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| STARTREKKER - A NEW ERA OF MUSICMAKING :-) |
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CODED BY EXOLON OF FAIRLIGHT (14/7-1990)
BASED ON THE NOISETRACKER V2.0 BY MAHONEY & KAKTUS
The following documentation describes the functions in the ST, but not the
basic steps like editing and that. Everybody does probably know well about
those things by now.
MODE BUTTON:
This button allows you to select between four channel mode or the new
eight channel mode. In four channel mode, all the functions of the
ST will behave normally. However, when you switch to eight channels,
some functions will change:
You edit an eight channel pattern by editing two ordinary four channel
patterns, and you can switch between the two by pressing TAB. In the
position list, you can only enter even pattern numbers, because the odd
patterns are the other half of the even corresponding patterns! (Reread
that slowly!)
The Spectrum Analyzer and the four bars at the bottom will be disabled.
As of this writing, the only working control numbers in eight channel mode
is the tempo control, F, and volume control, C. The volume control works
upon a 4-channel basis, so if you change volume in pat 0 track 0, the
volume will change in pat 1 track 0 also (because of the 8 channel routine
adding corresponding tracks). Don't worry, further commands will come.
Also, when you press PLAY or PATTERN, interrupts will be disabled and
therefore you will not be able to move the mouse or play along with the
keys. The replay is stopped with a mouseclick.
CAUTION! A MODE CHANGE FROM 8 TO 4 WILL ERASE ALL DATA IN THE STARTREKKER!
A CHANGE FROM 4 TO 8 WILL CONVERT THE DATA, IF IT FITS (NO MORE
THAN 32 PATTERNS).
POINT KEY: ( [.] On the keypad)
With the point key you can select three playmodes. With one press, one
dot will appear next to FREEMEM. You can now play with the keypad like
a drum machine. The pitch for each instrument is set by pressing left
ALT + the desired pitch key. With two presses, it's just like above
but now the notes will be written to the pattern when in edit or record
mode. With three presses, you will activate the POLYPHONIC mode. Now
you can play on the keyboard, and the NoiseTracker will automatically
change voices. You can choose which voices are used by toggling them
on and off with left ALT + F6-F9.
QUANTIZE:
With the quantize control, you can choose how many lines the cursor
should jump when you enter a note in a pattern. The number is increased
by pressing the left mouse button in the QUANT box, or by pressing
CTRL. The number is decreased by pressing the left and right mouse
buttons in the box, or by pressing left SHIFT + CTRL.
COLOR CONTROL:
Because the ordinary grey color is so utterly boring, you can choose
between a bunch of colors by pressing ALT + F10. If you don't like any
of them, SHIFT + F10 makes your day by randomizing the colors!
MIDI:
Perhaps the greatest improvement in the soundtracker history! Made by me
for the NoiseTracker 2.0 but Mahoney stole my routines...
INCOMING MIDI:
With the R: control you can select the channel the ST will respond
to. You can play on the synthesizer's three middle octaves just like
on the Amiga keyboard.
The ST will NOT respond to MIDI clocks, Active Sensing or other
control commands.
OUTGOING MIDI:
With the C: control you can select an outgoing channel for the current
instrument. The L: controls for how long (how many patterns steps) the
note will be played. If there is any C commands (volume change) in
the pattern, these will be sent along with the notes as Attack
Velocity. The T: finally is a transpose control.
The ST will send out MIDI clocks in the same tempo as you have
selected with the F command. Also the ST will transmit Midi Start
and Midi Stop when you start or stop a tune.
Remember to turn the MIDI on!
GENERAL STUFF AND GREETINGS:
There is no replay routine source for the eight channel mode. The eight
channel replay takes all the available processor time, so it would be
no use trying to incorporate it into a demo or another processor time
consuming application.
An Oktalyzer->StarTrekker converter will soon be released...
IMPORTANT!! Some harddrives require another (slower) keyboard routine..
Including the A2000 harddrives... Use the option -H then..
GREAT GREETINGS GO TO MY FRIENDS IN NO SPECIAL ORDER:
MAHONEY & KAKTUS, GLUEMASTER (TRAMSEBYXAN??), HUVUDVAMPYREN (MAJS?),
OLFOLF-OLWON-OLW-BIFBAFF-AMIN-OLOF, BO LONG PETER JOHN SKOLD SILVER,
PETER "DOKTOR ROTTVAILER" S. , NIKLAS "YNGVE" ROSANDER, DAJKEN,
JIMMY "DE LA SOUL" E. , CALLIN, OMAR, MARCUS "CLEMENS" L. , STRIDER,
URBAN "KORVSKINN" A. , BJORN "YUPPIEGOLF" R. , TONY "ORMEN" N. ,
BLACK SHADOW, SVALJ-EN-BRANDBIL, VIGILANTIE (BRANDMANNEN!), ZIKE,
CONQUEROR, HENRIK "KUMA" E. , KIM "DANSKEN" ISAKSEN, LARS "NOTTE" &
BEEEEEEEEERNAAARD & KARL, OLA "WIZ" W. , EXCALIBUR "PLINGEN", WIZMAR,
ALEX "ANDROID" H. & FREDDY "FISKEN" L. ON TREVENA, LARS & HASSE ON
DISKETT, MALMOE STADSTEATER (HMM.. OSCILLIOSKOPET??? NAEEEEE....)
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Signed: EXOLON OF FAIRLIGHT