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^c5 __ ____________/| __ ___________________ ^c4 | | / _ ____/ | | | / __ ____/__ ____\ ^c2 | |/ / / __/ | | | | / / / _/ / / ^c6 | ' / / / | | | |/ / / / / / ^c6 | / / /__/\/ |_|_ / / /___/\\ \__ ^c6 |___/ /________\_______/|_/ /_________\\____\ ^c6 ____________________ / | _____ _____ _____ ^c6 / _______ ___ /| || \ \___/ / _ \ ^c6 \ \____ / / / / | || |\ \ | |/ / \ \ ^c2 \___ \/ / / / | || | \ \| | / \ \ ^c4 ________/ /\ \_ \ \__| || |__\ \ | \___/ / ^c6 viviD ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c4### ^cfINTRODUCTION ^c4### ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c1 Welcome to the Velvet Studio hyperlink help! Please be aware that this is intended more as an on-line help reference rather than full documentation for the program. If you have any problems and wish to obtain human help, please see the Contact section in the Miscellaneous chapter. ^lIndex: ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c4### ^cfCONTENTS ^c4### ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c1 Click on any of the following topics for more information on them: ^h[sw]| * Shareware version ^h[help]| * Using help^c1 ^h[keyb]| * Keyboard^c1 ^h[use]| * Using the tracker^c1 ^h[pted]| * Pattern editing^c1 ^h[inst]| * Instruments^c1 ^h[sped]| * Sample Editor^c1 ^h[efed]| * Effect Editor^c1 ^h[cmdr]| * Command reference^c1 ^h[musr]| * Musical Reference^c1 ^h[misc]| * Miscellaneous^c1 ^lsw: ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c4### ^cfShareware version ^c4### ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c1 We've finally decided to release Velvet Studio PRO as shareware. Too many people complained over the high ■price, compared to other similar programs. I get your point exactly: You want people like us to work our asses off without getting anything from it. Next time, try to convince a car salesman to give away a Ferrari for free... The price for a good moral is only $15! Send $15 in an envelope to: Velvet Development Att. D.Broman Hagafors 560 13 Hook. Sweden only: Eller sätt in 100 :- på vårt PostGiro 684514-3 ^lhelp: ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c4### ^cfUSING HELP ^c4### ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c1 Velvet Studio's help system is a hypertext engine. You can click on various highlighted words on the screen which will refer you to another section of the helpfile which has more information on a topic. The help facility has a search function which can be used to quickly search for text in the helpfile. To use it, click the LMB or RMB on the textfield next to the button, and type in the text you wish to search for. Click on the Search button to search for the text, and click on Search Again to repeat the search when some text is found. The Back button is used to go back to the previous location when you've finished reading a certain help topic. If you see a vertical pipe next to the a hypertext link, it means that the section has been updated since the last revision of the program. ^lkeyb: ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c4### ^cfKEYBOARD ^c4### ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c1 Keyboard commands are divided into the following: ^h[keyb010] * Browsing^c1 ^h[keyb020] * Playing/recording^c1 ^h[keyb030]| * Editing patterns^c1 ^h[keyb040]| * Block functions^c1 ^h[keyb050]| * Channel controls (muting/locking etc)^c1 ^h[keyb060] * Transposing^c1 ^h[keyb070] * Sample Selection^c1 ^h[keyb080]| * Menus^c1 ^h[keyb090]| * Miscellaneous^c1 Of course, these are the default Velvet Studio key mappings. You can change all the keyboard shortcuts through the Keyboard Setup option on the Config menu. ^lkeyb010: ^ca----------------- ^c9# ^cfBrowsing song ^c9# ^ca----------------- ^c1 Shift ArrLeft - Decrease Current Position Shift ArrRight - Increase Current Position Ctrl ArrLeft - Decrease Current Instrument Ctrl ArrRight - Increase Current Instrument Alt ArrLeft - Decrease Current Pattern Alt ArrRight - Increase Current Pattern Shift Arrup - Fast Decrease row Shift ArrDn - Fast Increase row Ctrl Arrup - Fastest Decrease row Ctrl ArrDn - Fastest Increase row Home - 1:st press: Go to first row. 2:nd press: Go to first channel End - Go to last row Arrows - Browse the patterndata Tab - Next Channel Shift Tab - Prev Channel PGUP - Jump 8 notes Up PGDN - Jump 8 notes Down CTRL PGUP - Jump 16 notes Up CTRL PGDN - Jump 16 notes Down ALT PGUP - Jump 32 notes Up ALT PGDN - Jump 32 notes Down ^lkeyb020: ^c9----------------------- ^ca# ^cfPlaying & Recording ^ca# ^c9----------------------- ^c1 Enter - Play Current row, advance Backspc - Play Current row, don't advance Right Ctrl - Play Mod Right Alt - Play Pattern Ctrl Ctrl - Play Mod from current row Ctrl Alt - Play Pattern from current row Right Shift - Record Pattern Shift Shift - Record Song Ctrl Shift - Record Pattern from current row Alt F6-F10 - Play pattern from stored row Ctrl F6-F10 - Record pattern from stored row ^lkeyb030: ^c9------------------- ^ca# ^cfPattern Editing ^ca# ^c9------------------- ^c1 ` - (The key to the left of "1") Insert a Note Off. Alt K - Kill current sample at current channel Ctrl K - Kill rest of channel Alt O - Contract Pattern Ctrl O - Contract Channel Alt V - Expand Pattern Ctrl V - Expand Channel Shift F3 - Cut Channel to buffer Ctrl F3 - Cut Commands to buffer Alt F3 - Cut Pattern to buffer Shift F4 - Copy Channel to buffer Ctrl F4 - Copy Commands to buffer Alt F4 - Copy Pattern to buffer Shift F5 - Paste Channel-buffer to Channel Ctrl F5 - Paste Command-buffer to Channel Alt F5 - Paste Pattern-buffer to pattern Del - Delete note under cursor Shift Del - Delete note+command under cursor Alt Del - Delete command under cursor Shift Return/ Ins - Insert blank note at cursor- position and move the others down. Notes beyond pattern- position 63 will be lost! Shift Backsp/ Shift Ins - 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 pattern Alt Backspace - As above, but with pattern Ctrl Return - Push cmds one down Ctrl Backspace - Drag cmds one up Shift 0-9 - Store current command on selected key Alt 0-9 - Insert all commands in current track Ctrl 0-9 - Insert one command in current track Alt , - Copy all commands above cursor to current row. Alt . - Copy all commands above cursor to current row and add one to the value. Alt - - Copy all commands above cursor to current row and subract one from the value. Ctrl , - Copy command above cursor to current row Ctrl . - Copy command above cursor to current row and add one to the value. Ctrl - - Copy command above cursor to current row and subract one from the value. CAPS . - Halve C4 Rate CAPS , - Double C4 Rate ALT U - Undo. Exchanges Pattern with the stored Undo Buffer. This will NOT undo small changes in the pattern! ALT B - Backup Pattern to Undo buffer ^lkeyb040: ^c9----------------- ^ca# ^cfBlock Marking ^ca# ^c9----------------- ^c1 CAPS Arrows, PGUP,PGDN, HOME,END - Mark a block (also with Mouse) Caps F6-F10 - Mark to stored row Ctrl B - Mark Block Begin (PT compatible) Ctrl C - Copy Marked Block Ctrl D - Delete block, drag notes up Ctrl F - Quick Mark a block. Ctrl I - Insert block, push notes down Ctrl J - Join-Paste Block (Mix) Ctrl L - Quick Mark Channel/Pattern Ctrl M - Interpolate command data at marked channels. Ctrl P - Paste BlockBuffert To CursorPos Ctrl U - Unmark Block Ctrl Y - Change Inst in area to curr. Inst Ctrl X - Cut Marked block ^lkeyb050: ^c9-------------------- ^ca# ^cfChannel Controls ^ca# ^c9-------------------- ^c1 Ctrl A - Mute/Lock/Unmute current channel Ctrl Q - Unmute all channels Ctrl S - Solo channel (Mute all except current channel) ^lkeyb060: ^c9--------------- ^ca# ^cfTransposing ^ca# ^c9--------------- ^c1 <CAPS LOCK> Plus keys below: Sample/Track | Sample/Pattern | Sample/Block ------------------+-----------------+----------------- 1 - Note Up | 2 - Note Up | 5 - Note Up Q - Note Down | W - Note Down | T - Note Down A - Octave Up | S - Octave Up | G - Octave Up Z - Octave Down | X - Octave Down | B - Octave Down | | All/Track | All/Pattern | All/Block ------------------+-----------------+----------------- 3 - Note Up | 4 - Note Up | 6 - Note Up E - Note Down | R - Note Down | Y - Note Down D - Octave Up | F - Octave Up | H - Octave Up C - Octave Down | V - Octave Down | N - Octave Down ^lkeyb070: ^c9--------------------- ^ca# ^cfSelecting Samples ^ca# ^c9--------------------- ^c1 On the numeric keyboard: 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 Pressing a shift key simultaneous with above: <CAPS LOCK> Sample 10-1F <SHIFT> Sample 20-2F <CONTROL> Sample 30-3F <ALT> Sample 40-4F ^lkeyb080: ^c9------------------------- ^ca# ^cfMenus & Screen Blocks ^ca# ^c9------------------------- ^c1 Alt C - Config Screen. Alt D - Disk Option. Alt E - Description Editor. Alt G - Toggle Piano Alt H - Help popup Alt I - Instrument Editor Alt P - Position Editor. Alt Q - Toggle Equalizers Alt R - Restore to main screen Alt S - Sample Editor. Alt Z - Toggle Zoom pattern ^lkeyb090: ^c9---------------------- ^ca# ^cfMiscellaneous Keys ^ca# ^c9---------------------- ^c1 Ctrl E - Increase CommandNr on current channel Ctrl W - Decrease CommandNr on current channel Shift+ Ctrl E - Increase CommandNr on every channel Shift+ Ctrl W - Decrease CommandNr on every channel Ctrl T - Toggle Rowskip when using arrows. F6-F10 - Go to the stored row Shift F6-F10 - Store current row on F-key