MSSIAH Drummer User Manual
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1. 38 MIDI Implementation 41 MIDI Controller 43 http www mssiah com MIDI SID SOFTWARE UOHI S JO 14 bac uopng uonng PUS pessaid pjnoys pue soy kay deL shay 2 hay aunseayy C_p 2 2 1 2102 di 172 389 DIETO TETTE LSH uonng yr BEES 10123425 uoyng 128 9 uong eyjnus 00 2194 jueunsn py 4015 E hay doisnieis 0431 00 00 06 oe 30 3 01 JUMS 3401 239 118 18 533 1411 44 I ess du uogoes punos uonosjes punos 3184 fiN3 00H 533 0344 105 uong SuM suonng 10193135 4921 jeg aium suonng dnos wened http www mssiah com MIDI SID SOFTWARE Introduction The MSSIAH Drummer is a software drum machine for the Commodore 64 It aims to bring back the unforgettable wave table drums from the C64 heydays Wrapp2. MIDI SID SOFTWARE Drummer MIDI SID SOFTWARE ecc 4 IntroducOOn ee EO RS HER teen 5 Using the DEUIBETE 6 Starts 6 User COBIOIS cies oen ees 6 Controls in Sound ease eoo edes ves tie de pectus 7 Select Bass ciscus hea a die y t lt S ia dat 7 Filter Mode P 8 8 Track ws Patterm 8 Play c HM 9 MIDI Playing EAR 9 Savine Sound Control Seting Se emt d 9 DnA Citt EPE 10 MIDI Channel istsr ta 10 Velocity nen e E EE ia 10 Premie AAU GIG E E fue au 10 A E ce meee S 10 Voice and Filter Mapping in MIDI 00 0 ee 10 Playing MIDI NOUS s Root tu deo pao AVE ug iD as leges 11 e qu eeu eR 11 via WAM odo HER RIS MU ME 11 Usme the p REN i
3. 909 19 blocks 36 lt 5 Drummer project 1 block 6 lt 1 Single pattern export Tape The tape functions are standard C64 and not turbo tape A small modification bypasses the regular start and record button sensitivity so that it s up to the user to initiate the start of a tape load or save This opens up the possibility to modify a digital audio source to replace the standard 1530 datasette unit Whenever loading and saving you will have to press SPACE key on the C64 to make the computer start the load save When loading MSSIAH Drummer checks the type of the file found If the file suffix does not match the correct one loading is interrupted and you are notified If the file type is correct loading automatically continues and the screen color turns green to confirm that the file is ok The tape motor is shut off at all times until you request a load or save As the dialog box asks you to start recording or playing it is finally switched back on You probably need to rewind or forward the tape to the right position before loading or saving so now is the time to do so Since the datasette buttons are not being sensed pressing rew ffw will not trigger the load save Only the SPACE key does SDR SDR is short for Serial Data Register a hidden feature never used by any peripheral device released for the C64 platform The SDR works with a serial data stream on the user port A dedicated device must handle
4. Delay settings could then be easily adjusted afterwards and timing is no gt MSSIAH Drumr longer issue Nonetheless if you tweak the trig delay you can listen to the Drummer playing in sync during the whole recording and not only afterwards To adjust the trig delay setting Press F7 F8 keys to increase decrease Trig delay has no effect in MIDI mode http www mssiah com 32 MIDI SID SOFTWARE SID 2 MSSIAH Drummer supports an additional SID installed The SID2SID circuit board available on our site offers full compatibility though any installation that accesses the second SID through the IO1 address line of the expansion port will do However the software does not self detect the other SID so you need to activate it manually 1 LT Fair BSORUN e Press and hold the Shift button LEFT SHIFT key Press Main Key 1 Key When SID 2 is activated instruments are no longer assigned to oscillators automatically Drummer now uses the Voice Map instead Voice Filter Map The Voice and Filter Map assigns single instruments to a dedicated oscillator on any of the two SIDs and activates the filter for each oscillator separately The Voice and filter map becomes active when SID 2 is enabled with Main Key 1 lt key MIDI mode uses the voice map so in order to utilize the full MIDI mode you will need to define it yourself To open the Voice Map editor Press and hold the Shift button LE
5. U High pass filter I Band pass filter 0 Low pass filter V Switch back to Sound Controls Voice Mapping When using MIDI or a second SID to enhance the polyphony Drummer uses a voice map where each instrument is mapped to its own oscillator That way you can decide for yourself which sounds that share the same voice Playing the Drummer s internal sequencer or keyboard without a second SID handles polyphony automatically thus ignores the voice map Track vs Pattern Modes The MSSIAH Drummer sequencer works pretty much in the same way as the Roland TR 909 There are two four actually modes in which to operate Pattern Write Play mode and Track Write Play mode Patterns are the building blocks of a song Created and edited in Pattern Write mode they are later assembled to a full song in Track Write mode and played back in the Track Play mode You are not forced to work this way though you can put the Drummer in Pattern Play mode and manually change the patterns live Pattern Play mode also utilizes block play 1 Chain Play in Mono Synthesizer Bassline applications to play consecutive sequences of patterns http www mssiah com 8 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Manual Play Hitting the Main Keys in Track Play mode triggers the instruments in real time You can play three at a time polyphonically even as the track is being played back Manual play works in Track Play mode only default at startup The Main Keys are accessed w
6. http www mssiah com 14 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Rhythm Chart 1 2 13 415 10 1 12 13 14 15 16 woes EE EE EEE EERE 11041114038 COPY IN LEE 8 LIE PLESI ESOR UR LOWTON HITOM COWBELL CLAPS HIHAT OP HIHAT Chat Modified bz Sy Syyyy Score 16 As illustrated in the chart above each Main Key represents a sixteenth note in the pattern For example To make the bass drum play every beat press Main Key 1 5 9 and 13 lt 4 8 keys make the snare drum play every other beat press Main Key 5 and 13 4 keys Drummer stores all the instruments entered into a pattern When playing though the number of simultaneously played instruments depends on whether you have one or two SIDs present in the computer One SID only provides three voice polyphony whereas a second SID adds another three voices allowing six instruments to play at the same time Priority is given the leftmost sound on the main keys when running only one SID Using two SIDs every instrument is locked to a dedicated oscillator on the Voice Map You can customize the Voice Map yourself How the Main Keys work in writing Press a Main Key and the indicator changes as shown below E Nothing is written Written in normal volume red Written with accent white To enter instrument s note without accent press the Main Key once
7. 111 except 8 External Trig MIDI NOTE 47 Bo 113 Voice Bass Drum 1 6 True 114 Voice Map Snare Drum 1 6 115 Voice Map Low Tom 1 6 116 Voice Map Hi Tom 1 6 117 Voice Cowbell 1 6 http www mssiah com 44 MIDI SID SOFTWARE 118 Voice Map Clap 1 6 119 Voice Map Hihats 1 6 120 All Sound Off 123 All Notes Off http www mssiah com 45
