Vortex Tracker II v1.0 beta 19
(c)2000-2009 ..
  
E-mail: vorobey@mail.khstu.ru
 : http://bulba.untergrund.net/


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Vortex Tracker II     Vortex Tracker.
        Vortex Tracker  2000 ,
     .     ,   
  .    2002   -   
       Vortex Tracker II.

 ?
--------

Vortex Tracker II       
       AY-3-8910, AY-3-8912 
YM2149F.        
       Windows,  
    .   
 Win32      .

Vortex Tracker II     ()  ZX Spectrum
 :

 1) Pro Tracker 3.xx (  *.pt3);
 2) Pro Tracker 2.xx (*.pt2);
 3) Pro Tracker 1.xx (*.pt1);
 4) Flash Tracker (*.fls);
 5) Fast Tracker (*.ftc);
 6) Global Tracker 1.x (*.gtr);
 7) Pro Sound Creator 1.xx (*.psc);
 8)   Pro Sound Maker (*.psm);
 9)   ASC Sound Master (*.asc);
 10)   Sound Tracker  Super Sonic (*.stc);
 11)   Sound Tracker Pro (*.stp);
 12)   SQ-Tracker (*.sqt);
 13)  Amadeus (Fuxoft AY Language) (*.fxm, *.ay).

      (),  
  .       Ay_Emul.
      .

   PT v3.7+,    Turbo Sound, 
      PT3-   
Turbo Sound.   PT v3.6  ,  
 VT II        
   TS,    PT3.

    ( FXM)       ( 
   TS-  16 ).   
    .    
   Turbo Sound.

Vortex Tracker II       : Pro Tracker
3.xx (*.pt3).       , 
   (  Ay_Emul  Win32), 
 ZX Spectrum   ,  PT3.xx ,
( ,       ), 
 Little Viewer, Quick Commander, Real Commander, BestView, Pusher, ZXAmp 
.        , 
 Ay_Emul,  YM-Engine  SquareTone
(http://bulba.untergrund.net/).

        
  .      
,   .       
  .  ,   
    ,   PT3  -
   65536 .

  Turbo-Sound      TS-   
   .

Vortex Tracker II         ZX
Spectrum  Atari ST : SNDH (   Atari ST), HOBETA ( 
 ZX Spectrum  ), AY ( EMUL    ZX Spectrum), SCL  TAP
(        ).   
  Turbo-Sound,   TS-.

Vortex Tracker II   Win32-  Pro Tracker 3.xx  ZX
Spectrum.    Vortex Tracker II    
Pro Tracker v3.6x-3.7x  Alone Coder (a.k.a. Dima Bystrov).  
 "ProTracker 3.5" Vortex Tracker II    
 Pro Tracker v3.5x.

       
     ,   Pro Tracker 3, 
     ,     
    .     
   Trackers limitations.rus.txt.

    ,    
      Pro Tracker 3, Vortex
Tracker II ,      Pro Tracker 3.5x,  
  ,   PT3 (, 
   3xxx).   ,  
  ZX Spectrum ,    Vortex Tracker II
v1.0 PT3 player for ZX Spectrum (      VT II). 
  Pro Tracker 3  ZX Spectrum,   Pro Tracker v3.69x 
,  Alone Coder'     VT II.

 :    3xxx    
  ,      ASC Sound Master.

      
    ,    ,   
   .      
.

    ,   :

08.02.2009:

1. TAD ,      
          ( 
   Toggle Samples). .

 (  ):

1. , .
2. /     .
3.   .
4.     ( AlCo).
5.       (swap)   -
    .
6.   WAV-.
7.    ( TAD).
8.     .
9. ... :(

 
------------------

  /,   ,    
   .

1.         , 
       (,
Zoltrix AP3200).
2.    ,   .
3.        (
 Position List),       , 
     ( ).  
  (, )  ,  
,      .
4.  PSM  SQT-   #1   ,   
  #5E  #5F   (   B-8).
5.       ,  
    (  ).  
'Stop playing/Free device'.
6.        , 
  .
7.      ,    , 
   .
8.    .
9.      /   .

         .

 
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   .

    
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1.   

1.1.    (NoteKeys):

                          Q 2 W 3 E R 5 T 6 Y 7 U I 9 O 0 P [ = ]
  Z S X D C V G B H N J M , L . ; /

  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | C#| D#| | F#| G#| A#| | C#| D#| | F#| G#| A#| | C#| D#| | F#|
  C   D   E F   G   A   B C   D   E F   G   A   B C   D   E F   G

..    ,    
.

