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====== VividTracker Reference Manual ====== | ====== VividTracker Reference Manual ====== | ||
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The T+ and T- buttons are unique in VividTracker. They let you transpose the notes in the bottom keyboard up and down. If you want to step more than one note at a time, you can do that by holding the transpose button down. | The T+ and T- buttons are unique in VividTracker. They let you transpose the notes in the bottom keyboard up and down. If you want to step more than one note at a time, you can do that by holding the transpose button down. | ||
- | SAMPL works almost like in Protracker. It let's you select the current sample from 01 to 31. However, | + | SAMPL works almost like in Protracker. It let's you select the current sample from 01 to 31. |
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+ | ? gives you this text but directly within VividTracker without the images. It is nice to have for a quick reference. | ||
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+ | HELP opens the VividTracker homepage in Safari. | ||
STEPS finally is a feature that allows you to select the number of steps you want to take when you enter a note or some other data in the pattern. The default value is 1, i.e. as soon as you enter a note you will step to the next row. If you like to enter a drum beat with a kick drum at every fourth row, you can do that easily by setting the steps value to 4. You will then jump four rows at a time when you enter your notes. Note that this feature is not controlling the STEP button. The STEP button is always jumping one row at a time. | STEPS finally is a feature that allows you to select the number of steps you want to take when you enter a note or some other data in the pattern. The default value is 1, i.e. as soon as you enter a note you will step to the next row. If you like to enter a drum beat with a kick drum at every fourth row, you can do that easily by setting the steps value to 4. You will then jump four rows at a time when you enter your notes. Note that this feature is not controlling the STEP button. The STEP button is always jumping one row at a time. | ||
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This screen replaces the STEPS function from SCREEN 1A with a BOOST function. BOOST allows you to boost the volume. This is great for modules with low amplitude, but modules with already high amplitude will get through the roof and you get distortion. BOOST=1 equals no boost. On this screen, you can also set if the tracker should be in 4-tracks or 8-tracks mode by pressing the " | This screen replaces the STEPS function from SCREEN 1A with a BOOST function. BOOST allows you to boost the volume. This is great for modules with low amplitude, but modules with already high amplitude will get through the roof and you get distortion. BOOST=1 equals no boost. On this screen, you can also set if the tracker should be in 4-tracks or 8-tracks mode by pressing the " | ||
A new button called DUP allows you to easy duplicate a pattern. Select a pattern that you want to duplicate at a specific position in your song, e.g. pattern 3 at position 7. You want to create a slightly different version of pattern 3 at position 7. When you press DUP, VividTracker will search for an empty pattern (e.g. pattern 1) and copy pattern 3 to that pattern. VividTracker will then set the new pattern number (e.g. pattern 1)to the current position in your song (e.g. position 7). | A new button called DUP allows you to easy duplicate a pattern. Select a pattern that you want to duplicate at a specific position in your song, e.g. pattern 3 at position 7. You want to create a slightly different version of pattern 3 at position 7. When you press DUP, VividTracker will search for an empty pattern (e.g. pattern 1) and copy pattern 3 to that pattern. VividTracker will then set the new pattern number (e.g. pattern 1)to the current position in your song (e.g. position 7). | ||
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+ | VividTracker allows you to load two modules at the same time, as "Mod A" and "Mod B". This is a great feature where you can easily swap between two modules. Say for instance that you are making a new song but you want to take inspiration from another module. You can then load the other module as module B. The button "MOD A" tells you that you are currently working on module A. Press it to swap to module B. The button will now read "MOD B". The module will be empty if you have not yet loaded anything to module B. Press the button again to swap back to module A. The same button is also present in Screen 2A & 2B, and Screen 4A. | ||
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===== Screen 2A ===== | ===== Screen 2A ===== | ||
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4 (or 8) is a button telling if the currently loaded pattern has 4 or 8 tracks. It will either read " | 4 (or 8) is a button telling if the currently loaded pattern has 4 or 8 tracks. It will either read " | ||
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+ | MOD A (or MOD B) allows you to easily swap between two modules A and B. See Screen 1B for further information. | ||
