Here we go with our tune being made!

First, make sure you've downloaded the PT2 clone if you're on windows. Link at 8bitbubsy's website (https://16-bits.org).

If you need some samples, I highly recommend checking out Audacity and ripping some samples from other songs, or check out the Zero-G packs (Jungle Warfare 1-3, Datafile 1-3, etc).

Link to the Zero-G packs converted to Amiga IFF format (Huge thanx to DJ Nest for converting these)

We are going to start out with the commands.

As you can see, there are many commands. If you take a brief moment and look at the chart above, you'll see that Exx has many types of command types. Here's a list of the command types that Exx uses.

  • E00/1=Filter on/off
  • E1x/2x=Slide Up/Down
  • E30/1=Glissando on/off
  • E40/1/2=Vibrato on/off
  • E5x=Set finetune
  • E6x=Row repeat by x times
  • E70/1/2=Tremolo Waveform
  • E8x=Not implemented (Filter loop)
  • E9x=Note retrigger by x times.
  • EAx/EBx=Vol. ramping up/down
  • ECx=Note cutting by x amount
  • EDx=Note delay by x amount
  • EFx=Invert loop

    • Now that we have commands out of the way, we can now get to working on our tune!

    We have to load our sample. We can either do that by pressing the "LOAD" button on the 2nd line in the middle, or press "Disk Op." and press "Load Sample"

    This is what the disk op looks like when you have a folder of samples. I will now load an amen break from the "Breaks" folder.

    As you can see, the offset end is 9DE, so that means we are not above 64k, which is great because these samples will be able to play on a stock Amiga (unless it's under 500kb-ish)

    To enter in a note, press the Spacebar. Or, press the "Edit" button in the GUI.

    Oh no! Looks like our sample is too fast for the speed! Maybe we should tweak it to go to F05 and see what it does.

    Seems like it works fine now. Let's move on to the bassline. I am making a jungle track for this so I am going to use a sub-bass.

    You can also mark a block using Ctrl+B and press Ctrl+C to copy, then Ctrl+P to paste.

    Alright, let's see how our tune sounds now with the bass and the Amen added in there.

    Sounds good so far! As you can see, I have added in the 9xx command on the last few notes on Ch1. I was able to view those notes by looking into the Sample Editor GUI, hover over a spot in the sample and look at the sample offset number in the bottom right corner.

    Now, all we need is an atmospheric pad, and boom! We've got a simple jungle track.

    Here is our jungle track with our pad, break, and sub-bass.


    Want to learn more about nuskool type trackers and more? You might be interested in this!

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