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^01:E1,00,02,21 Protracker V1.2C Mar. '92 ---------------- (C)1992 Liberty!! This program is Public Domain Orig by Lars "ZAP" Hamre This Version...."QUASAR!" USE CURSOR LEFT/RIGHT TO SELECT TOPIC, AND UP/DOWN TO READ ABOUT THAT TOPIC. PRESS ESC OR HELP TO EXIT HELPSCREEN. <-- GENERAL DOWN MAINSCREEN --> ^02:E1,01,03,21 Call our BSB now!! +61 9 4476588 -* Destiny Stone *- Helloes go to: All friends!!! <-- GENERAL UP/DOWN MAINSCREEN --> ^03:E1,02,04,21 Hi there music lovers! We finally made it; Protracker v1.2 has come to stay! This version is fixed and modified not only visually but at source level as well! (Its more maintainable) 100% working on Kick2.04 (V37.175+) Uses EasyRequest on V2.04 not the other shit! All INCBIN files are now IFF not shit PAK format!! <-- GENERAL UP/DOWN MAINSCREEN --> ^04:E1,03,05,21 Some technical info: Sourcecode: 338k / 20002 lines Main Program: 138k GFX data: 70k (IFF packed) Worktime: Some hours ???? ASM time: 48 seconds (DevPak) <-- GENERAL UP/DOWN MAINSCREEN --> ^05:E1,04,06,21 this page has been left intensionly blank <-- GENERAL UP/DOWN MAINSCREEN --> ^06:E1,05,07,21 this page has been left intensionly blank <-- GENERAL UP/DOWN MAINSCREEN --> ^07:E1,06,08,21 this page has been left intensionly blank <-- GENERAL UP/DOWN MAINSCREEN --> ^08:E1,07,09,21 Something you'd like in the next version of Protracker? Have you found any bugs? Or do you just want to leech the latest warez of us? Anyway, call us: Liberty DestinyStone Australia +61 9 4476588 (No lamers, please!) <-- GENERAL UP/DOWN MAINSCREEN --> ^09:E1,08,00,21 this page has been left intensionly blank <-- GENERAL UP MAINSCREEN --> ^21:01,00,22,31 MAINSCREEN ---------- ## PLAY ## Will play the song from the current position in the song. The pointer turns yellow, just to show you what's going on. ## PATTERN ## Will play the current pattern which is shown at the bottom of the screen. The pointer turns yellow here as well. Holding down the right button while pressing play or pattern will play from the current patternposition. <-- PROTRACKER DOWN DISK OP. --> ^22:01,21,23,31 ## EDIT ## Will put you in edit mode. The pointer turns blue, and you can enter notes and numbers from the keyboard. Use the arrowkeys to move up/down and left/right in the pattern. Entering a note or a number will cause the pattern to jump one or more slots down. <-- PROTRACKER UP/DOWN DISK OP. --> ^23:01,22,24,31 ## RECORD ## Will put you in edit mode, but also play the current pattern or song. You can select this in the Edit Options menu. While the pattern or song is playing, you can type in notes and numbers from the keyboard, and they will appear in the pattern as it scrolls. The notes and numbers will also be quantized to the nearest slot, so that keeping a steady rhythm is no problem. The pointer will turn blue here as well as in the the normal edit mode. <-- PROTRACKER UP/DOWN DISK OP. --> ^24:01,23,25,31 ## STOP ## Will stop playing of songs and patt- erns, recording, and will turn edit mode off. ## CLEAR ## Will first ask you what you want to clear. You can clear either all, song or samples. ## EDIT OP. ## Will exchange the Spectrum Analyzer with the Edit Menu(s). Pressing more than one time will browse through the edit op. screens. <-- PROTRACKER UP/DOWN DISK OP. --> ^25:01,24,26,31 ## DISK OP. ## Will go to the File Requester. ## PLST ## Will go to the PLST screen. ## PSET-ED ## Will go to the preset editor. ## Setup ## Will go to the Setup Screen. ## Sampler ## Will go to the Sampler screen. <-- PROTRACKER UP/DOWN DISK OP. --> ^26:01,25,27,31 The small gadgets labeled ## 1, 2, 3 and 4 ## represent the audiochannels of your amiga. When lit, that channel is on. When not lit, the channel is muted and and the notes in that track will not be played. You can also use ctrl-a to toggle an audiochannel, and ctrl-q to unmute all channels. Ctrl+shift-a will solo the current channel. <-- PROTRACKER UP/down DISK OP. --> ^27:01,26,00,31 ## Tempo ## The tempo gadget on the status bar is for setting the CIA speed, if CIA timing is used. The gadget will be updated every time you set the speed using the F command (if CIA that is). <-- PROTRACKER UP DISK OP. --> ^31:21,00,32,41 DISK OP. V1.1: -------- Delete Song/Module/Sample changed to one gadget: Delete file. Directories shown/Parent gadget. Path indicator arrow. Click to change paths without reading dir. Clicking on "free" will show you free diskspace also without reading dir. Dir-browse button and lots more... <-- MAINSCREEN DOWN PLST --> ^32:21,31,33,41 ## Path ## The paths for songs, modules and samples can now be changed, and they can be up to 31 characters long. To change path, click on load song/ module/sample or use the arrow indicating what path you're at. ## Free Diskspace (upto 999Meg) ## Free diskspace can be shown in hex or decimal. Select this on the setup screen. Click on "free" to get free diskspace without re-reading the dir. <-- MAINSCREEN UP/DOWN PLST --> ^33:21,32,34,41 ## Format Disk ## Will format a disk in df0: (Hopefully still bug-free...) ## Rename file ## Will dir the current directory. Select a filename, and you will be able to edit the name. ## Delete file ## Will dir the current directory. Select a file, and it will be deleted from the disk. <-- MAINSCREEN UP/DOWN PLST --> ^34:21,33,35,41 ## Pack ## When on, protracker will pack songs before saving (Modules can not be packed in this version, sorry!). ## Load song ## Will dir the songs path. Select a song, and it will be loaded and decrunched if crunched. ## Save song ## Will pack the song if pack is on, then save it to the current songs path. Remember to enter a name for your song, otherwise pt will not save! <-- MAINSCREEN UP/DOWN PLST --> ^35:21,34,36,41 ## Load module ## Will dir the modules path. Select a module, and it will be loaded. ## Save module ## Will save the module to the current modules path. Modules can be saved without a name, since they always begin with "Mod.". ## Load sample ## Will dir the sample path. Select a sample, and it will be loaded to the current sample. Iff headers will be chopped off and loops loaded, if any. <-- MAINSCREEN UP/DOWN PLST --> ^36:21,35,37,41 ## Save Sample ## Will save the current sample as RAW or IFF. Select this in the "Save" gadget to the right of "Load Sample". IFF loops will be saved too. ## Dir-Browse button ## By pressing this button you can browse through various preset paths, so that you won't have to enter them