A F S T S 1 - short user´s manual
The program and all files must be placed
into the AFSTS-directory on the disk or harddisk.
Beginning: choose a FST-file or initialize
default-values if none FST-file is present (OK - Default). The title or a
commentary to the piece is visible as an info.
Continue with any key and change to
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- TRACKVIEW click the track-buttons
Tr.1-12 (left on the monitor) with the mouse: black: active, white: inactive,
gray: active, but with min. velocity single tracks (SV0) show the linear
melodic-rhythmical procedure connected tracks (LV1-9) indicate the polyphonic
connection of the tracks through chords. In this case the tracks are connected
and directed only rhythmically with the same value. The highest track, which
becomes the leading track, gives his P, MS - values and the real-time values
for tone-lengths and rests for all following tracks.
Exit: click EXIT and you will get the ´open
file´-button or initialize the default-values and the
´quit´-button.
play back functions: Init Play: key "0" or
mouse (with ´Undo´-key of the keyboard, interrupt the procedure) Play: "Enter"
Stop: "0" (once more) Cont: "Enter" Begin of the piece: first stop then "return"
key
- Time-In: (to set the locator and
look for a position in the Global Time of the piece): use "T" of the
computer-keyboard or the mouse. Scroll with the mouse, left mouse button to
set a point, right mouse button to quit. To play back , see unit ´play-back
functions´. ´Local Time´ - and ´Global Time´ boxes are
active.
- Tonemap: chromatic scale as
default values, white-black keys (tones) of the keyboard are active, gray are
not active. With ´Reset´ whole scale is not active. With ´Own Defn´ you can
choose your own scale, click "OK" . For chromatic scale click 12-Tone. The
system calculate the tone-number of a usual piano-range. You can see the tones
with the Tone-Ctrl view of the tones. The number of the chosen tones (IDX)
will be shown down in the monitor. You can quit the Tonemap with a mouse-click
on the Return-button.
Tonemap 1

