IntroductionMatilde 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 1.2 or later to use it. In fact, you'll probably need the latest beta too. If you think you need the newest version of Buzz, go to www.buzzmachines.com. You'll also auxbus.dll. If stereo is annoying, there's a mono version you can use instead. Volume, pitch and panning envelopes are supported, they take 64 ticks to complete. If this value is undesirable, it can be changed in the machine's attributes. Have fun, |
When enabled, the tracker supports 64 note polyphony, in much the same way a hardware sampler handles it. What it does exactly, is when you play a new note the last one is allowed to finish. This is great for chord riffs, plucked strings and a bunch of other stuff. So now, instead of going through the hassle of using more tracks, you can enable virtual channels instead.
Sometimes the note will be cut anyway to make sure no samples sit there and take up all the channels. This happens when you have a looping sample with no suitable volume envelope. This is a safety measure and completely intentional.
You'll have to set up the attributes to the right channel. Now, the machine will respond to MIDI in events.
The tracks play the note with the last instrument used in the track, so a track will have to have played something before any
sound is made. This is normally not what you want, using an attribute you can select the wave MIDI
events will use instead.
The default behaviour for MIDI events is to use all available tracks in succession from left to right, including all unused tracks. You can change the behaviour using an attribute to use unused tracks only so you can jam along with your track.
For more information, refer to the attribute descriptions below.
| Attribute | Description |
| Volume Ramp | The time in milliseconds micro volume-ramping takes. This is to avoid clicks. |
| Volume Envelope Span | The number of ticks a volume envelope spans from left to right. |
| MIDI Channel | The MIDI channel the machine responds to. 0 means it doesn't respond. |
| MIDI Velocity Sensitivity | How sensitive the machine is to MIDI velocity. 0 means it doesn't care, 256 means it cares a lot ;) |
| MIDI Wave | MIDI notes will use this waveform. |
| MIDI Uses Free Tracks | If 1 - MIDI notes will only use free tracks. If not, all tracks. |
| Filter | Filtering mode when playing waveforms. 0=none, 1=linear, 2=spline. Spline is much slower than linear, so only use it if you can handle it. |
| Pitch Envelope Depth | Pitch envelope will range between +- this attribute. |
| Enable Virtual Channels | 0=normal behaviour, 1=virtual channels enabled |
| Long loop fit factor | Adjust the length of the units of the 2F command. If you specify 1, the 2F command will be just like the 12 command. If you specify 2, it will loop fit twice as long breakbeats etc. |
| Offset volume gain | Drum sounds ususally fade out towards the end, so when you use the
offset slider, the sound will attenuate. This attribute can resolve this problem by raising
the volume correspondingly. The default value of 10 will cause a slight increase in volume, when
you use the Offset slider in "percussion" mode. 0=volume is unchanged regardless of the Offset slider's position. |
| 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 | Notes |
| 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 |
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| 01 | xx | Slide up xx notches | |
| 02 | xx | Slide down xx notches | |
| 03 | xx | Tone portamento If xx is zero, keep portamento'ing |
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| 04 | xy | Vibrato x - speed y - depth If either is zero, use previous value |
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| 05 | xy | Slide panning x - amount to slide panning left y - amount to slide panning right |
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| 06 | xy | Autopan x - speed y - depth If either is zero, use previous value |
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| 07 | xy | Tremolo x - speed y - depth If either is zero, use previous value |
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| 08 | xx | Set panning position 0=left, 80=middle, FF=right |
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| 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. |
Use with a note |
| 0A | xy | Volume slide x - amount to slide volume up y - amount to slide volume down |
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| 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 track's effects. If the subdivide amount is higher, effects will be updated more often, making them run faster. The default value is 6. |
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| 10 | xx | Probability (with note-off) xx - Probability for sample being played. 01=will almost certainly not be played, 80=50%, FF=almost certain. When notes are not played, the previous wave is interrupted. (see also command 30) |
Use with a note |
| 11 | xx | Loop fit xx - Number of ticks the waveform's loop should take to complete. Changes the frequency of the waveform. |
Use with a note |
| 12 | xx | Loop fit xx - Same as 11, but tracks song speed changes and adjust the frequency accordingly. |
Use with a note |
| 13 | xy | Auto shuffle x - Ticks to shuffle. 2 shuffles every other step, 3 every third step and so on. y=Shuffle amount. 0=none, F=almost a full tick. change the subdivision amount to, say, 10 for greater precision. |
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| 14 | xx | Randomize volume xx - Maximum amount the volume will be randomized |
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| 15 | xx | Random delay xx - Maximum number of subdivision steps the note will be delayed |
Use with a note |
| 16 | xx | Randomize pitch xx - Maximum number of notches the pitch will be randomized |
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| 17 | xx | Harmonic play xx - The base frequency will be multiplied by xx |
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| 18 | xy | Combined note delay and cut x - The subdivision step to trigger the note y - The subdivision step to release the note |
Use with a note |
| 19 | xy | Sustain pedal y - Subdivision step to trigger command x=1 - Depress sustain pedal x=2 - Release sustain pedal |
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| 2F | xx | Long loop fit xx - Same as 12, but multiplied by 128 |
Use with a note |
| 30 | xx | Probability (without note-off) xx - Probability for sample being played. 01=will almost certainly not be played, 80=50%, FF=almost certain |
Use with a note |
| DC | xx | Note cutoff, releases note | |
| 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 |
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| E5 | xx | Set finetune for track 00 = -1/2 halfnote, 80 = 0, FF = ~+1/2 halfnote |
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| E6 | 0x | Set panning type See E4/0x for parameter |
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| E7 | 0x | Set tremolo type See E4/0x for parameter |
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| E8 | 01 | Reverse direction of sample being played | |
| E9 | xx | Retrig sample xx - subdivision count at which sample is retriggered |
Use with a note |
| EA | xx | Fine volume slide up | |
| EB | xx | Fine volume slide down | |
| EC | xx | Note cutoff, set volume to zero | |
| ED | xx | Note delay Delay samplestart for xx subdivision steps |
Use with a note |
| EE | xx | Fine panning slide left | |
| EF | xx | Fine panning slide right |