DESCRIPTION!!!
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From Wsewolod Shashkin → To All 30 March 2001
Greetings, All!
People, be so kind as to post some editors' comments
Protraker Any version and Digital studio Please who and how many
maybe in soap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. I'm looking forward to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let me take my leave with this!
From Roman Chupak → To Wsewolod Shashkin 4 April 2001
Hello Wsewolod. Haven't we met before?
I remember once on March 30, 01 at 20:27, Wsewolod Shashkin composed a message
for All regarding "DESCRIPTION!!!".
WS> People, be so kind as to post some editors' comments
WS> Protraker Any version and Digital studio Please who how many
WS> maybe in soap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WS> P.S. I'm looking forward to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
--protrackerhelp.txt--
─ Music and Spectrum (500:562/1.2) ────────────────── MUSIC.ZX ─
Msg# : 6 of 6
From : Ivan Roshin 500:95/462.53 31 Jan 01 03:53
To: Dmitry Stepanov
Subj: Pro Tracker 3.4
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Hello, Dmitry!
19 Jan 2001 you wrote to All:
DS> I have a big request to everyone!!! Who has help with everyone
DS> co-
DS> mmands for Pro Tracker 3.4, higher is possible. Lather up
DS> pls...
Below is a help for PT 3.31 from the editor's authors. Taking into account
that the latest version is now 3.51, I have added some
additions - they are placed in curly braces.
═══════════════════ PT3_DOC .W ══════════════════
Golden Disk Corporationrepresents
new music editor
Pro Tracker 3
· · · · · · ····- -- Brief description -- -···· · · · · · ·
Brief characteristics:
√ Tempo: 3-63 {can be reduced to 1, but only in the editor itself;
in a compiled module the tempo cannot be less than three}
√ Positions: 256
√ Patterns: 42
√ Pattern length: 5-64
√ Ornaments: 15
√ Samples: 31
√ Player ticks: 5000 maximum (500 more than PT2)
{in PT 3.5 the player was changed, perhaps this parameter also
changed}
√ Special commands: 9
√ Sample length: 64
√ Ornament length: 64
New options:
√ Volume (global listening volume)
√ Write data (record parameters according to the sample for each note)
√ Scroll step (scroll step when setting a note)
√ Edit melody (editing a melody with transitions by patterns)
√ By (information about the author is included in a separate column)
√ Set up (setting color, sound, etc.)
√ Positions list
√ Pattern length (set the length for all patterns)
{meaning - for each pattern you can set your own
length}
√ Clear sample
√ Clear ornament
√ Copy sample
√ Copy ornament
What else is new:
The Disk options menu now has: a scroll bar, the ability
load modules from Pro Tracker 2.1, Sound Tracker, Sound TrackerPro, ability to record/load an editable pattern.
The Edit sample menu implements the accumulation and
decrease/increase sound volume, mask for envelope,
drawing amplitude with an arrow.
In the Edit Ornament and Edit Sample menus it is possible to play
any sample (ornament) with any ornament (sample) on all
notes and octaves.
Note counter (for trackmo creators)
To turn a channel off/on, press Space on the analyzer.
Management:
PT3 retains the arrow interface, arrow control:
Q, Caps Shift, O, P, Space.
Hotkeys:
W - edit melody
E - edit pattern
L - play melody
In the pattern editing window:
Keys 0-9 (note field - octave)
Keys A-V (enter Q, O, P - while holding Symbol Shift)
Graph - beginning of the pattern
L - cleaning
Enter - playback
Symbol Shift + E - copy channel to clipboard
Symbol Shift + R - copy channel from clipboard
Extend - exit editing and playback
+ music keys
Here you will also see a new column - this is the absolute offset
noise for all channels.