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DISP is the same as DISPLAY in Protracker, and will let you listen to the selected range or the selected area. It will play back the sample with the selected NOTE. DISP can play samples above B-3, so you can get audio feedback when resampling. Also, DISP can play parts of the sample that extends 65536 bytes. | DISP is the same as DISPLAY in Protracker, and will let you listen to the selected range or the selected area. It will play back the sample with the selected NOTE. DISP can play samples above B-3, so you can get audio feedback when resampling. Also, DISP can play parts of the sample that extends 65536 bytes. | ||
+ | MOD A (or MOD B) allows you to swap between two modules A and B. See Screen 1B for further information. | ||
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The FTUNE is replaced by XFADE, which is a powerful feature to interpolate loop points in a sample to reduce clicking sounds at the end points. The issue with loops in Protracker is to find the perfect spot for the loop to start and end. If the start and end of the loop has very different values in the sample (e.g. 20 at the start, 50 at the end), you will hear a clicking sound. If you have a loop and press the XFADE + button a couple of times, you will see a green area before both loop points. When you press down the XFADE button, the sample data from the first green area (before the first loop point) will be interpolated over to the second green area (before the second loop point), effectively making sure that the sample values at the loop points are the same. You can select how large the green area should be with the +/- buttons. An example of this is shown in the image above. | The FTUNE is replaced by XFADE, which is a powerful feature to interpolate loop points in a sample to reduce clicking sounds at the end points. The issue with loops in Protracker is to find the perfect spot for the loop to start and end. If the start and end of the loop has very different values in the sample (e.g. 20 at the start, 50 at the end), you will hear a clicking sound. If you have a loop and press the XFADE + button a couple of times, you will see a green area before both loop points. When you press down the XFADE button, the sample data from the first green area (before the first loop point) will be interpolated over to the second green area (before the second loop point), effectively making sure that the sample values at the loop points are the same. You can select how large the green area should be with the +/- buttons. An example of this is shown in the image above. | ||
- | The resampling buttons are replaced with Korg Volca Sample buttons: | ||
- | The first thing you see is "VOLCA 0". This tells you that the sample you upload will be send to the sample slot 0 on the Korg Volca Sample. Next to it, you will find the two buttons + and -. These two buttons are used to change the sample | + | There is a STEREO button next to the STOP button. This is a toggle button, so by pressing it once it will remain pressed down until you press it again. Selecting STEREO-mode here tells VividTracker |
- | There are two buttons | + | Then we have two buttons |
- | pushed up with incremented sample number. REMOVE will remove current | + | |
- | position 31. All the samples above the current | + | |
- | There is a STEREO button next to the STOP button. This is a toggle button, so by pressing it once it will remain pressed down until you press it again. Selecting STEREO-mode here tells VividTracker | + | There are also two buttons for splitting and removing samples: SPLIT and REMOVE. You can use SPLIT to split a sample into two samples |
- | The LOGUE button will create a user oscillator for Korg Prologue, Korg Minilogue XD or Korg NTS-1 for the selected sample. The sample size limit is 25 kB and the user oscillator will be available in the modules list where it can be uploaded to Dropbox or opened in other apps. It can also be accessible from the Files app on your iPhone/ | + | ==== Korg prologue, minologue xd, NTS-1 support ==== |
- | Then we have two buttons that are used for the Auto Chord feature. We will go through | + | VividTracker can send samples as user oscillators to Korg prologue, Korg minologue xd, and Korg NTS-1. The sample size is limited to 25 kB. The playback routine |
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+ | You can only upload one sample per user oscillator. First, you select | ||
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+ | The oscillator will be stored to the location you have selected in the right file browser on screen 2. You may get a message saying: " | ||
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+ | ==== Volca Sample features ==== | ||
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+ | VividTracker has support to both send pattern data and sample | ||
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+ | **Transmitting samples: | ||
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+ | Transmitting samples work in a similar way. The Volca Sample has 100 samples | ||
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+ | Say that you have selected sample 5 and you set the VOLCAS settings to " | ||
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+ | Say that you have selected sample 1 and you set the VOLCAS settings to " | ||
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+ | Say that you have selected sample 1 and you set the VOLCAS settings to " | ||
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+ | **Transmitting patterns: | ||
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+ | The VOLCAP button | ||
