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  15.                   IlProfesoreandBitmaster
  16.                               of
  17.                            ISTARI
  18.                        ProudlyPresents
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  22.                         DIGICOMPOSER
  23.                
  24.  
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  27.  
  28. HISTORY
  29.      ÇThisprogramwasoriginallycalledNoisetrackerandwas
  30. createdbyMahoneyandKaktusontheAmiga.Lateronabelgican
  31. guycalledDrSatanfromF.A.convertedtheNoisetrackerand
  32. createdaST-version.ButtheST-versiondidn'tincludeallthe
  33. functionsthattheAmigaversionhad.Somethinghadtobedone.Il
  34. ProfesorefromISTARIcreatedDIGICOMPOSER;amodifiedand
  35. extendedversionoftheSTNoistracker(seefunctiondetails
  36. below).DigiComposerispublicdomain!!!
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  38. ü
  39. ÇOriginalAmigaversion: Mahoney&Kaktus
  40. ü
  41. ÇOriginalSTversion:üÇ    DrSatan/F.A.
  42.                          JM.HARVENGT
  43.                          212RUEDESCROIX
  44.                          7310JEMAPPES
  45.                          BELGIUM
  46.  
  47. Mod.andext.STvers.:  IlProfesore
  48.                          SVENKARLSSON
  49.                          RYDNYKYRKA
  50.                          S-59197MOTALA
  51.                          SWEDEN                          
  52. ü
  53. NOTE:Senddonationssuchasmoney,cars,expensiveitalianclothes
  54. andshoes,bungalows,Krellampfilers,NEXTcomputers,life-long
  55. suppliesofCDsLPsMaxisinglesandSinglesandDisks,1Gigibytes
  56. HDs,moneyforplasicsurgery,smallcastlesallaroundthe
  57. world,Nobelprizesorsuggestionsorbugreportstotheadresses
  58. above.(BugsandsuggestionsshouldbesenttoSvenKarlsson)
  59.  
  60. üDIGITALMUSICTECHNIQUE
  61. Ç
  62. Hellofans!Well..Let'susjustbemodest.Bitmasterwantedme
  63. towritesomethingaboutDigiSound.Soherewego:
  64.  
  65.        TOPITCHORNOTTOPITCHTHAT'STHEQUESTION
  66.           
  67. Toplayasampleatdifferentpitch(topitchit)isverymuch
  68. thesameasvariatingthefrequencyofanyperiodicwavesuchas
  69. thesinuswave:thefasteryou"move"troughthewavethehigher
  70. thepitchbecomes.Thisissimplydonebyaddingaconstanttoa
  71. pointerwhichpointstothesampleandlookingfortheendofthe
  72. sample.Theaddingcanbedoneinmanydifferentwaysbutit
  73. wouldbetooboringtoreadifwriteabouteveryoneofthemsoI
  74. don'twriteaboutanyofthem.
  75.  
  76.            Pumpupthevolume!
  77.  
  78. Yepadigisoundtunebecomesmuchmoreamazingifyouareusing
  79. volumecontrolorVELOCITYCONTROL.Thisisnotveryhardtodo:
  80. justadressamultiplicationtableusingthesampledataasa
  81. pointer!
  82.  
  83.           Additupp!
  84.  
  85. Intheendthechannelsareaddedtogetherandplayed.That'sit.
  86.  
  87. ThistinytextisnotmenttobeunderstoodbutIhopesomeof
  88. yououttherehaveunderstood.
  89. ü
  90.  
  91. DIGICOMPOSERFEATURES
  92.  
  93.      Ç-Upto31samples
  94.      -ThreedifferentreplayfrequencüyÇmodesü
  95.      -ÇThreedifferentreplaymodes:ST,STstereoandSTE
  96.                                         stereo
  97. ü     -ÇEightdifferentreplayfrequences:
  98.                     STLow:10.24kHzü
  99.                     ÇSTMid:12.54KHz
  100.                     STHigh:16.61kHz
  101.                     STStereolow:8.90kHz
  102.                     STStereoMid:11.59kHz
  103.                     STELow:       10.97kHz
  104.                     STEMid:       14.29kHz
  105.                     STEHigh:17.55kHzü
  106. Ç     -TotalycompatiblewiththemostlyusedAmiga-Tracker:
  107.           ProtrackerbyAmigaFreelancers.
  108. ü     -ÇOverscan
  109.      -TTsupport
  110.      -Timercontrolledplayroutine.Youdon'thavetobotheraboutthe
  111.               50/60Hzproblemsanymore!
  112. ü     -ÇImprovedsampleroption
  113.      -FasterreplayroutineNOTE:Thesearenotmyfastestroutines.
  114. Ç          Theseroutinesareratherslow.
  115. ü     -ÇImprovedFileselectorü
  116.      Ç-ImprovedPatternEditorü
  117.      -ÇAndalotmorewhichyouwilldiscoverifyoureadonand
  118.           playaroundforawhile..
  119. ü
  120. LAZYUSER
  121.      ÇLookinDigiComposerHELPareaifyouwanttogetstarted
  122. quickly!
  123.  
  124.  
  125. üREFERENCEANDEXAMPLES
  126.  