8. Selector buttons keys that represent the group with the pattern to edit users familiar with the TR 909 might notice that Pattern Write mode is immediately entered without flashing any Pattern Group Selector The latest pattern or block of patterns is always preselected Pattern number 1 at startup e Ifthe wrong pattern is selected press the corresponding Main Key for the correct pattern e g to edit pattern 5 press Main Key 5 Press Start Stop key RUN STOP key to start playing The Main Key indicators flash from left to right 1 to 16 and Drummer is ready to accept pattern data Patterns can only be written when Drummer is running e Select a sound source read below e Enter the instrument s notes in the correct positions within the pattern according to the rhythm chart read below Selecting Sound Source Bass Snare Low Hi Cowbell Clap Closed Open Drum Drum Tom Tom Hihat Hihat 4 40 11 2 13 1 15 16 3 Pattern data is entered one instrument at a time e select instrument press the Inst button COMMODORE key The indicator flashing from left to right pauses and Drummer shows the currently selected instrument change instrument keep Inst button down and press the Main Key for the new instrument Any of the two keys for an instrument can be used to select it even though they display different colors While this mattered on the TR 909 it does not on the Drummer
9. To enter an instrument s note with accent press the Main Key twice cancel an instrument s note press the Main Key until the indicator goes out notes for the selected instrument within a pattern can be deleted at once by pressing the Clear button X key while Drummer is running in Pattern Write mode http www mssiah com 15 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Some more useful information for Pattern Write Memory Map Bank Pattern Group Rhythm Pattern Number Main Key 2 112 3 14 5 16 7 9 10 11 1213 14 15 16 112 314 5 16 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Each bank holds 3 pattern groups with 16 patterns and 3 tracks giving a total of 48x2 patterns 6 tracks Selecting Bank As opposed to the TR 909 you can switch banks in Pattern Mode However Drummer tracks will not accept patterns from bank II if the track reside in bank I and vice versa Tap Write Instead of step writing notes into a pattern it is possible to play it real time on the Main Keys while Drummer is running in Pattern Write mode Press Shift button together with Main Key 10 9 key to activate Tap Write mode With a SID 6581 installed you will hear a guiding metronome sound in quarter note intervals The 8580 SID is incapable of reproducing this metronome sound Play along the guiding sound using the Main Keys The instrument s left Main Key records the sound with an accent whereas the right one does n
10. is found to deviate from the current memory the verify process is interrupted and you are notified If not the verify process continues until the file is fully compared and you are notified that everything is ok Open Project To open a Sequencer project Disk Select Open in the FILE menu Insert the disk with the project file you wish to open Use the CRSR keys to select Disk as media source and press RETURN key Select device 8 is default http www mssiah com 25 SDR MIDI SID SOFTWARE In the directory window use CRSR keys to navigate to the file you wish to load and press RETURN key to start loading If you wish to cancel press lt key to go back one step If there are no files on the disk you will be notified by a message box saying No files In that case press key to go back insert a new disk and try again When the file is loaded you press the lt key to exit to the Main Screen Select Open in the FILE menu Use the CRSR keys to select Tape as media source and press RETURN key A dialog asks you to press PLAY on your tape recorder and then press SPACE key to start loading The tape motor is now unlocked for you to first rewind or forward the tape to the correct position Press SPACE key to start loading and the screen goes blank When a project file 909 is found the screen color turns green and the file continues to load If a different file type is found the operation is halted When loading is done pres
11. press RETURN key Select device 8 is default Select a file in the directory list If the disk you have inserted does not contain any pattern files you are notified with the No files message box Press RETURN key to start loading When done loading press lt key to return to the Main Screen Use the CRSR keys to select Tape as media source and press RETURN key A dialog asks you to press PLAY on your tape recorder and then press SPACE key to start loading The tape motor is now unlocked for you to first rewind or forward the tape to the correct position Press SPACE key to start loading and the screen goes blank When a pattern file DRP is found the screen color turns green and the file continues to load If a different file type is found the operation is halted When loading is done press lt key to return to the Main Screen You can break the load operation anytime during the load process by pressing the RUN STOP key However this opens the initialize screen asking you to clear the memory Read more about it in the Open Project section Use CRSR keys to select SDR as media source and then press RETURN key Press SPACE key when you are asked to start your SDR device Start playing back data on your SDR device Screen flashes as data is received When done loading press key to return to the Main Screen If a file is found with a different file type loading stops and you are notified You can break the load operati
12. slaved to an external clock Drummer will not respond to the RUN STOP key starting the internal sequencer As default Drummer synchronizes to MIDI clock You can change this in the MIDI window e Press and hold the Shift button LEFT SHIFT key e Press Main Key 16 INST DEL key to enter the Files screen e Select the MIDI item in the SETTINGS menu http www mssiah com 30 MIDI SID SOFTWARE The last parameter External Sync gives you three options MIDI CLK Use MIDI clock to synchronize the internal sequencer when slaved to an external clock If you activate MIDI mode MIDI clock is the clock source for the LFO MIDI PSEL MIDI clock is still the external clock source but Drummer will now listen to the receive channel for any of 16 white keys between C and D and change the current pattern playing to the same number PSEL is short for Pattern Select SYNC24 External sync signal is now switched to input signals from two pins on the user port You can find specs for the user port pins to build a Sync24 interface to the C64 yourself in the booklet MSSIAH Getting Started available for download on our site at www mssiah com 48 tics You can double the amount of sync pulses it takes to play one measure from 24 to 48 practice this will make the Drummer play at half speed so you need to double the tempo also The idea of using 48 tics instead of 24 is that shuffle resolution gets higher and all the seven shuffle
13. 2 SIDs Voice map MIDI playing 1 or 2 SIDs Voice map So when using MIDI you really need to set the voice map so that each instrument is assigned a SID oscillator manually If you have only got one SID in your C64 then assign the instruments to oscillators on SID 1 only Playing MIDI Notes Drummer responds to a key map of MIDI notes in between C and This means that note number 36 corresponds to the bass drum note number 38 is the snare drum etc In the MIDI implementation in the back of this manual you will find a graphic overview of the key map used Initialize Envelopes MIDI mode has a very convenient way of handling envelope init aka hard restarts Playing the Drummer via MIDI one octave up triggers the instruments initialization procedure instead of the sound itself This makes it really simple to sequence envelope init for Drummer beats One great idea is to copy all of the sequences that play Drummer MIDI note data not controller data onto new tracks as alias sequences or ghosts or whatever your Sequencer calls it Then transpose the whole block one octave up and make sure the Sequencer plays it 33 milliseconds ahead of the real Drummer sequencer blocks The reason to use alias or ghost copies is that when you make a change in the original sequences the ghosts will follow too It is quite possible to play an init live on a MIDI keyboard too but you would have to be pretty fast to cut it Some
