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Is it possible to make some kind of binary custom MML? Like, for example, if pairs of hex digits represent individual MML instructions, that might let someone who wants to...

For sure, yeah! That said, I think a single byte isn't going to be able to record all the control modes? PICO-8 makes me think eight volume levels is near...

I guess what I'm imagining right now is something along the lines of: - `0b10vvvlll` single-byte control code to change volume (`vvv`) and/or note length (`lll`), - `0b11000sss` single-byte control...

> Thanks for the insightful details! That bit layout looks perfect! Sure thing! > If I understand correctly, this would be fully compatible with MML text mode? So the byte...

> I think this would be closer to your original idea of using ASCII for 0-127 and reserving 128-255 for control bytes. Oh crap - that wasn't my idea at...

Oh, question: would it make sense to have "start loop" and/or "end loop" control codes in the sequencer? I think there should probably be some way to implement looping background...

Another thought I had: how hard would it be to provide the source code for the music sequencer in a way that's straightforward for programmers to copy into their own...

I'm sorry, I have to set a boundary here: don't urge me to do things that I've told you I'm not going to do. In any case, my dealbreakers don't...

Another thought, looking at FamiStudio: the idea of making patterns and stringing them together into sequences is probably transferable and would save space. Probably not something for the first test...

That makes sense. For what it's worth, I did a little more looking around and found [a comment from December in a GitHub thread for a different project with a...