Famitracker Tutorial Part 1 - The Instrument Editor and You

Due to a lot of requests for a tutorial, I decided to oblige this request and create a multi-part walkthrough for using Famitracker. If there are any concerns or questions, please let me know with a comment and I will do my best to answer them.

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[chaos0987654321]

do you have a more upto date tutorial because i was with you up until you started talking about the triangle im using the latest version of the program

[8BitDanooct1]

@chaos0987654321 The triangle is in every single version of the program, considering it's one of the waves the NES produces.

[x7Chaos]

Whenever I go to the instrument editor and check off volume no matter what number I put in the MML box the volume stays at 15 even after I press parse. Help?

[8BitDanooct1]

@x7Chaos If you uncheck the volume box, then it's not going to matter what's in the MML for it. Same goes for any instrument setting.

[PonyturdFly]

I have a question!

When I use Famitracker on Windows XP, it works fine. The only problem I've noticed on XP is that the bottom part of "E" gets cut off, so it looks like "F". THe same thing happens with "B" looking like "R".

However, when I tried to use Famitracker on a Windows 7 laptop, it would make a sputtering noise about once per second. At the bottom of the window, it said something about increasing the buffer speed, but when I looked in the seetings, it wasn't there. Any ideas?

[8BitDanooct1]

@PonyturdFly Go to settings, then to the audio tab, and increase the buffer length slider. This should fix the stuttering.

[virtualmark05]

Awesome tutorial. I really got the feel for FamiTracker after watching these. :)

[Tjways]

@VitalVideos Everyone likes 8-bit songs because there are some memories of people with NES games and there is no hater of FamiTracker till now

[ExtremeGamer9951]

@8BitDanooct1 How do you put music on famitracker and convert it to 8 bit.

[MrLefwtf]

Thank you awesome!!!!

[tirsod2000]

DAT VOICE

[BigPalookaalt]

hahah Big Rigs lol, funny game

[matteolima]

i have problem: i can't hear the preview, i think it's related to the buffersize,since there is always a "audio buffer underrun" warning on the bottom ticker of the application, but i cannot find any setting to change the buffer size, can anyone help?

[Djturtl3official]

*snickers* duty noise...

[AozoraOrigami]

heyy can i ask how to record the song? to like a .wav or.mp3?

[DarkNintendo2000]

Thank You so much! I've always wanted to make custom Megaman songs, and now I can! Thanks!

[Denzien2]

This is the best tutorial of Famitracker I've seen, thank you it's such a help, now I'm gonner go watch the rest :)

[meonroids]

my famitracker plays sound as a midi. how do I get famitracker to play as a nes sound?