Vortex Tracker II v1.0 beta 28
(c)2000-2023 ..
  
E-mail: svbulba@gmail.com
 : 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 0.xx (*.as0);
 10)   ASC Sound Master 1.xx (*.asc);
 11)   Sound Tracker (*.st1, *.ay);
 12)   Sound Tracker  Super Sonic (*.stc);
 13)   Sound Tracker (*.st3);
 14)   Sound Tracker Pro (*.stf);
 15)   Sound Tracker Pro (*.stp);
 16)   SQ-Tracker (*.sqt);
 17)  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  Windows  Linux), 
 ZX Spectrum   ,  PT3.xx ,
( ,       ), 
 Little Viewer, Quick Commander, Real Commander, BestView, Pusher, ZXAmp,
The Viewer  .        ,
  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
(        ).    
ZX   Turbo-Sound,   TS-.

Vortex Tracker II   PC-  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.

      
    ,    ,   
   .      
.

    ,   :

20.10.2023:

1.       MIDI-. 
   MIDI    .   
      .   
       ,      
    (      VT v2.6).
     ,   ,  ,   
   ,         
      .  V    
     MIDI-:   ,    
       1  F     
   .   MIDI (    )  
       .   Windows
        MIDI  ,
         MIDI- 
   .

21.10.2023:

2.    MIDI-.   ,   /
     ,      ,  
       ,     
        .    
    (  ).      
     ,     -  
       .    ,   MIDI-
    ,        ( 
     ).
3.  Options       MIDI- (
    Ctrl+Alt+M)        MIDI-
    (   ).
4.  Options   Other      MIDI-
       (  ,    
        ,     
        ).    
     MIDI-,   .  
        Vortex Tracker II 
           MIDI-. 
     .
5. Delphi->Lazarus fix:     ,
        -    
   .

22.10.2023:

6.       Samples   Unroll 
      .     ,
        ,    
        ,     
    (       ).
       ,    
      PT3 .      
   Unloop,   VT v2.6,      
    ,     .
    ,       
      PT3 ( -16  +15),        
    .

23.10.2023:

7.        (,  
       RDP,     ). 
            
         ,   ( 
      ).     
           
       .    
    (,   Play)   
     ,        OK.

24.10.2023:

8.           
    Undo,   - . 
   ,    ,   
      .
9.  Undo/Redo  ,  ,    (
    ,      ) 
         .  ,
     Undo/Redo     ,   
   ,   ,     .

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

  /,   ,    
   .

1.        (
 Position List),       , 
     ( ).  
  (, )  ,  
,      .
2.  PSM  SQT-   #1   ,   
  #5E  #5F   (   B-8).
3.       ,  
    (  ).  
'Stop playing/Free device'.
4.        , 
  .
5.      ,    , 
   .
6.   MDI-  Lazarus   
   ,     .  
     ,      
 ,         
 ;        
;    Loop all     , 
 -   (, Options  About Vortex Tracker
II).

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

        
  Options.

     .

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

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 -       (  
 Envelope as note     0).

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 - /    
 .        , 
  .

1.8.      (,   
      ,    ).

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.

3.5. Up/Down      -   
  .

3.6. PageUp/PageDown      -  
     .

3.7. Ctrl+P - /    
        .

3.8. Alt+ -       
     .

4.  

4.1. Alt+F4 -    Vortex Tracker II.

4.2. Ctrl+F4, Ctrl+W -      .

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 -   
                                                  .
Shift+    -  .

    :

T - /  
N - /  
M - /  
` -  /  .

   '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+'-' ('_') -      '_'

           .

        ( '*') - 
 .

          - "" .

        -   
.

      -   .

Shift+  -       .

Ctrl+C/Ctrl+X - /     .

Ctrl+V -          .
   ,      
       /.

Delete -     ,   .

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

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

Shift+    -  .

` -  /  .

0-9 -   

Space -   

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

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

        -  
 .

      -   .

Shift+  -       .

Ctrl+C/Ctrl+X - /     .

Ctrl+V -          .

Delete -     ,   .

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

   orgen.exe,    OrGen   
OrGen  Shiru Otaku.     
.

     ,   
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  ,       
      (, ,
  ..).

     . ,
,       ( 
       ).  ` (
)       ,  
 (    ).

         
Auto Parameters,       
        . , 
  S  C (  . ),      -
       .   
.

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

     ,       32
.

        .  
AutoHlt    3, 4  5    
.         
   PageUp  PageDown.

      Unroll    
.     ,    
 ,         
,       (  
    ).     ,
       PT3 .  , 
       
 PT3 ( -16  +15),         
.

 ""    ,   
.

  MIDI-      
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 MIDI-    .

 MIDI (    Ctrl+Alt+M)  
 .    (   
 )  .    
   ,       .
  ,   ,  ,   
,         
   .

 V       MIDI-:
  ,         1
 F      .

  MIDI (    )   
   .

  ,   /  MIDI-  
,      ,    
  ,       
   .     
(  ).        
,     -     
 .    ,   MIDI-
,        (  
 ).

     PT3  
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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 
  .       , 
    .

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

        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  
     ,      (
   ,    ),  
          
,      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...
----------------------

  Options (  ,     
).    ,       
 Cancel (   )    ,  
   Options.  ,   ,  
OK.

