Sound, Music & MIDI Collection 2/SMMVOL2.bin/DOS/SS_PLAY/WHACKE.ZIP/WHACKER.HLP

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 - Whacker Tracker v1.00  -

  (C) 1992  The CodeBlasters
  This version is Shareware

  Written by:  Håkan Gustavsson (Shadow Man)
  Soundsystem by: Stein Norheim (Sourcer)
  Håkan Gustavsson (Shadow Man)
  Graphics by:  Håkan Dahlberg (Datafiluren)
  Håkan Gustavsson (Shadow Man)
  Assistance:  Joel Kjellberg (Fixer)
  Fredrik Hedenström (Hediz)
  Thomas Hallberg (Skywalker)
  Stefan Thulin - for the SB Pro devkit

Use left/right arrows to select a topic, and up/down to read
about that topic. Hit ESC to exit help.
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  Members in The CodeBlasters:
 4
  Sourcer .Stein Norheim
  Shadow Man .Håkan Gustavsson
  Hediz .Fredrik Hedenström
  Fixer .Joel Kjellberg
  Lightspeed .Danne Backman
  Skywalker .Thomas Hallberg

  Greetings goes to:
Space Pigs, Cascada, Sky Hawks, Skull, DCE, Ultra Force,
Future Crew, Silent Service, Triad (PC-sec), Sonic (PC-sec),
David Lopez & Angel Trigo (NeuroFactory 989), ProLords,
Physical Crew, Union, Mach 5, Noice

And all we've forgot..

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Thanks to all betatesters:
Håkan Dahlberg, Stefan Thulin, Fredrik Palm, Johan Franzen,
Markus Hall, Mikael Platen, Anders Aldengård


Some technical info:
  Sourcecode: over 16 0 lines
  Compiled with: Turbo Assembler 2.51
  Linked with: Turbo Link 4.01
  Debugged with: Turbo Debugger 2.51
  Edited with: QEdit 2.15
Manual done with: Word Perfect 5.1
  Computer used: 386/33, DOS 5.0, SVGA
  Memoryhandler: QEMM 6.02
  Diskcache: Hyperdisk 4.30
 Soundcards used: SoundBlaster Pro & Soundplayers

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If you want to contact us, write or call us:

Håkan Gustavsson  Stein Norheim
Pl 2215  Klippv. 15
S-313 00 OSKARSTRÖM
 S-756 52 UPPSALA
SWEDEN  SWEDEN
  [phone]
Or you can call our BBSs:
Hot Bits - TCB Code Centre  TCB World HeadQuarter
[phone], 14400
 [phone], 12 0
Fidonet: 2:203/415.7      SysOp: Skywalker
SysOp: Shadow Man

Weird City
[phone], 2400
SysOp: Hediz

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This is the drawing of the simplest SoundPlayer:
D-25 male (to your computer's printerport)

áúª  2  - 2.8 M  -!
íñº  3  - 1.4 M  -!
íñº  4  - 0.7 M  -!
íñº  5  - 352 K  -!
íñº  6  - 176 K  -!
íñº  7  -  88 K  -!
íñº  8  -  44 K  -!
óÑ¿  9  -  22 K  -!-- 20uF --
 # To amplifier
  18  -




<< COMMANDS  GENERAL  KEYBOARD >>
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 - The Keyboard  -

< Right Ctrl >
Play song

< Right Alt >
Play current pattern

< Space >
Stop music & Edit mode on/off

< '<' >
Kill sound (space does this too)

< Alt + Q >
Quit Whacker Tracker

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< Shift + F5 >
Cut current channel to the buffer

< Shift + F6 >
Copy current track to buffer

< Shift + F7 >
Paste from buffer to current track

< Alt + F5 >
Cut current pattern to buffert

< Alt + F6 >
Copy current pattern to buffert

< Alt + F7 >
Paste buffert to current pattern
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< Ctrl + F5 >
Cut commands in current track to buffert

