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WYZTracker

2012-05-26T22:15:21Z

AugustoRuiz: /* About */

== About ==

NOTE: These instructions are a bit outdated. You can find a more up-to-date version at [https://sites.google.com/site/augustoruiz/home WYZTracker's home page].

Crossplatform tool written in .NET 2.0 for [[PSG|AY]] music creation by AugustoRuiz, former [[ComputerEmuzone|ComputerEmuzone]] Games Studio member, and now part of [[RetroWorks|RetroWorks]]. The music files can be played with Artaburu's [[CPCRSlib]] for [[Z88DK|Z88DK]].

WYZTracker is a pattern-based music editor, being a pattern a sequence of notes and effects. Patterns can have any length (a song can have patterns with different lengths too).<br>

== Usage Instructions ==

To add a pattern, click the "Añadir Patrón" button (looks like a sheet with a + symbol). A new pattern will appear in the pattern list that is located at the left of the tracker.

To delete a pattern, click the "Eliminar Patrón" button (like a sheet with a minus).

To clone a pattern, click the "Clonar Patrón" button (like two sheets together).<br>

To edit notes, click on the pattern viewer (the black and green part of the screen). You can move the current selected note clicking with the mouse or using the arrow keys and Next/Prev Page.<br>

The keyboard acts as some sort of "Virtual Keyboard", where the Z letter is the C note of the current "Base Octave" selected (which is visible on the top of the screen as "Octava Base"). The S key will be C#, the X key is D, the D key is D#, the C key is E... Also, the Q key is the C note of (Base Octave + 1) octave.<br>

If the selection is in the FX channel, all keys work the same way, putting the current FX into the selected note.<br>

Also, you can configure if inserting a note makes the cursor go forward (and how many rows) using the "Incremento Automático" option at the Toolbar. You can use the 0 value to make the cursor stay where it is after inserting a note. Using F4/F5 you can change this value also.<br>

To change the base octave you can use the "Octava Base" combobox, or use F2/F3.<br>

== Instrument and FX edition ==

To edit and create instruments and FX, you must use the upper right controls.<br>

An instrument is a set of volumes (shown as green bars). Loops can be created easily (in spanish it's "Bucles"). To edit them, just left click in the grid shown in the Instrument Editor.<br>Clicking with the right mouse button you can select whether the instrument current position will also change the current octave (up or down).<br>

The Sawtooth instrument cannot be edited. It's used mainly for bass lines, using the AY envelopes.<br>

FX are a little more complex than instruments. For each FX position, three values can be defined: Volume (green bars), noise frequency (red bars) and note frequency (yellow bars).<br>

== Other features ==

*Import/Export instruments and FX (see the toolbar below the instrument/FX selector),
*Export to MUS files (which are used by WYZ replayer) - this option will also generate an ASM file with the instrument/fx definitions.<br>

== Additional notes ==

Currently the user interface is only available in spanish, but there will be localized versions soon.

== Downloads ==

You can download the latest version [http://augusto.ruiz.googlepages.com/WYZTracker.0.2.19.rar here].

[[Category:Applications]] [[Category:Music and sound]][[Category:CrossDev]]

WYZTracker

2012-05-13T22:04:05Z

AugustoRuiz: /* About */

== About ==

NOTE: This instructions are a bit outdated. You can find a more up-to-date version at [http://https://sites.google.com/site/augustoruiz/home WYZTracker's home page].

Crossplatform tool written in .NET 2.0 for [[PSG|AY]] music creation by AugustoRuiz, former [[ComputerEmuzone|ComputerEmuzone]] Games Studio member, and now part of [[RetroWorks|RetroWorks]]. The music files can be played with Artaburu's [[CPCRSlib]] for [[Z88DK|Z88DK]].

WYZTracker is a pattern-based music editor, being a pattern a sequence of notes and effects. Patterns can have any length (a song can have patterns with different lengths too).<br>

== Usage Instructions ==

To add a pattern, click the "Añadir Patrón" button (looks like a sheet with a + symbol). A new pattern will appear in the pattern list that is located at the left of the tracker.

