---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - NoiseTracker V1.1 - An improved version of MnemoTroN's Soundtracker V2.3 - - Made by Mahoney & Kaktus - Northstar & Silents in July - August 1989 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - This tracker is non-polluting - Text by Mahoney ... Since I'm so tired of the old ST-instructions, I'll just short take my part of the improvements here. If you're not into how to use the Soundtracker, read the old V2.3 instructions, or call your nearest friend. (that's what friends are for!) This tracker was made to fit our purposes, if you don't like it, that's not our problem. Here's a short list of what I've done ... (V1.0) * Removed the Format Disk-option (It wasn't reliable) * Inserted Load Sample-function (good if haven't done a PLST!) * Corrected the replayroutine (now works with all instruments) * An IFF-handler routine (should take damaged IFFs, too) * Improved inputhandler. * Reinserted song-pack on/off (I used it in the Sounds of Gnome) * Possibility to change the Module-directory. * Change instrument with the numeric-pad. * Play/Patt/Stop/Edit/Rec from the keyboard. * Simple transpose-function. * Two new song-commands (tone-portamento & vibrato) * Great PLST-screen with simple searchroutine. * Now you can change PLST in the tracker. * Change Pattern & Position from the keyboard. * Sounds looped just like in Audiomaster & Sound FX. * Modulelength & free chipmem displayed. * All known bugs corrected. NoiseTrackerV1.1 improvements: * Safer loadingroutines. * Restart pointer for your song. * Removed Use Pset. (use the PLST-screen instead) * Debugged IFF-handler. * Safer memoryhandler. ----------------------------------------- - The keyboard. - ----------------------------------------- Esc - Exits DiskOp & PLST F1 - Chooses low octaves F2 - Chooses high octave shift + F3 - Cut voice to buffer shift + F4 - Copy voice to buffer shift + F5 - Paste voice from buffer alt + F3 - Cut whole pattern to buffer alt + F4 - Copy whole pattern to buffer alt + F5 - Paste pattern from buffer F6 - Go to patternposition 0 F7 - Go to patternposition 16 F8 - Go to patternposition 32 F9 - Go to patternposition 48 F10 - Go to patternposition 63 Help - Go/exit PLST Space - Toggle between Stop/Edit-mode right Amiga - Play Pattern right Alt - Play Song right Shift - Record alt + cursor right - increase pattern-number alt + cursor left - decrease pattern-number shift + cursor right - increase song-position shift + cursor left - decrease song-position shift + Tab - Transpose selected instrument in voice one halfnote up. shift + Ctrl - Transpose selected instrument in voice one halfnote down. alt + Tab - Transpose selected instrument in pattern one halfnote up. alt + Ctrl - Transpose selected instrument in pattern one halfnote down. Caps Lock - ????????? (Haha!) * Numeric pad: 0 - Select instrument $0 upper row - Select instrument $1-$4 2nd row - Select instrument $5-$8 3rd row - Select instrument $9-$c 4th row - Select instrument $d-$10 Enter (still on the numeric) + the other keys selects instruments $10-$1f ----------------------------------------- - Restart-pointer. - ----------------------------------------- This is the position where the song will restart when the tune is finished. As simple as that ... ----------------------------------------- - New inputroutine. - ----------------------------------------- This routine should work just like any normal text-processor, and not, like before, clear the whole row and let you retype it again to edit. You can use the cursor left/right, backspace and delete. By pressing the right button, you'll clear the row. ----------------------------------------- - Corrected Loop-values. - ----------------------------------------- All since the very first Soundtracker by K.O. there has been a bug in the replay-routine. (both in the tracker and the replay) The tracker calculated the loop-start in bytes, and not in words as it's written into the instrument- list. All this means that in the later Soundtrackers, you couldn't loop the whole sample. To use your old loop-values (from ANY other tracker) you should divide your Repeat-value by 2. (fex. $07e0/2 = $03f0) If you want to save memory, decrease the length of your looped sample until it stops. This will save only the used part of the sample in the module. ----------------------------------------- - PLST-screen. - ----------------------------------------- You enter this screen either by pressing the PLST-button, or by pressing the Help-key. Here you've got the number of samples currently in the preset-list, a load PLST-button, an exit-button, three search-disks and a mountlist-button. By pressing the mount-button, you'll get a preset-list with only those disk(s) mounted. You can also type the disknumber yourself. Then, simply press your sample to load it into the current instrument. ----------------------------------------- - Disk Operation. - ----------------------------------------- Here you've got the old familiar Load/Save/Del song and module + Save sample. The new is the Load sample-option, the reinserted Pack on/off and the module- directory. To change the moduledir, just press it and type the new dir. Be sure to have either a : after a diskname, or a / after a directory, fex DF0: Only modules with the prefix 'mod.' can be loaded, to