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- SBStudio II
- (C) 1991-94 Henning Hellström
- All rights reserved
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- Program documentation
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- Programming the sheet
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-
- The sheet section in SBStudio is where the music is
- made. It is located at the bottom half of page one,
- and looks something like this:
-
-
- ┌─ Edit cursor
- │
- ┌──┬│─────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┐
- │ ││ │ │ │ │
- │ ││ │ │ │ │
- │ ││ │ │ │ │
- │ ││ │ │ │ │
- │ ││ │ │ │ │
- ├──┼═─────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┤
- ┌──00│-------000│-------000│-------000│-------000│
- │ ├──┼═─────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┤
- │ │01│-------000│-------000│-------000│-------000│
- │ │02│-------000│-------000│-------000│-------000│
- │ │03│-------000│-------000│-------000│-------000│
- │ │04│-------000│-------000│-------000│-------000│
- │ │05│-------000│-------000│-------000│-------000│
- │ └││─│ ││││││││───────────────────────│────────│┘
- │ └┤ └─┤└┤└┤│└┤ └────────┤
- │ │ │ │ ││ └─ Parameter position │
- │ │ │ │ │└─ Command position │
- │ │ │ │ └─ Volume position │
- │ │ │ └─ Sound number position │
- │ │ └─ Note position │
- │ └─ Sheet row number One channel ─┘
- └─ Current row
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-
-
- Use the grey arrow keys to navigate the edit cursor.
- Press TAB to jump to the next channel, SHIFT+TAB jumps
- to the previous.
-
- To edit the sheet, edit mode has to be engaged. Press
- SPACE to enter edit mode. The mouse cursor will turn
- blue to indicate that this mode is on.
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-
- If you are standing at the NOTE POSITION, notes can be
- written to the sheet using the keys:
-
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- 2 3 5 6 7 9 0 =
- Q W E R T Y U I O P [ ]
-
- S D G H J L ;
- Z X C V B N M , . /
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- They correspond to ordinary piano keys.
-
-
- When entering notes, the current sound number will
- automatically be inserted at the SOUND NUMBER
- POSITION. To enter the sound number manually, go to
- the sound number position and enter a number from 1 to
- 99. A zero means no sound change, and is shown as two
- dashes.
-
- The current octave is selected by the keys F1-F4, but
- you may also edit it manually. Just go to the second
- character (the octave) at the NOTE POSITION and enter a
- number from 1 to 4.
-
- To delete a note and its sound number, press DELETE
- anywhere but at the volume position.
-
-
- Depending on the 'jump right' setting in EDIT setup,
- you will either be moved right or down after entering
- a number.
-
-
-
- The VOLUME POSITION is where you enter volume changes.
- The sound volume ranges from 0 to 64.
-
- To remove a volume setting, press DELETE when standing
- at the volume position.
-
-
-
- NOTE:
-
- Read the keyboard reference for a complete list
- of sheet editing functions.
-
-
-
- The COMMAND and PARAMETER POSITION is where the
- special effects and actions are set. To understand
- these, it is important that you know a bit about how
- SBStudio play back music.
-
- During playback, each sheet row of notes is serviced a
- certain number of times before moving on to the next.
- How many times each row will be serviced is controlled
- by you, and is called the SONG SPEED.
- The first time a row is serviced, any new sounds,
- volume settings and commands are set up and the notes,
- if any, are played. The rest of the row services deal
- with the special effects.
-
- The normal SONG SPEED, or number of services per row,
- is 6.
-
-
-
- Here are the different commands available in SBStudio.
-
- Each time a row of notes is serviced will in this list
- be referred to as A TICK.
-
- The COMMAND is a hexadecimal number from 0h to Fh.
- The PARAMETER is a hexadecimal number from 00h to FFh.
-
- Remember that just reading about the commands is not
- enough, you have to try them to fully understand them.
-
-
-
- »The commands»
- ────────────
-
-
- - Command <0> - Arpeggio (or none).
