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Fantastic - I love seeing new tools in service of chipmusic, and this one looks real sleek. The platform agnosticism sort of feels like MML[0] but with a GUI, in that it has the appeal of "one tool, all platforms". I wonder -- what degree of control over platform-specific parameters does the software offer? Some of the greatest artists who have worked on particular platforms possess all sorts of arcane knowledge about the ins-and-outs of their platform, and know how to use (read: abuse) platform-specific quirks to their advantage. (For the curious, Phlogiston[1] is a good example for the 2A03; Trey Frey[2] for the DMG.) I love the generality of the idea, but would be concerned about the level of control I have over platform-specific features.

Another thing that I would probably need in order to use this seriously is compilation down to native-compatible file formats for recording from hardware. Can I e.g., export an NSF for the 2A03, a .MED for Octamed playback, some sort of SAV or LSDSNG for the DMG, etc.?

It's late here, so I haven't given this a spin yet, but will definitely play around with this soon - fantastic work!! :)

[0]: https://www.nesdev.org/mck_guide_v1.0.txt

[1]: https://phlogiston.bandcamp.com/album/nectar

[2]: https://treyfrey.bandcamp.com/album/refresh



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