prevent you from trying to load something else that isn't a module. Do also note that you can't edit anything while in DiskOp. Do NOT have two ST-00 in your drives simultaneous, because that will confuse your computer. ----------------------------------------- - Song-commands. - ----------------------------------------- Here you've got them: 0 - arpeggio 1 - portamento up 2 - portamento down 3 - Tone-portamento 4 - Vibrato A - Slide volume B - Position jump C - Set volume D - Pattern break E - Set filter (keep the led off, please!) F - Set speed (now up to $1F) $0 Arpeggio - $0 + second halfnote-add + third halfnote-add This command will produce a one-channel chord. No comments. C-3 00037 produces a minor-chord C-3 00047 produces a major-chord $1 Portamento up - $1 + portamentospeed This commans slides the pitch up. C-3 00103 1 is the command, 3 is the speed. $2 Portamento down - $2 + portamentospeed This command slides the pitch down. C-3 00203 2 is the command, 3 is the speed. $3 Tone-portamento - destination-note + $3 + speed This will automatically slide from the old note to the new. To keep on sliding, just select the command 3. Try it out yourself, and I'm sure you'll understand a little bit better. C-3 00305 C-3 is the note to slide to, 3 the command and 5 the speed. $4 Vibrato - $4 + vibratospeed + vibratosize C-3 00481 4 is the command, 8 is the speed of the vibrato and 1 is the size of the vibrato. To keep on vibratoing (?) just select the command 4. $A Volume-slide - $A + upslidespeed + downslidespeed C-3 00A05 5 is the speed to turn down the volume C-3 00A40 4 is the speed to slide it up. $B Position-jump - $B + song-position to continue at C-3 00B01 1 is the place to restart the song at. This command will also perform a pattern-break. $C Set volume - $C + new volume Well, this old familiar command will set the current volume to your own selected. The highest volume is $40. All volumes are represented in hex. (Programmers do it in hex, you know!) C-3 00C10 C is the command, 10 is the volume. $D Pattern-break - $D + nothing Sure simple, this magic thing will end your pattern and go on with the next one. C-3 00D00 D in the command, all others are a waste of memory. $E Set filter - $E + filter-status This command jerks around with the sound-filter on some A500 + A2000. All other Amiga-users should keep out of playing around with it. C-3 00E01 disconnects filter (turns LED off) C-3 00E00 connects filter (turns LED on) * please keep LED off! $F Set speed - $F + speed This will change the speed of your tune. (how fast your patterns will roll ...) Speeds from $01 - $1f are allowed. C-3 00F07 sets speed to 7 ----------------------------------------- - Replay-source. - ----------------------------------------- On this disk you should find a file called "NoiseReplay.s". That is just as you suspected, a little neat source to play your home-made tunes. Simply read it into your favorite Seka, read your module to the label "mt_data", call the sub-routine "mt_init" first and then to "mt_music" every frame. When you exit your demo, call the routine "mt_end" to stop the sound. This replay-routine is not interrupt-driven. If you want such a replay, you better do it yourself. (if you're not a programmer, bad luck!) Use only the right replay to the right NoiseTracker. ReplayV1.1 will not work properly with tunes saved with V1.0, and ReplayV1.0 won't go with TrackerV1.1. Tunes can only be converted from V1.0 to V1.1 and not back again. This should not cause any bigger problems, I hope. ----------------------------------------- - Comments. - ----------------------------------------- This tracker took about four weeks to complete. And the improvements from V1.0 to V1.1 took exactly 4 hours. We really hope you like it. Anyway, the best thank you can give us is by using our tracker. If you have something VERY importany to tell us, write to a swapper in NorthStar and beg for our adress. Otherwise, get our musicdisk II, Sounds of Gnome, and you'll find it there. Note that we do not swap anything (not even our own productions). We don't want to spend all our money on stamps. If you want some of our latest things, swap with NorthStar and NOT with us. WE ARE LEGAL!!!! Fuck the police who keeps on checking our mail, just because we were on Fairlights memberlist and they happened to get that when they infiltrated an illegal Visa-card user. Special thanks to Glue Master, Zymox, Foetus, Jazze, Godbrain, Spexhane, Starfire, Exolon, Celebrandbil, Ron & Sal/MegaKlopparna, Jessi, Jenny S. and all those guys who made the Soundtracker before me. Thanks also to all these nice guys ... Panther/Scoopex, DMX/Phoenix, Slimer/Celtic, The Unicorn/Unit one inc., Wizzkid/Electr.Artists, Philip Weyman, Billy Topping, Ray Burt-Frost, Watchman/Deathstar, George "M" Ruivo, Scampy/FAT, Christoph/Flashlight, Anders G.P., Nova/Paragon, Fredox/Overgrowth, Spy 3/DMACON, Sir Gawain & Gaston/Horizon, Scorpion/Phantoms, Vortex 42, Alastor, S.O.S., AlphaFlight, Mute 101, Jimmy, Rawhead and finally to all our friends in NorthStar & Silents. Sorry if we missed you ... Any problems? Call Germany 110. Signed - Mahoney & Kaktus/HallonSoft 1989 Have a nice night! PS. Please don't ask me why I kept the disk-status in the middle of the screen. It's always nice to see that everything is all-right, isn't it ???