14. 92 SID 1 Cutoff Frequency 0 63 93 SID 1 Resonance 0 15 94 SID 1 Modulation Depth 0 7 95 SID 1 Filter Modulation Type 0 1 0 ENV 1 LFO http www mssiah com 43 MIDI SID SOFTWARE 96 SID 1 Modulation Rate 0 15 0 13 if mod type is LFO 97 SID 1 Filter Type 0 15 0 Off 1 Low Pass 2 Band Pass 3 High Pass 4 LP BP 5 LP HP 6 BP 7 LP HP 8 LP EXT 9 BP EXT 10 HP EXT 112 LP BP EXT 122 LP HP EXT 18 BP HP EXT 14 LP EXT 15 98 SID 2 Cutoff Frequency 0 63 99 SID 2 Resonance 0 15 100 SID 2 Modulation Depth 0 7 101 SID 2 Filter Modulation Type 0 1 0 ENV 1 LFO 102 SID 2 Modulation Rate 0 15 0 13 if mod type is LFO 103 SID Z2 Filter Type 0 15 See cc 97 104 Filter On Off Voice 1 0 1 0 Off 1 On 105 Filter On Off Voice 2 0 1 0 Off 1 2 On 106 Filter On Off Voice 3 0 1 0 Off 1 On 107 Filter On Off Voice 4 0 1 0 Off 1 On 108 Filter On Off Voice 5 0 1 0 Off 1 On 109 Filter On Off Voice 6 0 1 0 Off 1 2 On 110 Filter Control 0 3 0 All Off 1 SID 1 On 2 SID 2 On 3 All On 111 Env Trig Source SID 1 0 8 0 Bass Drum 1 Snare Drum 2 Low Tom 3 Hi Tom 4 Cowbell 5 Clap 6 Closed Hihat 7 Open Hihat 8 External Trig MIDI NOTE 45 Ao 112 Env Trig Source SID 2 0 8 Same as cc
15. FT SHIFT key Press Main Key 16 INST DEL key to enter the Files screen e Select the Voice Map item in the SETTINGS menu o gt D2o0mo vdoc 1 4 5 L H C mimi Lai TU Use CRSR keys up down to select instrument CRSR keys left right to select voice Voice 1 3 is mapped to SID 1 oscillator 1 3 voice 4 6 is mapped to SID 2 oscillator 1 3 Two instruments can share the same voice as long as they don t play at the same time Below the voice map is the filter map Pressing the SPACE BAR key you can toggle each voice s filter on off separately Each SID has its own filter which makes the first three voices belong to filter for SID 1 and the last three voices to the filter of SID 2 http www mssiah com 33 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Tips You do not need a second SID installed to make use of the Voice Map feature By using only voices 1 3 in your Voice Map you can activate SID 2 still with nothing but a single SID in your machine That way you override the automatic polyphonic assignment When using the Drummer in MIDI mode the SID2 Voice map automatically gets activated even if you did not activate the SID2 Hard Restart Hard restart is a technique that initializes the SID oscillator s envelope a certain amount of time before the sound is about to trigger Doing this ensures an overall better trigging Drummer uses a slightly different technique
16. LEFT SHIFT Start Stop Playing Manually blank the screen MIDI Mode RUN STOP to quit Trig Setting Tempo Volume Shuffle Shift Button Tone Controls 1 2 4 em http www mssiah com Select Bass Drum Select Snare Drum Accent Level Bass Drum Tune Bass Drum Level Bass Drum Attack Bass Drum Decay Snare Drum Tune Snare Drum Level Snare Drum Tone Snare Drum Snap Low Tom Tune Low Tom Level Low Tom Tone Low Tom Decay Hi Tom Tune Hi Tom Level Hi Tom Tone Hi Tom Decay Cowbell Level Cowbell Tune Hand Claps Level Hand Claps Tune Hihats Tune Hihats Level Closed Hihat Decay Open Hihat Decay Toggle Filter Control Edit 38 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Filter Controls JO Select SID for editing Cutoff Frequency Resonance Modulation Depth Modulation Source Modulation Rate High pass filter Band pass filter Low pass filter Switch back to tone controls Track Play Write B N M CRSR Up Down CRSR Left Right X Track Group 1 Track Group 2 Track Group 3 Bank I Bank II Clear Pattern Play Write CRSR Up Down CRSR Left Right COMMODORE C X http www mssiah com Pattern Group 1 Pattern Group 2 Pattern Group 3 Bank I Bank II Instrument Selector Clear 39 MIDI SID SOFTWARE ae ee ae eit CLR HOME INST DEL http www mssiah com Main Key 1 Main Ke
17. Main Key 15 CLR HOME key toggles Cycle mode on off http www mssiah com 18 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Jump to Measure Instead of browsing through a long series of measures with the CRSR keys you can jump directly to a certain position in the track by entering its number with the Main Keys Press and hold the Shift button Press Main Key 14 key The display window now shows three dashes and awaits input Still holding the Shift button enter the measure s number with Main Keys 1 10 10 being zero When done press RETURN key to confirm the jump or release Shift to cancel Editing Rhythm Tracks Going back into a track to edit it is no different from the procedure explained in the section Track Program Just remember that RETURN key advances pattern If used at the track s last position a new measure is added to the track CRSR keys are better for track browsing as they do not add new measures A pattern entered into a measure is not stored until leaving that position either with CRSR keys or RETURN key in other words exiting Track Write mode won t store the current pattern Entering Track Play Write mode sets the current measure to 1 Use the Jump to Measure function to swiftly recall a position within that track Delete Measure The Delete function works much like the delete key in any ordinary PC text editor It shortens the entire song by one measure and removes the pattern at the current position Tho
18. OAIMS OW DDOV 759 Press key or RETURN key to go through and initialize the memory If you do not carry out this initialization now you can do it later at any time with the New function in the FILE menu This message pops up if you interrupt an import also However imports cannot do any harm whatsoever so you can just ignore it Export Pattern You can export a drum pattern onto disk tape or SDR To export a pattern e Select Export in the FILE menu e Use Group Selector buttons Bank Selector buttons and Main Keys to select the pattern you wish to export Press RETURN key when ready e Continue to read the section for your media choice below http www mssiah com 27 Disk Tape SDR MIDI SID SOFTWARE Use CRSR keys to select Disk as media source and then press RETURN key Enter a non existing filename in the filename dialog You can use all letters from a z and 0 9 as well as some additional characters Use INST DEL key with or without the LEFT SHIFT key to insert delete text Press RETURN key to start saving or lt to cancel Select device 8 is default When done saving press lt key to return to the Main Screen If the disk you have inserted already contains a pattern file with the same name the drive light flashes and you are notified with a Save Error message box User CRSR keys to select Tape as media source and press RETURN key Enter a filename in the dialog an