over and over again. <-- MAINSCREEN UP/DOWN PLST --> ^37:21,36,00,41 AutoDir - If you set the autodir toggle on the setup screen to on, protracker will auto- matically dir the current path when you enter the disk op. screen. AutoExit - When this toggle is on protracker will exit from disk op. when loading a song or a module. <-- MAINSCREEN UP PLST --> ^41:31,00,42,51 PLST ---- The PLST is fairly simple to use. Listed here are all the samples in your Presetlist and their lengths. Just click on a name, and Protracker will ask for a disk called ST-01 through to ST-FF. Insert it, and the chosen sample will be loaded to the current sample displayed at the left of the screen. Use the up/down arrow keys to move up and down in the PresetList. If you press the right mousebutton, the PLST will move 10 presets at a time. <-- DISK OP. DOWN PRESET ED --> ^42:31,41,43,51 At the top the PLST shows the total number of samples from the selected sounddisks. There are a few PLST gadgets: ## CLEAR ## Will clear all the sounddisk names you have entered, and display the whole PresetList. ## MOUNTL(ist) ## Will search your drives for disks called ST-**, and put the names into the ST-__ gadgets. ST-00 will not be mounted. <-- DISK OP. UP/DOWN PRESET ED --> ^43:31,42,00,51 ## ST-__ ## There are three ST-__ gadgets where you can enter the numbers of the sounddisks you want to display in the PLST. Only the presets from the selected sounddisks will be shown. If you clear all gadgets (by pressing return or right mousebutton), or press "Clear", the PLST will revert to show all presets. <-- DISK OP. UP PRESET ED --> ^51:41,00,52,61 PRESET ED --------- The protracker's preset-editor is an enhanced version of the original v2.5 editor. The screen has been cleaned up, and redrawn to match the plst. The editing is still a bit lousy though, but we promise to fix it up a bit in v1.2... You can now save the finetune value in the presetlist instead of volume. <-- PLST DOWN SETUP --> ^52:41,51,53,61 The preset editor is used for sorting and catalogueing your samples. All samples for use with protracker should be on disks called "ST-01" to "ST-FF". When adding a disk to the presetlist, only these disks are recognized. Harddisk owners may want to add a directory. e.g. You've got a directory called "Supersamples", and you want to use the samples on pt... Simple. Assign "Supersamples" to ST-13 or whatever. In the box with "Disk:" and ST-__ in it, enter ST-13. Now enter "DHX:supersamples" in the path box and press "add path". <-- PLST UP/DOWN SETUP --> ^53:41,52,54,61 The path will be added as ST-13 in your presetlist, so everytime you need a sample from ST-13, it will be loaded from "Supersamples" instead. Simple? Editing -------- We must admit the editing is lousy, but you can't have everything! To edit a preset, simply click on it. Use the arrowkeys to move left/right. When moving up and down in the preset- list, use the right mousebutton to speed it up a bit. <-- PLST UP/DOWN SETUP --> ^54:41,53,55,61 ## add path ## Will add the current path to the presetlist. infos will not be added. Samplenames can only be 15 chars long. ## Insert Preset ## Will create a new preset. Enter the data for the sample, and it will be added to the presetlist. ## Delete Preset ## Will delete the wanted preset from the presetlist. <-- PLST UP/DOWN SETUP --> ^55:41,54,56,61 ## Delete Disk ## Will delete the disknumber set in the "Disk:" box. ## PATH ## This is where you enter the path to be added from. It can be up to 31 characters long (should be enough!?). ## Disk ## This is the disk (or HD-dir) that's being added from (or deleted). <-- PLST UP/DOWN SETUP --> ^56:41,55,57,61 ## Presets ## This is the current number of presets in the presetlist. ## Clear PLST ## Will clear all the presets. ## Load PLST ## Will load the presetlist from a file called "PLST". This file should be placed in the PTdir (See setup2). <-- PLST UP/DOWN SETUP --> ^57:41,56,00,61 ## Save PLST ### Will save the presetlist as a file called "PLST" to the current PTdir. ## Print PLST ## Will print the presetlist to the current print path, shown on the setup-screen. ## PLST ## Will go to the PLST-screen! ...and in case you were too stupid to understand, PLST is a shortform for "Presetlist"! <-- PLST UP SETUP --> ^91:81,00,92,A1 Sampler ------- The new sampler/sample editor was included simply because we thought the one in Noisetracker 2.0 was terrible, and we needed graphing of samples and proper loop editing. It's very fast, much faster than Audiomaster, and the editing is much simpler. We also included a resampling option which we hope you'll find useful. <-- midi down edit op. --> ^92:81,91,93,A1 Editing ------- When editing a sample, use to mouse to set the cursorline and to mark ranges. ## Waveform ## Will play the full sample with loops. ## Display ## Will play the part of the sample being shown on screen. ## Range ## Will play the marked range. <-- midi up/down edit op. --> ^93:81,92,94,A1 ## Stop ## Will stop all playing of samples. ## Show range ## Will magnify the current range and display it. ## Show all ## Will display the whole sample. ## |< (Beg) ## Put cursorline at beginning of sample. ## >|< (Mid) ## Put cursorline at middle of sample. <-- midi up/down edit op. --> ^94:81,93,95,A1 ## >| (End) ## Put the cursorline at end of sample. ## Swap buff(er) ## The swap the current sample with the copy-buffer. ## Zoom out ## Will show double the range you are displaying. ## Range all ## Will range the part of the sample being displayed on screen. <-- midi up/down edit op. --> ^95:81,94,96,A1 ## Cut ## Will cut away the part of the sample that's marked. ## Copy ## Will copy the marked range to the copy-buffer. ## Paste ## Will paste the copy-buffer into the current sample. <-- midi up/down edit op. --> ^96:81,95,97,A1 The volume box -------------- The volume box is a bit like Audiomaster's, only better. Set the "from" and "to" volume percentages by using the sliders, or just type in any number you please (from 0 to 200) in the percentage boxes to the right. ## Normalize ## Will find the highest volume rate possible (without clipping). <-- midi up/down edit op. --> ^97:81,96,98,A1 ## Cancel ## Will exit the volume box. ## \ ## Will set the percentages 100%-0% ## / ## Will set the percentages 0%-100% ## - ## Will set the percentages 100%-100% ## Ramp ## Will ramp (calculate) the volume! <-- midi up/down edit op. --> ^98:81,97,99,A1 ## Tunetone ## Will create a sinus sound, which you can tune your samples after. See setup 2 help for details. ## Sample ## Will first enter the monitor screen. Now click right button to sample, left to exit. ## Note ## This is the note to sample on. Range is C-1 to B-3. <-- midi up/down edit op. --> ^99:81,98,9A,A1 ## Resample ## The resampling option is much easier to use than the one in Audiomaster. Here's a step-by-step explanation: 1. Turn on the tuning tone. 2. Use the keyboard to find what note it is. Use fintune if needed. 