-
- Parameter <xy> - First and second halfnote
- additions.
-
- Arpeggio is used to simulate chords. This is done by
- rapidly changing the pitch between 3 (or 2) different
- notes.
-
- Example:
-
- C-1 -- -- 047
-
- C-major chord: (C+E+G or C+4+7 halfnotes).
-
- C-1 -- -- 037
-
- C-minor chord: (C+D#+G or C+3+7 halfnotes).
-
-
-
- - Command <1> - Frequency slide up.
-
- Parameter <xx> - Slide rate.
-
- Portamento up will simply slide the sample pitch up.
- You can not slide higher than B-4.
-
-
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- - Command <2> - Frequency slide down.
-
- Parameter <xx> - Slide rate.
-
- Same as <1>, but this slides down instead.
- You can not slide lower than C-1.
-
-
-
- - Command <3> - Tone portamento.
-
- Parameter <xx> - Slide rate.
-
- Tone portamento slides the pitch toward a specific
- note. To start a tone portamento, use the command
- together with a note.
-
- Example:
-
- C-3 01 -- 000
- --- -- -- 000 Ok, the note C-3 is playing...
- G-4 01 -- 320 ...Let's slide it to G-4!
- --- -- -- 300 We're sliding at speed 20, 00
- --- -- -- 300 means 'continue sliding at old
- --- -- -- 000 speed'.
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-
-
- - Command <4> - Vibrato.
-
- Parameter <xy> - Rate/depth.
-
- This command will add a vibrato effect to the
- current sound. The first parameter digit is the
- vibrato speed, the second is the depth.
- You only need to set the parameter once. To
- continue vibrating, set the parameter to 00.
-
- Use the command E4x to change the vibrato waveform.
-
- Example:
-
- C-4 01 -- 482
- --- -- -- 400
-
-
-
- - Command <5> - Volume slide, continue tone
- portamento.
-
- Parameter <xy> - Volume slide rate, up/down.
-
- This is really two commands, <Axy> and <300>.
- See those commands for details.
-
-
-
- - Command <6> - Volume slide, continue vibrato.
-
- Parameter <xy> - Volume slide rate, up/down.
-
- This is really two commands, <Axy> and <400>.
- See those commands for details.
-
-
-
- - Command <7> - Tremolo.
-
- Parameter <xy> - Rate/depth.
-
- This command vibrates the volume. It acts just like
- command <4>, except with the volume instead of the
- pitch.
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- Use the command E7x to change the tremolo waveform.
-
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- - Command <8> - UNUSED.
-
-
-
- - Command <9> - Set sample offset.
-
- Parameter <xx> - High byte of sample offset.
-
- With this command, the sample starting point may be
- set. You have to use it together with a note.
- Set the parameter to 00 to continue using the old
- offset.
-
- Example:
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- C-4 06 -- 920 20h=32, *256=8192, which is where
- sample 06 will start.
- D#4 06 -- 900 20h is used, because it was the
- last one set.
-
-
-
- - Command <A> - Volume slide.
-
- Parameter <xy> - Volume slide rate, up/down.
-
- This command either slides the sound volume up or
- down, depending on which parameter digit you use.
-
- Example:
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- C-4 01 -- A0F Slide the volume down fast...
- --- -- -- AF0 ...And back up again.
-
-
-
- - Command <B> - Jump to position.
-
- Parameter <xx> - Position 00h-7Fh.
-
- With this command, you may jump to another position
- in the song. Useful for 'restarting' the song at the
- end.
-
-
-
- - Command <C> - Note off.
-
- Parameter <xx> - Speed.
-
- This command only works with the GUS and MIDI OUT.
- If used on a MIDI OUT channel, it will send a note
- off MIDI command. If used on a GUS sound channel,
- the parameter will be used as speed for the volume
- ramping hardware to fade the volume down.
-
-
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- - Command <D> - Sheet break.
-
- Parameter <xx> - Row 00-63 to start next sheet
- from (decimal).
