - bit 7: single or dual effect
  1  | enabled
  1  | global
  1  | speed (+1)
  1  | parameter 1
  1  | parameter 2
  1  | parameter 3
  1  | parameter 4

list of samples (SL)

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
  1  | number of samples
 1?? | sample indexes...
 4?? | pointers to samples...
     | - these use the Furnace sample format.

list of wavetables (WL)

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
  1  | number of wavetables
 1?? | wavetable indexes...
 4?? | pointers to wavetables...
     | - these use the Furnace wavetable format.

MultiPCM data (MP)

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
  1  | attack rate
  1  | decay 1 rate
  1  | decay level
  1  | decay 2 rate
  1  | release rate
  1  | rate correction
  1  | LFO rate
  1  | vibrato depth
  1  | AM depth

Sound Unit data (SU)

size | description
-----|------------------------------------
  1  | switch roles of phase reset timer and frequency
  1  | hardware sequence length (>=185)
 ??? | hardware sequence...
     | - length: 5*hwSeqLen