3. Enter the note in the "Note:" box to the right. 4. Press resample! ## Note ## This is what note to resample to. <-- midi up/down edit op. --> ^9A:81,99,00,A1 ## Disp(lay) ## This is the length of the part of the sample being shown on screen. ## Loop on/off ## This is for turning loops on/off without having to fiddle with the repeat and replen gadgets. ## Exit ## Exits the sampler screen. <-- Midi up edit op. --> ^61:51,00,62,71 SETUP ----- The setup screens were provided so that PT users could set up their own personal environment. We hope we have satisfied most of you. You've got 8 on/off toggles, a split keyboard editor, a color palette and lots more. Choose what you want, and use "Save Config" to save your environ- ment. On the next screen is a list of what will be saved in the config file. V1.1: Click "2" to enter setup screen 2, with lots of new features! <-- PRESET ED DOWN Setup 2 --> ^62:51,61,63,71 This will be saved in the config file: -------------------------------------- Songs/Modules/Samples and Print paths, Split Keyboard data, Accidental, MultiKey Channeltable, Colors, Keyrepeat, the 8 on/off toggles, the 8 external dos commands and the effect macros + everything in setup 2. You can have up to 256 different config files. They will be saved as "pt.config-00", "pt.config-01" and so on. Set the confignumber in the "cnfig" box. <-- PRESET ED UP/DOWN Setup 2 --> ^63:51,62,64,71 ## Load config ## Will load the selected config file. ## Save config ## Will save the selected config file. ## Reset All ## Will set the original PT defaults and colors. ## Multi ## This table is used with the multi key- board option. The four numbers repre- sent what channel each channel will jump to next. 1-2, 2-3, 3-4 and so on. <-- PRESET ED UP/DOWN Setup 2 --> ^64:51,63,65,71 ## The dot ## The gadget with a dot and a textline can be used to execute dos commands. Each of the 8 commands can be up to 31 letters long. Pressing the dot will browse through the commands. Holding the right button and pressing it will execute the command. Note that PT needs the command "run" to execute the other commands. This is because of commodore's stupid programming of the dos library function "execute". Type "endcli" to go back to protracker. <-- PRESET ED UP/DOWN setup 2 --> ^65:51,64,66,71 ## The Color Palette ## The color palette is simple to use. Just select a color, and use the R, G and B sliders to set the color. ## Undo ## Will put back the latest change. ## Cancel ## Will set the config colors. ## Def(ault) ## Will set the original ST colors. <-- PRESET ED UP/DOWN setup 2 --> ^66:51,65,67,71 ## Split ## You can set 4 splits on the keyboard, each with it's own sample, splitpoint and transpose. Just type in a sample number and select the key to split at by pressing the appropriate one. The transpose note for each split is the first note in that split-range. Notes below the first split will be played with the current sample. Split is great for recording drums, or for playing untuned samples in tune (use together with finetune). ## Clear ## will clear the splits. <-- PRESET ED UP/DOWN Setup 2 --> ^67:51,66,68,71 ## KeyRep(eat) ## The first number is the keyrepeat- delay, and the second is the speed. ## Accidental ## Simple enough, accidental allows you to select sharp (#) or flat (¡) notes. This will not be saved with the song! ## Print Song ## Will print the song to the path shown below the "Print Song" gadget. The print path can be 31 chars long. <-- PRESET ED UP/DOWN Setup 2 --> ^68:51,67,69,71 ## Split on/off ## Toggles between normal and split key- board. ## Filter on/off ## Toggles the audiofilter / PowerLED. (Not available on all amigas) ## Trans(pose)del(ete) on/off ## When on, notes transposed out of range will be deleted. ## ShowDec(imal) ## When on, Freemem, Tunemem, and file- lengths will be shown in decimal. <-- PRESET ED UP/DOWN Setup 2 --> ^69:51,68,00,71 ## Autodir on/off ## When on, protracker dirs the current directory path automatically. ## AutoExit on/off ## When on, protracker will automatically exit from the file requester when loading a song or module. ## Mod. only on/off ## When on, protracker will only show modules beginning with "mod.". ## MIDI on/off ## Enables midi input (see midi help). <-- PRESET ED UP Setup 2 --> ^71:61,00,72,81 Setup 2 ------- Setup 2 is basically full of the things we couldn't fit into Setup 1 in Protracker 1.0 + a few things people thought we should include. Well, hope you're satisfied with the result guys... Click on "1" to go back to good ol' setup 1... <-- Setup down midi --> ^72:61,71,73,81 ## Timing ## We included this so that american users also could enjoy protracker, and wouldn't have to use sonix or any other terrible music program... You can choose between CIA or Vblank timing. Vblank is the timing-method soundtrackers have been using since the dawn of time, while CIA is a much better and accurate timing with the tempo measured in beats per minute. Using Vblank on NTSC amigas will cause the song to play 20% faster. With CIA, there's no difference. <-- Setup up/down midi --> ^73:61,72,74,81 ## Tempo ## This is where you set your default CIA timing tempo. Range: 32-255. ## Speed ## This is where you set your default Vblank timing speed. Range: 01-FF. ## Copper Editor ## The copper editor is for altering the colors of the VU-meters and the spectrum analyzer to your own liking. Select a color by clicking somewhere within the coppered stripe. <-- Setup up/down midi --> ^74:61,73,75,81 Now use the R, G and B sliders to alter the color. ## Spread ## Will create an even gradient between the current color and the one you click on next. ## arrows ## Will rotate the whole copper stripe in the Y-axis (up/down). Undo, cancel and def(ault) will work just like in the palette in setup 1. <-- Setup up/down midi --> ^75:61,74,76,81 ## Mods ## This is where you set your default modules path. ## Songs ## This is where you set your default songs path. ## Sampl(es) ## This is where you set your default sample path. ## PTdir ## This is the path for the helpfile, the PLST and the PT configfile(s). <-- Setup up/down midi --> ^76:61,75,77,81 ## Max PLST ## This is the maximum number of presets in your presetlist. ## DMA wait ## Use this on fast amigas to slow down the DMA enough to not miss any notes. ## Tuning tone ## The tuning tone is for use with the sample editor. The note is what note to play the tuning tone at, and the number is the volume. Salvage doesn't work...sorry... <-- Setup up/down midi --> ^77:61,76,78,81 ## <- Default ## Will put back the default for everything in the middle column. ## Override ## When on, PT will ignore any paths or disknames when loading a song or module. All the samples will be loaded from the current sample path. ## Nosamples ## When on, PT won't load the samples when loading a song or module. <-- Setup up/down midi --> ^78:61,77,79,81 ## BlankZero ## When on, PT won't show the first zero in the samplenumber, as on NT1.2. ## Show dirs ## When on, directories will be shown in Disk Op. ## Show Publ(ic) ## When on, PT will show all free memory, not just chip-mem. ## Cut to buff(er) ## When on, all samples cut in the sample editor will to put in the copy-buffer. <-- Setup up/down midi --> ^79:61,78,00,81 ## Load loop ## When on, PT will load loops from IFF-samples. ## Slow Mode ## When on, text editing, gadget-repeats, etc. will go much slower. Use this if you have a 25 MHz A3000 or any other fast computer. We will try to do an automatic speed check in the next version (1.2). <-- Setup up midi --> ^81:71,00,00,91 MIDI ---- Midi routines in protracker 1.1 are still very limited. Midi in should work ok, though. To activate midi, you'll have to turn it on on the setup1 screen. Use the three upper octaves on your synthesizer to play notes. Some keys in the lowest octave can be used to play/stop/record etc. We might fix better midi support in later versions of protracker, but so far, this is uncertain... Read the PT.ReadMe! file for more info. <-- SETUP 2 NOWHERE Sampler --> ^A1:91,00,A2,B1 EDIT OP. -------- The edit op. screens were just a handy way for us to implement all the new functions we had thought of. There are three screens, and you can browse through them by pressing the edit op. gadget more than once, or select one by clicking on the numbers 1-3. To exit edit op., click on the gadget labeled "E" or press ESC. <-- Sampler DOWN EFFECT CMDS --> ^A2:91,A1,A3,B1 Edit op. Screen 1: ## Transposing ## What is transposing ? Transposing lets you shift the pitch of the notes up or down. E.g. Change a C-3 to a C#3. In comparison to other trackers, protracker lets you transpose in just about every way you can imagine. You can transpose either the current sample or all the samples in a track or pattern. <-- Sampler UP/DOWN EFFECT CMDS --> ^A3:91,A2,A4,B1 To the right of the title bar is a small box with the letter "S" or "A". S - Only the current sample will be transposed. A - All the samples from $00-$1F will be transposed. V1.1: Now bugfree! To toggle between the two, click on the edit op. title bar. If the setup toggle "transdel" is on, all the notes transposed out of range (C-1 to B-3) will be deleted. If not, they will not be transposed. <-- Sampler UP/DOWN EFFECT CMDS --> ^A4:91,A3,A5,B1 Edit op. screen 2: (Record) ## Record ## Patt - Record current pattern only. Song - When recording, pt will move through the patterns in the song, just like normal play. ## Quantize ## Will move the notes you record to every n'th slot. Entering 00 will turn off the quantizing, and the notes you play will always be inserted at the patternposition you are at. Entering 01 will quantize the notes the the nearest slot <-- Sampler UP/DOWN EFFECT CMDS --> ^A5:91,A4,A6,B1 according to the speed. i.e. if you play a note after the first half has been played, it will be quantized to the slot below. Entering a value like 8 will quantize to every 8th note, and so on. Got that? ## Metro(nome) ## The first number is the speed of the metronome, and the second is the channel to play it on. The Sample used for metronomes is always sample $1F. Load your own favourite metro- nome sample. The metronome will always be played at C-3, but you can still <-- Sampler UP/DOWN EFFECT CMDS --> ^A6:91,A5,A7,B1 change the volume and loop values. To turn off the metronome, just set the speed or channel to 00. ## Multi ## When on, pt will jump to another channel after you play a note on the keyboard. This makes it possible to play two or more notes at the same time (very useful with midi). On the setup screen you can choose what channel to jump to after playing a note. <-- Sampler UP/DOWN EFFECT CMDS --> ^A7:91,A6,A8,B1 Edit Op. screen 2: (Samples) To the right of the title bar is a small box with the letter "T", "P" or "S". T - Copy & Exchange apply to current track only. P - Copy & Exchange will affect the the whole pattern. S - Copy & Exchange will apply to the real samples in memory. To toggle between the two, click on the edit op. title bar. <-- Sampler UP/DOWN EFFECT CMDS --> ^A8:91,A7,A9,B1 ## Delete ## Will delete all notes with the current sample in current track or whole pattern. ## Kill ## Will kill the current sample. That is, remove it from memory and reset all sample settings. It will not be deleted from the track or pattern. You can also use the period (.) key on the numeric keyboard to invoke this function. <-- Sampler UP/DOWN EFFECT CMDS --> ^A9:91,A8,AA,B1 ## EXCHGE (Exchange) ## Will exchange the samplenumber shown in the "from" gadget with the sample- number in the "to" gadget and vice versa. "T" or "P" selects track or pattern. "S" exchanges the samples. ## MOVE ## Will move the samplenumber shown in the "from" gadget to the sample- number in the "to" gadget. <-- Sampler UP/DOWN EFFECT CMDS --> ^AA:91,A9,AB,B1 Edit Op. screen 3: (Sample Editor) To the right of the title bar is a small box with the letter "H" or "C". H - Will halve the volume when mixing and echoing to avoid clipping. C - Will not halve the volume. The sample may be clipped. To toggle between the two, click on the edit op. title bar. <-- Sampler UP/DOWN EFFECT CMDS --> ^AB:91,AA,AC,B1 ## Mix ## Will mix one sample with another. Pt asks you which two samples to be mixed, and where to put the result. Holding the right button and pressing mix will mix the current sample with itself. You can offset the sample by setting a position in the "pos" gadg. If you set "mod" to a non-zero value, the sample will also be modulated. <-- Sampler UP/DOWN EFFECT CMDS --> ^AC:91,AB,AD,B1 ## Echo ## Will create a echo effect on the current sample. Use "pos" to set the delay time of the echo. If you want more room to echo in, just turn up the length of the sample. ## Boost ## Will turn up the treble of the sample. Use this on hi-hats and snares! ## Filter ## Will Delta-filter the sample. Use this on noisy basses. <-- Sampler UP/DOWN EFFECT CMDS --> ^AD:91,AC,AE,B1 ## X-Fade ## Will crossfade the sample (mix with itself, backwards). Handy for looping samples that are hard to loop. ## Backwd (backwards) ## Will turn the sample backwards! ## Upsample ## Will remove every second byte of the sample, halving the length and shifting the pitch one octave up. <-- Sampler UP/DOWN EFFECT CMDS --> ^AE:91,AD,AF,B1 ## Downsample ## Will double every byte of the sample, doubling the length, and shifting the pitch one octave down. If you downsample samples longer than $7FFE, you will lose the end of them. ## POS ## This is just a offset in the sample, used for a lot of things. ## MOD ## This is used for modulation. Press "MOD" to modulate the current sample. <-- Sampler UP/DOWN EFFECT CMDS --> ^AF:91,AE,B0,B1 ## Cutbeg(inning) ## Will chop the number of bytes set in the "pos" gadget off the beginning of the sample. ## FU (Fade Up) ## Will fade the volume from 0 to 100%. Use "Pos" to select where in the sample to fade up to. ## FD (Fade Down) ## Will fade the volume from 100 to 0%. Use "Pos" to select where in the sample to fade down from. <-- Sampler UP/DOWN EFFECT CMDS --> ^B0:91,AF,00,B1 ## VOL ## With this you can change the "real" volume of the sample. Just set a percentage and press "VOL". Edit Op.3 is now intended to be used with the new sample-editor. If a range is marked, some of the functions apply to the range only. If there's no range marked, the functions will affect the whole sample. You may also set "POS" by clicking on the sample and setting the cursor-line. <-- Sampler UP EFFECT CMDS --> ^B1:A1,00,B2,D1 EFFECT COMMANDS --------------- Effect commands on protracker should be compatible with all other trackers. 0 - None/Arpeggio 8 - * NOT USED * 1 - Portamento Up 9 - SampleOffset 2 - Portamento Down A - VolumeSlide 3 - TonePortamento B - PositionJump 4 - Vibrato C - Set Volume 5 - ToneP + VolSlide D - PatternBreak 6 - Vibra + VolSlide E - Misc. Cmds 7 - Tremolo F - Set Speed <-- EDIT OP. DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^B2:A1,B1,B3,D1 E - COMMANDS ------------ The E command has been altered to contain more commands than one. E0- Filter On/Off E8- * NOT USED * E1- Fineslide Up E9- Retrig Note E2- Fineslide Down EA- FineVol Up E3- Glissando Control EB- FineVol Down E4- Vibrato Control EC- NoteCut E5- Set Finetune ED- NoteDelay E6- Patternloop EE- PatternDelay E7- Tremolo Control EF- Invert Loop <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^B3:A1,B2,B4,D1 Cmd 0. Arpeggio [Range:$0-$F/$0-$F] ----------------------------------- Usage: $0 + 1st halfnote add + 2nd halfnote add Arpeggio is used to simulate chords. This is done by rapidly changing the pitch between 3(or 2) different notes. It sounds very noisy and grainy on most samples, but ok on monotone ones. Example: C-300047 C-major chord: (C+E+G or C+4+7 halfnotes) C-300037 C-minor chord: (C+D#+G or C+3+7 halfnotes) <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^B4:A1,B3,B5,D1 Cmd 1. Portamento up [Speed:$00-$FF] ------------------------------------ Usage: $1 + portamento speed Portamento up will simply slide the sample pitch up. You can NOT slide higher than B-3! (Period 113) Example: C-300103 1 is the command, 3 is the portamentospeed. NOTE: The portamento will be called as many times as the speed of the song. This means that you'll sometimes have trouble sliding accuratly. If you change the speed without changing the sliderates, it will sound bad... <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^B5:A1,B4,B6,D1 Cmd 2. Portamento down [Speed:$00-FF] ------------------------------------- Usage: $2 + portamento speed Just like command 1, except that this one slides the pitch down instead. (Adds to the period). You can NOT slide lower than C-1! (Period 856) Example: C-300203 2 is the command, 3 is the portamentospeed. <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^B6:A1,B5,B7,D1 Cmd 3. Tone-portamento [Speed:$00-$FF] -------------------------------------- Usage: Dest-note + $3 + slidespeed This command will automatically slide from the old note to the new. You don't have to worry about which direction to slide, you need only set the slide speed. To keep on sliding, just select the command $3 + 00. Example: A-200000 First play a note. C-300305 C-3 is the note to slide to, 3 the command, and 5 the speed. <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^B7:A1,B6,B8,D1 Cmd 4. Vibrato [Rate:$0-$F,Dpth:$0-$F] -------------------------------------- Usage: $4 + vibratorate + vibratodepth Example: C-300481 4 is the command, 8 is the speed of the vibrato, and 1 is the depth of the vibrato. To keep on vibrating, just select the command $4 + 00. To change the vibrato, you can alter the rate, depth or both. Use command E4- to change the vibrato-waveform. <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^B8:A1,B7,B9,D1 Cmd 5. ToneP + Volsl [Spd:$0-$F/$0-$F] -------------------------------------- Usage: $5 + upspeed + downspeed This command will continue the current toneportamento and slide the volume at the same time. Stolen from NT2.0. Example: C-300503 3 is the speed to turn the volume down. C-300540 4 is the speed to slide it up. <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^B9:A1,B8,BA,D1 Cmd 6. Vibra + Volsl [Spd:$0-$F/$0-$F] -------------------------------------- Usage: $6 + upspeed + downspeed This command will continue the current vibrato and slide the volume at the same time. Stolen from NT2.0. Example: C-300605 5 is the speed to turn the volume down. C-300640 4 is the speed to slide it up. <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^BA:A1,B9,BB,D1 Cmd 7. Tremolo [Rate:$0-$F,Dpth:$0-$F] -------------------------------------- Usage: $7 + tremolorate + tremolodepth Tremolo vibrates the volume. Example: C-300794 7 is the command, 9 is the speed of the tremolo, and 4 is the depth of the tremolo. To keep on tremoling, just select the command $7 + 00. To change the tremolo, you can alter the rate, depth or both. Use command E7- to change the tremolo-waveform. <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^BB:A1,BA,BC,D1 Cmd 9. Set SampleOffset [Offs:$00-$FF] -------------------------------------- Usage: $9 + Sampleoffset This command will play from a chosen position in the sample, and not from the beginning. The two numbers equal the two first numbers in the length of the sample. Handy for speech- samples. Example: C-300923 Play sample from offset $2300. <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^BC:A1,BB,BD,D1 Cmd A. Volumeslide [Speed:$0-$F/$0-$F] -------------------------------------- Usage: $A + upspeed + downspeed Example: C-300A05 5 is the speed to turn the volume down. C-300A40 4 is the speed to slide it up. NOTE: The slide will be called as many times as the speed of the song. The slower the song, the more the volume will be changed on each note. <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^BD:A1,BC,BE,D1 Cmd B. Position-jump [Pos:$00-$7F] ---------------------------------- Usage: $B + position to continue at Example: C-300B01 B is the command, 1 is the position to restart the song at. This command will also perform a pattern-break (see 2 pages below). You can use this command instead of restart as on noisetracker, but you must enter the position in hex! <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^BE:A1,BD,BF,D1 Cmd C. Set volume [Volume:$00-$40] ---------------------------------- Usage: $C + new volume Well, this old familiar command will set the current volume to your own selected. The highest volume is $40. All volumes are represented in hex. (Programmers do it in hex, you know!) Example: C-300C10 C is the command, 10 is the volume (16 decimal). <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^BF:A1,BE,C0,D1 Cmd D. Pattern-break [Pattern-pos:00-63, decimal] ---------------------------- Usage: $D + pattern-position This command just jumps to the next song-position, and continues play from the patternposition you specify. Example: C-300D00 Jump to the next song-position and continue play from patternposition 00. Or: C-300D32 Jump to the next song-position and continue play from patternposition 32 instead. <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^C0:A1,BF,C1,D1 Cmd E0. Set filter [Range:$0-$1] -------------------------------- Usage: $E0 + filter-status This command jerks around with the sound-filter on some A500 + A2000. All other Amiga-users should keep out of playing around with it. Example: C-300E01 disconnects filter (turns power LED off) C-300E00 connects filter (turns power LED on) <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^C1:A1,C0,C2,D1 Cmd E1. Fineslide up [Range:$0-$F] ---------------------------------- Usage: $E1 + value This command works just like the normal portamento up, except that it only slides up once. It does not continue sliding during the length of the note. Example: C-300E11 Slide up 1 at the beginning of the note. (Great for creating chorus effects) <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^C2:A1,C1,C3,D1 Cmd E2. Fineslide down [Range:$0-$F] ------------------------------------ Usage: $E2 + value This command works just like the normal portamento down, except that it only slides down once. It does not continue sliding during the length of the note. Example: C-300E26 Slide up 6 at the beginning of the note. <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^C3:A1,C2,C4,D1 Cmd E3. Glissando Ctrl [Range:$0-$1] ------------------------------------ Usage: $E3 + Glissando-Status Glissando must be used with the tone- portamento command. When glissando is activated, toneportamento will slide a halfnote at a time, instead of a straight slide. Example: C-300E31 Turn Glissando on. C-300E30 Turn Glissando off. <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^C4:A1,C3,C5,D1 Cmd E4. Set vibrato waveform [Range:$0-$3] ---------------------------- Usage: $E4 + vibrato-waveform Example: C-300E40 Set sine(default) E44 Don't retrig WF C-300E41 Set Ramp Down E45 Don't retrig WF C-300E42 Set Squarewave E46 Don't retrig WF C-300E43 Set Random E47 Don't retrig WF <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^C5:A1,C4,C6,D1 Cmd E5. Set finetune [Range:$0-$F] ---------------------------------- Usage: $E5 + finetune-value Example: C-300E51 Set finetune to 1. Use these tables to figure out the finetune-value. Finetune: +7 +6 +5 +4 +3 +2 +1 0 Value: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Finetune: -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 Value: F E D C B A 9 8 <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^C6:A1,C5,C7,D1 Cmd E6. PatternLoop [Loops:$0-$F] ---------------------------------- Usage: $E6 + number of loops This command will loop a part of a pattern. Example: C-300E60 Set loopstart. C-300E63 Jump to loop 3 times before playing on. <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^C7:A1,C6,C8,D1 Cmd E7. Set tremolo waveform [Range:$0-$3] ---------------------------- Usage: $E7 + tremolo-waveform Example: C-300E70 Set sine(default) E74 Don't retrig WF C-300E71 Set Ramp Down E75 Don't retrig WF C-300E72 Set Squarewave E76 Don't retrig WF C-300E73 Set Random E77 Don't retrig WF <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^C8:A1,C7,C9,D1 Cmd E9. Retrig note [Value:$0-$F] --------------------------------- Usage: $E9 + Tick to Retrig note at. This command will retrig the same note before playing the next. Where to retrig depends on the speed of the song. If you retrig with 1 in speed 6 that note will be trigged 6 times in one note slot. Retrig on hi-hats! Example: C-300F06 Set speed to 6. C-300E93 Retrig at tick 3 out of 6. <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^C9:A1,C8,CA,D1 Cmd EA. FineVolsl up [Range:$0-$F] ---------------------------------- Usage: $EA + value This command works just like the normal volumeslide up, except that it only slides up once. It does not continue sliding during the length of the note. Example: C-300EA3 Slide volume up 1 at the beginning of the note. <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^CA:A1,C9,CB,D1 Cmd EB. FineVolsl down [Range:$0-$F] ------------------------------------ Usage: $EB + value This command works just like the normal volumeslide down, except that it only slides down once. It does not continue sliding during the length of the note. Example: C-300EB6 Slide volume down 6 at the beginning of the note. <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^CB:A1,CA,CC,D1 Cmd EC. Cut note [Value:$0-$F] ------------------------------ Usage: $EC + Tick to Cut note at. This command will cut the note at the selected