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→What are patterns and positions?
When composing music in MoonBlaster it is important to know that this program works according to the pattern and position system. DU system has already been used in many other music programs on various computer systems and has proven to bring many advantages in practice. Both for the composer and for the programmer who wants to use the music later in his own programs. Below is a brief explanation of this system.
==== 3.1.1.What are patterns and positions? ====
The memory of the computer is divided into small pieces in which music data is stored. We call this pattern. A complete piece of music consists of a series of these patterns arranged in a random order. The order in which the patterns are arranged can be determined by setting a pattern to a specific item number. These are the positions. As a result, it is also possible to play a pattern several times within a piece of music, while it only once in memory. You can compare this system with a CD player. Set the tracks on the CD equal to the patterns and the order of the tracks equal to the positions. If you want to listen to the fourth track first, then the first and then the fourth one is on position 1 track (pattern) 4, on position 2 track (pattern) 1 and on position 3 track (pattern) 4.
Maybe the pattern / position system sounds a bit complicated, but in practice it is very easy and saves a lot of time and memory space.