* == ADLIB TRACKER ==
** General Commands
F1 Help
F2 (^S) Save file
F3 (^L) Load file
F4 (^A) Toggle Nuke'm dialog
F5 Play
F6 Pause
F7 Stop
F8 Play song from current pattern or order
F9 Play current pattern or order only
[Ctrl] F8 @F8 from current line ┐
[Ctrl] F9 @F9 from current line ├ (Pattern Editor)
[Alt] F6 Single-play pattern ┘ (Shift toggles trace)
[Alt] F5 @F5 ┐
[Alt] F8 @F8 ├ without synchronization
[Alt] F9 @F9 ┘
[Shift] F2 Quick Save
[Shift] F3 Quick Load
[Shift] F5 F5 with Trace
[Shift] F6 Toggle Debug mode from position at cursor
[Shift] F8 F8 with Trace
[Shift] F9 F9 with Trace
[Shift] Space Toggle MidiBoard mode ON/OFF
^Space Toggle Note Recorder mode ON/OFF (if possible)
[Ctrl] Home,End Skip to previous/next pattern while Tracing
+,- Same as above; play pattern from start
** Recorder Mode
^Left,^Right Select group of tracks for recording
Enter Start recording from current position (*)
Space Toggle using custom instrument for all tracks ┐
[Alt] Space Toggle using present instruments in tracks ├ ref.
MBoard keys Write notes to corresponding tracks │ (*)
F8,F9 Toggle pattern repeat OFF/ON ┘
Backspace Clear note/instrument sequence in tracks
^Backspace Clear complete note/instrument columns
Up,Down Rewind/Fast-Forward while recording
[Shift] Up,Down Increase/Decrease row correction for writing notes
[Shift] F6 Continue in Debug mode from position at cursor
F7 Stop recording and reset starting position;
current group of tracks can be modified
[Alt] 1..9,0 Toggle track channel ON/OFF (Shift toggles 1X)
[Alt] R Reset flags on all tracks
* Reverse ON/OFF on all tracks
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ IF SONG IS PLAYED WITH TRACE, IT CAN BE REMOVED WHILE... │
├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Enter Playback is paused and cursor stays on position │
│ Esc Cursor jumps to last position and playback continues │
│ [Shift] Esc Cursor stays on position and playback continues │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Note that playing with Trace and playing without synchronization can be
set up in configuration file (see options "trace_by_default"
and "nosync_by_default")
^Enter Play next pattern according to order
^Left (Up) Rewind current pattern (with Trace)
^Right (Down) Fast-Forward (with Trace)
[Ctrl]{Shift} Up,Down Change playback speed up/down {fine stepping}
[Ctrl]{Shift} Up+Down Reset playback speed {default speed}
[Ctrl][Alt] Temporarily show Debug Info window
^B Toggle Message Board window
^D Toggle Debug Info window
^Q Toggle Instrument Macro Editor window
^G Toggle Arpeggio/Vibrato Macro Editor window
^M Toggle Macro Browser window
^F Toggle Song Variables window
^H Toggle Replace window
^I Toggle Instrument Control panel
^E Toggle Instrument Editor window
^O Toggle Octave Control panel
^P Toggle Pattern List window
^R Toggle Remap Instrument window
^T Toggle Transpose window
^X Toggle Rearrange Tracks window
^1..^8 Quick-set octave
[Alt] +,- (Up,Down) Adjust volume level of sound output
[Alt] C Copy object to clipboard (with selection)
[Alt] P Paste object from clipboard
[Alt] M Toggle marking lines ON/OFF
[Alt] L Toggle Line Marking Setup window
[Alt] 1..9,0 Toggle track channel ON/OFF (Shift toggles 1X)
[Alt] S Set all OFF except current track (solo)
[Alt] R Reset flags on all tracks
* Reverse ON/OFF on all tracks
F10 Quit program
F11 Toggle typing mode in Pattern Editor (AT-►FT-►ST)
F12 Toggle line feed in Pattern Editor
[Shift] F12 Toggle jump to marked line in Pattern Editor
[Ctrl][Tab] [...] (*) Scroll Volume Analyzer section (if necessary)
(*) Up,Down,PgUp,PgDown
** III/2. WAV RECORDER KEY REFERENCE
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[Alt|Ctrl]{Shift} F11 Toggle WAV recording ON
[Alt|Ctrl]{Shift} F12 Toggle WAV recording OFF
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│ FUNCTiONALiTY OF ALTERNATiVE KEYS │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Alt Toggle normal recording mode │
│ Ctrl Toggle 'per track' recording mode │
│ Shift Toggle Fade in / Fade out sound processing │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ POSSiBLE COMBiNATiONS: Alt,Ctrl,Alt+Shift,Ctrl+Shift │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
If 'per track' recording mode is activated and song playback is stopped
you can exclude/include corresponing tracks from/to being recorded
with ordinary track selection procedure:
[Alt] 1..9,0 Toggle track channel ON/OFF (Shift toggles 1X)
[Alt] S Set all OFF except current track (solo)
[Alt] R Reset flags on all tracks
** III/3. PATTERN ORDER KEY REFERENCE
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Up,Down,Left,Right Cursor navigation
PgUp,PgDn Move up/down 32 patterns
Home,End Move to the top/end of pattern order
Tab,[Shift] Tab Move to next/previous entry
Insert Insert new entry
Delete Delete entry
Backspace Clear entry
^Space Enter skip mark
^C Copy entry to clipboard
^V Paste entry from clipboard
+,- Adjust entry
^F2 Save module in tiny format
Enter Switch to Pattern Editor
Note that 80-FF pattern number range causes a jump in pattern order.
