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folknstorm.mod contained ADPCM-compressed samples (which need to die already), those are now fixed in r6662. In the case of getbrian.xm, I have to disappoint you. I guess you mean the portamento in pattern 2 on channel 13: It plays as intended (i.e. both like the OpenMPT version the tune was written in, and also like the original Fasttracker 2 would play it), and if FB2k does't cap the portamento, then it's simply wrong. |
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ADPCM samples didn't quite play well on MODo (Android version of DUMB, so to say). I wonder why people used it. I think the intention of using the portamento well above the limit of FT2 was a part of some sort of "note hack", probably benefiting from the bug in other players. |
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To give a little bit of background story, ADPCM samples are not a MOD "standard" so to speak - they were first introduced in ModPlug Player in the late 90s to save space (back when it still mattered if you downloaded a 50kb or 100kb file), especially with the intention to use ADPCM-compressed modules together with the ModPlugin, which was a browser plugin that you could use to play modules on your website. In this case it was more important for the module to load fast than sound nice.
I doubt it, since all major module players (especially around the time when the module was released) play the portamento like OpenMPT does - in fact, there is actually a much bigger bug in the arpeggios in that tune which is actually NOT played "as intended" by XMPlay for example, which is pretty much THE module player on Windows. |
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