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if you tune a sample to a value smaller than -99 the text will break out of
the textbox

Effects are missing from the GUI.

Don't think it's already been said, but maybe a sample start/end function?
This way, you could edit a sample without having to make a bunch of copies
of the same sample with different trimming.

When you highlight over one of the loop points, a button appears to let you
smoothly fade the selection over the other loop point to get a seamless
loop. I think this feature was included in the original FastTracker II...

There should be added a write buffer to the XM saving routine so you can
save uncorrupted XMs regardless of whether or not your driver can write
unaligned.

Add an option to play the looped sample while dragging loop points for
fine-tuning loops.

make use of the DS's PSG for the original Game Boy sound.

the "crtl-like" button (seems to be mapped to left shoulder button on my
left-handed setup) with left/right (Y/A for left-handed) would jump to
next/previous position in the tune. This would allow copy/paste between
patterns without screen switching.

... is impossible and should be added

Paramaters adjusted to 100 (panning centered at 50 instead of 64).  It
would prevent confusion when playing Nitrotracker XM modules in other
players/programs.

If I start up NT and select a folder where my samples usually are, if this
folder is then moved or deleted whilst my card is connected to my computer,
NT tries to return to this folder after starting up again the browser will
be blank with no way to return to a parent folder. I resorted to deleting
the config in my case but maybe NT should default to the root if this happens?

Sometimes when loading big songfiles or samples, memory bar goes to red and
re-loading another song or using ZAP-function won't necessarily free any
memory. 

Sometimes NT freezes completely and needs power-off to work again. This can
happen even when loading songfiles that normally fits in DS memory.

Freeze problem can most easily be repeated when loading a big songfile
multiple times in a row. You can also see that when you load the same song
multiple times, it can use a different amount of RAM each time.

If the first character in a folder name is a special character, like an
exclamation mark (which I often use to keep certain folders at the top of
alphabetized lists), it will appear above the [..] link.

Increasing available channels from 16 to 32.

would make copying complex instruments between songs possible

Add a capability to the sample editor to change the speed of the same
without affecting pitch.

When you select a sample with sample preview turned on, if you change the
display while the sample is still playing, the ram bar appears on top after
sample preview has ended. It will disappear if you simply change the page
again.

Most imported XMs made with other trackers work fine, but those with
variable tempo and BPM start to play too fast when speed changes. For
example, a song plays at 66BPM then it doubles to 133BPM and at that moment
NitroTracker plays it about ten times faster.

So I can make even better tunes with MIDINES :-)

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The splash screen shows just fine, but once in the program, everything is
very dark. Aside this problem, everything within the program runs fine. 
While in the program, you can bring up the on-screen keyboard, and this
runs at the correct backlighting.

Few users have reported this problem, they have used either Ninjapass
Evolution or Ninjapass X9 card. No other cards are known to have this problem.

Ability to use RAM expansions with Nitro Tracker and ability to take
advantage of extra RAM in DSi.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Just put libntxm into any other folder
2. Update environment variable LIBNTXM
3. Run make.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
It gets stuck on arm7/source/arm7_main.cpp with warning that it can't
include ntxm/ntxm7.h and many errors following

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Most recent SVN checkout / Windows Vista

Please provide any additional information below.
The bug is in the line 50 in arm7/Makefile
just change it from:
LIBDIRS :=  $(LIBNDS) /home/tob/coding/dsdev/tob/libntxm/svn/libntxm
to:
LIBDIRS :=  $(LIBNDS) $(LIBNTXM)

When I press and hold clr-button it should start scrolling down, clearing
the notes as it descends.

I think it would be nice to have that.

"inverted scroll mode" So i can freely move to a position on the pattern
and the time/position-bar scrolls past. This way you can edit easily while
looping the pattern .

Ability to undo/redo actions (note values, sample editing etc.)

A transpose button to change the note (+1 -1) of selected event(s).

Envelopes need a sustain point. When a note is triggered the envelope is
"playd back" until this point. On a note off, the envelope playback continues.

the "sel" button on pattern screen would select/deselect track on which the
cursor is positioned (dunno if your bloc system would allow this with
"track gap" tho, if not maybe it could aggregate the selection on tracks
between the first and last selected tracks without gap).

Track scope view for NT. Clicking on a particular channel scope would mute it.

Maybe you could include some kind of primitive compression method to help 
save RAM? (e.g. a check-box in the sample editor called "compress" and 
when you check or uncheck it a bar appears while it compresses the sample)

another type of instrument envelope that controls panning

Add an option to put the keyboard in "sliding mode" so the user can slide
over the keyboard with the pen.

- Load the "chrislody-dstort.xm" mod
- Click on the sample tab
- Be sure that the "dstort" sample (#1) is selected on the right side
- Click on the "loop type" tab and choose "ping-pong"
- Now NT is frozen 

Add support for user-defined color themes. Those could be loaded from a
text file.

You know how in alot of music programs they have a series of bars, under
the sequencer, that can be drawn into a shape to controle volume, cut, res,
and other effects? Well, I think it would be amazing to have some of these
automation features, and have them be drawn verticaly on each track, You
could have a small selector under the mute and solo tabs, and switch
between each effect. You could draw a resolution, then select the pan
effect and draw that in on top.

line 60 in arm9/Makefile:
LIBDIRS := $(LIBDSMI) $(LIBNTXM) $(PWD)/tobkit $(LIBNDS)
change it to:
LIBDIRS := $(LIBDSMI) $(LIBNTXM) $(TOPDIR)/tobkit $(LIBNDS)

on some operating systems / configurations (mainly on Windows) it will not
include the correct directory thus resulting in compilation error.

Could you make the text input things (like entering a filename or a 
instrument name) so that if you tap anywhere in the the text you've 
already typed, the cursor goes there? Because, when you've typed a long 
name and you realize you made a mistake back at the beginning, you have to 
delete everything you just typed just to fix it!! Also, it would be nice 
if when you type to the right edge of the text field, it would scroll 
instead of limiting your amount of characters.

how about some simple wave generations,. sin, square, saw, etc, a button
under the  mic/record one would work,. it would open up a little synth
interface,. something like Stomper or what ever you can do easily

Add a feature so that Nitrotracker would be able to open and convert .MOD
-files for editing and saving them in .XM -format(as in Fast Tracker 2 and
Milkytracker).

If possible, support for opening .S3M(Scream Tracker 3) files too.

Wouldn't this be awesome?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/06/easy-piano-for-nintendo-ds-shipping-now-for-l
ittle-tchaikovskys/

The position of the loop toggle is so close to the pause/stop buttons that
looking at the screen from an angle could have dramatic implications (this
happened last time I played live, accidentally stopped the tracker). Maybe
if there were a button combination or even if the looper were moved onto
the pattern window/anywhere else? That'd help a great amount for the live
setting.

Doesn't seem too hard to add as a feature. This would save RAM by removing
unnecessary waveforms. The only way to remove an instrument currently is to
either overwrite it with another one, or to zap all of them.

An organizer for deleting samples and songs

Ability to zoom samples so that operations like setting loop-points and
other editing would be easier and more precise.

pressing and holding clr while playing should delete notes as they come.

how about an option to black out the screens to save some battery?

how about a Trim function in the sample editing section

Ability to draw new waveforms with your Stylus