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A song can also continue indefinitely by setting a 'loop position'. This means that when the load position is reached, the song will jump back to the loop position, which is indicated at the bottom of the screen. It is therefore possible to make an "infinitely long" song. A loop position can be set by pressing [CTRL] - [L] and then adjusting the loop position with the cursor keys. With [RETURN] you confirm the change, with [ESC] you can undo the change. The track will end after the last position if an 'OFF' is entered at the loop position.
=== 3.2.Playing music ===
==== 3.2.1.Playing the song ====
Before a song can be played, you can first choose for which sound chip the music should be played. This can be done with the [SELECT] key. You can choose from: Stereo, MSX-MUSIC and MSX-AUDIO. In addition, you can also switch on and off the output indicator, which during playing music, with the [CTRL ??] - [0 ??] combination. In the command line at the bottom of the image clan appears whether it is on or off. The same applies to the Settings Scan. This is easy if you are creating a song and want to start playing in the middle of the song. It can not be ruled out that an instrument change has already taken place. The Settings Scan looks at all the changes and settings that occur in the song for the current pattern before the song is played back. This can be switched on and off with the ?? [CTRL] - [S ??] keys. If the Settings Scan is off, it starts with the settings that apply at the beginning of the track. When the Settings Scan is on, MoonBlaster will first scan the track to settings for the current position or pattem after pressing F1 or F2. You can see this by the pattern / position numbers at the top right of the screen. The MSX-MUSIC has the possibility to play 6 channels of music + 1 drum channel or 9 channel music. The [CTRL ??] - [F ??] combination switches between both options. The number of playable channels is shown on the right of the screen. The actual playback of the song starts with the [F1] key. The song will start at the current position and end at the last position. The?? [F2] key plays only the current pattern. The latter is useful during composing.
=== 3.3Entering and deleting notes, drums and effects ===