Ctrl R - Restore F6-F10 positions (0,16,32,48,63) Alt N - Load next selected song. Alt X - Exit the tracker Space - Toggle edit. Stop all voices Shift Space - Invoke Pulldown menu at mousepos Keypad Del- Kill Instrument Shift Keypad Del- Kill Sample < - Increase RowSkip Shift < - Decrease RowSkip Esc - Main PullDownMenu F1 - Decrease Octave F2 - Increase Octave ^luse: ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c4### ^cfUSING THE TRACKER ^c4### ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c1 This section is divided into the following: ^h[use010]| * Using menus^c1 ^h[use020] * Input fields^c1 ^h[use030]| * Optimize module^c1 ^h[use040]| * Disk options^c1 ^h[use050]| * Configuration^c1 ^luse010: ^c9--------------- ^ca# ^cfUsing Menus ^ca# ^c9--------------- ^c1 The tracker screen is divided up into various menu blocks, which can be changed by pressing the LMB on the menu button at the top left corner of a block. (The button with the fancy little lines drawn on it). Pressing the RMB on a menu button will cycle through the screens available for that menu block, eg: If you press the button for the lower block (it's placed in the middle of the screen, near the left edge), you can choose between the Pattern editing screens, the Sample Editor, the Instrument Editor and so on. You can also click at the very top of the screen, which activates the main pulldown menu. You can control all the menu blocks with the main pulldown, and you can also access the configuration menu through here. ^luse020: ^c9---------------- ^ca# ^cfInput Fields ^ca# ^c9---------------- ^c1 To edit an input field with text or digits, click on it with the RMB. (Note: With the exception of the instrument list, the pattern list and the position editor, you can also click the LMB on the field to edit it). Pressing the LMB & RMB simultaneously will clear the string, or set the digits to zero if the field is numerical. If the field has Up/Mod/Down buttons, you can also click on them to adjust the value. Pressing the Up button will increase the value, and pressing the Down button will decrease the value. The Mod button (the middle button, between Up/Down) will allow you to click & drag the mouse up and down, and adjusts the field value accordingly. ^luse030: ^c9------------ ^ca# ^cfOptimize ^ca# ^c9------------ ^c1 This function scans through the module for any unused rows, channels or commands in each pattern and reduces it to the minimum amount necessary, which saves memory and makes the module smaller on disk. There are two different types of optimizing. Remove only removes unused command numbers at the end. Thus, it can't remove command number 2 if you use command numbers 1 and 3 in a pattern. With respect to patterns, Remove will also only clear (zero out) the unused patterns, and not actually remove them from memory; for instruments, Remove will delete any non-blank instruments which are not used in the song. Compress is more powerful, as it goes through the patterns and 'fills in the blanks' between command numbers; for example, if you have command numbers 1 and 3 used, but 2 is unused, it will move command number 3 to number 2. With respect to patterns, Compress will remove them from memory, and Compress will also delete all blank instruments not used in the song and move the non-blank samples up to group them together. ^luse040: ^c9---------------- ^ca# ^cfDisk Options ^ca# ^c9---------------- ^c1 All disk options, such as saving and loading samples and songs, are done through the Disk Options screen. It is designed for power and flexibility, even though it is quite easy to use. The filelisting box can have multiple files selected in it for the operations. Pressing the LMB on a file will select or deselect it, and pressing the RMB will either select or deselect all files in the current directory. You can select multiple files for the Rename and Delete functions, and also when loading instruments or samples. (Note that the order in which the files are loaded are dependent on the sort order of the filelisting). The top of the Disk Options screen has the complete pathname of the file for the current operation. You can change the filename to load or save with this path. You can load or save different types of files with this screen; the Song, Patt, Inst and Samp buttons will load modules, patterns/channels, instruments, and samples respectively. Each of the file formats available also has its own default path. Pressing the LMB on the format will move to the default directory as well as changing the currently active file format, while pressing the RMB will not change the current directory. The Mixed button will display all the fileformats available, while the *.* button will list all files in the current directory. The Name button will create a filename of a sample, instrument or module depending on the name of the thing itself. This can be automatically activated in Config Options. If the Cnvrt button is active, then any loaded samples are automcatically converted from signed to unsigned, or unsigned to signed format. Velvet Studio uses unsigned (Amiga) samples. If the Loop button is on, samples will be treated as Fast Tracker raw samples, and loop values will attempt to be loaded. The Pack button indicates if your modules or samples should be compressed when they are saved. This should normally be on, and can be automatically activated in Config Options. If Name is on, module, instrument or sample titles will be shown in the filelisting box in addition to the normal filename. If you have a large amount of files in each directory, it might be an idea to disable this since it takes time to scan the titles of all the files. If Auto is on and several modules are selected, the program will load the next selected module as soon as the currently playing module ends. The Rename button is used to rename files, and the Delete button will delete (with confirmation) the selected files. These buttons can be used with multiple files. The Save button is used when you want to save a module, instrument or sample. Make sure that the name at the top of the Disk Option is correct to prevent disastrous mistakes. Press the Load gadget to load a module that you have selected, or to load an instrument or sample to the current slot. If you are loading modules have have more than one file selected, the first one will be loaded into memory and will be deselected. You can use the Load Next Module keyboard command [Alt N] to load the next selected module in the filelisting. ^c6### ^ccFile Formats ^c6### ^c1 Velvet Studio can manipulate the following file formats: (Those with a "*" can also be saved.) Modules: * .AMS - Advanced Module System (Velvet Studio). * .MOD - ProTracker, FastTracker 6/8 channel, xxCH module (ProTracker, FastTracker, TakeTracker, FastTracker II). * .S3M - ScreamTracker revision 3.0 module (ScreamTracker III) .STM - ScreamTracker module (ScreamTracker). * .XM - Extended Module (FastTracker 2, DigiTrekker). .MTM - MultiTracker Module (Multitracker Module Ed.) .ULT - Ultratracker Module Instruments: * .AIS - Advanced Instrument System (Velvet Studio). .XI - Extended instrument (FastTracker 2). .PAT - Gravis UltraSound patch (PatchMaker). Samples: * .ASE - Advanced Sample System (Velvet Studio). * .SMP - Raw sample format (FastTracker, Velvet Studio). .S3I - ScreamTracker III instrument (ScreamTracker III, Advanced DigiPlayer). .IFF - AIFF sample (FastTracker 2). * .WAV - Microsoft RIFF wave sample (CoolEdit). Pattern data: * .APS - Advanced Pattern System (Velvet Studio). * .ACS - Advanced Clip System (Velvet Studio). .XT - Extended Track (Fast Tracker 2) ^luse050: ^c9---------- ^ca# ^cfConfig ^ca# ^c9---------- ^c1 The configuration pulldown contains everything you need to design the Tracker to become exactly what you want it to be. SoundCard Setup Here you can set up your soundcard if the autodetection (reading the environment variable) fails or if you want to change a certain value. For SB's you can also change the 16b/Stereo mixing options along eith the mixing frequency. Options A huge amount of options can be configured just to fit your own purposes. There is not enough time to comment them here, but select Options from the menu and you will be presented with a window where all options can be set. Color Setup You can also change the colors of the Tracker by selecting Colours. A window with a some dragbars appear, where you can change text color, bitmap intensity and so on, just to fit your own taste. Key Map The Key Map selection brings up yet another window, which is used for defining new keys. If you find that the standard keymap is totally out of order, you can define your own special keymap here. Every key on the keyboard can be reassigned, so that it will match the keymap you are used to. Pattern Defaults These are the default values for commands, channels and rows. These default values will be used when creating new patterns, so set them wisely to reduce the work you have to do when creating a song. For example, setting rows to 48 is a clever stroke if you're making a waltz tune. Default Paths This Popup lets you define the default paths of your songs and samples. Pressing the button to the left of the input slot will automatically insert the current path used in the diskoption. ^lpted: ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c4### ^cfPATTERN EDIT FUNCTIONS ^c4### ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c1 