To delete a pattern, click the "Eliminar Patrón" button (like a sheet with a minus).

To clone a pattern, click the "Clonar Patrón" button (like two sheets together).<br>

To edit notes, click on the pattern viewer (the black and green part of the screen). You can move the current selected note clicking with the mouse or using the arrow keys and Next/Prev Page.<br>

The keyboard acts as some sort of "Virtual Keyboard", where the Z letter is the C note of the current "Base Octave" selected (which is visible on the top of the screen as "Octava Base"). The S key will be C#, the X key is D, the D key is D#, the C key is E... Also, the Q key is the C note of (Base Octave + 1) octave.<br>

If the selection is in the FX channel, all keys work the same way, putting the current FX into the selected note.<br>

Also, you can configure if inserting a note makes the cursor go forward (and how many rows) using the "Incremento Automático" option at the Toolbar. You can use the 0 value to make the cursor stay where it is after inserting a note. Using F4/F5 you can change this value also.<br>

To change the base octave you can use the "Octava Base" combobox, or use F2/F3.<br>

== Instrument and FX edition ==

To edit and create instruments and FX, you must use the upper right controls.<br>

An instrument is a set of volumes (shown as green bars). Loops can be created easily (in spanish it's "Bucles"). To edit them, just left click in the grid shown in the Instrument Editor.<br>Clicking with the right mouse button you can select whether the instrument current position will also change the current octave (up or down).<br>

The Sawtooth instrument cannot be edited. It's used mainly for bass lines, using the AY envelopes.<br>

FX are a little more complex than instruments. For each FX position, three values can be defined: Volume (green bars), noise frequency (red bars) and note frequency (yellow bars).<br>

== Other features ==

*Import/Export instruments and FX (see the toolbar below the instrument/FX selector),
*Export to MUS files (which are used by WYZ replayer) - this option will also generate an ASM file with the instrument/fx definitions.<br>

== Additional notes ==

Currently the user interface is only available in spanish, but there will be localized versions soon.

== Downloads ==

You can download the latest version [http://augusto.ruiz.googlepages.com/WYZTracker.0.2.19.rar here].

[[Category:Applications]] [[Category:Music and sound]][[Category:CrossDev]]

Img2CPC

2009-04-08T16:38:54Z

AugustoRuiz:

Img2CPC is a command line tool, developed by AugustoRuiz using C#. You will need the .NET Framework 2.0 to run it properly.

<br>

Usage:

<br>

Img2CPC [/w=width] [/h=height] [/g] [/bn=tileBaseName] [/m=mode] [/t] [/f] [/o=output] [/c=80] [/cbb] files

<br>

*'''w''': Tile Width. If not specified, it will process the whole image width.
*'''h''': Tile Height. If not specified, it will process the whole image height.
*'''g''': If specified, it will generate one bmp file per tile.
*'''bn''': Base name to be used for asm labels.
*'''m''': Pixel mode. Valid values are 0,1,2. If not specified defaults to mode 0.
*'''t''': Transparency. Creates masks for transparent pixels.
*'''i''': Interlace masks. Creates masks for transparent pixels, mixing them with sprite data.
*'''f''': Flipped values LUT. Creates a look-up table with flipped bytes for the current mode.
*'''o''': Output file name. Default value is gfx.h
*'''c''': Create compiled sprites. Screen width in bytes can (should) be specified. (Default width is 80). File name will be compiled.[outputFileName]
*'''cbb''': Create backcuffer compiled sprites. File name will be bb.compiled.[outputFileName]
*'''files''': List of files to process. Wildcards can be used (*.png)

<br>

You can specify Img2CPC the palette you want to use. Depending on the mode specified, the program will reduce the number of colors of the original image to 16 colors (mode 0), 4 colors (mode 1) or 2 colors (mode 2). To change the palette that the program uses, you can modify the Img2CPC.exe.config file, which is a XML file.

