Furnace 0.6pre5

What's new in 0.6pre5

- Casio PV-1000 chip
- ZX Spectrum QuadTone engine
- folders for ins/wave/sample lists
- smaller .fur files thanks to a new pattern format
- finally, sample map with pitchable notes and a new UI for it
- several sample editor improvements
the huge, boring changelog
- added missing intro tune credits (A M 4 N)
- fix terminal window showing up on Windows 11 (finally... thanks dj.tuBIG/MaliceX!)
- sadly this change makes console mode difficult to use. yeah, Windows limitation...
- fix panning effect in OPZ
- a new ZX Spectrum beeper engine:
QuadTone! (by Natt Akuma)
- make some chips (NES, SM8521 and Game Boy) more deterministic
- fix randomize not being really random
- SegaPCM fixes:
- fix sample loop
- fix possible crash
- fix linear slides being inconsistent with other chips
- fix a few issues with SNES (mostly regarding BRR samples)
- a new chip: Casio PV-1000! (thanks cam900)
- change Commander X16 mixing to match latest revision of hardware
- fix several issues in the Orders window
- SN76489 now has a register view
- Namco C30 improvements:
- better noise strategy
- add a noise macro
- Namco WSG/C15 ROM mode
- when enabled, this limits you to 8 wavetables and no wave synth
- designed for those who want to play around and try getting it to run on a real board
- revamped Amiga emulation - now with a working register view and actual sample memory limits
- removed some excessive Namco 163 macros (the WaveLoad ones)
- built-in file picker fixes:
- "/" no longer appears in the file name input box
- .. (go to parent directory) is now a button (fixes a sorting issue)
- fix occasional path resets
- color Future Composer files
- prepare a ROM export framework so it becomes easier to work on it for 0.7
- remember the state of extra channel buttons (that ++ thing)
- add a disclaimer when exporting AY-3-8914 VGMs
- not well-supported on VGMPlay
- this doesn't affect other AY variants
- fix panning in RF5C68 after jumping to an order
- fix weird waveform on first note on in Namco 163
- fix YMF276 emulation (clipping)
- PCM DAC fixes:
- muting fix
- interpolation improvements (especially when playing samples backwards)
- wave interpolation
- C64 macro mode usability fix (macro zoom resets when changing macro modes)
- VIC-20 improvements/fixes:
- new "on/off" macro
- fix macro issues with volume
- added an FM preview
- for now this feature is exclusive to the OPN instrument type
- enable it by right-clicking in the algorithm preview …

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