In the list of positions:
Symbol Shift + Q - delete
Symbol Shift + W - insert
2,W - change the pattern number
0 - pattern reset
In the Sample edit menu:
Cursor keys; Q, Cs, O, P, Space
2,W - change octave
3,E - change the ornament
4,R - change parameter (+/- 1)5,T - change parameter (+/- 32)
6,Y - change parameter (+/- 64)
7,U - change parameter (+/- 256)
True/Inv video - scroll through the tool
0 - reset
+ music keys
In the Ornament editing menu:
Cursor keys; Q, Cs, O, P, Space
2,W - change octave
3,E - change sample
4,R - change parameter (+/- 1)
5,T - change parameter (+/- 12)
0 - reset
+ music keys
In the menu Position List, Edit Sample, Edit Ornament pink
strip - looping. When you take the first shot you fix it
Begin, and the second time - End.
Now a little about Special commands:
Challenge: Caps Shift+1 (Edit)
Recording format:
COM.0000
^^^^
1234
Positions:
1 - team number
2 - either Delay (in teams 1,2,3,9,A), or not used
3.4 - depends on the command used
Teams:
0 - no command
1 - Portamento down, position 3,4 - step
2 - Portamento up, position 3,4 - step
3 - Tone Portamento, position 3,4 - step
4 - plays sample, starting from the position specified in 3,4
5 - the same for the ornament
6 - Vibrate, in 3 - how much tone there is, in 4 - how much tone there is no
9 - Enable portamento up, in position 3,4 - step
A - Enable portamento down
{commands 9,A change the envelope frequency}
B - Tempo from position 3,4
Pro Tracker 3 is written for Pentagon 128, disappearances are possible
arrows on other cars.
·°∙ Editorial credits ∙°·
Main code, ideas, some gfx........................Nick/GDCMain gfx (logo, work screen)....................JV Graphics/GDC
They got a little help from Abba da Axed/Inside Law, who wrote
the text you just read (using the text sources
Nick), frame viewer (for Pentagon), completed Helper
(wrote all the main texts) and put it all together.
I would like to note that everyone was worried about the creation of the editor.
Voronezh, and who knows if the Voronezh spektrumists had not
were interested in the progress of creating the editor, would it appear
in general...
If you have any problems, call:
+7 0732 522-449 Vadim (JV Gfx of GDC) 23.30 - 01.00 msk
+7 0732 141-962 Ikolay (Nick of GDC) 21.00 - 00.00 msk
Fido:
2:5025/77.19 Mad Coder marked: to_GDC
(c) GDC, Voronezh, 1997
· ··─ ── * ── ─·· ·
TEMPO +
Reduces the speed of playing the melody. Minimum - 63.
TEMPO-
Increases the speed of playing a melody. Maximum - 3.
{can be reduced to 1 in the editor}
POSITION +
Increases the number of the current melody position. Maximum
number of positions - 256.
POSITION -
Decreases the number of the current melody position.
PATTERN +
Increments the PATTERN number at the current position. Maximum
number of patterns - 42.
PATTERN -
Decreases the PATTERN number at the current position.
LENGTH +Increases the length of the melody - the number of positions played.
LENGTH -
Reduces the length of the melody.
LOOP TO +
Increases the position number for looping the melody.
LOOP TO -
Decreases the position number for looping the melody.
VOLUME +
Increases the overall sound volume. The maximum value is 15.
VOLUME -
Reduces the overall sound volume.
OKTAVE +
Increments the current octave number. Number of octaves - 8.
OKTAVE -
Decreases the current octave number.
EDIT PATTERN +
Increases the working PATTERN number.
EDIT PATTERN -
Decreases the working PATTERN number.
PATTERN LENGTH +
Increases the length of the current PATTERN. Maximum length - 64.
PATTERN LENGTH -
Decreases the length of the current PATTERN. Minimum length - 5.
WRITE DATA ON/OFF
Automatically set note parameters.
SCROLL STEP +
Increasing the scroll step when setting a note.
The maximum value is 8.
SCROLL STEP -
Reducing the scrolling step when setting a note.
The minimum value is 1.
{you can quickly change SCROLL STEP using SS+0-SS+8}
AUTO EN SET ON/OFF
Automatic/non-automatic low byte setting
envelope period.
DIVISION
Low byte of the envelope period for AUTO EN.
DATA
Sample note parameters for automatic installation.
DISK OPTIONS
Loading/unloading of a melody, instrument, ornament, pattern.Expansion accordingly: m, s, o, p. Using strip
scroll, you can move through the list of files. Default
melodies of the format are loaded: PT3, PT2, ST, ST Pro. For complete
The analogue of their sound requires improvement.