1.2. Shift+NoteKeys -      .

1.3. Shift+Ctrl+NoteKeys -      .

1.4. A -       (R--).

1.5. K -   (---).

1.6.  1  8    -    .

     NumLock   .

2.     ( )

2.1. Up, Down, Left, Right -     .

2.2. PageUp, PageDown -       .

2.3. Home, End -       .

2.4. Ctrl+Right, Ctrl+Left -       .

2.5. Ctrl+PageUp, Ctrl+PageDown -        .

2.6. Ctrl+Home, Ctrl+End -        .

2.7.   -     .

2.8.   -   /.

3.  

3.1. Shift+   (.2.) -   
.

3.2. Ctrl+A, Ctrl+5    -   .

3.3.        .

3.4. Shift+  -      .

3.5. Shift+  -  /  .

4.       

4.1. Tab -         .

4.2. Shift+Tab -     .

4.3. ` ( ,    Tab) -  
           .

5. 

5.1. BackSpace -      .
                                                          
5.2. Ctrl+BackSpace, Ctrl+Y -      .

5.3. Delete -      ,   .

5.4. Ctrl+Delete -    .

5.5. Numpad / -         
         .

6.   

6.1. Insert -      .

6.2. Ctrl+I -      .

6.3. Numpad * -         .

7.     

7.1. Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Insert -      .

7.2. Ctrl+X, Shift+Delete -  ,     .

7.3. Ctrl+V, Shift+Insert -     (   
           ).     
      ,      .

7.4. Ctrl+Alt+V -      ,  
         ().

7.5. Numpad +  Numpad - -   1    
     .

7.6. Ctrl+Numpad +  Ctrl+Numpad - -      
     .

8.    

8.1.      -   .

8.2.   Enter -       
  .   - , 
 .

9. 

9.1. 0    - / Auto Envelope.

9.2.  - /  (Auto Step).

9.3. Shift+Backspace -      .

,    ,    ,
     Numpad (  ..).

  
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1.  

1.1. F5 -     .

1.2. F6 -    .

1.3. F7 -     .

1.4. F8 -     .

1.5. Esc -  /   ,
      ,  ,   
.

1.6. Ctrl+L - /     .

1.7. Ctrl+Alt+L - /    
 .        , 
  .

2.   

2.1. Ctrl+Alt+C -   (AY-3-8910/12  YM2149F).

2.2. Ctrl+Alt+A -    (Mono, ABC, ACB  BAC; 
    Options).

3. 

3.1. Ctrl+E - /    
      .

3.2. Ctrl+R - / .

3.3. Ctrl+T - /  Tracks Manager.

3.4. Ctrl+Alt+T - /  Global Transposition.

4.  

4.1. Alt+F4 -    Vortex Tracker II.

4.2. Ctrl+F4 -      .

4.3. Ctrl+F6 -    .

4.4. Ctrl+O -    .

4.5. Ctrl+S -   .

4.6. Tab, Shift+Tab -        
 .

4.7. Alt+BackSpace -   .

4.8. Alt+Enter -   .


   
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. ` -  /  .

2. Left, Right     -   (  
      ).

3.    -       .

4. L -    .

5.  0  9 -      .

6. Del -    .

7. Ins -    .

-    :

Up, Down, Left, Right, PageUp, PageDown, Home, End, Ctrl+Right, Ctrl+Left,
Ctrl+PageUp, Ctrl+PageDown, Ctrl+Home, Ctrl+End -   
                                                  
    :

T - /  
N - /  
M - /  
Alt+Right -        
Alt+Left -         
            

   'TNE':
Space - /  

    '+'  '-':
Space -  
Shift+'=', '=', Numpad '+' -    '+'
'-', Numpad '-' -    '-'
Shift+6 ('^') -      '^'
Shift+'-' ('_') -      '_'
0-9,A-F -   

    '^'  '_':
Space - / 
Shift+6 ('^') -   '^'
Shift+'-' ('_') -   '_'
0-9,A-F -   

   ( )   '+', '-'  '_':
Space -    
Shift+'-' ('_') -     '_'
'-',  Numpad '-' -      '-'
'+',  Numpad '+' -      '+'
0-9,A-F -   

   :
0-9,A-F -   
Space -   ,    -  
Shift+'=', '=', Numpad '+' -    '+'
'-', Numpad '-' -    '-'
Shift+6 ('^') -      '^'
Shift+'-' ('_') -      '_'

           .

        ( '*') - 
 .

          - "" .

        -   
.

