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- PCBeat
- Cheap Drum Machine Simulator
- Recommended for AT-class at 6-12 MHz
-
- Even the most hopelessly nerdy PC user can now experiment with drum grooves.
- PCBeat allows the creation and storage of up to 48 drum patterns, using nine
- standard percussion sounds. Version 1.2 allows the user to build songs using
- up to to 8 of these patterns.
-
- Here are a few things you should be aware of when using PCBeat:
-
- The timing of the percussion sounds has been made as consistent
- as possible for 6-12MHz operation; however, the white noise sounds
- with attack transients (such as Snare and High Hat) tend to get a
- little bit sluggish at slower speeds.
-
- There are 8 "modules" available for each song. The RETURN key
- selects the module field, and the arrow keys step through the
- possible values for each field. The maximum number of cycles for
- each module is 99. New modules may be inserted between existing
- modules.
-
- A pattern may not be deleted from the pattern list if it is used by
- a song module.
-
- The tempo of a song is independent of the tempi set for its
- components.
-
- A song utilizes only the section of a pattern contained within the
- pattern's repeat bracket.
-
- During playback, the Home, End, PgUp, and PgDn keys (in addition
- to the arrow keys) are available for tempo adjustment.
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- Ben Foster
- January, 1990
- ZW2.18 G : PRN TXT