MD Synth DAW Files

A hardware-aware DAW for the Sega Mega Drive.

17 changes since v0.5.0.

Downloads

A portable copy keeps its settings, projects and banks in a userdata folder beside the executable, so it can live on a memory stick and leaves nothing behind. An installed copy keeps them under your documents. Both are the same application, and the updater offers whichever kind you already have.

Checking a download

SHA256SUMS lists every file, and each file has a .sigstore bundle beside it, SHA256SUMS included. The signature is what proves a download came from this repository: a checksum on its own only proves the file matches whichever list you read it from.

:::sh
sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS --ignore-missing

cosign verify-blob --bundle SHA256SUMS.sigstore \
  --certificate-identity-regexp '^https://github.com/MeguminBOT/md-synth-daw/' \
  --certificate-oidc-issuer https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com \
  SHA256SUMS

The same workflow records build provenance, which the GitHub CLI reads:

:::sh
gh attestation verify mdd-0.6.0-windows-x86_64-portable.zip --repo MeguminBOT/md-synth-daw

What changed

The song model (2)

• Patch A piece files its own presets into one bank rather than a bank of its name
• Patch A saved preset is written to the presets folder and reaches every project

Playback and export (3)

• Sequencer An export may stop what nothing is playing, and a warning says when it should
• Sequencer Declicking is a setting rather than something the song carries
• Sequencer A declick switch eases converter stops and FM retriggers

File formats (4)

• Vgm A vgm this application wrote imports with its drums where they were
• Vgm A vgm header says how wide the square part's noise register is
• Xgm Back to back notes keep their attack and FM6 plays between samples
• Xgm An exported kit plays the hit each key picks and stops it where its note ends

Editors and panels (4)

• Bar A follow playhead switch keeps the playhead in sight while the song plays
• Overlay The export sheets fit a screen people still work on
• Synth An operator's envelope is drawn inside its box
• Synth The preset browser opens the presets folder, and each subfolder in it is a bank

Window, audio and system (1)

• Window Vulkan waits for its device after each present and asks for adaptive vsync

The repository (1)

• Bump version 0.6.0

Every commit: https://github.com/MeguminBOT/md-synth-daw/compare/v0.5.0...v0.6.0