Matilde Tracker is a tracker machine for Buzz which behaves more like Protracker than Jeskola Tracker.
All Protracker effects that make sense in Buzz are implemented and behave in a similar fashion to their Protracker cousins, so you'll feel right at home. The E/xy effects have been renamed to Ex/yy, read on.
Additionally you now have two effects per note, life is sweet!
The machine is a stereo generator, so you need Buzz V1.2 or later to use it. If you're not using 1.2 or stereo is annoying, there's a mono version you can use instead.
Volume envelopes are supported, they take 64 ticks to complete. If this value is undesirable, it can be changed in the machine's attributes. Here you'll also be able to change the volume ramping value.
Have fun,
Carsten Sørensen
Column | Description |
1 | The note to play |
2 | The current wave. If empty, the previously selected wave will be used |
3 | Volume. 0=mute, 40=half, 80=full, FE=about double the volume |
4 and 6 | Effect to use, see below for description |
5 and 7 | Argument to the effect |
Command | Description | Reason |
5/xy | Keep tone portamento'ing and do volume slide with argument | Obsolete, there's two effects columns |
6/xy | Keep vibrato'ing and do volume slide with argument | Obsolete, there's two effects columns |
B/xx | Break to position | Not possible, machines have no control over the songposition |
C/xx | Set volume | Replaced by the volume parameter |
D/xx | Break to next position, step xx | Not possible, machines have no control over the songposition |
E/0x | Set filter state | Not implemented, use a filter machine instead |
E/3x | Set glissando | Not implemented |
E/43, E/47 | Set vibrato waveform to noise | Not implemented |
E/6x | Pattern loop | Not possible, machines have no control over the songposition |
E/73, E/77 | Set tremolo waveform to noise | Not implemented |
E/Ex | Patterndelay | Not possible, machines have no control over the songposition |
E/Fx | Invert loop | Not implemented |
Command | Argument | Description |
00 | xy | Arpeggio On subdivision step 0, the original note will be played. Step one will play the original note+x halftones. Step two will play the original note+y halftones. Step three will restart the process |
01 | xx | Slide up xx notches |
02 | xx | Slide down xx notches |
03 | xx | Tone portamento If xx is zero, keep portamento'ing |
04 | xy | Vibrato x - speed y - depth If either is zero, use previous value |
05 | xy | Slide panning x - amount to slide panning left y - amount to slide panning right |
06 | xy | Autopan x - speed y - depth If either is zero, use previous value |
07 | xy | Tremolo x - speed y - depth If either is zero, use previous value |
08 | xx | Set panning position 0=left, 80=middle, FF=right |
09 | xx | Sample offset xx - offset into sample. Unlike Protracker this is not an absolute offset but scales to the whole length of the sample, ie a value of 80 will start from the middle of the sample. If there's no argument, the sample offset will be set right at the end, useful for E8/01. |
0A | xy | Volume slide x - amount to slide volume up y - amount to slide volume down |
0F | xx | Subdivide amount This is the same as the Protracker Fxx command, except it doesn't actually change the speed of the song, only the speed of the effects. If the subdivide amount is higher, effects will be updated more often, making them run faster. The default value is 6. |
10 | xx | Probability xx - Probability for sample being played. 01=will almost certainly not be played, 80=50%, FF=almost certain |
E1 | xx | Fine slide up xx notches |
E2 | xx | Fine slide down xx notches |
E4 | 0x | Set vibrato type x - 0 - sine, retrig waveform at samplestart x - 1 - saw, retrig waveform at samplestart x - 2 - square, retrig waveform at samplestart x - 4 - sine, don't retrig waveform at samplestart x - 5 - saw, don't retrig waveform at samplestart x - 6 - square, don't retrig waveform at samplestart |
E5 | xx | Set finetune for track 00 = -1/2 halfnote, 80 = 0, FF = ~+1/2 halfnote |
E6 | 0x | Set panning type See E4/0x for parameter |
E7 | 0x | Set tremolo type See E4/0x for parameter |
E8 | 01 | Reverse direction of sample being played |
E9 | xx | Retrig sample xx - subdivision count at which sample is retriggered |
EA | xx | Fine volume slide up |
EB | xx | Fine volume slide down |
EC | xx | Note cutoff xx - subdivision count at which sample is cut |
ED | xx | Note delay Delay samplestart for xx subdivision steps |
EE | xx | Fine panning slide left |
EF | xx | Fine panning slide right |