-    :

Up, Down, Left, Right, PageUp, PageDown, Home, End, Ctrl+PageUp, Ctrl+PageDown,
Ctrl+Home, Ctrl+End -    

0-9 -   

Space -   

Shift+'=', Numpad '+' -    '+'

'-', Numpad '-' -    '-'

        -  
 .

   orgen.exe,    OrGen   
OrGen  Shiru Otaku.     
.

         
 .

     ,       32
.

        .   Auto
   3,4  5     .

Pro Tracker 3.69x    ZX Spectrum     VT II
(    VT II,    *.pt3).   
 -   ~48        
64 .     PT3-  ZX Spectrum
    .

  ,      
 PT3  ZX Spectrum,    Speed  2 (
3.5   -   3),      VT II ,
    .

Pro Tracker 3.7x  Pro Tracker 3.6xx      'Pro
Tracker 3.7'  'Vortex Tracker II (PT 3.6)' ,    
   "Pro Tracker 3.5"   
  .

 'Pro Tracker 3.7'     :   
 1.xx  2.xx        xx 
  .       , 
    .

   'Vortex Tracker II 1.0 module: ',     
   ProTracker 3.6xx,    
  Vortex Tracker'!

 ""    ,   
.

 
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        PT3-.

1) 'Vortex Tracker II 1.0 module: '

     ,      
,   Vortex Tracker II,    
3xxx (tone portamento).   ,     
   ZX Spectrum,    PC,     
  .

2) 'ProTracker 3.6 compilation of '

     ,   ,   
  PT3    .  , 
 ,   Pro Tracker 3.6xx  Vortex Tracker II,
,       PT 3.5x   ,
    -          ,
     .

3) 'ProTracker 3.7 compilation of '

     ,      PT 3.6
     1.xx  2.xx (  ). 
      ,   
     xx    .

4) 'ProTracker 3.5 compilation of '

    ,    3.6     
  ,        3.6 (3xxx 
 -, 1.xx  2.xx   ..).

 AutoStep
----------------------
         
      ( ,
,     , //
  ..).      ( ),  
 ().      ,  Space
 Ctrl+R.

     ,  
    :  
     2-4-   
 (    ); /
   2     (   
 2  1 ,         
 Ctrl+I  Ctrl+BackSpace,    
      ),   
    Compress/Expand   .

     ,    
  Shift+Backspace (  ).

 Turbo-Sound
-----------------
  90-  ZX      
       
 .   : Quadro-AY, Turbo-AY  Turbo-
Sound.        
    (   ).  Vortex
Tracker II        .
  () .      . ,
       ,    
 ,   ,     
.      (   "2nd soundchip is
disabled").

       TS VT II  
     ,      (
   ,    ),  
          
,      TS-    
,   TS- (  TS-  PT v3.6+)
  TS- ,  ,     TS-,
   .

   ZX       ZX- InfoGuide #8.

 VT II   PT3-  ZX Spectrum    TS-,
       Turbo-Sound.

   Turbo-Sound
-----------------------------------
 ,    TS-    , VT II
       .      
     TS,     :

     copy Module1.txt+Module2.txt Module.txt

   

     copy/b Module1.pt3+Module2.sqt+ID Module.pt3

    ( FXM),  ID -  
:

    +0 Str4 'PT3!'
    +4 Word   Module1.pt3
    +6 Str4 'SQT!'
    +A Word   Module2.sqt
    +C Str4 '02TS'

    Ay_Emul.

 Files->Options...
----------------------

 'New window'

       .  
   ( 3  64),     .
   ,  Courier, Courier New, Fyxedsys,
Lucida Console,      ,    
   .        
   .

 'Windows'

'Channels allocation'     
  . 'Tracks colors'   
   (background - , text - ).
        ,    .

 'Chip emulation'

  ,  ,  ,  
       .  
   ,  -       
.       
'for quality',   -     .
       .   VT  
  ,      (
  ,       , 
 ,         'Wave out'.
  Turbo-Sound (Turbo-AY)     
.

 'Compatibility'

   .    
,      .

 Features level

 - Pro Tracker 3.5 -    3xxx,  1.xx  2.xx
       . ,  ASC    
           PT3.
 - Vortex Tracker II (PT 3.6) -    3xxx.  
         ,      ASC.
 - Pro Tracker 3.7 -    1.xx  2.xx.
 - Try detect -         
          .   PT3 VT    
         .   PT2   'Pro Tracker
       3.5',    - 'Vortex Tracker II (PT 3.6)'.

 Save with header

   VT II     PT3-. 
  , VT II     (. '
 ').

 'Wave out'

  .      . 
 ,      .

 Sample rate

   ,  ,  ,  . 44100  48000
       ,   
   ,     ,  
    .