<br>

There is a node in that file like this:

<br>

<add key="PaletteColors"<br>value="244,0,244#0,0,132#0,132,132#0,244,132#132,0,0#132,132,0#132,244,0#132,0,132#132,132,132#132,244,132#0,0,0#244,132,0#244,244,0#244,132,244#132,132,244#244,244,244"/

<br>Please, do not change the key, just the value. The value of this node represents the palette colors in RGB, using commas to separate the color components, and a sharp to separate the colors.

<br>

There is another node like this:

<br>

<add key="TransparentColor" value="0"/>

<br>

Which specifies the color that will be assumed as transparent (in this case, it will be the first color in the palette). This is only taken into account if you want to create sprites (tiles with masks) or precompiled sprites.

<br>

The color reduction is performed using a nearest color algorithm, so the original image can have as many colors as you want (although you will get better results if the original image has the same palette you specify in the config file). The "g" switch can be useful to check the color reduction results without having to use a CPC emulator.

Img2CPC

2009-04-08T16:38:27Z

AugustoRuiz:

Img2CPC is a command line tool, developed by AugustoRuiz using C#. You will need the .NET Framework 2.0 to run it properly.

<br>

Usage:

<br>

Img2CPC [/w=width] [/h=height] [/g] [/bn=tileBaseName] [/m=mode] [/t] [/f] [/o=output] [/c=80] [/cbb] files

<br>

*'''w''': Tile Width. If not specified, it will process the whole image width.
*'''h''': Tile Height. If not specified, it will process the whole image height.
*'''g''': If specified, it will generate one bmp file per tile.
*'''bn''': Base name to be used for asm labels.
*'''m''': Pixel mode. Valid values are 0,1,2. If not specified defaults to mode 0.
*'''t''': Transparency. Creates masks for transparent pixels.
*'''i''': Interlace masks. Creates masks for transparent pixels, mixing them with sprite data.
*'''f''': Flipped values LUT. Creates a look-up table with flipped bytes for the current mode.
*'''o''': Output file name. Default value is gfx.h
*'''c''': Create compiled sprites. Screen width in bytes can (should) be specified. (Default width is 80). File name will be compiled.[outputFileName]
*'''cbb''': Create backcuffer compiled sprites. File name will be bb.compiled.[outputFileName]
*'''files''': List of files to process. Wildcards can be used (*.png)

<br>

You can specify Img2CPC the palette you want to use. Depending on the mode specified, the program will reduce the number of colors of the original image to 16 colors (mode 0), 4 colors (mode 1) or 2 colors (mode 2). To change the palette that the program uses, you can modify the Img2CPC.exe.config file, which is a XML file.

<br>

There is a node in that file like this:

<br>

<add key="PaletteColors"<br>value="244,0,244#0,0,132#0,132,132#0,244,132#132,0,0#132,132,0#132,244,0#132,0,132#132,132,132#132,244,132#0,0,0#244,132,0#244,244,0#244,132,244#132,132,244#244,244,244"/

<br>Please, do not change the key, just the value. The value of this node represents the palette colors in RGB, using commas to separate the color components, and a sharp to separate the colors.

<br>

There is another node like this:

<br>

<add key="TransparentColor" value="0"/>

<br>

Which specifies the color that will be assumed as transparent (in this case, it will be the first color in the palette). This is only taken into account if you want to create sprites (tiles with masks) or precompiled sprites.

<br>

The color reduction is performed using a nearest color algorithm, so the original image can have as many colors as you want (although you will get better results if the original image has the same palette you <br>specify in the config file). The "g" switch can be useful to check the<br>color reduction results without having to use a CPC emulator.

Img2CPC

2009-04-08T16:38:07Z

AugustoRuiz: New page: Img2CPC is a command line tool, developed by AugustoRuiz using C#. You will need the .NET Framework 2.0 to run it<br>properly. Usage: Img2CPC [/w=width] [/h=height] [/g] [/bn=tileBas...

Img2CPC is a command line tool, developed by AugustoRuiz using C#. You will need the .NET Framework 2.0 to run it<br>properly.

