TRACKERS MOONBLASTER EN 06

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FM DRUMS

The FM Drums are designed specifically for the MSX-MUSIC, so those who only have an MSX AUDIO can skip this chapter. With the F8 key one enters the FM-Drumset menu. Here the drums of the MSX-MUSIC can be adjusted in the right way. This can be done through three choices:

- Set Drumblocks
- Edit Drum volumes
- Edit Drum frequency

Set Drumblocks

The first choice of the FM-Drum menu consists of a screen with the hardware drums of the MSX-MUSIC and a number of pre-programmed PSG sounds. These drums and sounds are in the first column. In the top line of this screen are the numbers 1 to 15. These numbers refer to the numbers that you can use during editing of the FM-Drums in the music-edit screen. With the columns, which are below the numbers, you can switch certain drums and sounds on or off. Only a sound per drumblok may be used for the PSG sounds. The switching on and off is done by means of the cursor keys, to walk through the screen, and via the space bar, to switch the drums on or off. You can therefore make a selection from the five standard MSX-MUSIC drums (unlimited) and maximum PSG sound per Drum Block (1 through 15). The values ​​in the patterns in the DRM column correspond to these drum blocks.

Edit Drum volume

The volume of each FM-Drum (not the PSG) can be set with the second option of the FM-Drumset menu. With the cursor keys up / down a certain drum can be selected and with the cursor left and right the volumes resp. lower and higher.

Edit Drum frequency

If you choose this option, you can adjust the frequency of the FM-Drums so that it sounds best. For example, you can make the bass drum sound a bit lower or the tom a bit higher.

You will first be given a choice of 3 drum sets. You can set this for which Drum Set you want to adjust the frequency. The standard drum set (with which a song will always start) is Drumset 1. You do not need to set this in the music editor.

After selecting the right drum set, you can increase or decrease the frequency for each channel. The drums are distributed over the channels as follows:

Bassdrum Channel 7
Snaredrum Channel 8
Tom Channel 9
Cymbal Channel 8 and 9
Hi-Hat Channel 8 and 9

So if you raise (or lower) a channel, the other drums present on the same channel change. The frequencies can be adjusted in large steps (per octave) or in smaller steps (per frequency step) with the [CTRL] and cursor keys left / right. With [CTRL] up / down, the frequencies can be increased or decreased in increments of 10.

You can use the function keys F1 to F5 to play the FM-Drums. See the key overview for which function key stands for which FM Drum. The [HOME] key resets the frequencies to the default settings of MoonBlaster.