FamiStudio 4.4.0 Highlights

FamiStudio 4.4.0 was just released! You can download it here.

This is the first major release that has been driven almost entirely by community contributions. While I am focusing on another project, Steo has stepped up in a big way, conducting extensive hardware comparisons and adding numerous quality-of-life improvements. Thanks to him and everyone who contributed to this release!

Changes/Fixes:

  • FDS multiwave support (thanks Steo!)
  • DPCM options for "Trim to 16" and "Trim to 16+1" (thanks Steo!)
  • Separate bass filter for FDS (thanks Steo!)
  • PWM for FDS, including a fourth PWM preset (thanks Steo!)
  • VGM FDS import support (thanks Steo!)
  • NSF/VGM import tuning option (thanks Steo!)
  • Linux support for kdialog and zenity for dialogs (thanks Steo!)
  • Reworked C-binding and ability to combine identical channels in sound engine (thanks jroweboy!)

Breaking/Behavior changes:

  • Default filtering options for FDS were changed slightly to better match the hardware