Usage:

Img2CPC [/w=width] [/h=height] [/g] [/bn=tileBaseName] [/m=mode] [/t] [/f] [/o=output] [/c=80] [/cbb] files

*'''w''': Tile Width. If not specified, it will process the whole image width.
*'''h''': Tile Height. If not specified, it will process the whole image height.
*'''g''': If specified, it will generate one bmp file per tile.
*'''bn''': Base name to be used for asm labels.
*'''m''': Pixel mode. Valid values are 0,1,2. If not specified defaults to mode 0.
*'''t''': Transparency. Creates masks for transparent pixels.
*'''i''': Interlace masks. Creates masks for transparent pixels, mixing them with sprite data.
*'''f''': Flipped values LUT. Creates a look-up table with flipped bytes for the current mode.
*'''o''': Output file name. Default value is gfx.h
*'''c''': Create compiled sprites. Screen width in bytes can (should) be specified. (Default width is 80). File name will be compiled.[outputFileName]
*'''cbb''': Create backcuffer compiled sprites. File name will be bb.compiled.[outputFileName]
*'''files''': List of files to process. Wildcards can be used (*.png)

You can specify Img2CPC the palette you want to use. Depending on the mode specified, the program will reduce the number of colors of the original image to 16 colors (mode 0), 4 colors (mode 1) or 2 colors (mode 2). To change the palette that the program uses, you can modify the Img2CPC.exe.config file, which is a XML file.

There is a node in that file like this:

<add key="PaletteColors"<br>value="244,0,244#0,0,132#0,132,132#0,244,132#132,0,0#132,132,0#132,244,0#132,0,132#132,132,132#132,244,132#0,0,0#244,132,0#244,244,0#244,132,244#132,132,244#244,244,244"/

<br>Please, do not change the key, just the value. The value of this node represents the palette colors in RGB, using commas to separate the color components, and a sharp to separate the colors.

There is another node like this:

<add key="TransparentColor" value="0"/>

Which specifies the color that will be assumed as transparent (in this case, it will be the first color in the palette). This is only taken into account if you want to create sprites (tiles with masks) or precompiled sprites.

The color reduction is performed using a nearest color algorithm, so the original image can have as many colors as you want (although you will get better results if the original image has the same palette you <br>specify in the config file). The "g" switch can be useful to check the<br>color reduction results without having to use a CPC emulator.

CPCRSlib

2009-04-06T15:42:12Z

AugustoRuiz: Given proper credit to WYZ for his AY player. WYZTracker is only the tracker.

'''CPCRSlib''' is a C library containing routines and functions that allow to the handling of sprites and tile-mapping in Amstrad CPC.

The library is written to be used with [[Z88DK|Z88DK]] compiler. CPCRSlib also incorporates keyboard routines to redefine and to detect keys, as well as general routines to change to the screen mode or the colours.

It can be found an explanation of each function/routine included in the library in [http://www.amstrad.es/programacion/cpcrslib.html http://www.amstrad.es/programacion/cpcrslib.html]

Last release of the library can be downloaded at: [http://code.google.com/p/cpcrslib/downloads/list code.google.com/p/cpcrslib/downloads/list]

[[CPCWYZlib|CPCWYZlib]] is included in the downloadable package of CPCRSlib. CPCWYZlib includes a music player and SFX player coded by WYZ, which can play music created with [[WYZTracker|WYZTracker]].

[[Category:Programming]]

WYZTracker

2009-03-20T20:43:27Z

AugustoRuiz: Added download location

== About ==

Crossplatform tool written in .NET 2.0 for AY music creation by AugustoRuiz, former ComputerEmuzone Games Studio member, and now part of RetroWorks. The music files can be played with Artaburu's CPCRslib for Z88dk.

WYZTracker is a pattern-based music editor, being a pattern a sequence of notes and effects. Patterns can have any length (a song can have patterns with different lengths too).<br>

== Usage Instructions ==

To add a pattern, click the "Añadir Patrón" button (looks like a sheet with a + symbol). A new pattern will appear in the pattern list that is located at the left of the tracker.

To delete a pattern, click the "Eliminar Patrón" button (like a sheet with a minus).

