FF6Tools - Browser-Based ROM Editor

What I have in mind for FF6Tools would be to extract song data from a ROM and display it as text in the browser window. I was thinking of using the MML format on the wiki as a starting point. Thanks madsiur for letting me know about that! Then you could edit the text or copy and paste custom songs in the same format. Then FF6Tools will parse the text, convert it into song data, and insert it into the ROM. Is that something that folks would be interested in? It sounds like the Japanese RS3 tool basically does this already (though I've never used it).

Yeah the RS3 tool convert MML files into RS3 music data that is very close to if not exact to FF6 music data. If your web music editor could import MML files and maybe later export a ROM FF6 song data as MML that would be awesome. How you display it in your editor (MML format or text or both) matter less if you're able to import export in MML format.

I've included as attachment some FF6 mml songs from jackimus I was going to put on the wiki as reference anyway.. I also included a SMW app that edit MML file and one that does a SPC file to MML conversion. That second feature is less critical IMO and more a luxury but it's to let you know something like this exist. Finally I've included some smw FF6 mml if you want to check their mml editor and their difference in format. More smw songs are available here.

I don't do mml composition but know the SMW app format is very like what the RS3 editor can parse because both utilities can use tinyMM files (MIDI to MML file) but with time the smw scene had their format evolve and some new commands added allowing more things, hence tinyMM is more a legacy app for them now and they use a more recent midi converter. However this is something @"Gi Nattak" or @Jackimus could help with, telling the limits of RS3 / FF6 format and which FF6 command is not included or possible with the RS3 tool.

 mmls.zip (35.93 KB, 7 downloads)

 smw-mml-tools.zip (1,016.45 KB, 6 downloads)

 smw-ff6-mmls.zip (506.56 KB, 7 downloads)

Something else that I've always wanted to do is to make a graphical music editor like Sibelius or Finale (but for video game music). I know a few musicians/composers who would like to make video game music but are intimidated by things like MML. It would be a lot more work, but it's on my bucket list.

That would be something jackimus could use! Awesome idea too!