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koolnESS by The Furnace Posse
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screenshot added by wbcbz7 on 2024-05-06 15:32:47
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release date : april 2024
release party : Multimatograf 2024
compo : wild demo
ranked : 1st
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popularity : 62%
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alltime top: #4231
added on the 2024-05-06 15:32:47 by wbcbz7 wbcbz7

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alright, this was a kind of sporadic and kind of not quite scene-related project - a musicdisk for an ESFM - enhanced OPL3-compatible FM synthesizer from ESS AudioDrive/Solo-1 audio cards, made from songs done in Furnace Tracker (hence the release "label" :)

of course running this on real PC could be a bit troublesome since you need a ESS audio card (still easier to find than GUS :D),but in case of trouble, latest DOSBox-X supports ESFM emulation :)

youtube: party video with "shell to DOS" feature demo, post-party version with full track list
added on the 2024-05-06 15:37:09 by wbcbz7 wbcbz7
Nice tracks and cool looking interface!
Didn't know OPL can sound like this.
rulez added on the 2024-05-06 16:10:27 by hfr hfr
Interesting sound technology. Cool shell.
A DOS-stuff that I would have liked to see in my youth :)
rulez added on the 2024-05-06 16:46:18 by bitl bitl
Cool tracks!
rulez added on the 2024-05-06 16:47:54 by toms toms
=)
rulez added on the 2024-05-06 16:54:55 by HellMood HellMood
very nice tunes, always glad to see some love for the more obscure/bespoke sound hardware out there
rulez added on the 2024-05-06 20:52:51 by esm. esm.
awesome!!
rulez added on the 2024-05-06 21:27:23 by Enfys Enfys
Interesting niche-project that looks and (more importantly) sounds good! Might be that the fact it's coming outside demoscene the music sounds more interesting to me (different influences). Might be the sound chip too.
rulez added on the 2024-05-06 22:07:11 by chavez chavez
Looks cool.
rulez added on the 2024-05-07 08:02:56 by tjahzi(aka Jimi) tjahzi(aka Jimi)
great
rulez added on the 2024-05-07 08:15:35 by Grongy Grongy
banger tunes. awesome msx disk:)
rulez added on the 2024-05-07 11:52:19 by Pator Pator
Cool stuff, great to see (hear?) some more alternative sound cards getting some much deserved love!
rulez added on the 2024-05-07 11:54:57 by britelite britelite
ESS TOP
rulez added on the 2024-05-08 18:57:52 by Tronix Tronix
Koolness!
rulez added on the 2024-05-08 19:18:47 by Olympian Olympian
Excellent presentation and great tunes.
I'm not familiar with the ESS but the sound is amazing for just FM.
rulez added on the 2024-05-09 00:15:47 by exocet exocet
Very nice interface and intro part.
rulez added on the 2024-05-09 01:42:58 by JAC! JAC!
Amazing sound!
rulez added on the 2024-05-09 08:12:13 by Manwe Manwe
this prod stole my heart at pp. absolutely massive and kool performed
rulezcdc added on the 2024-05-09 11:38:36 by diver diver
Absolutely rulez!
rulez added on the 2024-05-09 17:22:29 by Adam Bazaroff Adam Bazaroff
Awesome prod
rulez added on the 2024-05-10 07:47:07 by ED ED
Thank you for this compilation, and for letting us know of the recent developments in ESFM reversing. Eagerly awaiting the next one! And if possible give OPL3 some love too! :D
rulez added on the 2024-05-11 15:53:54 by miragept miragept
*.lz4? :(
added on the 2024-05-13 07:25:11 by AntDude AntDude
Pretty nice looking musicdisk, smooth screen!
rulez added on the 2024-05-13 14:15:45 by Optimus Optimus
AntDude: You can find the original module files in Furnace Tracker's example song collection (demos/esfm).
rulez added on the 2024-05-13 21:49:28 by Saga Musix Saga Musix
Excellent music-disk!
rulez added on the 2024-05-13 22:36:48 by ham ham
Now there's a good looking musicdisk!
rulez added on the 2024-05-14 15:32:34 by tFt tFt
Very nice interface!
rulez added on the 2024-05-16 11:11:13 by Asato Asato
Nice one!!
rulez added on the 2024-05-16 16:36:49 by Sir_Lucas Sir_Lucas
hello friends, just letting you know that the latest dev build of DOSBox Staging also supports the ESS, so you can enjoy this super cool production which i very much approve of! i'm listening to the tracks in Staging as i'm writing this :D

i ported the code over from DOSBox-X a few months ago; you simply just need to set "sbtype = ess" for ESS support.

oh, and you can also use "cputype = pentium_mmx" as we've recently added MMX emulation as well :) enjoy!

get the latest DOSBox Staging dev builds from here:
https://www.dosbox-staging.org/releases/development-builds/
rulez added on the 2024-05-24 14:36:09 by elijah elijah
@elijah: didn't knew that, awesome! (also see github issues)
added on the 2024-05-24 16:32:52 by wbcbz7 wbcbz7
kicks
rulez added on the 2024-05-25 11:18:01 by SiR SiR
@wbcbz7 thanks for the report, the fade-out issue is fixed in the latest dev build.
added on the 2024-05-26 06:40:02 by elijah elijah
quite nice
rulez added on the 2024-05-29 22:45:37 by ferris ferris
Holy shit this is so cool!! nice stuff :3
rulez added on the 2024-05-30 23:57:59 by oerg866 oerg866
just tried with yamaha opl3 equipped toshiba libretto, audio glitches. I wonder - how compatible is ESFM ? is it possibble to run it on 'regular' opl3?
rulez added on the 2024-06-05 14:41:14 by comankh comankh
Quote:
just tried with yamaha opl3 equipped toshiba libretto, audio glitches. I wonder - how compatible is ESFM ? is it possibble to run it on 'regular' opl3?

obviously you can't run it on OPL3 because ESFM register layout in native mode is completely different, and porting songs to OPL3 require simplification of channel configuration (for instance, OPL3 could do only 6ch 4op + 6ch 2op, while ESFM does all 18 4op without any hassle).
and as this was made as a demonstration of ESFM (and tracker :p) capabilities, i've never bothered with making this run on OPL3 :)
added on the 2024-06-05 20:28:14 by wbcbz7 wbcbz7
thanks for thorough explanation. sidenote: it doesn't crash on opl3 ;]
added on the 2024-06-06 09:52:54 by comankh comankh
Liked it, brings back memories.
rulez added on the 2024-06-19 16:15:21 by RCL RCL

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