tick, creating extremely short notes. Example: C-300F06 Set speed to 6. C-300EC3 Cut at tick 3 out of 6. Note that the note is not really cut, the volume is just turned down. <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^CC:A1,CB,CD,D1 Cmd ED. NoteDelay [Value:$0-$F] ------------------------------- Usage: $ED + ticks to delay note. This command will delay the note to the selected tick. Example: C-300F06 Set speed to 6. C-300ED3 Play note at tick 3 out of 6. <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^CD:A1,CC,CE,D1 Cmd EE. PatternDelay [Notes:$0-$F] ---------------------------------- Usage: $EE + notes to delay pattern. This command will delay the pattern the selected numbers of notes. Example: C-300EE8 Delay pattern 8 notes before playing on. All other effects are still active when the pattern is being delayed. <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^CE:A1,CD,CF,D1 Cmd EF. Invert Loop [Speed:$0-$F] --------------------------------- Usage: $EF + Invertspeed This command will need a short loop ($10,20,40,80 etc. bytes) to work. It will invert the loop byte by byte. Sounds better than funkrepeat... Example: C-300EF8 Set invspeed to 8. To turn off the inverting, set invspeed to 0, or press ctrl + Z. <-- EDIT OP. UP/DOWN KEYBOARD --> ^CF:A1,CE,00,D1 Cmd F. Set speed [Speed:$00-$FF] -------------------------------- Usage: $F + speed This command will set the speed of the song. Vblank: Range 01-FF - Normal timing CIA: Range 01-1F - Set vblank speeds with CIA timing. CIA: Range 20-FF - Set BPM speeds, range 32-255. Both: Range 00 - STOP song. <-- EDIT OP. UP KEYBOARD --> ^D1:B1,00,D2,E1 KEYBOARD -------- The keymap on protracker is a standard us keymap. The font has been enhanced and redrawn a little, so you now have a lot more special characters than before. Remember to always use the left shift and alt, as the right ones are used for other things. High notekeys: 2 3 5 6 7 9 0 = Q W E R T Y U I O P [ ] Low notekeys: S D G H J L ; Z X C V B N M , . / <-- EFFECT CMDS DOWN GENERAL --> ^D2:B1,D1,D3,E1 F1 - Choose lo octave(From C-1 to G-3) F2 - Choose hi octave(From C-2 to B-3) shft+F3 - Cut track to buffer shft+F4 - Copy track to buffer shft+F5 - Paste track-buffer to track alt+F3 - Cut whole pattern to buffer alt+F4 - Copy whole pattern to buffer alt+F5 - Paste patt-buffer to pattern ctrl+F3 - Cut commands to buffer ctrl+F4 - Copy commands to buffer ctrl+F5 - Paste cmd-buffer to track <-- EFFECT CMDS UP/DOWN GENERAL --> ^D3:B1,D2,D4,E1 F6 - Go to patternposition 0 F7 - Go to patternposition 16 F8 - Go to patternposition 32 F9 - Go to patternposition 48 F10- Go to patternposition 63 shft+F6-F10 - Store current patternpo- sition on selected F-key alt+F6-F10 - Play pattern from the stored patternposition ctrl+F6-F10 - Record from the stored patternposition Esc - Exit DiskOp/EditOp/PLST/PsetEd/ Setup/Help and MIDI screens <-- EFFECT CMDS UP/DOWN GENERAL --> ^D4:B1,D3,D5,E1 shft+Return - Insert blank note at cursorposition and move the others down. Notes beyond patternposition 63 will be lost! shft+Bckspce - Delete note above cursorposition and move the others up. You can NOT do this if you're at patternposition 0! alt+Return - As above, but with all 4 tracks alt+Backspace - As above, but with all 4 tracks <-- EFFECT CMDS UP/DOWN GENERAL --> ^D5:B1,D4,D6,E1 ctrl+Return - Push cmds one down ctrl+Backspace - Drag cmds one up ctrl+0-9 - Select how many slots PT will jump down each time you insert a note (this is only in Edit-mode) alt+cursor right - patternnumber up alt+cursor left - patternnumber down shft+cursor right - song-position up shft+cursor left - song-position down BackwardsSingleQuote (The key over TAB, you know?) - Go to CLI <-- EFFECT CMDS UP/DOWN GENERAL --> ^D6:B1,D5,D7,E1 Help - Go to help or plst screen shft+Help - Toggle between help or plst on help key Space - Toggle between Stop/Edit-mode < (beside Z) - Kill DMA & Volumes to 0 right Amiga - Play Pattern right Alt - Play Song right Shift - Record Caps Lock - Toggle Keyrepeat on/off Del - Delete note under cursor alt+Del - Delete command only shft+Del - Delete note and command <-- EFFECT CMDS UP/DOWN GENERAL --> ^D7:B1,D6,D8,E1 On Numeric pad: 0 - Select Sample $0 1st row - Select Sample $1-$4 2nd row - Select Sample $5-$8 3rd row - Select Sample $9-$c 4th row - Select Sample $d-$f Just Enter - Select Sample $10 Holding Enter + the other keys select sample $11-$1f Period (.) - Kill current sample <-- EFFECT CMDS UP/DOWN GENERAL --> ^D8:B1,D7,D9,E1 Left Amiga (Plus keys below) - Transposing like in Edit Op. Screen 1 Sample/Track Sample/Pattern ---------------------------------- 1 - Note Up 2 - Note Up Q - Note Down W - Note Down A - Octave Up S - Octave Up Z - Octave Down X - Octave Down All/Track All/Pattern ------------------------------- 3 - Note Up 4 - Note Up E - Note Down R - Note Down D - Octave Up F - Octave Up C - Octave Down V - Octave Down <-- EFFECT CMDS UP/DOWN GENERAL --> ^D9:B1,D8,DA,E1 Tab - Move cursor to next track Shft+Tab - Move cursor to prev track Ctrl+A - Toggle channel on/off Ctrl+B - Mark block Ctrl+C - Copy block to buffer Ctrl+D - Delete block, drag notes up Ctrl+e - expand track Ctrl+f - toggle filter on/off Ctrl+g - Boost all samples Ctrl+h - Transpose block up Ctrl+i - Insert block, push notes down Ctrl+j - Join-paste block Ctrl+k - Kill to end of track Ctrl+l - Transpose block down <-- EFFECT CMDS UP/DOWN GENERAL --> ^DA:B1,D9,DB,E1 Ctrl+m - Toggle multikeyboard on/off Ctrl+n - Re-mark last block Ctrl+o - Contract track Ctrl+p - Paste block Ctrl+q - Unmute all channels Ctrl+r - Restore F6-F10 positions Ctrl+s - Toggle split keyboard on/off Ctrl+t - swap tracks Ctrl+u - undo last change Ctrl+v - Filter all samples Ctrl+w - Polyphonize block Ctrl+x - Cut block to buffer Ctrl+y - Backwards block Ctrl+z - Restore Effects <-- EFFECT CMDS UP/DOWN GENERAL --> ^DB:B1,DA,DC,E1 shft+0-9 - Store current command on selected key alt+0-9 - Insert command in current track alt+"\" - Copy command above cursor to current patternposition. alt+"=" - Copy command above cursor to current patternposition and add one to the value. alt+"-" - Copy command above cursor to current patternposition and subract one from the value. <-- EFFECT CMDS UP/down GENERAL --> ^DC:B1,DB,DD,E1 alt+A - Monitor/Start sampling alt+B - Boost sample alt+C - Toggle channel 3 alt+D - Go to Disk Op. alt+E - Go to Edit Op. alt+F - Filter sample alt+I - Autoinsert volume alt+K - Delete current sample/track alt+Q - Quit protracker alt+R - Resample alt+S - Go to Sampler screen alt+T - Tuning Tone alt+V - Toggle channel 4 <-- EFFECT CMDS UP GENERAL --> ^DD:B1,DC,00,E1 alt+X - Toggle channel 2 alt+Y - alt+Z - Toggle channel 1 F3 - Cut (sample) F4 - Copy (sample) F5 - Paste (sample) \ - Toggle keypad mode (dots!) Return - Step one note forward Backspc- Step one note backward Alt+any key on keypad - tune drumpad ctrl+arrows left/rite - Sample up/down <-- EFFECT CMDS UP GENERAL --> ^E1:D1,00,E2,01 GENERAL INFO. ------------- Making Music ------------ Any piece of music written with Pro- tracker is built up from patterns. Each pattern is built up from four tracks, one for each of the amiga's audiochannels. A pattern is 64 lines long. The magni- fied line is always the one you edit. If you need shorter patterns, use the patternbreak effect command. <-- KEYBOARD DOWN PROTRACKER --> ^E2:D1,E1,E3,01 A track is built up like this: 32 C-3 01 C20 / \_/ |/ \_/ / / | \ Pos Note Sample Effect cmd. The C-3 is the note being played at patternposition 32. 01 is the sample- number, and the three last digits are the effect command, in this case, set volume to $20 (C-Command, 20-Value). <-- KEYBOARD UP/DOWN PROTRACKER --> ^E3:D1,E2,E4,01 Protracker holds a table with info about the sequence in which the patt- erns will be played. With the "Pos" gadget you determine your position in the table. With "Pattern" you define what pattern to play at that position. "Length" defines the total size of the table. The full sequence of Patterns is the Song. A song is built up from up to 64 different patterns, each being played at up to 128 different positions. <-- KEYBOARD UP/DOWN PROTRACKER --> ^E4:D1,E3,E5,01 The small gadgets labeled "I" and "D" are Insert and Delete. With them you can Insert or Delete a position from your song. The length of your song will be adjusted automatically. Remember that the length of your song always must be one more than the last position, since the first position is 0. Holding down the right button when pressing the Pos, Pattern and Length gadgets will speed them up a bit. <-- KEYBOARD UP/DOWN PROTRACKER --> ^E4:D1,E3,E5,01 Finetune -------- This is a goodie. Tune your untuned samples to match the others. Right button will set finetune to zero. 0 436.4 hz -1 432.1 hz 1 439.0 hz -2 429.6 hz 2 441.6 hz -3 426.3 hz 3 445.1 hz -4 423.1 hz 4 447.8 hz -5 419.9 hz 5 451.5 hz -6 416.7 hz 6 455.2 hz -7 414.4 hz 7 457.0 hz -8 412.0 hz The first one to figure out this table wins 2 norwegian chocolates! <-- KEYBOARD UP/DOWN PROTRACKER --> ^E5:D1,E4,E6,01 Sample ------ Clicking on the sample up/down gadgets will flicker through the samples. You can use up to 31, or hex $1F samples in a song. Sample zero function -------------------- Pressing both mousebuttons at the same time will set the samplenmbr. to zero. You can then record the pattern with sample 0 to prevent protracker from setting the volume each time you play a new note. <-- KEYBOARD UP/DOWN PROTRACKER --> ^E6:D1,E5,E7,01 Length ------ The Length gadgets are simply used for setting the length of the sample. A sample can be up to 64k, or $fffe long. You can add workspace behind the sample by increasing the length and letting go of the button. PT will ask if you are sure, and if you are, allocate more memory for the sample. Volume ------ Use this to set the volume the current sample will be played with. <-- KEYBOARD UP/DOWN PROTRACKER --> ^E7:D1,E6,E8,01 Repeat ------ Here you set the start of the sample- loop. Replen ------ Here you set the length of the sample- loop. Pressing both the left aaand right button on the sample-gadgets will speed them up a bit. <-- KEYBOARD UP/DOWN PROTRACKER --> ^E8:D1,E7,E9,01 The PatternNumber Gadget ------------------------ To the middle left of the screen is a box with a number in it. The number is the current pattern number. Click on it to type in a new number. When in type-in mode, use return, ESC or right mousebutton to exit. This should also work on most other such gadgets. The "Are you sure ?" requester ------------------------------ In addition to the gadgets, you can use "Y" for Yes and "N" or ESC for No. <-- KEYBOARD UP/DOWN PROTRACKER --> ^E9:D1,E8,EA,01 The Clear requester ------------------- In addition to the gadgets you can use "A" for All, "O" for Song, "S" for samples and "C" or ESC for Cancel. The Load (sample) gadget ------------------------ This gadget will simply try to load the current samplename. Use this when you've fucked up in the sample editor, and have destroyed a sample. <-- KEYBOARD UP/DOWN PROTRACKER --> ^EA:D1,E9,EB,01 The text-input routine ---------------------- Now this is really simple. Clicking on a textline will enable you to edit it. Some text lines are longer than they seem, so use the arrowkeys to scroll back and forth in the text. The text- input mode is just like an ordinary text editor. You can use backspace, delete, space and such. In text-input mode you can also use the numeric pad for entering numbers. Pressing the right mousebutton will clear the text- line and exit the editing. Use ESC or return to just exit. <-- KEYBOARD UP/DOWN PROTRACKER --> ^EB:D1,EA,EC,01 Tips 'n tricks -------------- When inserting, pasting or join- pasting, hold down shift to keep the cursor from jumping to the end of the block. e.g. shft+ctrl+P Holding shift while pressing ctrl+K (kill to end of track) will kill to start of track instead. Use Esc or right mousebutton to exit form a lot of things. <-- KEYBOARD UP/DOWN PROTRACKER --> ^EC:D1,EB,ED,01 Effect tips ----------- You can set the volume without playing a note. e.g. ---01000 This will set the volume for sample 1 without trigging the note. Or try trigging the sample and sliding the volume down. e.g. C-301A08 ---01A08 ---01A08 This will create a strange arpeggiato effect, like on "Cream of the earth" by Romeo Knight / RSI. <-- KEYBOARD UP/DOWN PROTRACKER --> ^ED:D1,EC,EE,01 Pointer Colors -------------- Gray - Nothin's happening. Yellow - Playing song / pattern. Green - Disk action. Blue - Edit / record. Magenta - Waiting for something (text or number). Cyan - Select entry or delete. Red - Something went wrong. <-- KEYBOARD UP/DOWN PROTRACKER --> ^EE:D1,ED,00,01 Drumpad ------- Protracker 1.1 features a drumpad as in Noisetracker 2.0 and 2.1. Use \ instead of . to toggle modes. One or more dots will appear to the right of the freemem display. No dots: Normal keypad. 1 dot: Drumpad. 2 dots: Drumpad - Edit/Rec possible. Use Alt + keypad key to set note. <-- KEYBOARD UP PROTRACKER -->