-------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sound Monitor KeyBoard function keys description -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use The following keys: a) In step edit mode: F1 - Load Song F2 - Save Song F3 - Play Song all over F4 - Play Song from current step F5 - Stop Playing F6 - Change Songlength F7 - Save Module F8 - Edit current Sample F9 - Insert Step F10- Delete Step = - Toggle Noteinsert (for patterneditor) \ - Toggle KeyBoardPlay (for patterneditor) [ - Shift KeyBoard to lower octave (dito.) ] - Shift KeyBoard to higher octave (and again) ESC- Clear Song ` - Goto DEL- Reload Samples HELP- Quit A-F/0-9 - Edit data Keypad: + - Next Sample - - Previous Sample ENTER - Use Preset (When presets are loaded). The Preset file is named PLST, and is in the same format as the soundtracker PLST. (so you can use ST's PED too). Use cursor keys to select preset, RETURN to use, ENTER to cancel * - Asks for a samplename (without diskname) and searches this one in the presets list and loads it. (Where a '*' in the samplename stands for any number of any kind of char. For example: BASS* could mean BASSDRUM or BASSGUITAR or BASS. Note that BASS*DRUM is the same as BASS* cause wildcards are only usefull at the end of the samplename). b) In Pattern edit mode: Most keys do the same except, F9 - Copy Pattern F10- Clear Pattern The keyboard is now transfered into a Piano-like keyboard as follows 2 3 5 6 7 9 0 C#2 D#2 F#2 G#2 A#2 C#3 D#3 Q W E R T Y U I O P C-2 D-2 E-2 F-2 G-2 A-2 B-2 C-3 D-3 E-3 S D G H J L ; C#1 D#1 F#1 G#1 A#1 C#2 D#2 Z X C V B N M , . / C-1 D-1 E-1 F-1 G-1 A-1 B-1 C-2 D-2 E-2 (Like SoundTracker...) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technical Details: This is the second version of my soundeditor, the first one was written in Basic (yes, Basic). The player was created in august 1988, so was the first editor. This second version was written entirely in assembler (yes, Assembler !!!), and it was created in four days (from 29-1-1989 till 1-2-1989). The source code is over 60Kbytes long. In the near future I will problaly improve some functions (like the character-read- routine and the keyboard-play-routine). Brian's soundmon contains the following options: 0 = arpeggio 1 = set volume 2 = set tempo (6=normal,1=fastest) 3 = set LED status 4 = slide up 5 = slide down 6 = set repeat counter 7 = decreases repeat counter and branches to pattern number in data when repeat counter reached zero 8 = Set Auto Slide 9 = Set Auto Arpeggio A = Transposes off. As follows: If the hi-nibble of the data is not zero then transpose is turned off, if the low-nibble of the data is not zero then soundtranspose is turned off. Example: A-00 ->normal, A-10->no transpose, A-01->no soundtranspose and A-11 is no transpose and no soundtranspose. Options 6 & 7 can be used to repeat a song part several times. Problaly there will be some options added in the future. You can edit up to 341 (=$155) patterns, because I allocated 16Kb of memory for the patterns, if you need more -> call me. The maximum samplelength = 65534 bytes. Update 29-3-1989: Today I added Module Saving, use the normal Player to play modules, adjust the length of the 'bpsong: blk.b' to the module length and set the length of 's1-sf' to zero. Modules are saved in 'ST-00:MODULES/" For more detailed instructions read: BS.DOC (also on this disk) Brian's Soundmon was created by Brian Postma. N.B.: I have not added a filerequester (yet), instead of this you can type 'DIR BPSONGS' from your CLI. Use the normal Amiga keys to switch screens (these are: 'LEFT-AMIGA+N' and 'LEFT-AMIGA+M') -------------------------------------------------------------------------- For questions, remarks, compliments or complaints contact: Brian Postma J.v.Hartenstraat 51 7576VX Oldenzaal Holland Tel: 05410-14763 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special thanks to: -Martin, for pushing me all the time to write this program (Otherwise it was never written). -Rush,Metallica,Queensryche,Megadeth and Sanctuary, for aural stimulation.