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Interesting.  Also, I actually thought SNESMod, your version, had more features.  Hahaa.

As for the gain issue, that may be it.  I personally have no experienced any issues with clicks and pops in audio using XMSNES at all, but I also only worked with it using the reduced amplitude samples.  I think that was the point I wanted to make when I made my last post, but I think I was kind of distracted, so my mind wasn't exactly clear.  Still, glad you were able to interpret what I was getting at. lol

Still though, the song you linked, I didn't really hear any issues with it, so not sure why most music made with SNESMod has the clicks and pops in it while this one didn't.  Guess it was the effects were used or how the samples were handled.  Either way, good to know.

Glad SNESMod is still getting love.  It was my first adventure into making SNES music.

It's a shame we don't have any updates from cTrix on the SNES Sequencer (I know him and Ferris are really busy), but I ended up finding the updated version of SNESMOD on nesdev being worked on by Augustus Blackheart and, I think, KungFuFurby (not so sure on his involvement), but the clicks and pops were still there.  I did find, however, an alternative solution.  It takes a little bit more finagling and it does involve a little bit more work and access to a DAW and the C700 VST, but XMSNES works pretty well.  It still uses Direct Gain like SNESMOD, but there's not clicking and popping.  The way to set up echo/FIR is by following the instructions in the text file provided, but it leaves out some crucial info.

00-7F => 0 ~ 127 (positive values)
80-FF => -128 ~ -1 (negative values)

The XMSNES manual shows that the coefficients in instrument names spaces is essentially this:

>//7F00000000000000430

Broken down, it's:
> (read)
// = Echo Vol L/R (check C700 VST to change these values properly)
7F00000000000000 = c0 ~ c7 (FIR filter values; check above)
4 = Echo Delay (in hex)
30 = Echo Feedback (in hex)

In order to get a good gauge on how the echo with FIR filter will sound with your music, you can test out values in C700 VST and then simply copy the value (it has a button for that at the very bottom of the GUI) and paste it into your music.  Set your echo to enabled using E03 and E01 for the channels you want it turned on for.  The great thing is that it supports dynamic echo channel switching off or on.  The new SNESMOD does as well, so that's a great thing.  Two of the major things XMSNES lacks that the new SNESMOD has is Pitch Modulation and Noise Generation as well as Global Volume for your music.  It will always be a value of 7F (127) even if you set the volume via Gxx in your XM module.  Best way to control volume is by playing with your instrument volumes and the actual sample amplitude.

I'm personally waiting for SNESMOD to get ADSR envelopes and click/pop-less playback, but until then, I'll use XMSNES for the cleaner audio.  Although, if you want better features, use the updated SNESMOD.  Still highly recommended.

Note:
The XMSNES version I linked is older than the one found on Github, but it seems to be about the same in functionality, so I'm just linking the one I'm using that has great results.  Also, if you're going to tweak a piece using XMSNES, be sure to delete the generated SPC before regenerating. Seems the program has an issue with replacing the file...I don't know why.  I just use a BAT file to delete the SPC and then have the program recreate the SPC.

omg, yes.  It's happening, it's sexy and I personally can't wait for this!

Apparently not.  I checked several times with different options and every time I opened a converted SPC into SPCTool, it would show that all instruments were Direct Gain.  Unless you know of some secret that I don't. lol

I saw that post.  I have yet to add those functions in with what he provided, but I still don't see any commands or ways to set up ADSR.  Using instrument envelopes doesn't do that, just controls gain.  Mind you, I'm using the 2009 version, slightly modified to "fix" FIR filter values beyond the 127/-128 that were coded into it, which didn't seem to work all that well anyway.

Hey there,

I just signed up, but I've been to this site before to look for various tools and things for working on chip music.  I've been working on chip music WAY back during the later days of Impulse Tracker and the old days of MODPlug Tracker.  I pretty much started in my later years of High School and started out with simple XM and IT renditions of Sonic 3 music (with recorded and non/looped FM waveforms) and my own half-assed music (I suck at composing my own stuff lol).

Anyway, nowadays, I mostly work on Gameboy conversions of music from the RPG Maker series (mostly because there's a graphics pack sold by them and the GB renditions of the editors music works really well with it) and SNES stuff, which I've been commissioned to work on some custom music for an RPG being made in the latest version of RPG Maker for the PC to be as close to the SNES experience as possible, so they called me up to produce some tracks for them with authentic SNES sound, rather than just using a soundfont and modern VST effects.  I make my own samples as well using modern VST synths or even my old, cheap synth.

I love NES, SNES, Genesis, GB/C/A, DS, N64, PS1/2 and Wii (sequenced and streamed) music and have always been a fan since I started playing FF2 (FF4j) and found out about tracked music.  That's another thing.  My favorite game on the SNES, including it's GBA counterpart (the other ones don't really count for me) is FF4 since that was the first real RPG I played when I started gaming on the NES and made the transition to the SNES.  After that would be Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, FF6, Terranigma (I had to play this via emulation since it was never released in the US), Seiken Densetsu 3 (emulation again) and even the very poorly rated Tecmo Secret of the Stars.  I know, I'm weird, but I like that game, even its steep difficulty.  I'm also someone who like Beyond the Beyond for the PS1, but mostly for the music.

My favorite VG composer used to be Nobuo Uematsu, but that changed when I really listened to some more of Motoi Sakuraba's music.  He is my absolute favorite composer and right next to him is Mr. Uematsu.

Closing up, I'll mostly be lurking, but I like to put in my 2¢ every once in a while. I'm mostly interested in the progress of the SNES Sequencer Cart and the improvement of SNESMOD.  C700 is great and all, but I like the converter better...I can't really say why.