CLEARS
Cleaning melody, positions, patterns, instruments, ornaments.
EDIT MELODY
Editing patterns.
EDIT PATTERN
Editing a working pattern.
INFO ABOUT MUSIC
name of the melody. The maximum length is 32 characters.
INFO ABOUT AUTHOR
Information about the author. The maximum length is 32 characters.
EDIT SAMPLE
Editing a tool. Number of instruments - 31.
Using keys 2 to 7 you can increase the values
parameters, and from W to U - you can reduce them. True/Inv Video -
moving around the instrument by jumping. Pink stripe on the left
column - looping the instrument. T - Tone setting,
N - Noise, E - Envelope (masks for the envelope). To play
instrument - musical keys. Noise is represented by numbers from 0 to 31,
tone - horizontal stripes that can be drawn
arrow. Also implemented are the accumulation and reduction commands/
increasing the sound volume.
EDIT SAMPLE +
Increasing the number of the edited instrument.
EDIT SAMPLE -
Decrease the number of the edited instrument.
TO SAMPLE +
Increasing the copy destination tool number.
TO SAMPLE -Decrease the target tool number for copying.
COPY SAMPLE
Copy the tool being edited.
EDIT ORNAMENT
Editing an ornament. Number of ornaments - 15.
Pink stripe - looping.
EDIT ORNAMENT +
Increasing the number of the edited ornament.
EDIT ORNAMENT -
Decrease the number of the edited pattern.
TO ORNAMENT +
Increasing the receiver ornament number for copying.
TO ORNAMENT -
Decrease the receiver pattern number for copying.
COPY ORNAMENT
Copy the edited ornament.
TRANSPOSITION
Changes the pitch of the pattern notes in semitones.
TRANSPOSITION +
Increases the pitch increments of notes. Maximum value: +64.
TRANSPOSITION-
Decrease the pitch increments of notes. Minimum value: -64.
COPY
Copying a block of notes.
FROM PATTERN +
Increment the number of the pattern containing the source block of notes.
FROM PATTERN -
Decreases the number of the pattern containing the original block of notes.
TO PATTERN +
Increasing the number of the pattern where the block of notes is copied.
TO PATTERN -
Decrease the number of the pattern where the block of notes is copied.
FROM CHANNEL +
Increments the number of the channel containing the source block of notes.
FROM CHANNEL -
Decreases the channel number containing the original block of notes.
TO CHANNEL +
Increasing the channel number where the block of notes is copied.
TO CHANNEL -Decrease the channel number where the block of notes is copied.
FROM BEGIN +
Increment the number of the first note in the original note block.
FROM BEGIN -
Decreases the number of the first note in the original note block.
END +
Increments the number of the last note in the original note block.
END-
Decreases the number of the last note in the original block of notes.
EXCHANGE
Swap blocks of notes.
PLAY MELODY
Play a melody. Exit - Extend.
PLAY PATTERN
Play the current pattern. Exit - Extend.
PT COMPILER
Compile the melody. The low byte of the start address is always
equal to zero. Data Address and Note Counter cells appeared.
{there is no Note Counter in PT 3.51}
The time taken by the player is 5000 ticks.
PT DECOMPILER
Decompile the melody. The search is carried out in files with any
expansion.
TO BEGIN +
Increasing the number of the note from which the copied block will be placed
notes
TO BEGIN -
Decrease the note number from which the copied block will be placed
notes
SET UP
Setting up the configuration. You can set: Frequency table
(Sound tracker/Pro tracker), print dots or zeros in window
editing melody, color, beeper when pressing keys,
Kempston joystick.
{starting with PT 3.4, the number of frequency tables has reached 4}
PATTERN LENGTH
Change the length of all patterns.
POSITION LIST
Here is the order in which the patterns are played.
The left column is the position number, the right column is the pattern number.Using SS+W and SS+Q, you can move/spread patterns,
2,W - change the pattern number, 0 - reset the pattern number.
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Best regards, Ivan Roshchin.
--protrackerhelp.txt--
All the best. David Willis.