The Fandarole composer is a 16 channel composer created by the group
Digital Infinity / Daniel Potter for digital music in module style.
The Fandarole modules have the following format :
OFFSET Count TYPE Description
0000h 4 char ID='FAR',254
0004h 40 char Song name
002Ch 3 char ID=13,10,26
This ID makes it possible to see the song name
by simply typing the .far file.
002Fh 1 word Remaining header size
0031h 1 byte Version number as BCD,
high nibble = major version
low nibble = minor version
0032h 16 byte Channel on/off map
<> 0 means that channel is used
0042h 1 rec Editing data.
This data is not necessary for playback,
but is stored by the composer for resume of
edit.
1 byte Current octave
1 byte Current voice
1 byte Current row
1 byte Current pattern
1 byte Current order
1 byte Current sample
1 byte Current volume
1 byte Current top of screen display
1 byte Current editing area
0=samples,
1=patterns,
2=orders
1 byte Current tempo (default tempo)
004Ch 16 byte Panning map for each channel, 0=left,15=right
005Ch 1 byte Marked block start
005Dh 1 byte Marked block end
005Eh 1 byte Grid granularity
005Fh 1 byte Edit mode
0060h 1 word Song text length
="STL"
0062h "STL" char Song text
0062h+ 256 byte Order bytes for pattern ordering
"STL"
0162h+ 1 byte Number of stored patterns
"STL"
0163h+ 1 byte Song length in patterns
"STL"
0164h+ 1 byte Loop position. This is the restart position
"STL" if the end of the song is reached.
0165h+ 256 word Length of each pattern. The number of rows in
"STL" each pattern is ( this word-2 )/(16*4)
After this block, there might be additional data in the future (see remaining
header size, above), after that, the pattern data follows.
The pattern data :
OFFSET Count TYPE Description
0000h 1 byte Length of pattern in rows
="LIR"
0001h 1 byte Tempo for this pattern - Unsupported,
use not recommended
0002h 4*"LIR" rec Note data for each pattern in 4 channels
1 byte Note value (Octave*12+Note)+1
0 means no note
1 byte Sample number
1 byte Volume byte. The volume is stored reversed,
the lower nibble is the major volume, the lower
nibble is the minor volume adjust.
1 byte Effect byte. Upper nibble is effect, lower
nibble is data. (see table 0004)
(Table 0004)
Note Effects in FAR-modules
01 - Pitch adjust
02 - Pitch adjust
03 - Portamento to note
04 - Retrigger note data times for one bar
05 - Set vibrato depth
06 - Vibrato
07-0C - ?Possibly undefined?
0D - Fine tune tempo down 128/Tempo
0E - Fine tune tempo up 128/Tempo
0F - Tempo, notes per second = 32/Tempo
After the pattern data, the sample map follows. This is an array of 64 bits
(eight bytes), each set bit corresponds to a sample record stored in the file,
each zero bit means that the corresponding record is not stored in the file.
OFFSET Count TYPE Description
0000h 8 byte Sample flags, see above
After the sample flags, the samples themselves are stored in the FSM format,
except for the ("FSM",254) header. They follow header-data-header-data-etc.,
see the FSM entry for further information.
EXTENSION:FAR
OCCURENCES:PC
PROGRAMS:Fandarole Composer
REFERENCE:
SEE ALSO:FSM
VALIDATION:
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