syntax: order_number[hex](+80h); e.g. "9A" jumps to order 1A
** III/4. PATTERN EDITOR KEY REFERENCE
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Up,Down,Left,Right Cursor navigation
PgUp,PgDn Move up/down 16 lines
Home,End Move to the top/end of current pattern
Tab,[Shift] Tab Move to next/previous track
[Shift] PgDn,PgUp (+,-) Move to next/previous pattern
[Shift] Home,End Move fwd./bckwd. to the first/last pattern
^Home,^End Move to the end/top of previous/next pattern
Space Advance to next row
^PgUp,^PgDn Transpose note (block) halftone up/down
Backspace Remove note or clear attributes
Insert Insert new line (within track only)
Delete Delete line (within track only)
[Shift] Insert Insert new line
[Shift] Delete Delete line
[Shift] Enter Toggle fixed and regular note
^K Insert Key-Off
^C Copy object at cursor to clipboard
^V Paste object from clipboard
[Alt][Shift] P Paste object from clipboard to more patterns
^Z Undo last operation (if possible)
{Ctrl} "[","]" Change current instrument
[Alt] F2 Save current pattern to file
^F2 Save module in tiny format
[Shift] F3 Quick load recent pattern data
Enter Switch to Pattern Order
NOTE SYSTEM: C,C#,D,D#,E,F,F#,G,G#,A,A#,B(H)
VALiD NOTE ENTRiES: C,C-,C#,C1,C-1,C#1...
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│ BLOCK OPERATiONS IN PATTERN EDITOR │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Starting to mark a block: [Shift] Up,Down,Left,Right │
│ When at least one row in one track is marked, you can continue │
│ marking also with PgUp,PgDn,Home,End (Shift is still held down!) │
│ Quick mark: [Alt] Q (1x-2x-3x) track ─> pattern ─> discard │
│ Toggle last marked block: [Alt] B │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ^B Blank block (Insert blank block to pattern) │
│ ^C Copy block (Copy block to clipboard) │
│ ^D Delete block (Remove block from pattern) │
│ ^N Nuke block (Clear block contents) │
│ ^V Paste block (Paste block from clipboard to pattern) (*) │
│ ^X Cut block (Combine both Copy and Delete operation) │
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│ (*) PASTE BLOCK OPERATION VARIANTS │
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│ "Paste block" operation has three other functional variants │
│ with different key shortcuts for activation: │
│ 1) [Alt] V toggles "Mix block" operation, when block data │
│ from clipboard is applied without overwriting existing data; │
│ 2) [Shift] ^V toggles "Selective paste block" operation, │
│ when only block data from clipboard corresponding to current │
│ cursor position is being applied (i.e. note, instrument, │
│ 1st effect or 2nd effect). │
│ 3) [Alt][Shift] V toggles "Flipped paste block" operation, │
│ when block data from clipboard is applied vertically flipped. │
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│ MANIPULATION WITH FX VOLUME INFORMATION │
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│ When there is block marked, which contains some effect │
│ commands carrying volume information, you can increase/decrease │
│ their values with +/- keys. │