19. On the lower part of the screen there are sixteen buttons called the Main Keys that are used for creating and editing patterns as well as selecting playing each of the eight instruments To control the Drummer you can use either a joystick default or a potentiometer plugged into controller port 2 You will need to manually change this main control as the software cannot auto detect the device that is currently connected e Press and hold the Shift button LEFT SHIFT key on C64 Press Main Key 7 6 key to select potentiometer X or Press Main Key 8 7 key to select potentiometer Y There are two potentiometer connections for each port named X and Y To revert to joystick control deselect any potentiometer options with Main Key 7 or 8 If you wish to protect the knobs from unintentional turning you can make the RIGHT SHIFT key operate as a trigger when potentiometer is the active control e Press and hold the Shift button LEFT SHIFT key e Press Main Key 9 8 key Now the potentiometer does not have any effect until the RIGHT SHIFT key is depressed Note Potentiometers do not work in MIDI mode http www mssiah com 6 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Controls in the Sound Section Each drum sound instrument has a set of controls to shape its sound and to set the level tuning and decay The controls are accessed via quick keys on the C64 s keyboard CTRL Accent level QWAS Sound controls for the Bass drum ERDF Sound controls for the Snar
20. This adds a new measure to the track You will see this in the display window showing the current measure Press Start Stop key RUN STOP key at any time to listen to the pattern The track does not advance measure from here It just keeps playing the same one This simplifies hearing the edits or identifying the pattern you just wrote into the measure e To exit Pattern Write mode first stop the sequencer if it s running and then press any of the Track Selector buttons B N M keys to enter Track Play mode It is not possible to directly jump to Pattern Write or Pattern Play mode from here Important MSSIAH Drummer does not store a pattern into the track s current measure until you change or advance the current position in some way On the last measure use CRSR LEFT key to step backwards before exiting Track Write mode If not the default pattern will be stored in that position A Drummer track can have a total of 255 measures numbered 1 to 256 Track Play Tracks are played back in Track Play mode Any of the Track Selector buttons B N M keys will enter Track Play mode and set the current position to measure no 1 Playing always starts at the current position To play from the beginning press the Track Selector button again to reset the track s position to 1 Cycle When a track is done playing it either starts over from the first measure or stops playing completely Default is to loop Cycle Pressing Shift button and
21. Y key or RETURN key or cancel with the N key or RUN STOP key The Drummer is now initialized Press lt to get back to the Main Screen Quit To quit the Drummer and return to the MSSIAH Cartridge startup menu e Press and hold the Shift button LEFT SHIFT key Press Main Key 16 INST DEL key to enter the file menu e Inthe QUIT menu select Reboot and press the RETURN key http www mssiah com 35 MIDI SID SOFTWARE dialog box asks you to confirm using either Y key or RETURN key or cancel with the N key or RUN STOP key e The Drummer exits and you are returned to the MSSIAH Cartridge startup menu http www mssiah com 36 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Keyboard Overlay 10 TAP COWBELL POTA POTY SHIFT e Print this page out in full size Cut out the keyboard overlay with a hobby knife or a pair of scissors HITOM 7 e Place the two pieces side by side on top of the C64 s keyboard 6 448 5 az SNARE DRUM 4 e Put tape on the sides to keep it in place optional OPENHH 3 HARD BLANK COL MEAS CYCLE FILES 2 I ei mo T 1 1 GLAPS 510 2 BASS DRUM 13 12 INS rod ee noue AA http www mssiah com 37 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Key Map A full overview of keys used in the MSSIAH Drummer US English keyboard General Keys RUN STOP SPACE RIGHT SHIFT F5 7 8 2
22. a Main Key erase the pattern from memory both in Pattern Play and Pattern Write mode Caution There is no yes no confirmation when clearing patterns Copy Pattern You can copy a pattern from one to another even if they are not in the same bank Select the destination pattern current pattern selected Press and hold the Shift button LEFT SHIFT key Do not release the Shift button until the whole copy is finished unless you want to cancel the operation Press the Copy key Main Key 11 0 key Copy mode is now active Use the Bank buttons CRSR keys the Pattern Group selector buttons keys and the Main Keys to select a source pattern Press RETURN key to confirm the copy or release the Shift button at any time to cancel http www mssiah com 17 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Track Program and Play Track Program A track song is a sequence of patterns put together The track and its patterns must be in the same bank If you are familiar with the Roland TR 909 you will notice that the process of track writing on the Drummer is slightly different edit a track enter Track Write mode by pressing Shift button LEFT SHIFT key and any of the Track Selector buttons B N M keys Use Main Keys and Pattern Group Selector buttons key to select the current measure s pattern At start up all the tracks consist of 1 measure containing pattern 1 from group 1 e To advance measure press the RETURN key
23. ade up from the available drum sounds and parameters To open the demo files Select Open in the FILE menu Select any of the kits or patterns http www mssiah com 23 MIDI SID SOFTWARE T H T H T H T H T NCE NCE CK CK KI KI DA DA RO RO e Press Y key or RETURN key to confirm The N key lt key cancels e When the demo track is opened takes a split second press to return to the Main Screen Save Project A project save includes all data patterns tracks tone controls and settings Make sure to save often to avoid losing your work To save a Drummer project Disk Select Save in the FILE menu e Use CRSR keys and select Disk as media source and press RETURN key Enter a non existing filename in the filename dialog You can use all letters from a z and 0 9 as well as some additional characters Use INST DEL key with and without the LEFT SHIFT key to insert delete text Press RETURN when ready or lt to cancel and go back e Select device 8 is default File saves onto disk After saving is done press lt key to return to the Main Screen If the disk already contains a project file with the same filename the drive light flashes and you are notified with a Save Error message box Select Save in the FILE menu e User CRSR keys to select Tape as media source and press RETURN key Enter a filename in the dialog and press RETURN when ready or l
24. d press RETURN when ready or lt to cancel A dialog asks you to press REC PLAY on your tape recorder and then press SPACE key to start the save The tape motor is now unlocked for you to first rewind or forward the tape to the correct position Press SPACE key to start saving Screen goes blank while saving When saving is done press lt key to return to the Main Screen You can break the save operation anytime during saving by pressing the RUN STOP key Use CRSR keys to select SDR as media source and then press RETURN key Enter a filename in the dialog and press RETURN when ready Select the SDR speed Press RETURN when ready Now make your digital device ready start recording Press SPACE key Screen goes blank and flashes while saving When done saving press lt key to return to the Main Screen You can break the save operation anytime during saving by pressing the RUN STOP key SDR saves can be verified as described in Verifying SDR Saves earlier in this chapter Import Pattern Exported patterns can be imported back into the Drummer To import a pattern Select Import in the FILE menu Use Group Selector buttons Bank Selector buttons and the Main Keys to select where to store the imported pattern Press RETURN key when ready Continue to read the section for your media choice below http www mssiah com 28 Disk Tape SDR MIDI SID SOFTWARE Use CRSR keys to select Disk as media source and then
