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===== Screen 1B ===== | ===== Screen 1B ===== | ||
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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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===== Screen 2B ===== | ===== Screen 2B ===== | ||
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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. | ||
===== Screen 4B ===== | ===== Screen 4B ===== | ||
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Then we have two buttons that are used for the Auto Chord feature. We will go through the Auto Chord feature soon. For each sample, we can select if this sample is either a drum sample or a major chord (or both, which is a little bit strange but you can do it anyway). If you save your mod-file in VTM-format, these settings will be stored. They will not be stored if you save your mod-file in MOD format, since the MOD-format does not have this information. | Then we have two buttons that are used for the Auto Chord feature. We will go through the Auto Chord feature soon. For each sample, we can select if this sample is either a drum sample or a major chord (or both, which is a little bit strange but you can do it anyway). If you save your mod-file in VTM-format, these settings will be stored. They will not be stored if you save your mod-file in MOD format, since the MOD-format does not have this information. | ||
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+ | There are also two buttons for splitting and removing samples: SPLIT and REMOVE. You can use SPLIT to split a sample into two samples of equal size. Samples above the current sample will be pushed up with incremented sample number. REMOVE will remove current sample from the current number at put it last, i.e. at sample position 31 (so it won't delete it). All the samples above the current sample will be pushed down, so that sample x will become x-1, etc. | ||
==== Korg prologue, minologue xd, NTS-1 support ==== | ==== Korg prologue, minologue xd, NTS-1 support ==== | ||
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VividTracker has support to both send pattern data and sample data to the Korg Volca Sample (and the updated version Korg Volca Sample 2). Korg Volca Sample is a small sample sequencer from Korg that is really fun to play with. Data is sent using the audio, so you need to connect an audio cable to your Volca Sample. | VividTracker has support to both send pattern data and sample data to the Korg Volca Sample (and the updated version Korg Volca Sample 2). Korg Volca Sample is a small sample sequencer from Korg that is really fun to play with. Data is sent using the audio, so you need to connect an audio cable to your Volca Sample. | ||
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+ | **Transmitting samples:** | ||
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+ | Transmitting samples work in a similar way. The Volca Sample has 100 samples (0 to 99) and the Volca Sample 2 has 200 samples. You can transmit one sample at a time or batch upload more than one sample. Start with selecting the sample you want to upload, e.g. sample 5. The first number in the VOLCAS settings tells which sample slot you will upload to, the second number tells how many samples you will upload (from the currently selected sample and onwards). Here are three examples: | ||
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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 " | ||
**Transmitting patterns:** | **Transmitting patterns:** | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
- | Here are three examples: | + | Each pattern on the Volca is made of 10 parts, but parts 9-10 are " |
- | Say you have selected | + | The translation is done in the following way: First of all, the selected VOLCAS sample number will define which Volca sample corresponds to sample 1 in VividTracker. |
- | Say you have selected pattern | + | VividTracker will loop through which samples are used in the first track. |
- | Say that you only want to send the first 16 rows of pattern | + | 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 | ||
+ | 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. | ||
- | Once done, you press the SEND button. The patterns will now be transmitted | + | However, say that you want to use samples from 21 and onwards on the Korg Volca Sample |
- | **Transmitting samples:** | + | Here are three examples of how to send different patterns: |
- | Transmitting samples work in a similar way. The Volca Sample has 100 samples (0 to 99) and the Volca Sample | + | 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 |
- | Say that you have selected | + | Say you have selected |
- | Say that you have selected sample 1 and you set the VOLCAS settings | + | Say that you only want to send the first 16 rows of pattern 4 in VividTracker |
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- | Say that you have selected sample | + | |
- | There are two buttons SPLIT and REMOVE, which you can use to split a sample into two samples of equal size. Samples above will be | + | Yes, it is a little bit complicated but if you play around |
- | pushed up with incremented sample number. REMOVE | + | |
- | position 31. All the samples above the current sample will be pushed down, so that sample x will become x-1, etc. | + | |
+ | 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. | ||
===== Screen 5A ===== | ===== Screen 5A ===== | ||
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* Press § or < | * Press § or < | ||
* Press ESC or < | * Press ESC or < | ||
- | * Press <SHIFT>-6 to <SHIFT>-0 to jump to positions 0, 16, 32, 48, 63 (just like in Protracker where you use F6-F10) | + | * Press <CTRL>-6 to <CTRL>-0 to jump to positions 0, 16, 32, 48, 63 (just like in Protracker where you use F6-F10) |
* Press < | * Press < | ||
* Press < | * Press < |