Here are some questions answered which get asked on the forum and on IRC from time to time.
11:32 anyguy has joined #MilkyTracker 11:32 pailes yawns 11:32 <anyguy> Hi 11:32 <pailes> hi there 11:33 <anyguy> this sounds terrible, but i just downloaded milky traker and i have no idea how to use it 11:33 <anyguy> any help? 11:34 <pailes> load a song 11:34 <pailes> play it 11:34 <pailes> maybe watch the video tutorials 11:34 <anyguy> the vids on youtube were no help 11:34 <pailes> what was the problem? 11:35 <anyguy> i have no idea how to work milky traker 11:35 <pailes> I guess you have to be more specific 11:36 <anyguy> i cant even make a simple sound or track 11:36 <pailes> can you load a song and play it? 11:36 <anyguy> no clue how? 11:37 <pailes> "load" a song 11:37 <pailes> there is a "load" button 11:37 <pailes> which suggests you should press it to load a song 11:37 <anyguy> i know, but its all... blah, file types 11:38 <anyguy> error loading file type 11:38 <pailes> you can only load songs which have the .xm extension 11:38 <pailes> i.e. some of the songs which are included in the milkytracker distribution package 11:39 <anyguy> nice, but how do i edit or build on that? 11:39 <pailes> first I suggest to press the config button 11:40 <pailes> then select the misc. tab by pressing the misc. button 11:40 <pailes> and switch to milkytracker edit mode 11:40 <pailes> this mode will be easier to use 11:41 <pailes> for people not having any tracking background 11:41 <anyguy> so for now on out, trial and error? 11:41 <anyguy> this is alien to me 11:41 <pailes> when you have enabled milkytracker edit mode you can edit pattern data by clicking into the pattern, this will focus the pattern editor 11:41 <pailes> rec. will turn red 11:42 <anyguy> i see 11:42 <pailes> which means you can edit pattern data 11:42 <pailes> you can enter regular notes by pressing keys on your pc keyboard 11:42 <pailes> c, c#, d, etc. 11:43 <anyguy> how do i clear it all and use the samples 11:43 <pailes> pres "zap" and then "song" 11:43 <pailes> it will preserve the samples 11:44 <anyguy> so how do i start now? 11:44 <pailes> try to find which key on the keyboard maps to which note... there are also some documents which you can read to understand how a tracker works 11:45 <pailes> you can change the octave with the function keys btw. only two octaves of notes are available at a time through the keyboard, if you want to change the octave you need to do it manually 11:45 <anyguy> can i change the speed? 11:47 <pailes> you do that by inserting a speed command in the last column of a track (a track are those vertical units in the pattern) 11:47 <pailes> everything is done using those commands 11:49 <pailes> maybe this helps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracker 11:50 <pailes> although this article is a little bit outdated 12:06 <anyguy> god i suck at this 12:16 <anyguy> i dont know what im doing wrong here 12:17 <pailes> you can't learn tracking in a few minutes... it really takes some dedication and time 12:17 <anyguy> how do i start though 12:19 <pailes> reading and trial and error 12:20 <pailes> and loading songs and listen to them and find out how they're made by altering sample and pattern data 12:25 <anyguy> blaw 12:25 anyguy has disconnected: Quit: Saving BACKUP.XM... 12:26 <pailes> yes, bye byeThe end.