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MUSTRIX
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Joined: 28 Feb 2005

Posted: Tue Mar 01 2005 00:01 hI- NOOB PROBLEM
hi all, i need some help in here, i read teh tuturial but it talks about sutff i dont understand, seams to be not to a beginer, im a total beginenr, i dont know anything about music, im an idiot on this subject, so what am i doing here ? well, i was looking for a program that was able to read track modules, it and s3m specially, madtrack does this, my fisrt problem, how do i save soemthing has it or s3m ? is it possible ? second problem, im used to dance ejay, so what i was looking for in madtrack was to load some samples, do a musik like i do in dance ejay and then export to to module format, thats all, can someone help me ? because i dont knw how to load to mt, i load them and then nothing happens, is it possible to do a musik in mt liek in ejay, and then save it to module formate it or s3m ? pz help me on this, im really noob, and im sorry for the bad english but im foreign cheers

Inge
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Joined: 04 May 2003
Location: Nieuw Lekkerland @ Holland

Posted: Tue Mar 01 2005 00:22
1: http://anticapslock.com/files/RemoveIt.avi 2: MadTracker can only read S3M and IT files. It cannot save modules loaded in these formats. MadTracker can save as .XM (old FastTracker format) and .MT2 (MadTracker native format). 3: MadTracker is quite different from eJay. EJay (as far as I know) simply is an organizing/structuring tool to combine existing sequences/melodies/loops into new compositions. MadTracker, on the other hand, primarily is meant to work sample/VST wise. This means that you work with single notes (yes, don't be afraid, existing melodies exist out of single notes), which you organize (chords, some geeks call these) into new melodies (indeed. You need to be creative and stuff.). Take a look at http://beatmax.madtracker.net/mt2tutor/ to learn how MadTracker works. Furthermore, download some songs from http://www.madtracker.org/music.php to see what the practical end result of MadTracker songs is. Conclusion: yes, it's a steep learning curve. But even we, regular forum users, mastered it. Some fast, some slow, but essentially, our lives got better* Inge : not much, essentially, but still. We're not that* suicidal nowadays, are we?
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Inge
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Joined: 04 May 2003
Location: Nieuw Lekkerland @ Holland

Posted: Tue Mar 01 2005 00:24
...and if some moderator removes the capitals before anyone can see my amazingly funny jokes in action, I will have to assault this specific moderator.
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MUSTRIX
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Joined: 28 Feb 2005

Posted: Tue Mar 01 2005 04:29
i, im so sorry about the capslock, im so tired i didnt notice, sorry , ive read teh tuturial but i cant learn anything from it, can someone teach me or point me a small simple tuturial plz? where when i finish the tuturial i have a small music made of samples, it would be all i needed, someone plz ?

MUSTRIX
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Joined: 28 Feb 2005

Posted: Tue Mar 01 2005 05:15
where can i get instruments ? how do i load an instrument to a specific track ? i cant load istruments from besides track 1, why is that ? how do i load an intrument to track 2 and 3 ? where is the squencer ? tracks are patterns right ? and teh sequencer puts patterns togheter right ? so where is it man im bumb ! (but plz help anyway) cheers

MUSTRIX
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Joined: 28 Feb 2005

Posted: Tue Mar 01 2005 05:29
haaaa, im finally readign the tuturial, one problem thow, now i know how to make instruments, but how do i record on a specific track ? evrything edns up on track zero when i press on notes, also where is teh sequencer ? can i have a track with only one note that plays the entire sample and then in teh sequencer i repeat that track many times and make a loop ? like a drum loop ? how to do this ?

DJ_iNFiNiTY
Registered User

Joined: 27 Dec 2004
Location: Sydney - Australia

Posted: Wed Mar 02 2005 13:03
dude, while you're tracking, press the "Tab" key on your keyboard, this will move the recording across to the next "track", this way you can move back and forth between tracks. Just click the instrument you want to track with, then either click the record button, or press space - then start recording, and press tab when you want to move to another track. Hopefully i've explained this well enough, if not - i'm sure Inge can help.. take care dude, hav fun trackin!! ..i know i will
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Inge
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Joined: 04 May 2003
Location: Nieuw Lekkerland @ Holland

Posted: Wed Mar 02 2005 13:18
Some very important keyboard shortcuts: tab: move to track right shift-tab: move to track left space: enable/disable recording pageup/pagedown: move 16 cells up/down in the current pattern shift/ctrl/alt+f3: cut current track/pattern/selected area shift/ctrl/alt+f4: copy current track/pattern/selected area shift/ctrl/alt+f5: paste current track/pattern/selected area f1/f2: change current octave one down/up Furthermore, start playing with the mixer, fx panel and automation as soon as possible. They will become your best friends. You can find them in the middle, indicated by a graph/FX/envelope. Inge
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DJ_iNFiNiTY
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Joined: 27 Dec 2004
Location: Sydney - Australia

Posted: Thu Mar 03 2005 23:21
i never knew about the F1 and F2 shortcut.. and i've been tracking for years!!! ....hahaha.. but yeah, the other shortcuts come in VERY handy.. as for automation, i'm still trying to figure that out.. i can never seem to get the effects working the way i like.. but i'm still working with it, i'll get it some time
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