25. e clock signal internal or MIDI and shows the time period for a full LFO cycle Filter type Select whether to use High pass Band pass Low pass or a mix of the three options Trig Envelope When using filter envelope you need a trig source That means you define an instrument that as soon as it is being played also triggers the filter envelope If using the envelope to add tonal shape to a specific drum sound it s probably a good idea to use the same instrument as envelope trigger If not using different instruments can bring out cool rhythmic filter effects You can even set a pre defined MIDI key to trigger the envelope The envelope trig setting is on the same window as the filter on off settings SID i SID 2 STATUS ON OFF EXTERNAL OFF OFF EXT Use RETURN key to advance the value for Env Trig on each SID separately You can choose any of the instruments or EXT that means external MIDI key see MIDI implementation http www mssiah com 13 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Pattern Write and Play The following three chapters explain how to use the Drummer s internal sequencer If you are only interested in using the program with MIDI you can skip these chapters There are two methods of writing Step Write and Tap Write Step Write To write a pattern Drummer must be in Pattern Write mode To enter Pattern Write mode press the Shift Button LEFT SHIFT key together with any of the Pattern Group
26. e drum TYGH Sound controls for the Low Tom UIJK Sound controls for the Hi Tom OL Sound controls for the Cowbell P Sound controls for the Hand Clap Sound controls for the Hi hat 1 Main volume level Tempo Internal Clock V Switch to Filter keys Level controls are provided for every instrument to control tune and volume BASS DRUM e Attack controls the attack sound Decay adjusts the decay time SNARE DRUM e Tone changes the timbre of the sound e Snap sets the amount of snappiness for the snare drum LOW TOM HI TOM e Tone sets the timbre of the tom sound e Decay adjusts the decay time HI HAT CLHH OPHH sets the decay for closed and open hihat respectively Select Bass Drum Snare Drum To further enhance your SID drum kit you can change the bass drum and snare drum to any of eight sounds e Use F1 F2 key to select bass drum Use F3 F4 key to select snare drum http www mssiah com 7 MIDI SID SOFTWARE The sounds available are Bass drums Snare drums HubbKick1 HubbSnarel HubbKick2 HubbSnare2 GrayKick1 GraySnarel GrayKick2 GraySnare2 PopKick PopSnare HardKick HardSnare SoftKick1 SoftSnarel SoftKick2 SoftSnare2 Filter Mode Drummer has a set of controls that affects filter settings and filter modulations to further shape the drum sound Q Select SID1 SID2 or BOTH for edits Cutoff Frequency E Resonance R Modulation T Modulation Source ENV LFO Y Rate
27. ed up in a user environment that closely resembles the famous Roland TR 909 drum machine MSSIAH Drummer provides easy access to the old sounds and a way of tweaking them in a familiar environment You can use the internal sequencer and hammer away some pumping beats with that Commodore sound in a matter of minutes or hook it up to a MIDI sequencer or keyboard and fire away the drum sounds in your MIDI studio What is a Wave Table Sound Wave table sounds are generated by rapid changes of waveform and frequency about every 20 milliseconds The changes are loaded from a predefined list aka table and produce a quite unique result that does not really compare to any other synthesized sound During the first years of game music the drum sounds if any were simple snare drums created by a noise waveform In 1986 87 wave table sounds began to emerge and titles such as Ace 2 and Mega Apocalypse featured music both composed by Mr Rob Hubbard that set a new standard with a much more authentic drum sound And ever since wave table techniques were used for chords drums and sound effects in C64 music However the classic art of creating synthesized drums does not involve wave tables The real way of getting the correct timbres is by combining multiple oscillators with different waveforms and separate filters Having a glance in the service manuals for some of the old classic drum machines one quickly understands why C64 sounds could not have been
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29. ith the 16 keys at the top of the C64 keyboard that is lt 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CLR HOME INST DEL Tips The key 1 on the C64 keyboard is not the same as Main Key 1 so things can get a bit tricky when editing To overcome this check out the keyboard overlay found in the back of this manual Place it on top of the C64 keyboard and you will get a quick overview of the Main Key functions That will prevent confusion and errors when accessing functions or selecting patterns and instruments MIDI Playing Drummer has a MIDI mode that blanks out the screen and dedicates itself completely to MIDI input That way you can play the sounds from a MIDI keyboard and send controller messages to alter all the sound and filter controls Polyphony in MIDI mode is handled by the voice map so before playing the Drummer via MIDI you need to set it up To enter MIDI mode press RIGHT SHIFT key and then F5 You can only enter MIDI mode while in Track Play mode Saving Sound Control Settings Drummer like the Mono Synthesizer application is capable of saving all the sound controls in between sessions and even when the computer is turned off To save your data when turning off the C64 you must use the startup menu and select to Shut Down Computer Answer Yes if you wish to save your changes and the sound controls for Drummer and Mono Synthesizer as well as MIDI receive channels and pitch bend ranges are saved in the MSSIAH Cartridge s in
30. made the same way Game music back in the day was limited to the three oscillators of the SID chip and musicians just had to find another way You couldn t very likely occupy the whole chip with drums playing polyphonic music at the same time so wave tables became somewhat of a compromise Though MSSIAH Drummer uses the same technique to create the drum sounds it does not compromise with polyphony Each sound occupies one oscillator only and the rest are free for other drum sounds In practice that makes a three or six voice polyphonic SID drum machine To top it off a little more Drummer also utilizes filters whether you want a low pass envelope on a bass drum or slowly sweep the hihats in time with the music This manual covers all the things you need to know to operate the MSSIAH Drummer http www mssiah com 5 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Using the Drummer Starting Up To start the Drummer select Drummer in the startup menu and press return The program loads from the cartridge and starts up in approx 10 seconds mao Dom CT f DI PS DI 5 5 A Uu The user is strongly advised to carefully read the instructions on how to properly handle the cartridge in the booklet MSSIAH Getting Started available for download on our site at http www mssiah com User Controls The Drummer has a set of tone control knobs in the upper part of the screen Those are accessed via direct keys all assigned to a specific knob