To clone a pattern, click the "Clonar Patrón" button (like two sheets together).<br>

To edit notes, click on the pattern viewer (the black and green part of the screen). You can move the current selected note clicking with the mouse or using the arrow keys and Next/Prev Page.<br>

The keyboard acts as some sort of "Virtual Keyboard", where the Z letter is the C note of the current "Base Octave" selected (which is visible on the top of the screen as "Octava Base"). The S key will be C#, the X key is D, the D key is D#, the C key is E... Also, the Q key is the C note of (Base Octave + 1) octave.<br>

If the selection is in the FX channel, all keys work the same way, putting the current FX into the selected note.<br>

Also, you can configure if inserting a note makes the cursor go forward (and how many rows) using the "Incremento Automático" option at the Toolbar. You can use the 0 value to make the cursor stay where it is after inserting a note. Using F4/F5 you can change this value also.<br>

To change the base octave you can use the "Octava Base" combobox, or use F2/F3.<br>

== Instrument and FX edition ==

To edit and create instruments and FX, you must use the upper right controls.<br>

An instrument is a set of volumes (shown as green bars). Loops can be created easily (in spanish it's "Bucles"). To edit them, just left click in the grid shown in the Instrument Editor.<br>Clicking with the right mouse button you can select whether the instrument current position will also change the current octave (up or down).<br>

The Sawtooth instrument cannot be edited. It's used mainly for bass lines, using the AY envelopes.<br>

FX are a little more complex than instruments. For each FX position, three values can be defined: Volume (green bars), noise frequency (red bars) and note frequency (yellow bars).<br>

== Other features ==

*Import/Export instruments and FX (see the toolbar below the instrument/FX selector),
*Export to MUS files (which are used by WYZ replayer) - this option will also generate an ASM file with the instrument/fx definitions.<br>

== Additional notes ==

Currently the user interface is only available in spanish, but there will be localized versions soon.

== Downloads ==

You can download the latest version [http://augusto.ruiz.googlepages.com/WYZTracker.0.2.19.rar here].

WYZTracker

2009-03-20T20:41:20Z

AugustoRuiz:

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2009-03-20T20:38:57Z

AugustoRuiz:

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WYZTracker

2009-03-20T20:05:15Z

AugustoRuiz:

== About ==

Crossplatform tool written in .NET 2.0 for AY music creation by AugustoRuiz, former ComputerEmuzone Games Studio, and now part of RetroWorks. The music files can be played with Artaburu's CPCRslib for Z88dk.

WYZTracker is a pattern-based music editor, being a pattern a sequence of notes and effects. Patterns can have any length (a song can have patterns with different lengths too).<br>

== Usage Instructions ==

To add a pattern, click the "Añadir Patrón" button (looks like a sheet with a + symbol). A new pattern will appear in the pattern list that is located at the left of the tracker.

To delete a pattern, click the "Eliminar Patrón" button (like a sheet with a minus).

To clone a pattern, click the "Clonar Patrón" button (like two sheets together).<br>

To edit notes, click on the pattern viewer (the black and green part of the screen). You can move the current selected note clicking with the mouse or using the arrow keys and Next/Prev Page.<br>

The keyboard acts as some sort of "Virtual Keyboard", where the Z letter is the C note of the current "Base Octave" selected (which is visible on the top of the screen as "Octava Base"). The S key will be C#, the X key is D, the D key is D#, the C key is E... Also, the Q key is the C note of (Base Octave + 1) octave.<br>

If the selection is in the FX channel, all keys work the same way, putting the current FX into the selected note.<br>

Also, you can configure if inserting a note makes the cursor go forward (and how many rows) using the "Incremento Automático" option at the Toolbar. You can use the 0 value to make the cursor stay where it is after inserting a note. Using F4/F5 you can change this value also.<br>

To change the base octave you can use the "Octava Base" combobox, or use F2/F3.<br>

== Instrument and FX edition ==

To edit and create instruments and FX, you must use the upper right controls.<br>

