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THX Sound System v0.9ß
HELP TEXT
Generally:
We've tried to make the editor most comfortably to use, which means that
we're using the same keymap and track format as ProTracker does. Short
overview of the keymap (if you need further help, read the ProTracker doc!)
I'm still using a System-Vertical Blank Interrupt, but as i noticed, this
will make problems whem running a terminal program, SO TAKE CARE WHAT YOU DO.
I will change it to CIA immediately when hd is working again, but this should
be some days after The Party V (I hope so!!). Also if you're using dbl-pal
or gfx-boards, the frequency may not be 50 Hz, so the player may be faster..
So try to NOT run it under NON-50 Hz modes (until the next version...!!)
There may be some problems when you just turned on your computer and play
something via THX; the first time you play something everything will sound
crap.. just press space and play again and it will run... audio hardware
sucks big.... I will fix this if I will know more about the audiohardware!
There's just a short overview about all the keys and stuff as I am running
out of time (here at The Party 1995) and I want to get some sleep, too!
Anyway, there'll be an update VERY SOON with full AmigaGUIDE documentation,
more demosongs and demoinstruments...
Editor Shortcuts (same as in ProTracker):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
R-ALT: Play song
R-AMIGA: Play current position
Space: Switch between edit/non-edit mode or stop playing
Note-Keymap: Same as in ProTracker
F1-F5: Select current octave (note: we're using >5< octaves,
be careful to use octave 1 and 2, mostly use 3 or 4!)
F6-F10: Jump to e.g. Note 0, 16, 32, 48, 63 (if TrackLength = 64)
Tab: Jump to next Voice (using with Left-Alt: jump to Note-Column)
also to use with shift (backwards moving)
Return: NOT the keypad one! Used to switch between Position/Track Ed.
L-ALT & YXCV: Toggle Voices 0-3 on/off (or use one of the 4 gadgets!)
Del: Delete Note&CMD, only Note or only CMD (use Left-Alt/Shift)
L-SHIFT & Ret: Insert Notes at current step
L-SHIFT & BSPC: Drag Notes&CMDs one step up
Del (Keypad): Delete current Instrument
CTRL-M: Toggle Multi On/Off! The order can be set in further releases
CTRL-Left/Right: Instrument up/down
ALT-Left/Right: Track up/down
<: (Key right to the left Shift) Kill Voices but don't switch
editmode/testmode in contrast to SPACE.
Own keys:
~~~~~~~~~
L-ALT & L: Load THX-Module
L-ALT & S: Save THX-Module
L-ALT & C: Clear ALL/Tracks/Pos/Ins of current Module
Esc: Switch between Main Screen and Instrument Editor
(Or click INS gadget, but be careful, there's no button
in the Instrument Editor to get back to main screen (YET!))
Selecting Instruments:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There are 63 instruments to use in any THX-Module. THX-Instruments can also
be loaded/saved using the Instruments-menu in the main screen (sorry, this
option will also be included in the Instrument-Editor screen, LOAD gadget
is NOT implemented yet, so use the main-menu.. sorry guys...)
Press CTRL and Left or Right to increase/decrease current Instrument
Press 0-9 on the Keypad to enter the lower digit of the instrument.
Press Enter on the Keypad and then 0-9 to enter the upper digit.
Example: Enter+2+7 will select instrument 27
+3 will select instrument 23
Enter+0 will select instrument 03
+7 will select instrument 07, hope you got it ?!
-NOTE: I will probably include an option that you can select your instruments
PR-like, so don't worry!
ABOUT THE INSTRUMENTS:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
!!!PLEASE LOOK AT SOME EXAMPLE INSTRUMENTS ON THE DISK!!!
One Instrument consists of:
Instrument Volume 0-64 Volume, need i tell more?
Wavelength 4-80 $4,$8,$10,$20,$40 or $80: Wavelength in bytes
the lower the value, the higher the instrument
Mostly $40 or $80, 4 would be too high...