31. ng two SID chips or intend to run MIDI you will need to set the filter map The filter map is right below the voice map e Enter the Files screen e Select the Voice Map item in the SETTINGS menu jee O OZ 111222 Use the SPACE key to toggle filter on off for each voice The number in the bottom indicates which SID the voice belongs to The filter map is only applied when SID2 is activated With only one SID all voices get filtered http www mssiah com 12 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Filter Settings The filter controls on top of the screen are as follows from the left 501 Q eLF eLP Control to edit Select if you want your edits to affect the filter settings for SID1 SID2 or both For example if you select SID1 and turn the cutoff knob only SID1 s cutoff setting is affected If you select Both both the cutoff settings for SID1 and SID2 will change accordingly Cutoff frequency Alter the cutoff frequency This parameter also serves as reference point for filter modulation Resonance The filter resonance Modulation Set the depth for filter modulation 1 output from LFO or Envelope Modulation source Select whether to use Envelope or LFO for modulation Modulation rate If you chose ENV for modulation this parameter shows the envelope decay rate higher values equal faster decay If LFO is chosen it shows the LFO rate instead LFO rate is synchronized to th
32. o navigate and RETURN key to execute a function select file etc Use lt key to cancel step back Media The Drummer uses three types of media to load and save data disk tape and SDR Disk disk operations start by asking you to choose device number Unless you have changed your disk drive s device number 8 is default use CRSR keys to change device number Loading from disk means that a directory window opens with a list of valid files on your floppy You then select the file you wish to load The directory window shows the amount of free blocks in the upper right corner DANCEBEATOL The file operations for the floppy drive make use of the operating system s basic disk functionality There are no delete functions and no replace and save options built in If you try to save the file onto disk using an existing name the save is interrupted and the drive light flashes When you need to scratch files use the Disk File Manager in the startup menu When reading the directory the correct type of files is automatically collected If there are no files of that particular type on the disk you will get a No Files error It does not necessarily mean that the disk is empty rather than empty of that type of files The file type depends on the file operation you selected whether it s a full project load or a specific import http www mssiah com 21 MIDI SID SOFTWARE MSSIAH Drummer File Types File suffix Disk space
33. om Init Claps Init Snare Drum Init Bass Drum Trig Envelope SID 2 Play Open HH Trig Envelope SID 1 Play Cowbell Play Hi Tom Play Closed HH Play Low Tom Play Claps Play Snare Drum Play Bass Drum MIDI note 58 56 55 Fp 54 F 53 D 51 D 50 48 47 46 45 44 43 FH 42 41 D 39 D 38 36 MIDI SID SOFTWARE 42 MIDI SID SOFTWARE MIDI Controller List No Function Limit Remarks 7 Main Volume 0 15 65 Init Envelope Type 0 7 0 ADSR 0000 Trig 0 1 ADSR 0000 Trig 8 2 ADSR 0F00 Trig 8 3 ADSR 00FF Trig 8 4 ADSR FFFF Trig 8 5 ADSR O0FOF Trig 8 6 ADSR 0000 Trig 9 7 ADSR 0000 Trig 1 66 Select Bass Drum 1 8 67 Select Snare Drum 1 8 68 Bass Drum Tune 0 15 69 Bass Drum Level 0 7 70 Bass Drum Attack 0 7 71 Bass Drum Decay 0 7 72 Snare Drum Tune 0 15 73 Snare Drum Level 0 7 74 Snare Drum Tone 0 7 75 Snare Drum Snap 0 3 76 Low Tom Tune 0 15 77 Low Tom Level 0 7 78 Low Tom Tone 0 7 79 Low Tom Decay 0 7 80 Hi Tom Tune 0 15 81 Hi Tom Level 0 7 82 Hi Tom Tone 0 7 83 Hi Tom Decay 0 7 84 Cowbell Level 0 7 85 Cowbell Tune 0 15 86 Claps Level 0 7 87 Claps Tune 0 15 88 Hihat Tune 0 15 89 Hihat Level 0 7 90 Closed Hihat Decay 0 7 91 Open Hihat Decay 0 7
34. on anytime during the load process by pressing the RUN STOP key However this opens the initialize screen asking you to clear the memory Read more about it above in the section Open Project http www mssiah com 29 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Other Functions Shuffle Shuffle means to get the music to swing This is achieved by delaying every second note instead of playing straight sixteenths The more delay the more it swings Generally higher tempo requires less swing lower tempo can add more To set the amount of shuffle e Press the Shuffle button Z key indicator on Main Keys 7 will display the current Shuffle setting where 1 is no shuffle at all and 7 is the extreme setting Be aware of that higher settings might cause drop outs at different speeds 3 vi TEME De HRED ELAR DOL el 2 Change shuffle setting by pressing corresponding Main Key e Release Shuffle button to exit Only every second value has any effect To get a full detailed shuffle resolution you need to set sync resolution to 48 tics Synchronization MSSIAH Drummer can be synchronized to a MIDI clock fed through the MSSIAH Cartridge s MIDI input It can also be a Sync24 signal fed to the user port To activate external synchronization Press and hold the Shift button LEFT SHIFT key e Press Main Key 5 4 key Press the Shift button LEFT SHIFT key at any time to see the current status of the sync mode If
35. ot e To cancel accidentally written data hold the Clear button X key while playing the note at the same position once again e Selecting and viewing instruments does not affect the tap writing e Tapping multiple sounds by holding down several Main Keys at the same time is not possible http www mssiah com 16 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Pattern Play In Pattern Play mode you can play patterns one after the other or any number of consecutive patterns automatically block play Press any of the Pattern Group selector buttons keys to enter Pattern Play mode Press the desired pattern s Main Key and then start the sequencer with the Start Stop button RUN STOP key or start the external sequencer if Drummer is in external clock mode The indicator flashes from left to right as the pattern plays Press a Main Key to switch pattern Drummer plays the new pattern when the current one is finished i e in the following measure To play several patterns in a row Block Play press the Main Key for the first and last pattern at the same time The selected patterns are indicated with red color and the active pattern currently playing in white color Block Play works in Pattern Write mode also select the patterns when not running The current pattern playing is always the one being edited Drummer automatically updates the visual Main Key rhythm chart Clear Pattern Simultaneously pressing the Clear button X key and
36. people actually take that as a challenge Using the Filter via MIDI The filter will follow the normal settings even when playing MIDI data except for triggering envelopes If you have set the filter envelope trigger to EXT then the key A will trigger the filter envelope for SID 1 and the key B will trigger the filter envelope for SID 2 That way you can fully control the envelope triggers without sacrificing an instrument http www mssiah com 11 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Using the Filter The filter section on top of the screen controls the filter settings Filter effects are applied to each SID separately That means you can have different settings for voice 1 3 and 4 6 If you do not want the filter at all or only on one SID you simply turn off the one s you don t want to use Activating the Filter First thing to do is to activate the filter This is done for SID 1 and SID 2 separately in the filter menu e Press and hold the Shift button LEFT SHIFT key Press Main Key 16 INST DEL key to enter the Files screen Select the Filter item in the SETTINGS menu SID i SID 2 STATUS OFF EXTERNAL OFF OFF ENU TRIG BSDR BSDR Use the RETURN key to turn the filter On or Off with the Status parameter The second parameter External lets you enable an external input signal to the SID filter If you do not want to feed the SID with an external signal simply leave it Off Filter Map If you are usi