An instrument is a set of volumes (shown as green bars). Loops can be created easily (in spanish it's "Bucles"). To edit them, just left click in the grid shown in the Instrument Editor.<br>Clicking with the right mouse button you can select whether the instrument current position will also change the current octave (up or down).<br>

The Sawtooth instrument cannot be edited. It's used mainly for bass lines, using the AY envelopes.<br>

FX are a little more complex than instruments. For each FX position, three values can be defined: Volume (green bars), noise frequency (red bars) and note frequency (yellow bars).<br>

== Other features ==

*Import/Export instruments and FX (see the toolbar below the instrument/FX selector),
*Export to MUS files (which are used by WYZ replayer) - this option will also generate an ASM file with the instrument/fx definitions.<br>

== Additional notes ==

Currently the user interface is only available in spanish, but there will be localized versions soon.

WYZTracker

2009-03-20T20:04:29Z

AugustoRuiz: New page: == About: == Crossplatform tool written in .NET 2.0 for AY music creation by AugustoRuiz, former ComputerEmuzone Games Studio, and now part of RetroWorks. The music files c...

== About: ==

Crossplatform tool written in .NET 2.0 for AY music creation by AugustoRuiz, former ComputerEmuzone Games Studio, and now part of RetroWorks. The music files can be played with Artaburu's CPCRslib for Z88dk.

WYZTracker is a pattern-based music editor, being a pattern a sequence of notes and effects. Patterns can have any length (a song can have patterns with different lengths too).<br>

== Usage Instructions: ==

To add a pattern, click the "Añadir Patrón" button (looks like a sheet with a + symbol). A new pattern will appear in the pattern list that is located at the left of the tracker.

To delete a pattern, click the "Eliminar Patrón" button (like a sheet with a minus).

To clone a pattern, click the "Clonar Patrón" button (like two sheets together).<br>

To edit notes, click on the pattern viewer (the black and green part of the screen). You can move the current selected note clicking with the mouse or using the arrow keys and Next/Prev Page.<br>

The keyboard acts as some sort of "Virtual Keyboard", where the Z letter is the C note of the current "Base Octave" selected (which is visible on the top of the screen as "Octava Base"). The S key will be C#, the X key is D, the D key is D#, the C key is E... Also, the Q key is the C note of (Base Octave + 1) octave.<br>

If the selection is in the FX channel, all keys work the same way, putting the current FX into the selected note.<br>

Also, you can configure if inserting a note makes the cursor go forward (and how many rows) using the "Incremento Automático" option at the Toolbar. You can use the 0 value to make the cursor stay where it is after inserting a note. Using F4/F5 you can change this value also.<br>

To change the base octave you can use the "Octava Base" combobox, or use F2/F3.<br>

== Instrument and FX edition: ==

To edit and create instruments and FX, you must use the upper right controls.<br>

An instrument is a set of volumes (shown as green bars). Loops can be created easily (in spanish it's "Bucles"). To edit them, just left click in the grid shown in the Instrument Editor.<br>Clicking with the right mouse button you can select whether the instrument current position will also change the current octave (up or down).<br>

The Sawtooth instrument cannot be edited. It's used mainly for bass lines, using the AY envelopes.<br>

FX are a little more complex than instruments. For each FX position, three values can be defined: Volume (green bars), noise frequency (red bars) and note frequency (yellow bars).<br>

== Other functionalities: ==

Import/Export instruments and FX (see the toolbar below the instrument/FX selector),

Export to MUS files (which are used by WYZ replayer) - this option will also generate an ASM file with the instrument/fx definitions.<br>

== Additional notes: ==

Currently the user interface is only available in spanish, but there will be localized versions soon.

Talk:Programming:Hardware scrolling 2

2009-03-04T15:36:46Z

AugustoRuiz: New page:  It would be great if this explanation (or Hardware Scrolling part 1) came with a possible sample on how to create some sprite routines that handle the scanline discontinuity. I've be...

 It would be great if this explanation (or Hardware Scrolling part 1) came with a possible sample on how to create some sprite routines that handle the scanline discontinuity. I've been trying to achieve that, but cuoldn't make it...

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