It is great that your NGFX Soundbuilder tool is compatible with the Neobitz Soundbuilder, this has made the change over very easy.

blastar (./7):

... This seems to be managed automatically in your tool?

yes

That is a very useful feature - it has saved me about 1.5 MB of V-ROM space!

blastar (./7):

The "Damper" feature is removed in your tool - is it not needed anymore?

damper is always active (neobitz = 32?)

The standard setting for the damper in the NeoBitz tool is set to "16".

blastar (./7):

Exporting the ROMs to a non-existing folder or path causes an application crash

why are you doing this?? [/quote]

... it was pure laziness

blastar (./7):

I have noticed that the general volume has been increased compared to the NeoBitz tool which is fantastic.

???

Yes, really - I have the feeling that the general volume of the NeoBitz driver is about 85% compared to your driver or the original SNK games (maybe just a feeling or a result of the Damper?).

blastar (./7):

Also, I have found three issues in the automatically generated sound.h file..

I will fix this 2 typos but I can not help you with your compiling error because I never used C. I'm open to any suggestion.

I would suggest to comment this function out (by standard) but leave it inside the sound.h, so that the users can decide by their own to use it or not.

blastar (./7):
many thanks for your input, the next version will have another (automatic) feature.
-> autodetect & remove duplicate sampledata. Have you ever thought about a stereo effect when a ball hits the paddle in Hyperniod? 1 sample but 3 soundcodes... left/center/right. (in blutengel2 you hear whether enemies shoot from left or right)

This sounds like an another cool feature to save ROM space. APCM-B is a real "rom space eater" - 16 MB are not enough for all the music tracks I currently have, if I would want to use APCM-B exclusively for the BG music...
Thanks for the idea regarding the stereo ball hit sound effect - will include this for sure.