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The Main Sequencer 5

The window is coarsely divided into 5 columns. Column 1-4 are for the voices, the 5th is reserved for

samples (digital sounds, usually drums). For each voice, there are 3 entries. The first of these holds

the number of the sequence to be played. The second number holds a transpose value, in half-note

steps. (01,02 etc will transpose upward, ff, fe etc will transpose down). The third number holds a value

that will be added to the instrument numbers in the sequence. Combining these, makes you able to

(re-)use one sequence in multiple pitches and with different intruments. (See also the sequence

editor, and the instrument editor.)

The table has 128 lines. You can choose what lines to display by using the scrollbar on the righthand

side of the window. The cursor can be positioned by the cursor-keys aswell as the joystick or mouse.

With the keys <Insert> and <Delete> you can insert or delete rows in the table.

To inform the player routine what the end of a song is, it needs to be specially marked. By entering

<Control-R> it'll repeat the song from the start in an endless loop, while entering <Control-E> will

make the song end.

7 The Sequence editor

In this window, all the notes are entered, that make up a sequence. You can open up this window by

clicking the "NOTES"-icon. It doesn't use normal music notation, instead it has a simpler, more

technially oriented input method. Notes are listed in table form which will be played from top to

bottom at a certain speed. If a note exists at the location in the table, it will be played.

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