-
- This command will make the song jump to the next
- position, and start from sheet row <xx>. Remember
- that the parameter is in decimal!
-
-
-
- - Command <F> - Song speed.
-
- Parameter <xx> - 01h-1Fh = Ticks, or speed.
- 20h-FFh = Beats per minute.
- 00h = Stop song.
-
- Standard speed is 6, standard BPM is 7Dh or 125.
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- »The E commands»
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-
- The <E> command is a bit special. It contains several
- subcommands, selected through the first digit in the
- PARAMETER setting. The second digit is the E command
- parameter.
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- - Command <E0> - UNUSED.
-
-
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- - Command <E1> - Frequency trim up.
-
- Parameter <x> - Factor.
-
- This command slides the sound pitch up just once.
- Great for making chorus effects.
-
-
-
- - Command <E2> - Frequency trim down.
-
- Parameter <x> - Factor.
-
- Does the same as command <E1>, except this slides
- the pitch DOWN.
-
-
-
- - Command <E3> - Glissando control.
-
- Parameter <x> - 0h=off, 1h=on.
-
- When glissando is enabled, tone portamento (command
- 3 and 5) will slide in halfnotes.
-
-
-
- - Command <E4> - Set vibrato waveform.
-
- Parameter <x> - 0h=sine, 1h=ramp down,
- 2h=square wave.
-
- With this command, you may alter the vibrato
- waveform. It's great for making psycho-sounds.
-
-
-
- - Command <E5> - Set finetune.
-
- Parameter <x> - Finetune.
-
- This command lets you set the fine tuning from the
- sheet.
-
- Value : 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Finetune : +7 +6 +5 +4 +3 +2 +1 0
-
- Value : F E D C B A 9 8
- Finetune : -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8
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- - Command <E6> - Sheet loop.
-
- Parameter <x> - 0h=loop start.
- 1h-Fh=loop count.
-
- This command lets you repeat a part of the sheet <x>
- times.
-
- Example:
-
- F-2 01 -- E60 Loop start
- G-2 01 -- 000
- A-3 01 -- 000
- D#1 01 -- 000
- E-4 01 -- 000
- C-2 01 -- E63 Repeat 3 times. Remember that the
- part will be PLAYED 4 times.
-
-
-
- - Command <E7> - Set tremolo waveform.
-
- Parameter <x> - 0h=sine, 1h=ramp down,
- 2h=square wave.
-
- With this command, you may alter the tremolo
- waveform.
-
-
-
- - Command <E8> - Pan control.
-
- Parameter <x> - Balance 0h-Fh, 7h=neutral.
-
- This command sets the channel's stereo balance.
-
-
-
- - Command <E9> - Retrig note.
-
- Parameter <x> - Ticks between retrigs.
-
- This command will wait <x> ticks, retrig the note,
- and continue doing so until the next row (for <SONG
- SPEED> ticks).
-
-
-
- - Command <EA> - Volume trim up.
-
- Parameter <x> - Factor.
-
- This command slides the volume up <x> points once.
-
-
-
- - Command <EB> - Volume trim down.
-
- Parameter <x> - Factor.
-
- This command slides the volume down <x> points once.
-
-
-
- - Command <EC> - Note cut.
-
- Parameter <x> - Ticks before cut.
-
- This command will wait <x> ticks, then set the sound
- volume to 0.
-
-
-
- - Command <ED> - Note delay.
-
- Parameter <x> - Ticks to delay.
-
- This command will wait <x> ticks before trigging the
- note.
-
-
-
- - Command <EE> - Sheet delay.
-
- Parameter <x> - Times to delay.
-
- This command will delay the sheet row <x> times.
-
-
-
- - Command <EF> - MIDI OUT toggle.
-
- Parameter <x> - MIDI channel 0h-Fh.
- Same again=off.
-
- After using this command, any notes will be sent to
- the MIDI port as MIDI channel <x> data, together
- with program change and velocity, if any.
-
- Select the same channel again to return to normal
- mode.
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