Click on one of the following for more information: ^h[pted010]| * Channel locking^c1 ^h[pted020] * Using multiple commands^c1 ^h[pted030] * Song info^c1 ^h[pted040] * Position editor^c1 ^h[pted050]| * Pattern information^c1 ^h[pted060] * Split keyboard feature^c1 ^h[pted070]| * Echo editor^c1 ^lpted010: ^c9------------------- ^ca# ^cfChannel Locking ^ca# ^c9------------------- ^c1 Locking a channel prevents it from being edited. It comes in useful if you want to make sure that you do not edit the channel by mistake, if you for example, play a chord on the keyboard. You can lock a channel by pressing the Channel Control button, which is located just above the channel data. Pressing it once will display an M for MUTE, which mutes the channel; pressing it again will display an L, which indicates that the channel has been LOCKed. Note: You can turn off channel locking if you prefer; see Config Options. ^lpted020: ^c9--------------------- ^ca# ^cfMultiple Commands ^ca# ^c9--------------------- ^c1 Unless you are in Zoom mode, the tracker will display one command for each channel; if you have more than 1 command defined for the pattern, pressing the Command Number button (located just above the channel data) will cycle through them. Pressing the LMB on the button will increase the current command number, and pressing the RMB on the button will decrease the current command number. If you wish to watch all commands on a single channel you can use the Zoom function (found in the pulldown menu in the lower menu block), and the tracker will switch to a mode where all commands are displayed. ^lpted030: ^c9------------- ^ca# ^cfSong Info ^ca# ^c9------------- ^c1 In the top left corner of the screen is the Song Info. It contains some short information of the tune. You can modify the current pattern number, the current position or the song length, by changing the values of the respective fields. Below the length field is the current BPM (beats per minute) timing of the song. The actual BPM button can also be clicked, and what it does depends on whether you are in editmode or not. Clicking on it when you are in editmode will insert the current BPM timing as a command at the CursorPos in the patterndata. Clicking on it when you are not in editmode will toggle BPM timing on or off. The Song speed is located to the left of the BPM field. You can change the speed by pressing LMB or RMB ON the number. This had to be in this unstandard way, due to lack of space. ^lpted040: ^c9------------------- ^ca# ^cfPosition Editor ^ca# ^c9------------------- ^c1 To sequence your patterns, use the Position Editor which is located in the left menu block. Clicking on the pattern number for the position with the LMB will select that position for editing, and clicking on it with the RMB will change the pattern number for that position. The INS button will insert a new pattern at the current position (and possibly copy the previous pattern number, depending on your Config Options). The DEL button will delete the current position. The name of the current pattern is also shown below the position listing. ^lpted050: ^c9---------------- ^ca# ^cfPattern Info ^ca# ^c9---------------- ^c1 You can use the Pattern Info menu block to adjust the amount of rows, channels, or commands required for each pattern. Thanks to a total rewrite of the allocation routines, it is now possible to reduce the memory usage by not defining more data space than you exactly need. For example, the beginning of the song may use only three channels, but it will probably use more channels later on when they're needed. Use this menu block to change the amount of memory needed by each pattern. You can also set the default amount of rows, channels and commands used by each pattern by Main Pulldown -> Configuration -> Default Pattern Values. ^lpted060: ^c9------------------ ^ca# ^cfSplit Keyboard ^ca# ^c9------------------ ^c1 The split keyboard is quite similar to the multisample, except instead of mapping samples to certain notes, it remaps instruments. For example, you can have two instrument zones mapped, one from C-0 to B-4 and one from C-5 to B-9. Pressing a note from C-0 to B-4 will play the instrumet mapped to that zone, and pressing a note from C-5 to B-9 will play a second, different instrument. You can have up to 15 splits defined. The value in the Split field is the current split which you are working on. The Zone field is the current splitzone you are working on; you can have up to 15 splitzones. Each splitzone has a single instrument assigned to it, and a Begin and End note. If you wish to set a zone from C-2 to B-2, set the Begin note to C-2 and the End note to B-2. A splitzone also has a Base note reference, which is how much to transpose the notes played in that zone up or down by. For example, you may set a zone from C-2 to B-2, with a sample that sounds best from C-3 to B-3. By setting the base note to C-4 your instrument will be transposed to this note instead. The Clr All button clears all splitzone settings, and the Active buttons activates the current split. ^lpted070: ^c9--------------- ^ca# ^cfEcho Editor ^ca# ^c9--------------- ^c1 The echo editor can be used to automatically produce echos and simulate reverb effects. The From field is the channel which you wish to echo. It uses zero-based numbering, so to find out which is the channel number you wish to echo simply copy the channel number above the patterndata. The To field represents the channel which will be used for the first echo. If you set this field to 2, the echo will be placed on channel 2 (zero-based). The Chan # field is the number of channels to use for echoing. For example, if you set the To field to 2, and the Chan # to 3, the tracker will echo to channels 2, 3 and 4. The Delay field indicates how much to delay the first echo. The tracker will delay the initial echo by one row, plus the number in this field. The Decay percentage next to this field is how loud the delayed echo should be, as a percentage of the original volume. So if you set the delay to 5, and the decay to 67%, the tracker will set the initial echo to occur 6 rows later, at around 2/3 of the original volume. The Rate field, along with the other decay field represents how fast you wish to make the echo fade out. This affects the initial echo and not the original volume; the decay field is the percentage of the last volume echoed, and the rate field is the number of rows plus one on which the echo will take place. So for example, if you have a rate of 1 and a decay of 33%, the tracker will "re-echo" every 2 rows, and that re-echo will have a third of the last echo's volume. You can also save and restore echos which you've made by pressing the RMB on the digits to save the current echo settings in that slot, and pressing the LMB to restore them. The echos are saved in the config file. If the Wrap button is depressed the echo engine will wrap the echo to the beginning of the pattern if it goes beyond the end of it. ^linst: ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c4### ^cfINSTRUMENTS ^c4### ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c1 ^h[inst010]| * What are instruments?^c1 ^h[inst020]| * Instrument editor^c1 ^h[inst030]| * Shadow instruments^c1 ^linst010: ^c9------------------------- ^ca# ^cfWhat are instruments? ^ca# ^c9------------------------- ^c1 The concept of Instruments have been used in advanced synthesizers for years, and they now have been brought into trackers, for a much more powerful way to control your samples. An instrument has volume, panning and vibrato envelopes which are applied to the samples automatically on playback. Each instrument can also consist of up to 16 samples; depending on which note is played on the keyboard, a different sample can be played (musicians will know this as a multisample keyboard split). ^linst020: ^c9--------------------- ^ca# ^cfInstrument Editor ^ca# ^c9--------------------- ^c1 ^c6### ^ccEnvelopes ^c6### ^c1 An envelope changes the volume, panning or frequency of a sample on playback. For example, if you wish to have an instrument to have a fast attack but a very rapid decay, change the volume envelope to that the volume is at maximum initially, and declines very quickly to zero. On the instrument editor screen, there are two boxes. The upper box represents the Volume envelope, and the lower box represents the Vibrato or Panning envelope (depending on which of the VIB or PAN buttons are depressed). You can adjust the points on the envelopes by clicking and dragging them around in the envelope box. Dragging them with the LMB will only affect the current point, while dragging them with the RMB will drag the entire end of the envelope. This is useful if you have created an end of the envelope that you want to keep, but you want to change the beginning. To add or delete a point, press the Up/Down buttons on the Points field respectively. Pressing Up will add a point at exactly halfway between the current point and the next point, and pressing Down will delete the current point. The Value field is the current point's value (vertical offset). The Time field is the current point's time (horizontal offset). You can finetune each point value by selecting the point, and modifying the fields directly. The Env Speed field is the speed at which the enveloped is scanned. A higher value will make the envelope to be scanned faster; a