37. r the internal sequencer That is because wave table sounds often starts with a noise waveform that messes up the SID oscillators If you intend to play the sounds from the Drummer live on a MIDI keyboard you will most likely need the pre trig audio setting set to ON It s important to know that this will delay the sound with a couple of milliseconds When playing live it s easy to correct that delay frankly you will probably not even notice it Your body and musical senses will automatically take care of it When playing the Drummer from a MIDI sequencer you will immediately see that the sound is off beat when pre trig is present You have two choices from here Either you leave pre trig on and adjust the drummer sequences to start some milliseconds ahead of the others or you turn it off and rely on envelope init hard restarts instead Try playing with and without this setting and you will both see and hear the difference yourself External Sync This setting controls the synchronization source for Drummer s external synchronization mode Read more about external synchronization in the Other Functions chapter Voice and Filter Mapping in MIDI The Voice and Filter map is fully covered in the Other Functions chapter later in this manual It s important to know that Drummer has several ways of handling polyphony http www mssiah com 10 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Internal playing 1 SID Automatic voice assignment Internal playing
38. reen out manually whenever recording the Drummer in your studio To activate Blank Screen e Press and hold the Shift button LEFT SHIFT key http www mssiah com 34 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Press Main Key 3 2 key Track Write and Pattern Write modes are not affected by Blank Screen MIDI mode blanks out the screen regardless of this setting Change Background Color You can define an alternative color and activate it with Main Key 4 3 key This is useful if your graphics chip or your screen fails to properly render too much white color so that the text becomes hard to read To select the alt color e Press and hold the Shift button LEFT SHIFT key Press Main Key 16 INST DEL key to enter the Files screen e Select the Color item in the SETTINGS menu e Select which color you want as alternative color Then use lt key multiple times to close the window and exit the Files screen Now press Main Key 4 3 key and the alternative color is applied to the background Press Main Key 4 again to return the white default color New Initialize You can fully initialize the MSSIAH Drummer and restore its initial state Tracks patterns tone controls and settings are cleared To initialize the Drummer e Press and hold the Shift button LEFT SHIFT key e Press Main Key 16 INST DEL key to enter the file menu e Inthe FILE menu select New and press the RETURN key dialog box asks you to confirm using either
39. s lt key to return to the Main Screen You can break the load operation anytime during the load process by pressing the RUN STOP key However this opens the initialize screen asking you to clear the memory Select Open in the FILE menu Use the CRSR keys to select SDR as media source and press RETURN key Make your digital device ready The dialog box asks you to press space and then start your digital device Press SPACE key Screen goes blank and awaits your digital device Start your digital device play back Screen flashes as data is received When the file is loaded press the lt key to exit the files screen If a different file type is found loading stops and you are notified You can break the operation anytime during loading by pressing the RUN STOP key However this opens the initialize screen asking you to clear the memory http www mssiah com 26 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Important you interrupt a load process of a Drummer project you are warned that the application could suffer from an unrecoverable failure While this is a major case for the MSSIAH Sequencer all MSSIAH applications share file functionality it is of lesser importance for the MSSIAH Drummer To not cause program failure you are advised to initialize memory if you for any reason interrupted a load operation V VO omecmz lt I lt ze I Y T L D A
40. settings work Read more about Shuffle in the top of this chapter To activate 48 tics e Press and hold the Shift button LEFT SHIFT key e Press Main Key 6 5 key Trig Delay The trig setting gives you control of when the sound should retrig to optimize timing when running on an external clock The Drummer reads ahead of the current pattern being played and triggers the sound at a given time This time is user defined and shows right below the display window TRIG 00 ns The available settings range from 0 to 60 and increments in steps of 2 The more you add the earlier the sound triggers The trig delay can be used to compensate high shuffle settings at moderate tempos that cause drop outs or unwanted clicks and pops To get a better understanding of what trig delay really does take a look at these images http www mssiah com 31 MIDI SID SOFTWARE This first image shows a trig delay setting of 00 That creates a small delay before the sound actually triggers notice the distance between the beat s position and the waveform start In this case the delay is about 20 milliseconds it varies depending on the song s tempo Now we have adjusted the trig time to about 20 milliseconds and gotten rid of the delay By tweaking the trig time it s thereby possible to get the sound to trig dead on One could argue that this is of lesser importance when using the Drummer in the studio recording onto a hard drive
41. t to cancel http www mssiah com 24 SDR MIDI SID SOFTWARE A dialog asks you to press REC PLAY on your tape recorder and then press SPACE key to start the save The tape motor is now unlocked for you to first rewind or forward the tape to the correct position Press SPACE key to start saving Screen goes blank while saving When saving is done press lt key to return to the Main Screen You can break the save operation anytime during saving by pressing the RUN STOP key Select Save in the FILE menu Use CRSR keys to select SDR as media source and press RETURN key Enter a filename in the dialog and press RETURN when ready or lt to cancel Select a speed for SDR Start by using slower speeds and gradually try out the device with faster settings Press RETURN when ready Now make your digital device ready start recording Press SPACE key Screen goes blank and flashes while saving When saving is done press lt key to return to the Main Screen You can break the save operation anytime during saving by pressing the RUN STOP key Verifying SDR Saves After an SDR save data can be verified Go through the save process once again from the start and enter the exact same filename When the message box asks you to press space there is also an option to press CTRL key to start the verifying process Press CTRL key Screen goes blank Start supplying data from your digital device that is play it back not record If data