Slide Yet unused
---VOLUME ENVELOPE---
Attack (Frames) 1-255 Number of frames (1/50 seconds) for attacking
Attack Volume 0-64 to Attack Volume
Decay (Frames) 1-255 Number of frames (1/50 seconds) for decaying
Decay Volume 0-64 to Decay Volume
Sustain (Frames) 1-255 Number of frames (1/50 seconds) for sustain
Release (Frames) 1-255 Number of frames (1/50 seconds) for releasing
Release Volume 0-64 to Release Volume
---VIBRATO CONTROL---
Delay 0-255 Delay until Vibrato starts (in 1/50 secs.)
Depth 0-15 0=No Vibrato, else Depth of Vibrato
Speed 0-63 Speed of Vibrato (higher->faster vibr)
---SQUARE MODULATION---
Lower Limit 0-63 Lower Limit of Square Modulation
Upper Limit 0-63 Upper Limit of Square Modulation
Speed 0-255 Speed in 1/50 seconds
e.g. 4 means that every 4th. frame 1
modulation takes place
Lower Limit should be less than Upper Limit!!!! if you start modulation,
your modulation start value should be IN this range! (This may be fixed
in another version...)
---PERFORMANCE EDITOR---
Speed 0-255 Speed like speed in the tracks (Fxx cmd!)
but here for the Performance List
may be changed in perfList also with Fxx
Length 0-255 Length of Performance List
---PERFORMANCE LIST---
000 C-1 o 3 320 000
001 --- o 0 000 000
002 --- o 0 000 000
003 --- o 0 000 000
004 --- o 0 000 000
this would be a simple square wave with the relation $20:$20 indicated by
320, 3 is the cmd, 20 the parameter... C-1 with the UNfilled sign
/\ means that the C-1 is not fixed, relative to what you play in the tracks.
\/ if you play E-3 in the track, then it will be a E-3, if you fix the note
by pressing RETURN the sign will be filled and if you have E-3 in the track
c-1 would be played... if you play F-4 in the track and NOT-fixed D-1 in
the pList, then this would be
F-4 + D-1 (not-fixed) = G-1
F#4 + C-1 (not-fixed) = F#1
D-5 + G#3 (fixed) = G#3
D#3 + C-2 (not-fixed) = D#4
.. hope you understood the prinziple, if you play white noise, you
should always play it with a fixed A#5 and sample 4 (white noise)
000 A#5 * 4 ... ...
001 ... . . ... ...
002 ... . . ... ...
note: you shouldn't play a square-wave without setting its relation
(using the 3 cmd.) if you don't have anything special in mind!!
the others cmds are explained at the instrument editor... they are
mostly working the one of ProTracker... shit.. I'm running out of time..
just look at some of the example instruments...
ABOUT THE MAIN-SCREEN
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the right upper area you can see the Position editor...
000 001-00 000-00 000-00 000-00
001 001-0C 000-00 000-00 000-00
002 001-00 003-00 000-00 000-00
003 002-00 004-00 007-00 000-00
004 001-00 003-02 006-00 010-00
005 002-00 005-00 006-00 011-00
^^^ this is the track to be played in this voice
^^ this is the transpose, $0C = 12, which means one octave up
$F4 =-12, which means one octave down
On the lower part of the screen you can see 4 tracks, which DO NOT
urgently have to represent the 4 voices... you can edit them how you want,
just if you play the tune the 4 tracks will represent the 4 voices...
editing goes like ProTracker, SPACE toggles editmode and stops playing,
octave selecting works with F1-F5...
Octave 3-5 represent PTs Octave 1-3 !!!
The TLen gadget keeps the value, how many steps one track has.. values
are 1-64, mostly used are 16 or 64 or something like this (take a look
at the demo tunes!!!)
Len is the length in positions, res is the restart position...
The ss / ssn / ssp fields will be used for subsong-handling which will
be included in the next version of THX... (fileformat won't change!!)
I AM FU**I' TIRED AND NEED SOME SLEEP, SO ***END OF TEXT***