< Ctrl + F6 >
Copy command in current track to buffert

< Ctrl + F7 >
Paste commandbuffer in current track

< F8 - F12 >
Patternrow 0 - 16 - 32 - 48 - 63






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< Arrow Left >
Cursor left

< Arrow Right >
Cursor right

< Arrow Down or Enter >
This will get you down one row 

< Arrow Up or Backspace >
This will get you up one row






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< Ctrl + A >
This button will mute the current channel

< Ctrl + Q >
Unmute all channels

< Ctrl + Shift + A >
Solo current channel

< F1 >
Press this button to get the low octave

< F2 >
Press this button to get the high octave 



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< Shift + Enter >
Insert in current track

< Shift + Backspace >
Delete above in current track

< Alt + Enter >
Insert in all tracks

< Alt + Backspace >
Delete above in all tracks






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< Ctrl + Enter >
Push commands in current track down one row

< Ctrl + Backspace >
Drag commands in current track up one row

< Ctrl + 0-9 >
Step after a note is played
(in edit mode)

< Alt + Left >
Pattern down

< Alt + Right >
Pattern up


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< Shift + Left >
Posision Down

< Shift + Right >
Posision Up

< Ctrl + Left >
Sample Number Down

< Ctrl + Right >
Sample Number Up

< Delete >
Kill the note and command in current track
and pull up


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< Alt + Delete >
Kill the note and command in all tracks

< Ctrl + Delete >
Clear note (not command)

< Shift + Delete >
Clear command

< Ctrl + Shift + Delete >
Clear note and command

< Tab >
Next track

< Shift + Tab >
Previous track
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< . (Del on num. keyboard) >
Kill current sample

< Alt + F1-F4 >
Mute channel 1 - 4

< Scroll Lock >
Help

< Num Lock >
Turn bars on/off






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< Ctrl + K >
Kill the end of the track

< Alt + K >
Kill the end at all tracks

< Ctrl + U >
Undo current pattern

< Ctrl + Shift + K >
Kill to start of track

< Alt + Shift + K >
As above but for all 4 channels



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< Alt + \ >
Copy the command above

< Alt + ' >
Copy the command above and add 1 to the value

< Alt + ^ >
Copy the command above and sub 1 from the value

< Ctrl + B >
Begin block

< Ctrl + C >
Copy block to buffer

< Ctrl + D >
Copy block to buffert and delete
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< Ctrl + P >
Paste block over pattern

< Right Shift >
Record

< Right Ctrl >
Play current pattern

To use the mouse without a mouse, hold down left shift &
left Ctrl and use the arrow-keys. If you use the numeric
keyboard, the left button is Insert (0) and the right is
Del (.) or Enter. And if you use other arrows, the left
button is Delete (the gray one) and the right is Page Down.



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 - The Mainscreen  -

< PLAY >
Pressing this button with the left button on your mouse will
play the song from the top of the current pattern. By
pressing it with the right button the song will be played
from the current row. The button will remain down until you
press it again to stop playing.

< PATT >
When pressing this button, the current pattern will be
played until you press this button again.

< HOME >
Jumps to the beginning of the song.


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< FILTER >
This button toggles the lowpass filter on/off

< EDIT >
Toggles between edit mode on/off.

< CLEAR >
This will clear the song (and just the song, nothing else)
if you press Yes at the following question.

< HELP >
This button brings up this!

< BARS >
Toggles the bars on/off


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< L MOD >
Lets you load another module to memory, and if you were
playing another module, the tracker will play the new module
direct after loading.

< L A S >
Load an Amigasample to the current sampleposition. (not IFF)

< L P S >
Load a PC sample to the current sampleposition.

< MULTI >
When on, the tracker will automatical increase the channel
which the notes will be played in.

< PRINT > (Not available in the unregistered version)
Lets you print the whole song and sampledatas to the printer
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< P PAT >
Prints only the current pattern

< P SMP >
Prints all sampledatas. (ie Samplename, length, repeat .)

< 1, 2, 3, 4 >
Mutes the selected channel.

If you use the right button instead of the left, some values
might go faster.

If you point at ie the samplelength and press the left
button, a small box will appear on the screen, and there you
can enter the value.


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