Step 2: Command Design

The "Step 2: Command Design" page is used to arrange how the various "Step 1: Beat Design" pages will be used to generate the final wave file on the "Step 3: Process" page.

The Commands Used box shows the commands that will be used to process the final wave file in the order that they will be used.

The Remove All button will remove all commands from the Commands Used box.

The Remove button will remove the currently selected command from the Commands Used box.

The Add button will add the command selected in the Commands box to the end of the Commands Used box.

The Insert button will add the command selected in the Commands box to the point currently selected in the Commands Used box, pushing all other commands downward including the one selected.

The Replace button will replace the currently selected command in Commands Used box with the command selected in the Commands box.

The arrow buttons will move the currently selected command in the Commands Used box up or down in the list.

The Commands box displays the available commands to use within the project. The command selected will have a filled in circle next to it.

Some commands require parameters of X and Y. The X and Y edit boxes show the current setting. The edit boxes or the scrollbars can be used to change these settings.

• Use page X and repeat Y times - The most basic command that will add the page specified by X to the final wave file at the current location (which is incremented as a page is added) and then additional copies of page X will also be added in series if Y is greater than 1.
• Clear page buffer - The page buffer is used to temporarily hold a page while generating the final wave file. It is cleared when processing begins, but the user may wish to clear it again after using it to mix two or more pages.
• Add page X to page buffer - The page specified by X will be added to the page buffer. If one or more pages are already in the page buffer, the pages will be mixed together.
• Apply page X filters to page buffer - This command is important when mixing several pages because the amplitude (volume) of the combined pages will quickly exceed the 16-bit amplitude limit. The filters chosen in the Properties Window of the page specified by X will be applied to the pages in the page buffer. If the "Ozapell Page Volume Control" is used, it will base its settings on the last page processed (either added to the page buffer or used directly). The "Ozapell Basic Volume Control" may offer better results.
• Save page buffer to final file - All of the pages mixed together can now be added to the current location within the final wave file. This command can be used multiple times or used between uses of the "Use page X and repeat Y time" command. The pages mixed in the page buffer will remain there until the "Clear page buffer" command is used or until processing ends.