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7. �TIPS

​Some pattern saving tips If a bass is played and later in the song the same bassline is played but with a lead, the lead can be switched off at first by setting the volume very low. When the bass is played for the second time the volume must be set loud. This way the same music part is played, but with the lead.

​Smooth frequency slide The link option is very useful in combination with the pitch bend option. With the pitch bend the note is bent, after that the link will stop the pitch bend and play the right note. The right value of the pitch bend can be found with some experimenting. It may be convenient to switch the other channels off with CTRL-W. For example: C 5 � � � E 5

You can make the change from C5 to E5 smooth with: C 5 � � P+3 L+4 �​Double speed To make the tempo exactly twice as fast you need the following calculation: 25 minus the current tempo has a certain result. When the tempo should be twice as fast, you have to divide this value by 2 (2 times as slow is multiplying by 2). The result should be subtracted from 25. The result of this calculation is the new tempo. An example will make this more clear: Let the song tempo be 19. The tempo that is twice as fast is calculated with: 25 - 19 = 6. 6 / 2 = 3. 25 - 3 = 22. So the new tempo should be 22.

​ ​Pitchbend and back Say you want to pitch bend a note a bit higher and then go back to the old note without a triggering the note again. This can be done with L+0. Example:

C 6 P+3 L+0

​Echo You can create an echo effect by copying a certain channel to another channel with echo steps. Often two echo steps will give the best result. You can copy the channel with CTRL-C, see the description in chapter 3. Set the same instrument on the new channel, but decrease the volume somewhat. Especially with good stereo settings this sounds great!

​‘Full’ sound You can create a full sound by playing the same notes on two channels and do some detuning. For example in channel one and two the same melody with in channel one a T+0 and in channel two a T+1. �​Saving type work You can save yourself a lot of typing by using the block functions well. When you use the same bassline often in a song for example, but with another base tone, you can copy it as a block with CTRL-C, and next you can transpose the bassline to the desired bass tone with [,] and [.].

​Number of bars per pattern When you are composing a song it is the easiest way to use one pattern for every bar. Every step is 1/16th note then. However, if you want to use 32nd notes too you can should two patterns for one bar. For a 3/4 bar you can place an ENDOP on step 11 in the CMD channel.

Sample editor Note that MoonBlaster is NOT meant as a sample editor. Just edit your sample in a real sample editor until they are perfect. Save them as Raw/PCM or WAV and load the samples in MoonBlaster. A converter to convert WAV to MTN is available.