Extension: .FAR Version: ??? Created by: Daniel Potter Tracker: Fandarole Composer Players: ... Description by: Max Maischein Taken from: FileFormats List v1.50 Note: Digital music format 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.