42. ternal memory If you haven t made any changes or wish not to save simply answer No http www mssiah com 9 MIDI SID SOFTWARE MIDI Mode MIDI mode runs with SID2 settings only regardless if you have a second SID installed or not That means you will need to define the voice map before entering MIDI mode MIDI mode is activated by pressing RIGHT SHIFT key and then 5 key To exit MIDI mode press the RUN STOP key You cannot enter MIDI mode while in Track Write Pattern Write or Pattern Play mode The settings for MIDI mode reside on the Setup Files screen MIDI Channel Select MIDI channel 1 16 You can also turn it off displayed with two dashes but you will not need it since MIDI is not activated when not running in MIDI mode anyway The MIDI receive channel that you define here is also the same channel used when synchronization is set to MIDI PSEL more on that in the Other Functions chapter Velocity Sensitivity This setting controls the velocity sensitivity when playing the Drummer via MIDI If you don t want to play instruments at different volumes simply turn it off by setting sensitivity to zero This parameter is the same one as the Accent setting on the Main Screen changing one will also change the other Of course Accent is a feature on the internal sequencer only Pre trig Audio Here is the flipside of triggering wave table sounds via MIDI Later in this manual you will learn about pre trig settings fo
43. that does not initialize but preloads the SID envelope registers instead we call it Soft Restart in the MSSIAH Sequencer It proves to work well when triggering multiple sounds with different volume levels as well as keeping the envelopes tight You can select to change soft restart to a classic hard restart 1 atA 11104 1 ES DR H SN nt e Press and hold the Shift button LEFT SHIFT key e Press Main Key 2 1 key Note that MSSIAH Drummer does not use neither soft nor hard restart when you play it live on the C64 keyboard or with a MIDI keyboard without pre trig This is due to the restart that takes place before the sound actually is being produced Only a sequencer can read ahead of this time there is no way to predict your key strokes MIDI mode has a specific MIDI key map to initialize each instrument Blank Screen Blank screen is an option that blanks the screen whenever Drummer is playing This will bring the audio noise level down since it inactivates the noisy graphic circuit the VIC in the Commodore 64 The blank screen function turns the screen blank as soon as the Drummer starts playing and brings it back when playing stops You can blank it out manually too by pressing the SPACE key at any time either when Drummer is playing or not The space key works as a toggle pressing it twice brings the screen back Using the Blank Screen feature is much more convenient as you won t have to remember to blank the sc
44. this data to store it on a separate media This makes file management an issue for the user and not the MSSIAH file functions For example one could save SDR data onto a digital device like raw audio data The user then decides where to put the file how to handle multiple saves etc http www mssiah com 22 MIDI SID SOFTWARE 5 D 5 0 5 C The procedure for saving and loading SDR data is very simple You are asked to start your digital device and then press space to start the C64 read write sequence Saving can be switched to verifying instead That makes the program read from the SDR device comparing the saved data to the current memory The save is then considered valid if the SDR data is identical to the memory data Several speeds are available for SDR save enabling the output to fit various devices Speed is selected when saving SDR loading automatically adjusts to incoming data While saving and loading the screen flashes in different colors Every new block of 256 bytes makes the colors change If the type of the file found when loading is wrong loading halts and you are notified Note that the C64 does not have any control of the SDR device s current state 1 it cannot control the player to actually start or stop Opening the Demo Files The demo files for MSSIAH Drummer consist of a set of drum kits and some patterns that are a good starting point when programming patterns The kits are different settings m
45. ugh the real TR 909 was capable of deleting big blocks from to of measures Drummer only deletes one at a time Go to the measure within the track where a pattern is to be deleted Press and hold the Shift button LEFT SHIFT key Press Main Key 13 key Delete is carried out at once http www mssiah com 19 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Insert Measure The Insert function works opposite the Delete function expanding the track with one measure at a time and inserting the current position s pattern Jump to the measure within the track where the new pattern is to be inserted e Press and hold the Shift button LEFT SHIFT key Press Main Key 12 key Insert is carried out at once e Use Main Keys and Pattern Group Selector buttons to enter a new pattern at the current position Clear Track To clear a track completely e Press and hold the track s selector button B M keys e Press the Clear button X key e Press RETURN key to confirm or RUN STOP key to cancel No other keys will work until this choice is made Remember though the track now is completely free of pattern information the actual patterns are not erased http www mssiah com 20 MIDI SID SOFTWARE Files The file operations in the MSSIAH Drummer have a separate screen window To access it e Press and hold the Shift button LEFT SHIFT key Press Main Key 16 INST DEL key In the Files Setup screen use CRSR keys and RIGHT SHIFT t
46. v eas eu 12 Activating the Filter 12 a a eut 12 Seti eso ee 13 Trig ENVelope P X 13 Pattern Write and Play 14 Step WEB ss toa 14 selecting Sound Source cs 14 Rhythin Chatten ta insi ates t Ft 15 How the Main Keys work in writing 15 Some more useful information for Pattern Write eee 16 m edu as 16 Selecting qe 16 WE ved EE ocd een ote 16 Pattern Playe ea ln 17 AC LSAT AE ALLELE o ee i obli andae aho 17 Copy Nut E EUN 17 Program gr em 18 E ded ede es 18 Track Pg osse oo eate 18 Cycle P 18 Jump to MOAsSUte oos iti coil as 19 Editing Rhythm Tracks toate eae oil
47. y 2 Main Key 3 Main Key 4 Main Key 5 Main Key 6 Main Key 7 Main Key 8 Main Key 9 Main Key 10 Main Key 11 Main Key 12 Main Key 13 Main Key 14 Main Key 15 Main Key 16 40 MIDI SID SOFTWARE MIDI Implementation Chart 2 Key MSSIAH Version 1 00 Wave Player MIDI Implementation Chart Function Transmitted 1 Recognized Remarks Basic Default X 1 16 off Memorized Channel Changed X 1 16 off Memorized Mode Default X Mode 3 Messages X X X 36 47 1 A Play sounds 2 Note X 48 58 Co A 2 Init sounds 2 Number X 45 A Trig env SID 1 X 47 Trig env SID 2 Velocity Note On X 9nH 1 127 Note Off X X After Key s X X Touch Channel s X X Pitch Bend X X 1 Control 64 119 X 120 X 123 X Program Change System Exclusive X X System Song pos X X Common Song X X Tune X X System Clock X 0 Real Time Commands X All Sound OFF X o 120 Reset Ontrl X X Aux Local ON OFF X X Messages All Notes OFF X o 123 Active Sens X X System Res X X 1 MSSIAH Cartridge does not transmit MIDI Notes Mode 1 OMNI ON POLY Mode 3 OMNI OFF POLY http www mssiah com Mode 2 OMNI ON MONO Mode 4 OMNI OFF MONO Yes X No 41 Keyboard http www mssiah com Function Init Open HH Init Cowbell Init Hi Tom Init Closed HH Init Low T
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