This is based upon the default keys and version 0.001 of the Editor.
The tune is a single Pattern of changing notes.
First load the editor. The system will begin in the List Editor on row 1. Three Tracks are set up already but no notes or SFX exist yet.
Steps | Notes |
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Press CTRL RIGHT to move to Track B | CTRL LEFT and CTRL RIGHT navigate the Track row by Track rather than field |
Press R to Rest the Track | |
Press CTRL RIGHT to move to Track C | |
Press R to Rest the Track | Now just the first Track will exist |
Press CTRL P to enter the Pattern Editor | The three Tracks now appear as 3 Pattern columns. |
Press C then 4 to set the note C-4 | By default the SFX will be set to 00 and the volume to 15 |
Press CTRL S to enter the SFX Editor | The current note (C-4) will be used when testing the Effect (shown in the Top right) |
Press / to enter the Command Skip Loop on Volume Over | |
Move to the next Row down | Move up and down with the cursor keys |
Press D to delay the SFX by 1 | |
Move to the next Row down | |
Press V twice to DEC VOLUME BY 01 | Pressing V once will enter the command INC VOLUME BY 01, Pressing V again will change INC to DEC, Pressing again will return to INC |
Move to the next Row down | |
Press L to enter LOOP TO ROW 02 | |
Press - to reduce row to 01 (the Delay) | It is very important that all Loops contain a delay otherwise the system is not given ample time to process other events |
Press ENTER to Hear the sound | The note (C-4) will begin high and fade to zero quite rapidly then end. |
Press CTRL P to return to the Pattern Editor | |
Move down to row 03 | |
Press D then 4 to set the note D-4 | |
Move down to row 04 | |
Press F then 4 to set the note F-4 | |
Move down to row 06 | |
Press D then 4 to set the note D-4 | |
Move back up to row 00 | Either by repeatedly pressing Cursor Up or with CTRL UP (Home) |
Highlight down to row 07 | Use SHIFT DOWN to highlight down. If you go too far, Press SHIFT UP |
Press CTRL C to copy the highlighted area | |
Move down to Row 08 | |
Press CTRL V to paste the notes | |
Move to row 14 | |
Press G to change the note from D to G | |
Move back to Entry 00 | |
Highlight (like before) from 00 to 15 | |
Press CTRL C to Copy section | |
Move to Row 16 and CTRL V | |
Move to Row 30 and change the D-4 to A-4 | |
Highlight from 00 to 31 and Copy (CTRL C) | |
Paste(CTRL V) on Row 32 | During edit you can listen to the current Pattern just by Pressing RETURN |
Now lets bring in Track B..
Press CTRL L to return to the List Editor | |
Move to the next Row down and Press CTRL I to insert a new Track row | |
Move the cursor back to the first track on row 02 | |
Press , to Copy the Previous Row to the current | |
Move to Track B | Tracks always run from left( A ) to right( H ) |
Press = twice to Enter Pattern 001 | By default the Sound Source will be set to 00 |
Move right to the Sound Source and Press = once | Notice that the status bar now displays CHP-B V-B instead of CHP-A V-A |
Press CTRL P to return to the Pattern Editor | |
Move to row 00 but Track B | Like the List Editor you can CTRL LEFT or CTRL RIGHT to navigate by Track rather than field |
Press C then 3 to enter C-3 | |
Move to the SFX field | Its the last field of the track and currently has 00 in it |
Increment ( = ) to 01 | |
Press CTRL S to edit SFX 01 | |
Move to Row 00 of the SFX | |
Press / to enter Skip command again | We will construct a slow volume decaying note here but also with tremelo |
Move to next row | |
Press D to Delay 01 and increment to 03 | Press - to decrement and = to increment |
Move to next row | |
Press P to enter INC PITCH BY 01 and increment to 03 | Can also use DEL to reset value to 01 again |
Move to next row | |
Press D to Delay 01 and increment to 03 | |
Move to next row | |
Press P twice to enter DEC PITCH BY 01 and increment to 03 | |
Move to next row | |
Press V twice to enter DEC VOLUME BY 01 | |
Move to next row | |
Press L to enter LOOP TO ROW 05 | |
Decrement ( - ) to loop to row 01 | |
Press RETURN to listen to the Effect | The Effect will now play alot slower than SFX00 because we have increased the Delay |
Press CTRL P to return to the Pattern Editor | |
Press J to Grab the C-3 entry | |
Move to Row 16 of Track B | |
Press K to Drop the note | |
Move the cursor over the first field(Note) of Row 8,Track B | |
Press A then 2 then = to change the note to A#2 | Use - and = to modify the note by semitones. So you could have entered the same note by pressing - twice taking C-3 down to A#3 |
Move to row 32 and Press K to drop again and change to A-3 | |
Move to row 48 and Press K and change note to F-3 | |
Press RETURN to hear the combination of Track A with Track B | Press SHIFT S to stop any music |
Return to the List Editor(CTRL L) |
The song is very slow at the moment, so lets speed it up..
Move to Row 00 in the List Editor | |
Press RIGHT to select the Tempo field | |
Reduce the Tempo to 004 | The lower the value the faster the song. Use - and = to modify the value |
The song is now finished (or just begun!) so time to Save it..
Press CTRL F to go to the Files Editor | CTRL F will go to Files from any editor |
Press FUNC F to select MUSIC Filter | The default filter is module but it is not recommended to save as a MODULE in this first version of AYT. Incidentally FUNC is Left ALT in Emulator |
Move down to “????????? MUSIC” and Press FUNC S to Save new | |
Enter the filename (up to 9 Letters) then Press RETURN | After a short pause the Cursor will reappear and the filename will appear in the directory list |
Press CTRL L to return to the List Editor | If you make further changes and wait to save again, return to the file Editor with CTRL F then move cursor over filename and press FUNC S |
Well done, you have created your first AYT tune!