 Bit rate

  ,  ,  ,  .

 Channels

    .

 Wave out device

   , 'Wave mapper'.     , 
   'Get full list'.

 Buffers

      . .   , 
   ,    ,   .  
       .    
   6   5 .

 'Other'

 Application priority

      -   . 
   -       
      Windows 9x/Me.

Tracks manager
--------------

         Edit 
       Ctrl+T. 
    .  Tracks manager   
           (
     ).     
 ,      ,    
.

Tracks manager        
  .

  Location 1  Location 2    , 
    .   Area    , 
        .

 ,   ,       
(     Copy),  ( Move) 
  ( Swap).

,         
  Transposition (   - ,   -
).    Area   ,   
.

Global Transposition
--------------------

         Edit, 
     Ctrl+Alt+T. Global Transposition 
  ( )    ,   
,      Tracks manager.
     Tracks manager.

 Files->Save  Files->Save as...
------------------------------------

   .    " " 
  :    (TXT),   Pro
Tracker 3 (PT3).        
,   ,   ,   
    .  ,  
    (    Turbo-Sound), 
     .

 Files->Exports->Save in SNDH (Atari ST)
--------------------------------------------

   SNDH    Atari ST ( SNDH -
 Atari ST).     MC68000  - 
    (   PT 3.3)    
  .      Ay_Emul,  
     .  SNDH PACKICE' 
.    9 ,    . 
       ,   
.     Atari ST    PT v3.7.

 Files->Exports->Save with ZX Spectrum player
-------------------------------------------------

    ZX Spectrum.     HOBETA  
($c)    ($m),   .AY ( EMUL), SCL  TAP.  
,      .  .AY  
  .     
:     "Disable loop".   SCL  TAP
        ,    
    HOBETA,        ""
     .      
    ZXAYPlayer.rus.txt.   
     VT II,      
  http://bulba.untergrund.net/.  ,     255
,    SCL  HOBETA .  
,      (     
  ).

      ( Turbo-Sound), 
 ,     TS-,  
     ZXTSPlayer.rus.txt.


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:

-   (a.k.a. V_Soft)   ,     'Vortex',
   ' ',     .
-   (... Hacker KAY)       AY
 YM,           
  .
-   (... Alone Coder)      Pro
Tracker 3      VTII  PT3,     
  ,    AY-   "Envelope+(Ton=0)".
-   (a.k.a. Megus)      AY, 
  Vortex Tracker II,       
 .
- Macros'    ,  ,   
    .
- Shiru Otaku  plug-in OrGen, ,      
    6.
- Polaris'     .
- Black Groove' (a.k.a. Key-Jee)  ,    .
-   (a.k.a. EA)  , ,   .
-  .      FXM-,  
        PT3-.
- Asi      .
-        .
- Spectre     PT3-  ZX,    
          ZX.
-        PT3-  ZX.
- Jocker'    PT3   XAS.
- HalElf'   AY_Emul  VTII    Far Manager' xLook.
- Karbofos'  ,    .
- Ch41ns4w    TS-  .
- Znahar'     ,    
.
- TAD'  ,      .
- MMCM'    .

  ,     Vortex Tracker II:
Shiru Otaku
Key-Jee
EA
Alone Coder
Siril
z00m
Asi
Rolemusic
Karbofos
Kyv
Ch41ns4w
Ryurik
Gibson
TAD
Znahar
Nik-O
Orson
Lee du-Caine aka dC Audio
4Mat
Voxel
  ;)

   ZX  CAFe'2003  ,    ,
  Vortex Tracker II    
  Pro Tracker'a v3.xx. ,  ;)

   /,      ..
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

!!!    PT3-,    !!!
!!!       ,     
,    ,      !!!
!!!      ZX Spectrum,  
      ,     ,
 !!!
!!! ,   AY- -    !!!

 /     
( VT II)     .

1. ,   PT 3.4x      PT 3.5x  ,
     .
2.    -    3xxx. 
     ,    
.
3. PT 3.3x      "Pro Tracker".
4.       , 
  ,       /.
5. ,   VT II,     , 
  PT 3.xx  ZX -  .
6. ,   VT II,       ,
   PT 3.xx  ZX -  .
7. ,   VT II,       ,
   PT 3.xx  ZX -  .

  VT II v1.0
-----------------------

 alpha-  .    beta-
 VT II v1.0   .  beta-
      ,   
  ,     . ,
       ,    
  ,     .


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Vortex Tracker II -  .    
:  (VT.exe  )    (  
 Delphi 7  ).     
 ,         
,           ()
.

 

24  2002  - 23  2009 
