SPC or IT imports

[Degamisu]

I am trying to rip some music from Megaman X, and putting it into furnace. No luck, and if it is even possible, it would be a PAIN!! Dont get me wrong, I love is tracker and its one of the most useful ones out there. I was thinking an IT importer since you can convert SPC to IT, or an SPC importer at least. This would be a HUGE time saver if this is possible!

thank you!

[ghost]

If you want the converter. Look here

[Degamisu]

Yeah, thats what i use. I just need a converter to turn .spc or .it into a .fur file.

[Degamisu]

or at least a usable format for furnace.

[tildearrow]

Impulse Tracker import seems more viable than .spc import.

[Degamisu]

yeah. I just need something to import my MMX songs, weather its .it or .spc. However, I have tried .mod, but the conversion ruined a lot of the sound data, making it unreadable.

[Degamisu]

Possibly even a .xm import too. It supports a variety of consoles and is easy to import into impulse and milky for example. (I have converted my MMX songs into .xm and it worked perfectly normal.)

[Soulchip]

This has been asked a few times in different ways. The thing is that Furnace is a music tracker, you use it to compose music...not to rip or import music... you are supposed to hear the music and write it yourself... I hope this kind of requests to import spc, vgm, vgz and so on never get done...
The time you spent trying to convert the spc to it and then to fur use it to write the songs from the game into furnace.

Of course... this is my point of view only...

[Degamisu]

well, not necessarily to rip, more visualize or view the rips that I take from my ROMS.

[MarisaKirisame7]

maybve its useful for remaking the music for another sound chip ?

[Degamisu]

yes!

[rocord01]

I have a few old .it files that I have laying around, and I would love to see an ability to import these into furnace!

[ghost]

Importing these vgm or other music files into Furnace is not possible.

[Degamisu]

Importing these vgm or other music files into Furnace is not possible.

how come? Is it a limitation in the code? If so, shouldn't that be fixable for future updates?

[Soulchip]

I'm puzzled by Rocky's statement... SPC is not just a tracker file; it's more akin to a saved state from a game. Translating SPC to any kind of tracker format is a nightmare. Although there is a tool available to translate SPC to IT, the resulting file is often unattractive and nearly unusable.

On the other hand, IT could potentially be supported by Furnace in the future, as Tildearrow suggested. However, IT is an incredibly complex format with a myriad of effects and features. While the development process could be quite lengthy, it's theoretically possible since IT is a tracker module and, at least on paper, compatible.

[Soulchip]

Same for VGM format... it is not something that can be imported easily and the resulting import process could leave a very ugly and unusable tracker file.

[Degamisu]

That makes more sense! I think that the SPC import would be a little unnecessary, as it could just be converted into an IT, but I don't see why IT couldn't be supported! 😄

[Degamisu]

So, would IT be more possible?

[rocord01]

This open-source C library might help

https://github.com/iamgreaser/libit216

[MrHassium]

.it support would still be tought, since furnace lacks some features and effects of the .it format (new note action, global volume...). I believe .s3m and .xm support is more feasible, but .it would need alot of work for it to work on furnace.

[Degamisu]

.s3m? that's that one for?

[MrHassium]

.s3m (scream tracker 3 module) is a module file similar to .mod, but it has more channels, and Adlib soundcard functionality. It is a very basic Tracker module.