Notes on Using

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Using

  • Place both the EXE and the DLL files in the same folder on the phone.
  • While files can be saved and opened, you should backup your patterns using export pattern.
  • You must add instruments in order to make sounds, the included instruments are tktki_cyanphasetbass.dll (or "CyanPhase TBass") and tktki_cyanphasettracker (or "CyanPhase TTracker"). TBase is a bass synth and you can change it's cutoff, resonance, decay, etc by setting up Cmd0 or Cmd1 (command shown below). TTracker uses the wavetable to playback samples.
  • Tokotracker's key mapping was designed for dial pads, qwerty mappings will come later.
    • The notes (---) are mapped to the usual dial code numbers on the dial pad: 2 cycles through A B C, 3 cycles through D E F, and 4 sets to G, press the hash/pound/number key (#) to toggle the sharp of the note. 1 clears the note back to --- and 0 makes a note off.
    • The parameter fields (..) are mapped to the usual dial code numbers on the dial pad: 1 sets to 1, 2 cycles through 2 A B C, 3 cycles through 3 D E F, 4 and above sets to their respective numbers, press the hash/pound/number key (#) to clear the parameter field back to ...
    • star (*) tabs between screen views (pattern, sequencer, instruments, effects, wavetable)
  • For a note to sound, there must be an instrument in the 3rd column (00 for first instrument, 01 for second, etc.) Adding a note automatically adds the last used instrument number in the instrument field.


Compatibility Note

0.4 beta will have a different file format for importing and exporting patterns, which will be XML based (an attempt at a standard interchange format for trackers in general), and therefore incompatible with the one currently used in 0.3.

0.3b update to 3.0

There was a bug with the save dialog, I've just noticed that many phones may not have "\My Documents\", now replaced with "\".

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