value of zero will cause the the current song BPM to be used instead, which will make the envelope song-speed dependent. The top On button to the right of the envelope box toggles whether the envelope is active or not. You can also sustain a point until a KeyOff is reached in the pattern; ie: the envelope will stop at a specified point and not advance any further until a KeyOff is encountered. To activate Sustain, select the point which the envelope should halt at in the Sustain field, and press the On button to make this active. You can also specify a part of the envelope which should be looped; to do this, select the points of the envelope which represent the start and end of the loop, and press the On button next to the Start Loop field. If the B button located beneath the field is activated, the tracker will Break out of the loop when a KeyOff is encountered. The type of curve which a point can produce to the next point can also be changed. The dafault curve is a line curve, but a positive and negative parabolic curve to the next point can also be used instead. Press the appropriate curve beneath the Curve button to change it. There are pre-defined envelopes available for your use. Click on one of the Pre-defined buttons to choose them. Often-used envelopes can be saved by pressing a Userdefined button with the RMB. Pressing the LMB on these buttons will recall the saved envelope. You can use these buttons to copy envelopes from one instrument to another. The Scale buttons can be used to adjust compress or expand the envelope, both horizontally and vertically. It's hard to describe, so experiment with them to see how they work. The FadeOut is used in conjunction with the normal volume envelope, to fade out a sound after a KeyOff is encountered. The value decides how many frames the fade will use until the sound is completely faded away. Note: When experimenting with the envelope functions, try using a looped sample rather than a non-looped one. Envelope functions will of course work on non-looped samples as well, but it's easier to hear the effects on a looped sample. Note: To enter a KeyOff in the pattern, press `, the tilde key (it's located to the left of the number 1 key on most keyboards). ^c6### ^ccMultisamples ^c6### ^c1 A sample is usually only fairly good or accurate within a certain note range, eg: a sampled piano might only sound good between the notes C-4 and B-4. In the past, trackers used to have multiple samples of the same musical instrument, and had to switch between these samples and adjust their octaves accordingly since the samples were of different note ranges. With the introduction of multisamples, several samples can be grouped into a single instrument, along with different base note references (among other values) for each sample. Depending on which note you play on the keyboard, a different sample will be selected to be played. To map a sample to a note, simply click on the piano. If you have incremental selection turned on the Config Options, clicking on the piano with the LMB will increase the sample number for that note, and clicking on it with the RMB will decrease the sample number. If you are using sample-based selection, clicking on the piano will map the currently selected sample to that note. ^linst030: ^c9---------------------- ^ca# ^cfShadow Instruments ^ca# ^c9---------------------- ^c1 ^c6### ^ccWhat is a Shadow Instrument? ^c6### ^c1 A shadow instrument is a copy of the original instrument and all of it's samples, which can have different instrument and sample values attached to it. For example, if you would have to like to have a different volume envelope on an instrument, simply shadow the instrument and modify the volume envelope on the shadow. The actual samples inside the instrument are totally unchanged, except that the instrument values (such as envelopes and multisample splits) and sample values (such as C4Rate, panning and loop points) are changed. In other words, a shadow is like loading up two instruments which are exactly the same, but instead of taking up twice the memory used for the samples, it simply uses the original instrument's samples. This is extremely useful if you have limited sample memory, such as if you are restricted by a memory-based sound card. ^c6### ^ccCreating Shadows ^c6### ^c1 Beneath the instrument box is a button labelled Shad. To create a shadow of an existing instrument, first select the instrument you wish to shadow, then click on the Shad button; the mouse pointer will have an S beside it. Then simply click on the destination instrument in the instrument box, ADDing an instrument space if necessary. ^c6### ^ccShadows vs Real Instruments ^c6### ^c1 You can treat shadows exactly as you do real instruments; use their instrument numbers in patterns normally, change sample loop point values, loop direction, tuning values, instrument envelopes, and so forth. The only exception to this rule is that any modification to the actual sample data in the shadow instrument will update the original instrument sample data, and vice versa. So if you load a new sample into the place of a previous sample in the shadow instrument, the original instrument will have the new sample in the sample slot as well. When you save a shadow instrument, Velvet Studio does save the sampledata with the sample file. ^lsped: ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c4### ^cfSAMPLE EDITOR ^c4### ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c1 ^h[sped010]| * Waveform view?^c1 ^h[sped020]| * Buttons^c1 ^h[sped030]| * Sampling a waveform^c1 ^h[sped040]| * Sample attributes^c1 ^lsped010: ^c9----------------- ^ca# ^cfWaveform view ^ca# ^c9----------------- ^c1 The waveform view shows a visual representation of your sample data. When you play that sample using the keyboard, or by pressing PLAY in the lower left corner of the screen, a position indicator bar crawls across the sample to show what is currently playing. This indicator can be set by pressing the right mousebutton. You can highlight a block of the sample by pressing the left mousebutton and drag the mousepointer over the area you wish to mark. To cancel a block selection, press the right mousebutton. If you have pressed one of the loop types in the middle of the sample editor screen (except 'No Rep') you will see two vertical bars in the waveform view showing the current loop points. To move them, just press the fat tag at the top of the bar and drag it to the desired position. The view can be zoomed by pressing the ZOOM AREA button. This will zoom a highlighted area in the sample. To get back to the previous view, use ZOOM BACK, and to view the entire sample again, press VIEW ALL. You can also move the view, using the horisontal dragbar in the middle of the screen, if the sample is zoomed. You can also zoom in and out using the + and - buttons in the lower left corner. ^lsped020: ^c9----------- ^ca# ^cfButtons ^ca# ^c9----------- ^ccPLAY ^c1Plays the currently selected sample. ^ccTUNE FORK ^c1Used to tune your instruments. Plays a tone at C-5, i.e at 16726 Hz. ^ccALL, AREA, ^c1These buttons decide how to play the sample ^ccSCREEN, ^c1when pressing the keyboard or PLAY in the ^ccOFFSET ^c1sample editor. ALL means that the entire sample is played, AREA means that the highlighted area is played, SCREEN means that what is visible in the waveform field is played and OFFSET means that the playing of the sample starts at the position indicator. ^ccZOOM ^c1The zoom functions are explained in the chapter 'Waveform view' above. ^ccUNDO ^c1Undoes your last change. ^ccCONVERT ^c1Converts samples that use signed instead of unsigned digit format to represent the data. ^ccDRAW ^c1Allows freehand drawing in the waveform field. ^ccCUT,COPY, ^c1These are simple editing functions that ^ccPASTE,ZERO ^c1operate on the entire sample or the ^ccCLEAR,KEEP ^c1highlighted area (if any). CUT, COPY and PASTE are pretty self explanatory. ZERO clears an area by zeroing it, while CLEAR simply deletes it. KEEP deletes everything BUT the marked area. ^ccRESAMPLE ^c1Allows you to resample your waveform to another frequency. For example, if the waveform takes too much memory, you can 'upsample' it to a higher note. This will reduce the memory size it uses, but it will also reduce the quality of the sample. ^ccVOLUME ^c1This is used to adjust the volume of your sample. You can boost the volume to distort your sample, or make a nice fade-out of the sound by using volume ramping. ^ccEFFECTS ^c1This is used for the special sample effects part of Velvet Studio. See chapter 'Effect Editor' further down. ^ccFIX LOOP ^c1Smooths the annoying clicks that can appear in loops. Highlight an area that you want to correct within the loop and press this button. The area you choose will swap and smooth itself over the area around the rightmost loop point. ^ccMIX ^c1Mixes the clipboard data with the current sample. The clipboard is filled by the commands CUT and COPY. ^ccDC ^c1Adjust the DC offset of the sample. Useful if your input source is somewhat unaligned by signal noise. ^ccMARK ^c1Useful for performing special highlighting tasks like marking from a loop point to the end of the sample. ^ccBITS ^c1Changes the sample between 8 and 16 bits resolution. You will be questioned whether to convert the data or not before it is done. ^ccLoop types ^c1There are five loop types available. NO REP is no looping at all. FWD REP