  127. ÇHereisalistofallfunctionsandcommandsthatcanbeusedin
  128. DigiComposer.Tomakethisprogrameasytouseandunderstand,
  129. allfactsinthismanualareshownwithexamplesandnotes.
  130.      PRINTTHISTEXT!!!It'smucheasertoworkwithDigi
  131. Composerifyouhavethismanualbesideyou.Ifyoudon'towna
  132. printer,useyourprinter-owningpal(andlethimpayforthe
  133. paper).Well,themastermindsouttherecanmaybelearnthis
  134. manualbyheart.     
  135. ü
  136. MARKS&NOTESÇare...marksandnotes.üÇBIGunboldedwords(or(see
  137. ???))meansthatyoucanlookthemup.The([???])amongthe
  138. screenfunctionsmeansthatthefunctioncanbeperformedwitha
  139. key.
  141. --------------------------------------------------------------ü--Ç
  142. ü
  143. SCREENFUNCTIONSÇareallthebuttonsthatyoucanclicktochange
  144. parameters,modesetc.Alsoincludedinthescreenfunctions
  145. ((conceptionaredifferentkindsofstatusframes.
  146. ü
  147. KEYFUNCTIONSÇareallthekeysthatyoucanpresstochange
  148. parameters,modesetc.SomeSCREENFUNCTIONSarealsoavailable
  149. onsomekeys.Agreatdealofthekeyfunctionsareconductedto
  150. theEDITFUNCTION.
  151.  
  152. üCOMMANDSÇisawaytocreateeffectsasecho,vibratoetc.You
  153. simplytypethecommandcodeonanoteandthedesired
  154. (necessary)valueandthereyouare...
  155.  
  156. üMODESÇaremadesothatyouonlycanpreformcertainactionsin
  157. respectivemodes.Therearethreeexeptions(seeL,M&H).
  158.  
  159.      üNORMALMODESÇ(play,pattern,stop):Inthoosemodes,youcan
  160. onlylisstenandstopyourmodul.
  161.  
  162.      üEDITMODEÇ(edit!):Inthismode,youcanenternotesand
  163. commands.
  164.      
  165.      üRECORDMODEÇ(record!):Inthismode,youcanenternotesin
  166. realtimewhilethepatternisruning.Youcanonlyrecordone
  167. patternatatime.
  168. Ç
  169. üFIELDSÇappearsintwoform:SONGNAMEandSAMPLE.
  170.  
  171.      üSONGNAMEÇ:Ifyouloadamodulethemodulenameshouldbe
  172. displayedinthisfield.Ifyouhavecreatedaownmoduleyou
  173. shouldenterthemodulenamehere.
  174.  
  175.      üSAMPLEÇ:Ifyouloadasamplethesamplenameshouldbe
  176. displayedinthisfield.Ifyouhavemodifiedasample(whiththe
  177. SAMPLEfunctions)youshouldenteranewnamehere.
  178. ü
  179. TIMERÇisa...timer.It'sreallynicetoseehowlongasongis,
  180. or?
  181.      Whilethetimerisrunning:
  182.  
  183.      üLEFTMOUSEBUTTONÇ:togglesthetimerstart/stop.
  184.  
  185.     üRIGHTMOUSEBUTTONÇ:togglesthetimerinterval/continue.
  186. ü
  187.      ÇWhenthetimerisstopped:
  188.  
  189.     üRIGHTMOUSEBUTTONÇ:zerosthetimer.
  190.  
  191. --------------------------------------------------------------ü--
  192.  
  193. RIGHTMOUSEBUTTONÇ(ingeneral): Clicktheupanddownarrows
  194. andholdthebuttontorewind.
  195. ü
  196. "COLORED"FRAMEÇ:  Tomakeitclearwhichfunctionthatis
  197. choosen.ü
  198.  
  199. "COLORED"ARROWÇ:  Tomarkthatafunctionisused.
  200.  
  201. --------------------------------------------------------------ü--
  202. SCREENFUNTIONS
  203. Ç--------------------------------------------------------------ü--
  204.  
  205. POSITION  00   UDÇ
  206. NameStepsUp/Downarrows
  207.  
  208. Positionistheorderofthepatternsinthemelody.ü
  209.  
  210. PATTERN   00   UD
  211. ÇNameStepsUp/Downarrows(ü[INSERT]Ç/ü[CLRHOME]Ç)
  212.  
  213. Patternisamelodystringcontaining4channelsandduringabout
  214. 4bars.Amelodyisbuiltupofdifferentbars.
  215. ü
  216. LENGHT     00   UD
  217. ÇName   StepsUp/Downarrows
  218.  
  219. Lengthisthenumberofpositionsinthemelody(addedwith1).
  220. ü
  221. RESTART   00   UD
  222. üÇName   StepsUp/Downarrows
  223.  
  224. Restart:youcansetapositionfromwhichyouwanttorestart
  225. afterreachingthemelodyend.(Ex.neverendingrefrain,start
  226. alloveragain).ü          
  227. Ç----------------------------------------------------------------
  228. üSAMPLE    00   UD
  229. ÇNameStepsUp/Downarrows(ü[+]Ç/ü[-]Ç)
  230.  
  231. Sampleisthe"memorysamplelibary".Youcanloadsamplesinto
  232. thememoryusingthe