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+-- The battle hit sounds must carry pokered's wFrequencyModifier onto the
+-- noise channel (#826; #902 reports the same swap).  PlayApplyingAttackSound
+-- (engine/battle/animations.asm) picks SFX_DAMAGE / SFX_SUPER_EFFECTIVE /
+-- SFX_NOT_VERY_EFFECTIVE off wDamageMultipliers and writes a frequency
+-- modifier with it ($20 / $e0 / $50), and Audio2_ApplyFrequencyModifier adds
+-- that to the polynomial-counter byte -- the low byte of NR43 -- with 8-bit
+-- wrap (audio/engine_2.asm).  The three programs are CHAN8-only, so that byte
+-- IS their pitch.  Dropped, the super effective hit reads as the duller of
+-- the two: super effective's tail (shifts 3 then 6) sits below not very
+-- effective's (5, 4, 2, 2), which is exactly the "swapped" sound #826 and
+-- #902 describe.  With the modifier on, super effective goes to shifts 1/4 --
+-- a bright crack -- and not very effective to 10/9/7/7 -- a dull thud.
+--
+-- ROM-free: ChipAsm blobs stand in for the sfx headers, so nothing here
+-- reads data/generated/.  The noise-note streams below are transcribed from
+-- audio/sfx/{damage,super_effective,not_very_effective}.asm, so the "sounds
+-- swapped when bare" ordering is asserted against the real program shape.
+--   luajit tests/engine/hit_sfx_noise_pitch_bug826.lua
+
+package.path = "./?.lua;./?/init.lua;" .. package.path
+
+local T = require("tests.harness")
+local check = T.check
+
+love = require("tests.love_stub")
+
+local ChipAsm = require("src.audio.ChipAsm")
+local ChipSynth = require("src.core.ChipSynth")
+
+local data = { audio = {} }
+
+-- noise_note len, volume, fade, parameter  (the asm streams, verbatim)
+local HITS = {
+  {
+    name = "Damage",
+    pitch = 0x20,
+    notes = {
+      { len = 2,  parameter = 0x44 },
+      { len = 2,  parameter = 0x14 },
+      { len = 15, parameter = 0x32 },
+    },
+    want = { 0x64, 0x34, 0x52 },
+  },
+  {
+    name = "Super_Effective",
+    pitch = 0xe0,
+    notes = {
+      { len = 4,  parameter = 0x34 },
+      { len = 15, parameter = 0x64 },
+    },
+    want = { 0x14, 0x44 },
+  },
+  {
+    name = "Not_Very_Effective",
+    pitch = 0x50,
+    notes = {
+      { len = 4,  parameter = 0x55 },
+      { len = 2,  parameter = 0x44 },
+      { len = 8,  parameter = 0x22 },
+      { len = 15, parameter = 0x21 },
+    },
+    want = { 0xa5, 0x94, 0x72, 0x71 },
+  },
+}
+
+local function hitDef(notes)
+  local program = {}
+  for _, n in ipairs(notes) do
+    program[#program + 1] = {
+      noiseNote = { len = n.len, volume = 15, fade = 1, parameter = n.parameter },
+    }
+  end
+  return ChipAsm.sfx{ channels = { { hw = 4, program = program } } }
+end
+
+-- every noise note the program emits, as { parameter, duration }, walking
+-- one event at a time by marking each consumed
+local function noiseNotes(def, offset)
+  local engine = ChipSynth.newEngine(data, def, {
+    sfx = true, allowLoops = false, frequencyOffset = offset,
+  })
+  local channel = assert(engine.channels[1], "hit sfx uses exactly CHAN8")
+  local out = {}
+  while not engine:finished() do
+    channel:sample()
+    local event = channel.event
+    if not event then break end
+    if event.noiseParameter ~= nil then
+      out[#out + 1] = { parameter = event.noiseParameter, duration = event.duration }
+    end
+    event.sample = event.samples -- force the walk on to the next event
+  end
+  return out
+end
+
+-- NR43 shift-clock nibble, weighted by each note's on-air duration: the
+-- number #826/#902 ears actually compare (higher = duller)
+local function weightedShift(notes)
+  local total, sum = 0, 0
+  for _, n in ipairs(notes) do
+    total = total + n.duration
+    sum = sum + math.floor(n.parameter / 16) * n.duration
+  end
+  return total > 0 and sum / total or 0
+end
+
+local results = {}
+for _, hit in ipairs(HITS) do
+  local def = hitDef(hit.notes)
+  local bare = noiseNotes(def, 0)
+  local pitched = noiseNotes(def, hit.pitch)
+  results[hit.name] = { bare = bare, pitched = pitched }
+  check(#bare == #hit.notes,
+    hit.name .. " program emits " .. #hit.notes .. " notes, not " .. #bare)
+  for i, n in ipairs(hit.notes) do
+    check(bare[i] and bare[i].parameter == n.parameter,
+      ("%s note %d reads NR43 $%02x unmodified"):format(hit.name, i, n.parameter))
+    check(pitched[i] and pitched[i].parameter == hit.want[i],
+      ("%s note %d reads NR43 $%02x once $%02x is applied"):format(
+        hit.name, i, hit.want[i], hit.pitch))
+  end
+end
+
+-- the ordering that IS the bug: unpitched, super effective ends duller than
+-- not very effective, so they sound swapped; pitched, the bright crack lands
+-- on super effective and the dull thud on not very effective
+local superBare = weightedShift(results.Super_Effective.bare)
+local nveBare = weightedShift(results.Not_Very_Effective.bare)
+check(superBare > nveBare,
+  ("bare, super effective (%.2f) reads duller than not very effective (%.2f)"):format(
+    superBare, nveBare))
+local superPitched = weightedShift(results.Super_Effective.pitched)
+local nvePitched = weightedShift(results.Not_Very_Effective.pitched)
+check(superPitched < nvePitched,
+  ("pitched, super effective (%.2f) is the brighter hit, not very effective (%.2f) the duller"):format(
+    superPitched, nvePitched))
+
+-- the neutral hit shifts a shade duller than it used to be, per pokered
+local damageBare = weightedShift(results.Damage.bare)
+local damagePitched = weightedShift(results.Damage.pitched)
+check(damagePitched > damageBare,
+  ("the neutral hit dulls a little under $20 (%.2f -> %.2f)"):format(
+    damageBare, damagePitched))
+
+T.finish("hit sfx noise pitch (#826/#902)")