is forward repeat, i.e when the play position has reached the end loop point it will jump to the start loop point again and continue playing from there. BWD REP is the opposite of FWD REP. It will start playing backwards from the end of the sample and loop backwards within the loop area. BIDI F REP is short for bidirectional forward repeat. It works like FWD REP but when reaching the end loop point it will continue by playing backwards. Thus the playing will be bidirectional within the loop area. BIDI B REP is bidirectional backwards repeat, and it's the opposite of BIDI F REP. ^lsped030: ^c9----------------------- ^ca# ^cfSampling a waveform ^ca# ^c9----------------------- ^c1 To use the sampling features of Velvet Studio, press SAMPLE in the sample editor. A popup dialog will appear with settings applying to sample recording. The leftmost controls are used for controlling your CDROM player. These buttons are straightforward in their use, except for JUMP and SAVE. Those two buttons are used to save a specific position that you want to start playing from. By pressing JUMP you can then jump to that position instantly and avoid tedious rewinding procedures everytime you need to resample again. In the middle there is a field containing the sample rate that you wish to record the sample in. You can enter a frequency or use a reference note. Peak is used to check the input volume. If peak exceeds 100% you should consider lowering the input volume to avoid distorsion in the sample. This is done by the volume dragbars. To the right there are some pushbuttons. SCOPES and EQUALIZER are used to enable/disable the visual effects in the sample dialog (may cause erraneous sample input due to processor overload on slow computers). STEREO decides whether to record in stereo or mono mode. 16 BITS is for 8 or 16 bit recording. LINE IN, MIC and CD INPUT are used to enable the input source that you want to use for recording. There are two buttons used for sampling. If you want to sample from your internal CDROM (connected to the soundcard), press SAMPLE CD. Otherwise press SAMPLE to sample from the soundcard input ports. ^lsped040: ^c9--------------------- ^ca# ^cfSample attributes ^ca# ^c9--------------------- ^c1 The sample attributes are the values to the right in the sample editor window. ^ccSAMP ^c1Short for sample. Shows the number of the sample in the current instrument (some instrument contain more than one sample). ^ccPOS ^c1Short for position. Shows the current position of the position indicator in the waveform view. ^ccVALUE ^c1This is the sampled value at the point in the sample where the position indicator is placed. ^ccSMP SIZE ^c1Sample size. This is the size of the sample in number of samples (not bytes). ^ccMRK SIZE ^c1Mark size. How large the highlighted block is. ^ccSMP RATE ^c1Shows the base sample rate for the sample. ^ccREP BEG ^c1Repeat Begin. The start loop position. ^ccREP END ^c1Repeat End. The end loop position. ^ccC-4 RATE ^c1A tuning frequency indicating what the C-4 rate is for this sample. You can adjust this if the finetune is not enough. (Use the TUNE FORK for a reference tone) ^ccFINETUNE ^c1Alters the pitch of the sample in 1/16 halfnote steps. Useful for tuning purposes. ^ccPANPOT ^c1Panpot position for the sample, ranging from -7 (representing full panning to the left) to +7 (representing full panning to the right). 0 is totally centered sound. ^ccVOLUME ^c1The volume for the sample in hexadecimal form, ranging from 00h to 7Fh (meaning 0 to 127 in decimal form). This is the base volume and it is affected by instrument envelopes, channel volume and global volume settings. ^lefed: ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c4### ^cfEFFECT EDITOR ^c4### ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c1 ^h[efed010]| * Applying effects^c1 ^h[efed020]| * Creating multieffects^c1 ^h[efed030]| * Creating single effects^c1 ^lefed010: ^c9-------------------- ^ca# ^cfApplying effects ^ca# ^c9-------------------- ^c1 Your samples can be spiced up a bit by applying an effect to it. An effect can be everything from a simple volume fadeout or an echo to a complex transformation into a totally different sound. Velvet Studio comes with a bunch of predefined effects like Chorus, Crossfade, Echo, Flanger, Vibrato etc etc. To access them, just press EFFECTS in the sample editor. An effect dialog will pop up on the screen displaying all available multieffects to the left, normal effects in the upper right corner and a multieffect contents list in the lower right corner. You use the multieffects to manipulate your sample. A multieffect is simply one or more simple effects combined together and run sequentially on your sample. For example, a Chorus-Echo multieffect first runs a chorus effect on the sample and then an echo effect. To test a multieffect, highlight it in the leftmost listbox and press PREVIEW. If you press PREVIEW with the left mousebutton you will only get a preview of a part of the sample. By pressing the button with the right mousebutton you will get a preview of the entire sample. You can also click directly in the listbox with the right mousebutton to get a preview of the effect. If you press OKAY, the effect will be applied to your sample. If you want to test a single effect you can use the TEST button below the single effect list. ^lefed020: ^c9------------------------- ^ca# ^cfCreating multieffects ^ca# ^c9------------------------- ^c1 If you want, you may create your own multieffects. This is very useful if you want a more powerful effect. You can modify an existing multieffect or create a new one. To create a new one, press NEW below the multieffect list and enter a name for your effect. Then you can add single effects to the list of effects by selecting them from the list in the upper right corner and pressing ADD MULTI. You can also double click them to do the same thing. When you are satisfied with the multieffect you can store it in the list by pressing <-SAVE TO LIST You can also save the entire multieffect list to disk by pressing SAVE TO DISK. ^lefed030: ^c9--------------------------- ^ca# ^cfCreating single effects ^ca# ^c9--------------------------- ^c1 If you want to create new single effects or edit the existing ones you can press NEW or EDIT below the single effect list. This will bring up a new effect edit dialog. The effect engine is built on different voices. A voice is simply a copy of the sample, but this copy can be modified in many different ways. All the different voices can also be mixed together so that you can hear all of them at the same time. Each voice can be modified in four different ways; Delay, Pitch, Volume and Time Compress. ^ccDelay ^c1You can decide in microseconds how long the delay of the voice should be. ^ccPitch ^c1Changes the frequency of the voice. In the "Time Comp/Real Pitch" part you can choose whether you want the pitch to be time invariant or not. When the time invariant option is selected, you can change the frequency of the sample but the total playing time will not change (also known as real pitching). ^ccVolume ^c1Simply for changing the volume of the voice. ^ccTime Comp. ^c1This is the opposite to real pitching. It changes the playing time, but keeps the same frequency. The dialog is divided into several parts: * Top part This is where you enter the name of the effect and decide the total amount of voices to use for the effect. This is also how many voices you would like to hear at the same time. * Smooth part Turn on smoothing when you are using real pitch/time compress and experience loss of sound quality. Smoothing can improve the sample in those cases, but should be turned off otherwise. * Voice break part This part is used to determine the size of the calculated sample. There are two different ways to break the sample; time variant and time invariant. Time variant is the most commonly used option. If you create simple effects like vibrato you usually choose "End of sample". In this case you enter how many percent of the source sample you want the resulting sample to be in terms of length. "End of voice" can be used if you create an echo for example. Then you write the most delayed voice as the voice break number. The time invariant option will determine the length of the sample by examining the size of one envelope part (envelope looping is disabled in this mode). You can choose which envelope to be used for breaking by selecting either "after delay", "after pitch" or "after volume". You should also decide which voice that is activated. * Master part This is where you enter the master delay, master pitch and master volume for each voice. To the right you see a graphical window which shows all master selections for the voices. If you click in this window with the left mousebutton you can change the values directly. Clicking with the right mousebutton only selects the voice without altering it. * Miscellaneous options The section at the bottom of the screen is divided into two different parts. With the buttons to the left you select which information that should be shown in the lower part. You can choose between "Delay envelope", "Pitch envelope", "Volume envelope" and "Time compress / Real pitch". To the right of these buttons you have three other functions. "Voice repeat" is what it sounds like. When a voice have reached the end of the sample it starts from the beginning again. "Feedback" is more