 'Design'

ٸ   'Design Items',      
 , ,     
(background - , text - ).     
   Courier, Courier New, Fyxedsys, Lucida Console.
 ,          
,        
     .

    :     ( 3 
64);   ; /   
       ;    
   .        
 ,         
,     .

 'Chip emulation'

  ,  ,  ,  
  ( ..   )    
 .      ,
 -      .  
      ( Resampler), 
  .   VT    
,       (   ),
  (Averager),   ,    
    'Digital Sound'.

  Turbo-Sound      .

 '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     (. '
 ').

 'Digital Sound'

  .      . 
 ,      .

 Sample rate

   ,  ,  .    
    ,     , 
     ,      
   (  ).

 Bit rate

  ,  ,  .

 Channels

    .

 Device

    'Wave mapper'.

 Buffers

      . .   , 
   ,    ,   .  
       .
     ( )   
     , ..    
   .

 'Keys'

     ,     
,        .  
       -   
 .   ,      
 Define shortcut  Delete shortcut.

       
(       Shift  Ctrl+Shift  
    ,     
   ).   , 
   ,     
     .

        ( Default for
all)     Cancel      
Options.

 'Other'

 Application priority

      -   .

 Recalculate envelope period on note table change

          
    .     
       (     
    ),     #00FF   C-0, 
        (8, A, C  E),  
   .

 Accept MIDI messages in background

     MIDI-    (  , 
          , 
           ).
        MIDI-, 
   .       
  Vortex Tracker II        
   MIDI-.    .

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

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

Tracks manager        
  .

  Location 1  Location 2    , 
    .   Area    , 
        .

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

,         
  Transposition (   - ,   -
).    Area   ,   
 (    , 
     , .   
Recalculate envelope period on note table change  Options).

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,  
     .    9 , 
  .       
 ,    ,      
     SNDH PACKICE'. 

 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.

 Files->Exports->Convert to PSG...
--------------------------------------

        PSG.  
 PSG-  ,      Ay_Emul,  TS-
 2 PSG- ( Ay_Emul   ).    Ay_Emul,
   PSG   .  
  T/N/E    Toggle samples.

 Files->Exports->Convert to WAV...
--------------------------------------

  WAV-  ,    Options 
   .     
Esc          . 
     ,   
   ( , , 
  ,       ..).

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

  Vortex Tracker II    VT.cfg    
,    ,   AppData   (
C:\Users\< >\AppData\Local\Vortex Tracker II), ,  
,         .

 VT.cfg       (   ), 
 -   ,     AppData.   
   (,   Read Only 
     ),    
           .


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

:

-   (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'    .
- Nik-O    .
-     Vortex Tracker II v2.6  .
-       ,     .
- Benjamin' Gerard'    unice68_pack.c  
 SNDH- PACK-ICE   MC68000.

  ,      Vortex Tracker II:
4Mat
AER
Akasaka
Alex Rostov
Alexander Boolba
Alone Coder
And
ant1
Aprisobal
Asi
Astamur Panov
AZ
Bey Elder
Beyker
Biozoom
Black Fox
Bloobop
Bonysoft
buzzkej
Byteman
casecoma
Cat-Man
Ch41ns4w
Chip Champion
Cj Echo
Crazy Pixel
Creator
Darkman007
DDp
dead8088
Deetsay
Destr
Dippy
Dj Denson
Dj Kot
Dj Max
DoctorGentleman
EA
Elfh
Ellvis
emook
Esau
Factor6
Firestarter
Frank Triggs
Fubukimaru
funute
Garvalf
Gasman
Gibson
gotoandplay
gyms
isihlabathi
Jangler
Jass
Jerrs
Johnny McGibbitts
Joker
JosSs
Joyrex
jrlepage
Jumperror
Justinas
Kakos_nonos
Karbofos
kas29
Key-Jee
kfaraday
Klim
Kriss
kubikami
Kulor
KUVO
Kyv
Lamer Pinky
Lee du-Caine aka dC Audio
LiSU
m9m
MAD_DEL
MadMax of KNA
Makinavaja
mborik
Megus
Mic of MPS
Misha Pertsovsky
Mmcm
Mofobaru
Molodcov Alexander
MovieMovies1
neppie
nikhotmsk
Nik-O
Nooly
NVitia
OldFartGamer
Orson
Pak-Zer0
Pator
petet
Pigu
PSB
Quiet
rainwarrior
REAKTIVZ
Riskej
Robyn
Rolemusic
Rubedo
ruguevara
Ryurik
Samanasuke
Sarek
Sayk
Scalesmann
Sentinel
Sharik
Shiru Otaku
Siril
Splinter
Stiffler
Striker of Megasoft
Sultan Paraiso
TAD
tayle
th4 D34D
Tobikomi
Tosha
TristEndo
usagi
V0yager
Vadimatorik
Vedem
Voxel
Wally
wbc
Yerzmyey
z00m
Z23
Ziutek
ZJ Alex Clap
Zlew
Znahar
ZoundMakkr
zxastafiew
  ;)

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

!!!    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 -  .


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

Vortex Tracker II -  .    
:  (VT.exe  )    (  
 Lazarus  ).     
 ,         
,           ()
.

 

24  2002  - 24  2023 