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+ | Up to four Volca patterns can be transmitted at the same time. It is the current VividTracker pattern that you have selected that will be transmitted to Volca Sample. If you select that you only want to send one pattern, then only the first 16 rows will be transmitted. If you select that you want to send two patterns, the first 32 rows will be sent as two Volca Sample patterns (16 steps each). If you select that you want to send four patterns, you will divide the current VividTracker pattern into four Volca Sample patterns with 16 steps each. | ||
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+ | Each pattern on the Volca is made of 10 parts, but parts 9-10 are " | ||
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+ | The translation is done in the following way: First of all, the selected VOLCAS sample number | ||
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+ | VividTracker will loop through which samples are used in the first track. Say that sample 1 and 5 are used. They will then be given the parts 1 and 2. VividTracker will then move on to the second track. Say that sample 3 and 5 are used. They will then be given the parts 3 and 4. Say that we are not using track 3 and 4. We will then have the following arrangement: | ||
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+ | Track 1, sample 1: These notes will be sent to part 1, and given the sample number 0. | ||
+ | Track 1, sample 5: The notes for sample 5, track 1, will be sent to part 2, and given the sample number 4. | ||
+ | Track 2, sample 3: These notes will be sent to part 3, and given the sample number 2. | ||
+ | Track 2, sample 5: These notes will be sent to part 4, and given the sample number 4. | ||
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+ | However, say that you want to use samples from 21 and onwards on the Korg Volca Sample to correspond to samples 1 and onwards | ||
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+ | Here are three examples of how to send different patterns: | ||
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+ | Say you have selected pattern 5 in VividTracker. You want to send the first 32 rows of this pattern into pattern slots 5 and 6 of the Volca Sample. You want sample 1 in VividTracker to correspond to sample 1 in Volca Sample. Then you select " | ||
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+ | Say you have selected pattern 2 in VividTracker. You want to send all 64 rows as four patterns to the Volca Sample, starting from slot 1. You want sample 1 in VividTracker to correspond to sample 11 in Volca Sample. Then you select " | ||
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+ | Say that you only want to send the first 16 rows of pattern 4 in VividTracker to slot 10. You want sample 1 to correspond to Volca sample 0. Then, you select pattern 4 in VividTracker, | ||
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+ | Yes, it is a little bit complicated but if you play around with this you will get the hang of it. | ||
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+ | Once done, you press the SEND button. The patterns will now be transmitted to the Volca Sample using audio. Please read the documentation on Korg Volca Sample on how to transmit data. | ||
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ECHO is a nice little feature that allows you to create an echo effect of notes in the pattern. If you have a note, e.g. C-3, this feature will echo it a number of rows later with half of the volume. You can select the number of rows using the +/- buttons (the default value is 2). The effect will only take place in the track where you have your cursor and it will only be applied on the currently selected sample. The effect will only create one echo, but you can press the button again to get more echos. The button you press is the button with the "ECHO xx" text in it, i.e. it's not a separate button. | ECHO is a nice little feature that allows you to create an echo effect of notes in the pattern. If you have a note, e.g. C-3, this feature will echo it a number of rows later with half of the volume. You can select the number of rows using the +/- buttons (the default value is 2). The effect will only take place in the track where you have your cursor and it will only be applied on the currently selected sample. The effect will only create one echo, but you can press the button again to get more echos. The button you press is the button with the "ECHO xx" text in it, i.e. it's not a separate button. | ||
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MARK will allow you to mark rows in the current track. When you press it, you will see that the current row for the current track turns green. If you then move to another row with your finger, you will mark all the rows in between with green. The +/- buttons next to echo will transpose the marked rows if you are in marked mode. | MARK will allow you to mark rows in the current track. When you press it, you will see that the current row for the current track turns green. If you then move to another row with your finger, you will mark all the rows in between with green. The +/- buttons next to echo will transpose the marked rows if you are in marked mode. | ||
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PLAY, STOP and PATT are the same as in SCREEN 1. | PLAY, STOP and PATT are the same as in SCREEN 1. | ||