abstract. You can use this function to create different echoing effects when you want a richer sound. It feeds back processed data to the voice input. "Bwd direction" simply makes the voice go backwards instead. "Voice start offset" is just where you want the voice to start playing in the sample. By entering 100% for example, and selecting "Bwd direction" you have a voice playing the sound backwards. + Effect envelopes The three envelopes delay, pitch and volume look almost the same. With an envelope you can change the behaviour of the effect exactly as you want. These envelopes are all time variant, which means that you edit everything in microseconds. Therefore it is very important that the sample rate in the sample editor is entered correctly. The whole effect engine is based on that frequency. In the left part of the effect envelope editor you can see six different edit boxes. They are the same for all three envelopes, except for the value box. For delay it's in microseconds, for volume it's percent and for pitch it's a unit called hf, which stands for halfnotes. With edit box "Nr. of pt." you can add and remove points in the envelope. The result is shown in the black field to the right. You can change the envelope curve by dragging the dots with the mouse. If you press the left mousebutton and drag, only the selected point will be moved, but if you use the right mousebutton then every point after the selected point will be affected. (Useful if you want to insert data.) To the right of the curve edit field there are icons for different curve types, just as in the instrument envelope editor. "Loop" is used for envelope looping. If you activate it you will get two new lines in the edit field. You can move these lines by changing the edit boxes "Loop start" and "Loop end". There are also some arrow symbols with plus and minus sign that you can use to zoom in and out of the curve for easier editing. If you want to test your effect while editing it, use the PREVIEW button. The APPLY button applies the effect directly on your sample without saving it in the single effect list. Pressing OKAY will save the effect in the list (but not apply anything to your sample). The effect engine is a very complex function which can be used to create many stunning effects. To learn more about it, try playing around with the predefined effects and look at the settings that they are using. You will surely get a hang of it after playing around with the different settings a bit. Have fun! ^lcmdr: ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c4### ^cfCOMMAND REFERENCE ^c4### ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c1 ^h[cmdold] * ProTracker commands^c1 ^h[cmdfine]| * Finer ProTracker commands^c1 ^h[cmdnew]| * New commands^c1 ^lcmdold: ^c9----------------------- ^ca# ^cfProTracker Commands ^ca# ^c9----------------------- ^c1 ^h[cmd00xx] * 00xy: Arpeggio^c1 ^h[cmd01xx] * 01xx: Portamento up^c1 ^h[cmd02xx] * 02xx: Portamento down^c1 ^h[cmd03xx] * 03xx: Tone portamento^c1 ^h[cmd04xx] * 04xy: Vibrato^c1 ^h[cmd05xx] * 05xy: Portamento + volumeslide^c1 ^h[cmd06xx] * 06xy: Vibrato + volumeslide^c1 ^h[cmd07xx] * 07xy: Tremolo ^h[cmd09xx] * 09xx: Sampleoffset^c1 ^h[cmd0axx] * 0Axy: Volumeslide^c1 ^h[cmd0bxx] * 0Bxx: Jump position^c1 ^h[cmd0cxx] * 0Cxx: Set volume^c1 ^h[cmd0dxx] * 0Dxx: Break pattern^c1 ^c8 0Eyx: Extended commands^c1 ^h[cmd0e1x] * 0E1x: Fineslide up^c1 ^h[cmd0e2x] * 0E2x: Fineslide down^c1 ^h[cmd0e3x] * 0E3x: Glissando control^c1 ^h[cmd0e4x] * 0E4x: Set vibrato waveform^c1 ^h[cmd0e5x] * 0E5x: Set finetune^c1 ^h[cmd0e6x] * 0E6x: Patternloop^c1 ^h[cmd0e7x] * 0E7x: Set tremolo waveform^c1 ^h[cmd0e9x] * 0E9x: Retrigger^c1 ^h[cmd0eax] * 0EAx: Fine volumeslide up^c1 ^h[cmd0ebx] * 0EBx: Fine volumeslide down^c1 ^h[cmd0ecx] * 0ECx: Note cut^c1 ^h[cmd0edx] * 0EDx: Note delay^c1 ^h[cmd0eex] * 0EEx: Pattern delay^c1 ^h[cmd0fxx] * 0Fxx: Set speed^c1 ^lcmd00xx: ^c6### ^cc00xx: Arpeggio ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $00 + 1st halfnote add + 2nd halfnote add [halfnote add: $0-$F] 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-5 00 0047 C-major chord: (C+E+G or C+4+7 halfnotes) C-5 00 0037 C-minor chord: (C+D#+G or C+3+7 halfnotes) ^lcmd01xx: ^c6### ^cc01xx: Portamento up ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $01 + portamento speed [portamento speed: $00-$FF] Portamento up will simply slide the sample pitch up. You can NOT slide higher than B-3! Example: C-5 00 0103 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... ^lcmd02xx: ^c6### ^cc02xx: Portamento down #^c6### ^c1 Usage: $02 + portamento speed [portamento speed: $00-$FF] 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! Example: C-5 00 0203 2 is the command, 3 is the portamentospeed. ^lcmd03xx: ^c6### ^cc03xx: Tone-portamento ^c6### ^c1 Usage: Dest-note + $03 + slidespeed [slidespeed: $00-$FF] 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-2 00 0000 First play a note. C-5 00 0305 C-5 is the note to slide to, 3 the command, and 5 the speed. ^lcmd04xx: ^c6### ^cc04xy: Vibrato ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $04 + vibratorate + vibratodepth [vibratorate:$0-$F, vibratodepth:$0-$F] Example: C-5 00 0481 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 $04 + 00. To change the vibrato, you can alter the rate, depth or both. Use command $0E4x to change the vibrato-waveform. ^lcmd05xx: ^c6### ^cc05xy: Tone-portamento + Volumeslide ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $05 + upspeed + downspeed [upspeed: $0-$F, downspeed: $0-$F] This command will continue the current toneportamento and slide the volume at the same time. Example: C-5 00 0503 3 is the speed to turn the volume down. C-5 00 0540 4 is the speed to slide it up. ^lcmd06xx: ^c6### ^cc06xy: Vibrato + Volumeslide ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $06 + upspeed + downspeed [upspeed: $0-$F, downspeed: $0-$F] This command will continue the current vibrato and slide the volume at the same time. Example: C-5 00 0605 5 is the speed to turn the volume down. C-5 00 0640 4 is the speed to slide it up. ^lcmd07xx: ^c6### ^cc07xy: Tremolo ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $07 + tremolorate + tremolodepth [tremolorate: $0-$F, tremolodepth: $0-$F] Tremolo vibrates the volume. Example: C-5 00 0794 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 $07 + 00. To change the tremolo, you can alter the rate, depth or both. Use command 0E7x to change the tremolo-waveform. ^lcmd09xx: ^c6### ^cc09xx: Set SampleOffset ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $09 + offset [offset: $00-$FF] 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-5 00 0923 Play sample from offset $2300 (8960). ^lcmd0axx: ^c6### ^cc0Axy: Volumeslide ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $0A + upspeed + downspeed [upspeed: $0-$F, downspeed: $0-$F] Example: C-5 00 0A05 5 is the speed to turn the volume down. C-5 00 0A40 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. ^lcmd0bxx: ^c6### ^cc0Bxx: Position-jump ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $B + position [position: $00-$7F] This command will stop playback of the current position after the current row and will jump to the specified position number. Example: C-5 00 0B01 B is the command, 1 is the position to restart the song at. This command will also perform a pattern-break (see below). ^lcmd0cxx: ^c6### ^cc0Cxx: Set volume ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $0C + volume [volume: $00-$7F] Well, this old familiar command will set the current volume to your own selected. The highest volume is $7F. All volumes are represented in hex. Example: C-5 00 0C10 C is the command, 10 is the volume (16 decimal). ^lcmd0dxx: ^c6### ^cc0Dxx: Pattern-break ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $0D + pattern-position [pattern-position: 00-64] This command just jumps to the next song-position, and continues play from the patternposition you specify. Note that this uses decimal values and not hexadecimal values, unlike most other commands. Example: C-5 00 0D32 Jump to the next song-position and continue play from patternposition 32. ^lcmd0e1x: ^c6### ^cc0E1x: Fineslide up ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $0E1 + value [value: $0-$F] 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-5 00 0E11 Slide up 1 at the beginning of the note. ^lcmd0e2x: ^c6### ^cc0E2x: Fineslide down ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $0E2 + value [value: $0-$F] 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-5 00 0E26 Slide up 6 at the beginning of the note. ^lcmd0e3x: ^c6### ^cc0E3x: Glissando Control ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $0E3 + status [status: $0-$1] 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-5 00 0E31 Turn Glissando on. C-5 00 0E30 Turn Glissando off. ^lcmd0e4x: ^c6### ^cc0E4x: Set vibrato waveform ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $0E4 + wavetype [wavetype: $0-$6] Example: C-5 00 0E40 Set sine(default) 0E44 Don't retrig WaveForm C-5 00 0E41 Set Ramp Down 0E45 Don't retrig WaveForm C-5 00 0E42 Set Squarewave 0E46 Don't retrig WaveForm ^lcmd0e5x: ^c6### ^cc0E5x: Set finetune ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $0E5 + finetune-value [finevalue: $0-$F] Example: C-5 00 0E51 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 ^lcmd0e6x: ^c6### ^cc0E6x: PatternLoop ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $0E6 + loopnumber [loopnumber: $0-$F] This command will loop a part of a pattern. Example: C-5 00 0E60 Set loopstart. C-5 00 0E63 Jump to loop 3 times before playing on. ^lcmd0e7x: ^c6### ^cc0E7x: Set tremolo waveform ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $0E7 + wavetype [wavetype: $0-$2] Example: C-5 00 0E70 Set sine (default) C-5 00 0E71 Set Ramp Down C-5 00 0E72 Set Squarewave ^lcmd0e9x: ^c6### ^cc0E9x: Retrig note ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $0E9 + tick [tick: $0-$F] 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-5 00 0F06 Set speed to 6. C-5 00 0E93 Retrig at tick 3 out of 6. ^lcmd0eax: ^c6### ^cc0EAx: Fine volumeslide up ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $0EA + value [value: $0-$F] 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-5 00 0EA3 Slide volume up 1 at the beginning of the note. ^lcmd0ebx: ^c6### ^cc0EBx: Fine volumeslide down ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $0EB + value [value: $0-$F] 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-5 00 0EB6 Slide volume down 6 at the beginning of the note. ^lcmd0ecx: ^c6### ^cc0ECx: Cut note ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $0EC + tick [tick: $0-$F] This command will cut the note at the selected tick, creating extremely short notes. Example: C-5 00 0F06 Set speed to 6. C-5 00 0EC3 Cut at tick 3 out of 6. Note that the note is not really cut, the volume is just turned down. ^lcmd0edx: ^c6### ^cc0EDx: Delay note ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $0ED + tick [tick: $0-$F] This command will delay the note to the selected tick. Example: C-5 00 0F06 Set speed to 6. C-5 00 0ED3 Play note at tick 3 out of 6. You can play the same note on two channels, delay one, and get a nice flanging effect. ^lcmd0eex: ^c6### ^cc0EEx: Pattern Delay ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $0EE + notes [note: $0-$F] This command will delay the pattern the selected numbers of notes. Example: C-5 00 0EE8 Delay pattern 8 notes before playing on. All other effects are still active when the pattern is being delayed. ^lcmd0fxx: ^c6### ^cc0Fxx: Set speed ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $0F + songspeed [songspeed: $00-$FF] This command will set the speed of the song. Range 00 - Stop song. Range 01-FF - Set speed Range 20-FF - Set BPM speeds, range 32-255. ^lcmdnew: ^c9---------------- ^ca# ^cfNew Commands ^ca# ^c9---------------- ^c1 ^h[cmd08xx] * 08xx: Set panposition^c1 ^h[cmd0e80] * 0E80: Break sampleloop^c1 ^h[cmd10xx] * 10xx: Direction control^c1 ^h[cmd13xx] * 13xy: Retrigger w/volume slide^c1 ^h[cmd1cxx]| * 1Cxx: Channel mastervolume^c1 ^h[cmd1dxx]| * 1Dxx: Long pattern break^c1 ^h[cmd1f0x]| * 1F0x: Set decimal BPM value^c1 ^h[cmd18xx]| * 18xy: Slide panposition^c1 ^h[cmd20xx]| * 20xx: Keyoff at tick^c1 | * 23xx: Volume Envelope Jump | * 24xx: Panning Envelope Jump | * 25xx: Vibrato Envelope Jump ^h[cmd2cxx]| * 2Cxx: Global volume^c1 ^h[cmd2axx]| * 2Axy: Global volumeslide^c1 ^lcmd08xx: ^c6### ^cc08xx: Set PanPosition ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $08 + panpot This command will set the current channel pan position. Example: C-5 00 0805 Set the panpot to -3. Use this table to work out the value from the panpot. Panpot: -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 Value: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F ^lcmd0e80: ^c6### ^cc0E80: Break SampleLoop ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $0E80 This command will set the volume to 00 if the sample has reached the end loop-point at least once. ^lcmd10xx: ^c6### ^cc10xx: Sample Directional Control ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $10 + value [value: $00-$02] This command controls which direction the sample is played in, as well as the types of loops the sample can have (bidirectional or unidirectional). Value 00 - Play sample forwards 01 - Play sample backwards 02 - Play w/bidirectional loop (only for looped samples) Example: C-5 00 1001 Play sample backwards. ^lcmd13xx: ^c6### ^cc13xy: Retrigger with Volume Slide ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $13 + volumeslide_value + tick [volumeslide_value: $0-$F] [tick: $0-$F] This command is very similar to the $0E9x command, except that it allows volume slides between the retrigs. Example: C-5 00 1343 Retrig note every 3 ticks with -4 volume between each retrig. Use this table to work out the volumeslide value. 0: 0 (No volslide) 8: 0 (No volslide) 1: -1 9: +1 2: -2 A: +2 3: -4 B: +4 4: -8 C: +8 5: -16 D: +16 6: 2/3 * the orig. vol. E: 3/2 * the orig vol 7: 1/2 * the orig. vol. F: 2 * the orig.vol. ^lcmd1cxx: ^c6### ^cc1Cxx: Set Channel Mastervolume ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $1C + new channel volume [new channel volume: $00-$7F] This command will set the current channel volume, where $7F (127) is the default and maximum volume. Example: C-5 00 1C20 Set channel volume to $20 (32). C-5 00 0C40 Play sample with volume of $40 (64), but since channel vol is set to $20, the real volume is (32/127) * 64 = 16. ^lcmd1dxx: ^c6### ^cc1Dxx: Long Patternbreak ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $1D + pattern-position [pattern-position: $00-$FF] This command just jumps to the next song-position, and continues play from the patternposition you specify. Note that it is very similar to the 0Dxx command, except that it uses hexadecimal values so that patterns over 64 rows long can be accommodated. Example: C-5 00 1D80 Jump to the next song-position and continue play from patternposition $80 (128). ^lcmd1f0x: ^c6### ^cc1F0x: Set BPM Decimal Value ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $1F0 + bpm_value [bpm_value: $0-$9] This command sets the 1/10th fine BPM value (the value after the decimal point). Example: C-5 00 0F82 Sets the tempo to 128 BPM. C-5 00 1F07 Sets the tempo to 128.7 BPM. ^lcmd18xx: ^c6### ^cc18xy: Slide Panposition ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $18 + left_speed + right_speed [left_speed: $0 - $F] [right_speed: $0 - $F] This command will slide the current channel panning position to either the left or the right. Example: C-5 00 1805 Slides the panpot to the right by 5. NOTE: The slide will be called as many times as the speed of the song. The slower the song, the more the panpot will be changed on each note. ^lcmd20xx: ^c6### ^cc20xx: KeyOff at Tick ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $20 + tick [tick: $00-$FF] This command will send a KeyOff event on a certain tick. Example: C-5 00 2003 Sends a KeyOff signal at tick 3. ^lcmd2cxx: ^c6### ^cc2Cxx: Set Global Volume ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $2C + global volume [global volume: $00-$7F] This command will set the current global volume, where $7F (127) is the default and maximum volume. Example: C-5 00 2C20 Set global volume to $20 (32). C-5 00 0C40 Play sample with volume of $40 (64), but since global vol is set to $20, the real volume is (32/127) * 64 = 16. ^lcmd2axx: ^c6### ^cc2Axy: Global Volumeslide ^c6### ^c1 Usage: $2A + upspeed + downspeed [upspeed: $0-$F] [downspeed: $0-$F] Example: C-5 00 2A05 Slides the global volume down at speed 5. C-5 00 2A40 4 is the speed to slide the global vol 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. ^lcmdfine: ^c9----------------------------- ^ca# ^cfFiner ProTracker Commands ^ca# ^c9----------------------------- ^c1 11 xx Extra Fine Slide Up (4 times finer than normal) 12 xx Extra Fine Slide Down (4times finer than normal) 15 xx Just Like 5, but with 2 times finer volslide. 16 xx Just Like 6, but with 2 times finer volslide. 1A xx 2 times finer volslide than A. 1E 1x Just like E1, but this uses all octaves. 1E 2x Just like E2, but this uses all octaves. 1E Ax 2 times Finer volslide than EA. 1E Bx 2 times Finer volslide than EB. 21 xx Just like 1, but this uses all octaves. 22 xx Just like 2, but this uses all octaves. Note that this section will of course be updated in the future, but I'm so tired right now (I've been working on this helpfile for almost 4 hours straight) that I can't be bothered to retype this section.. ^lmusr: ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c4### ^cfMUSICAL REFERENCE ^c4### ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c1 The Modal and Chord Theory sections are taken from TraxWeekly #1, and have been reprinted here with permission from Leviathan. ^h[musr010]| * Modal Theory^c1 ^h[musr020]| * Chord Theory^c1 ^lmusr010: ^c9---------------- ^ca# ^cfModal Theory ^ca# ^c9---------------- ^c6+----------------------------------+ ^c1 ^c6| ^c51 ^c6| ^c52 ^c6| ^c53 ^c6| ^c54 ^c6| ^c55 ^c6| ^c56 ^c6| ^c57 ^c6| ^c1 ^c6|----+----+----+----+----+----+----| ^c1Major Modes: ^c6| ^ccC ^c6| ^ccD ^c6| ^ccE ^c6| ^ccF ^c6| ^ccG ^c6| ^ccA ^c6| ^ccB ^c6| ^c1Ionian: No change ^c6| ^ccC# ^c6| ^ccD# ^c6| ^ccF ^c6| ^ccF# ^c6| ^ccG# ^c6| ^ccA# ^c6| ^ccC ^c6| ^c1Lydian: 5b ^c6| ^ccD ^c6| ^ccE ^c6| ^ccF# ^c6| ^ccG ^c6| ^ccA ^c6| ^ccB ^c6| ^ccC# ^c6| ^c1Mixolydian: 7b ^c6| ^ccD# ^c6| ^ccF ^c6| ^ccG ^c6| ^ccG# ^c6| ^ccA# ^c6| ^ccC ^c6| ^ccD ^c6| ^c1 ^c6| ^ccE ^c6| ^ccF# ^c6| ^ccG# ^c6| ^ccA ^c6| ^ccB ^c6| ^ccC# ^c6| ^ccD# ^c6| ^c1Minor Modes: ^c6| ^ccF ^c6| ^ccG ^c6| ^ccA ^c6| ^ccA# ^c6| ^ccC ^c6| ^ccD ^c6| ^ccE ^c6| ^c1Dorian: 3b,7b ^c6| ^ccF# ^c6| ^ccG# ^c6| ^ccA# ^c6| ^ccB ^c6| ^ccC# ^c6| ^ccD# ^c6| ^ccF ^c6| ^c1Phyrgian: 2,3,6,7b ^c6| ^ccG ^c6| ^ccA ^c6| ^ccB ^c6| ^ccC ^c6| ^ccD ^c6| ^ccE ^c6| ^ccF# ^c6| ^c1Aeolian: 3,6,7b ^c6| ^ccG# ^c6| ^ccA# ^c6| ^ccC ^c6| ^ccC# ^c6| ^ccD# ^c6| ^ccF ^c6| ^ccG ^c6| ^c1 ^c6| ^ccA ^c6| ^ccB ^c6| ^ccC# ^c6| ^ccD ^c6| ^ccE ^c6| ^ccF# ^c6| ^ccG# ^c6| ^c1Diminished Mode: ^c6| ^ccA# ^c6| ^ccC ^c6| ^ccD ^c6| ^ccD# ^c6| ^ccF ^c6| ^ccG ^c6| ^ccA ^c6| ^c1Locrian: 2,3,5,6,7b ^c6| ^ccB ^c6| ^ccC# ^c6| ^ccD# ^c6| ^ccE ^c6| ^ccF# ^c6| ^ccG# ^c6| ^ccA# ^c6| ^c1 ^c6+----------------------------------+ ^c1 Basically, all of the scales listed at top are the Ionian, or standard mode. These are the scales you usually learn first. Below that are the other modes, listed by category. They show changes you need to make to the scales listed at the top to get the other modes. For example, Dorian is shown as 3b,7b. To get C dorian, take C D E F G A B (from the top) and flatten the 3rd and 7th notes, to get C D D# F G A A#. You may ask, "What's the point? How can I use modes?" Well, if you makes all the chords in a chord progression in the same mode (that is, all of the notes of all the chords stick to one scale) then it sounds much better, and writing leads is easier since you only have to use notes from the mode to make it fit. A well-planned chord progression that fits a mode eliminates the "trial and error" style lead writing that a lot of us need to do when we have an odd chord progression. ^lmusr020: ^c9---------------- ^ca# ^cfChord Theory ^ca# ^c9---------------- ^c6+----------------------------------+ ^c1 ^c6| ^c51 ^c6| ^c52 ^c6| ^c53 ^c6| ^c54 ^c6| ^c55 ^c6| ^c56 ^c6| ^c57 ^c6| ^c1 ^c6|----+----+----+----+----+----+----| ^c1 ^c6| ^ccC ^c6| ^ccD ^c6| ^ccE ^c6| ^ccF ^c6| ^ccG ^c6| ^ccA ^c6| ^ccB ^c6| ^c1Major: 1,3,5 ^c6| ^ccC# ^c6| ^ccD# ^c6| ^ccF ^c6| ^ccF# ^c6| ^ccG# ^c6| ^ccA# ^c6| ^ccC ^c6| ^c1Minor: 1,3b,5 ^c6| ^ccD ^c6| ^ccE ^c6| ^ccF# ^c6| ^ccG ^c6| ^ccA ^c6| ^ccB ^c6| ^ccC# ^c6| ^c1Add2: 1,2,3,5 ^c6| ^ccD# ^c6| ^ccF ^c6| ^ccG ^c6| ^ccG# ^c6| ^ccA# ^c6| ^ccC ^c6| ^ccD ^c6| ^c1 ^c6| ^ccE ^c6| ^ccF# ^c6| ^ccG# ^c6| ^ccA ^c6| ^ccB ^c6| ^ccC# ^c6| ^ccD# ^c6| ^c1Sus2: 1,2,5 ^c6| ^ccF ^c6| ^ccG ^c6| ^ccA ^c6| ^ccA# ^c6| ^ccC ^c6| ^ccD ^c6| ^ccE ^c6| ^c1Sus4: 1,4,5 ^c6| ^ccF# ^c6| ^ccG# ^c6| ^ccA# ^c6| ^ccB ^c6| ^ccC# ^c6| ^ccD# ^c6| ^ccF ^c6| ^c1Fifth: 1,5 ^c6| ^ccG ^c6| ^ccA ^c6| ^ccB ^c6| ^ccC ^c6| ^ccD ^c6| ^ccE ^c6| ^ccF# ^c6| ^c1 ^c6| ^ccG# ^c6| ^ccA# ^c6| ^ccC ^c6| ^ccC# ^c6| ^ccD# ^c6| ^ccF ^c6| ^ccG ^c6| ^c1Minor7th: 1,3b,5,7b ^c6| ^ccA ^c6| ^ccB ^c6| ^ccC# ^c6| ^ccD ^c6| ^ccE ^c6| ^ccF# ^c6| ^ccG# ^c6| ^c1Major7th: 1,3,5,7 ^c6| ^ccA# ^c6| ^ccC ^c6| ^ccD ^c6| ^ccD# ^c6| ^ccF ^c6| ^ccG ^c6| ^ccA ^c6| ^c1Diminished: 1,3b,5b ^c6| ^ccB ^c6| ^ccC# ^c6| ^ccD# ^c6| ^ccE ^c6| ^ccF# ^c6| ^ccG# ^c6| ^ccA# ^c6| ^c1 ^c6+----------------------------------+ ^c1 For example, to get a Cminor7th, you take the 1st, flatted 3rd, fifth, and flatted 7th note from C D E F G A B, or C D# G A#. Experiment with the chords and get to know their sound. Each chord has a different tone and feel to it, and can be used to give a song different emotions. ^lmisc: ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c4### ^cfMISCELLANOUS INFORMATION ^c4### ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c1 ^h[misc010]| * Trivia^c1 ^h[misc020]| * Troubleshooting^c1 ^h[misc030]| * Known bugs^c1 ^h[misc040] * Hints^c1 ^h[misc050]| * Future of the tracker^c1 ^h[misc060]| * Velvet Development news^c1 ^h[misc070]| * Contact/help^c1 ^h[misc080]| * Credits^c1 ^h[misc090]| * Closing words^c1 ^h[misc100]| * Acknowledgements^c1 ^lmisc010: ^c9---------- ^ca# ^cfTrivia ^ca# ^c9---------- ^c1 * This tracker is coded in 100% assembly and it runs under Pmode/w. It contains over 100,000 lines and about 2.0MB of source code. * We started to develop it in January 1994. ^lmisc020: ^c9-------------------- ^ca# ^cfTrouble Shooting ^ca# ^c9-------------------- ^c1 We have extracted the troubleshooting part to the textfile "readme.txt" in the Velvet Studio directory. Read it if you want solutions to your problems. ^lmisc030: ^c9-------------- ^ca# ^cfKnown Bugs ^ca# ^c9-------------- ^c1 * If you have an Apricot Xen-PCm you might have problems with the mouse. Any ideas why? * If you encounter that the Echo Editor gives garbage results sometimes, increase the number of commands on the specific pattern by one. The autoresize function is a bit buggy. * The MIDI implementation is missing due to some bugs, We might add support for it later. * The DOS Shell function works well on most computers, but on some it freezes the computer. No solution yet. * The CD-ROM routines might be a bit buggy on some computers. I've discovered that SCSI CD-ROMS may hang the computer if accessed. The EJECT button in the sample editor don't work very well. * Using Microsoft Mouse Driver might not work on some computers. Please try another mouse driver. We've got no solution to this problem. * There is something wrong with the SB Amplification when running in 16 bit mode. We will try to fix this as sson as possible, and until then you will just have to turn up the volume on your stereo instead. ^lmisc040: ^c9--------- ^ca# ^cfHints ^ca# ^c9--------- ^c1 * Check out the <config> <options> carefully! There are a lot of switches to satisfy your needs. (If anything annoys you in the tracker, check the config. There may be a switch for it. If not, contact Velvet Dev. and we will consider adding it in the next version.) ^lmisc050: ^c9---------- ^ca# ^cfFuture ^ca# ^c9---------- ^c1 There are a lot of things to implement in such a complex program as this, but right now we will have a long break from coding trackers, so we don't know when a new release will come. But I know that if we someday feel like including more stuff, we have an incredibly big, ever growing to-do list to get ideas from. ^lmisc060: ^c9------------------------- ^ca# ^cfVelvet Development News ^ca# ^c9------------------------- ^c1 Velvet Development is a company run by Patrik Oscarsson and David Broman (Baldric and Zyric). To learn more about our productions and what we are up to currently pay a visit to our homepage at: http://velvet.home.ml.org ^lmisc070: ^c9----------- ^ca# ^cfContact ^ca# ^c9----------- ^c1 For comments, ideas, bugreports and suggestions, contact us: Velvet Development Att. D.Broman Hagafors 560 13 Hook E-Mail: velvet.development@usa.net ^lmisc080: ^c9----------- ^ca# ^cfCredits ^ca# ^c9----------- ^c1 ^c6### ^ccCode ^c6### ^c1 Patrik Oscarsson . David Broman ^ca# ^cfAdditional code ^ca# ^c1 Pontus Munck ^c6### ^ccGraphics ^c6### ^c1 Baldric . Zyric . TAP . Negspect . Rubber Duck ^c6### ^ccHelptext ^c6### ^c1 Vicious . Ozone . Baldric ^c6### ^ccManual ^c6### ^c1 Peter A. Kudenov ^lmisc090: ^c9----------------- ^ca# ^cfClosing words ^ca# ^c9----------------- ^c1 Version 2.01 is only a minor bugfix as we felt that there was some quite annoying things in v2.0. However, we have still not managed to figure out why it doesn't work under Windows on some computers. We are also very busy with other things than coding for free on this little tracker, so updates will be rare. However, we have a surprise coming up in the future, so keep tracking and have fun! ^lmisc100: ^c9-------------------- ^ca# ^cfAcknowledgements ^ca# ^c9-------------------- ^c1 (If I've forgotten someone, sorry and let me know!) ^c6### ^ccMucho thanks to these people ^c6### ^c1 Adam Seychell: DOS32 Protected mode system Andre Pang (aka Ozone/Heretics) Helpfile and document writer KeyMap configuration Option HelpText Writer Carlos Hasan (aka Pelusa): SB Optimization! (BIG THANX!). Joshua C Jensen: Some info on commands in PPS sourcecode. Kristoffer Henning and: Martin Hoven Soundblaster Pro supplier. Michiel Ouwehand: GUS ClickRemoval docs. Mr Destroyer: GUS information. Niklas Beisert (aka Pascal/Cubic Team): SB coding help. Stefan Wirebrandt (aka Wirefire): Soundblaster 16 supplier. (for a loong time :) Thomas Pytel and: Charles Sheffold Protected Mode System ^c6### ^ccSpecial thanks to our betatesters for all the ^c6### ^cc effort, ideas and comments they've given to us ^c1 Andreas Wessman Andre Pang (aka Ozone/Heretics) Claes Mellangård Daniel Falk (aka Leinad) Daniel Liljegren Emil Gustavsson Jussi Kärkkäinen (aka ToneDeaf/Velvet) Marc Brown (aka Maruku/SAS) Peter A. Kudenov (aka Eledhrim) Pontus Munck (aka Vicious/Velvet) Sebastian Meyer (aka Xylon/Mode 19) Simon Jarosch (a.k.a Vivid / KFMF and Radical Rhythms) ^c6### ^ccThanks to the following guys for bugreports, ^c6### ^cc ideas, comments and encouragement ^c1 Alex B. Novikov Alex Wicks (aka ACiDZ/Apathy) Andrew Fort (aka Chuck Biscuits/Kosmic) Bo Vestergaard Chris Kowalske/GodHead Christian Haarmeijer (aka Voodoo Child) Craig Galbraith Gravedigger/Hornet Henri Vilminko HybRiS/Orchide Jeremy Evers (aka Negspect) Jo Haavar Slangsvold Kane/SMASH Lutz Roeder Maciek/MAD Michal Karpinski Paul Bragiel (aka Pyromaniac) Peter van den Boogaard (aka Chojin) Primal Scholar / $een Scott Laraby Sven Degroote Xigh and Asle/Lithium & ReDoX All the guys at #coders on IRC and everybody else who I can't remember! remind me to put you in here! ^c9 And of course a special thanks to YOU, for using and supporting this program! ^c1 ^cc- ^cfThe Velvet Studio team ^c1 ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c4### ^cfEND OF HELPTEXT ^c4### ^c6--------------------------------------------------------- ^c1^c3 ozone's helptext revision 950921 Baldric' update 951221,960121,960321,960701,970324 Vicious' update 971205 ^c1