▦ PoopTracker

Module
Transport
Tempo
Edit
Screen

Order

Pattern

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Instruments

Instrument settings

Sample
Region –
Hit
Loop –
Env.
Drag: region · hit · loop · click empty space = hit · dark = outside the region · blue = pre-roll

Output · click a channel tile = mute · right-click = solo

Shortcuts

Keyboard (FastTracker 2 layout, physical keys): ZSXDC… lower octave, Q2W3E… upper octave · F1–F8 octave · 1 / CapsLock key-off.

Play: Enter song from the start · Shift+Enter song from this pattern · ⌘/Ctrl+Enter loop this pattern · Space stop; when stopped, edit mode on/off (off: the keys only play; red frame = on) · ⌘/Ctrl+F follow on/off · Shift+M mute channel · ⌘/Ctrl+Shift+M invert mutes · Shift+U unmute all · click a channel's header or tile: mute, right-click: solo (again: all back).

Move: ↑↓←→ PgUp/PgDn Home/End · F9–F12 row 0, ¼, ½, ¾ · Tab/Shift+Tab channel · Shift+↑↓ instrument · Shift+←→ order position · Alt+Q…I channel 0–7 · ` / Shift+` edit step up/down · ⌘/Ctrl+←→ pattern number in the order · ⌘/Ctrl+F9/F10 delete/insert order position.

Edit (edit mode on): Del / Backspace clear field · Shift+Del cell · ⌘/Ctrl+Del volume and effect · Alt+Del effect · Ins / Alt+Backspace insert space in the channel · Shift+Ins / Shift+Alt+Backspace insert a row in all channels · Shift+Backspace delete row (pull up) · type hex in the inst/vol/effect columns.

Blocks: Alt+arrow keys (or Shift+PgUp/PgDn/Home/End) or drag with the mouse = select · ⌘/Ctrl+C / X / V or Alt+F4 / F3 / F5 copy / cut / paste (at the cursor; edit mode on or off) · Shift+F3/F4/F5 the channel · ⌘/Ctrl+F3/F4/F5 the pattern · Del delete selection · Esc drop selection · ⌘/Ctrl+Z undo · ⌘/Ctrl+Shift+Z redo · ⌘/Ctrl+S save the song · ⌘/Ctrl+O load a song.

On a Mac the F keys need fn (unless "Use F1, F2… as standard function keys" is on).

Effects: 3xx tone porta · 4xy vibrato · 8xx pan · 9xx sample offset (xx/256 of the region, no pre-roll) · Axy vol slide · E9x retrig (stutter from the hit) · ECx note cut · EDx note delay · Fxx speed/BPM · Video only: Sxx zoom/shake punch · Ixx color-invert flash · Gxy the tile grows over x columns, y rows (rightwards and down; 0 = all, G00 full screen) until the channel goes silent.

What you see: volume × envelope = brightness · pitch = video speed (C-5 twice as fast, C-3 half-speed slow motion) · vibrato makes the video wobble too.

Adding videos: drop a video on the page → new instrument · drop a .poop → open the song.

Bench (⌘/Ctrl+B, a long video in, pieces out as instruments): Space play/pause · ←→ 1 s · Shift+←→ 10 s · , . a frame · Home/End · timeline zoom: wheel or pinch, = / -, 0 all; sideways scroll or Shift+wheel moves along · I / O piece start / end (or drag on the timeline) · Shift+Space play the piece · Enter cut it → new instrument (not re-encoded; MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV) · Shift+Enter cut it → the selected instrument's video (Repl.: how it sounds is kept) · Esc unmark · click the picture: the focus, the point the instrument's tiles keep in view (the frame shows what a one-channel tile sees) · Backspace focus back to the middle. The bench is never saved: what isn't cut is thrown away.

Welcome to PoopTracker

Would you like to read the manual? It walks through every part of the screen, with pictures. It is always under Manual at the bottom right.

Read the manual ↗
Drop a video → new instrument (on the bench: onto the bench) · drop a .poop → open the song · drop a .mid → import its notes