Tonemap
2

- MIDI Thru: click the button MIDI
CH and choose 1-16, press Return, click the Thru-button with mouse. This
function is active now, continue with any key or quit the function with the
right mouse-button. Titel: for the first time: press the F10 key of the
computer keyboard: titel second time: press the F10 key : AFSTS 1 info
messages F1: edit functions, after editing click Return-button with the mouse
with "*" or a click on the Ti-Editor button change to the
Time-Editor...
- TIME-EDITOR (for tracks 1-12)
(the parameters don´t have any influence on the Midi-values of the
´Insets´)
- Edit: click Edit with the mouse
and choose a time-cell. In the monitor you find buttons with Start- and
End-points. Choose and Edit a time and press Return.(min. interval is about
1/10 sec. , possible inset is 00:00.0-01:34.6 / 01:34.7-03:45.5) With the
right mouse button you can quit the edit-function. If you work with the
chord-parameter (LV1-9, Leading Voice) or PV1-11, Passive Voice) only the
time-cues (Start-End) of the first Track are important. The edit-function
allows you to ´copy´, ´insert´, ´move´ and ´delete´ the time
parameters.
- copy: you can copy the time-cues
from track to track. First choose the inset, then copy it into the new
position. If the editing is not correct, the fiels will be marked and you
can´t quit the function.
- insert: new inset between two
time-cues. Choose an inset and click on it with the mouse button - the
following parts will move down. Time editing (Start-End): see
Time-Editor.
- move: you can move (+/-) the
insets (1-10) of a Track 1. double-click an Inset, a box will apear down at
the monitor. Choose the data of time-movement (+/- 00:07.3), press Return. 2.
first click for the first chosen inset, second click for last chosen inset.
The time-cues will be controlled from the system,
warnings.
- delete: click a chosen box with
the mouse and delete it.
With the arrows you can scroll the view on
the monitor. One arrow: 5 ´Insets´, double-arrow: go th the beginning or end
(Inset 16-25).
- Print: you can print all
time-cues and insets.
click the boxes Track 1 - Track 12 and
change to the Algorithmic Parameter Editor of the chosen track...
ALGORITHMIC-PARAMETER EDITOR (for the tracks 1-12)
- CHNL: MIDI-Channels
1-16
- PAN: panorama -7 (left)...+7
(right)
- SV0: single (solo) voice (default
mode), can be changed through editing a number (1-9) into a
chord-function-mode (chords up to 9 voices with independant pitch calculation
and one leading rhythmical structure are possible) the following tracks will
be then connected together (SV0 will be automatically changed into the
Leading-Voice LVx - the following Tracks into Passive-Voices PVx) example:
Track 4 with SV0 ----> editing "2" ----> Track 4+"2" , additing two more
Tracks (which are 3 voices) (LV2 - Track 4-6 as one chord with one rhythmical
pattern active), the two connected Tracks (Tr.5+Tr.6) show PV4 (the number "4"
gives you the leading Track)
for the ´Insets´ 1-25 possible editing -
Molodic structure: (independant of the
scales, when Tone-Index is chosen for P1-3, IDX-numbers
important)
- P"1": the pitches will be chosen
by chance without an interval character RND and FIX in the "TONE-INDEX"
(depend on the IDX number) are active example: P1, FIX: 25, RND:15 ---->
IDX 25-39, jump-characteristic, without any special melodic
direction.
- P"2": the pitches will be chosen
by chance but with a limited or special interval construction MS and MIN-MAX
in the "TONE-INDEX" are active MS (melodic structure - possible algorithms:
-99...+99) with its own characteristics (steps) for the Phase 1 (up) und Phase
2 (down) within the ambitus MIN-MAX. Click MS-box for an info about the
possible values: P2, MS:-14, MIN: 25, MAX: 54 ----> ambitus within IDX
25-54 with interval-steps -1...+2 (Phase 1) and 1...-2 (Phase 2) -
tone-repetitions active The system consists of two general categories of the
molodic lines: A: only one direction within Phase 1 or Phase 2 B: both
directions within Phase 1 or Phase 2 examples: MS
-14(-1...2/1...-2).....-25(-2...2/2...-2).....-28(-2...5/2...-5)....-36(-3...2/3...--2)
- P"3": equal to P"2" but without
tone-repetitions if Step=0


- SND: MIDI Prg.-change for channel
1-16, data: 1-128
- Tone-Lenght: (works with 1/200
sec. - internal timer-values of the Atari Computer) FIX: none real-time
tone-lenght (0...9999) + RND: variable tone-lenght (0...999) ACCEL: +data:
plays faster, -data: plays slower example: FIX:100, RND 250 ----> all
values between 100-350 Rest: FIX: none real-time rest value (0...9999) + RND:
variable rest value (0...999) P: (1-9) rest or tone-density (P:9 highest
tone-density, P:0 = rest after every tone possibility: FIX: 200, RND: 800,
P:3, ----> low tone-density because of P:3, 70% rest-density with values
between 200-1000
- Velocity: FIX: none real-time
value + RND: real-time value, CRESC: +data: increase velocity, -data: decrease
velocity (also 0.02 possible)
- Volume: (default 127) values
1-127
´replace´, ´copy´, ´insert´ and ´delete´
belong to the whole ´Inset´ -line, srcoll-functions same as in
Time-Editor
- Print: print one or all Tracks
with all values (time and algorithmic parameters)
- Diagramm: click the DIAGRAMM
button and you will get a characteristic graphic for a track with all insets.
If you click one of the insets 1-25 it appears a graphic with the lenghts for
the chosen inset.
- Tone-Ctrl: see ´Tonemap´ (IDX,
TONE, MIDI), with print function
- Roland D-70 and Proteus 2 sounds info
(examples for a possible using...)
- To change form track x to track y use
´change to track 1-12´ button with a mouse-click
With the Return key of the
computer-keyboard change to Trackview...
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