Short: Renders and plays TB-303 bassline loops Author: jes303@xs4all.nl (Jeroen Schellekens) Uploader: jes303 xs4all nl (Jeroen Schellekens) Type: mus/edit Architecture: m68k-amigaos --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 303tracker version 0.12 (12-11-98) 3rd release by Jeroen Schellekens --------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is 303tracker? ------------------- 303tracker is a program to calculate and play TB-303 bassline loops to create for example acid, techno triphop or anything. You can use 303tracker as a render-program to create bassline loops and use them in music-sequencers like Octamed Soundstudio. 303tracker has a very easy graphical user interface which lets the user create a track in several ways. Samples can be saved in 8 bit and 16 bit format IFF-8SVX and AIFF in 22.05 kHz to 44.1 kHz or can be dumped via Midi Sample Dump to your 16bit external MIDI sampler. 303tracker is continuously being updated and expanded to grow to a full editing program. Every 4 weeks a new version will be released on Aminet and on the 303tracker pages (see below: Distribution). This version 0.12 (15-10-98) 2nd release (at Cologne '98) --------------------------------------------------------- - Added Distortion effect in effects-list - Removed bug with first note and slide programmed, which caused a piece of silence; now will render the sound as it should - Saving songs is disabled (this is because it's a demoversion) Requirements ------------ Amiga with: - PAL support & monitor (50 Hz vertical, 15.625 kHz horizontal refreshrate) - 1 Mb Chip Ram or more - 4 Mb Fast Ram or more - Harddrive with at least 4 mb free space - 68030 with fpu or higher strongly recommended Installation ------------ - 303tracker can be installed with the included Installer-program. - To install manually, copy the whole 303tracker-directory to the place on your harddrive you want. - Then run 303tracker to start playing. History versions ---------------- V0.11 (15-10-98) 2nd release: - Loading IFF-3TR0, official 303tracker fileformat now supported - Midi Sample Dump support (open and closed loop): Send your rendered basslines to your Midi Sampler (eg. Akai S2000 or a Yamaha TX16W) by one hit on the button! Supports 16 bits samples at rate 44.1 kHz at the moment - Added ARexx scripts to export immediately to Octamed SStudio - Added a great 'Setup' installation program for 303tracker - Configuration now editable and active (still need to edit in texteditor!) - 303engine slightly updated - More-menu: Extra buttons on top of screen for quick 'n easy editing - Re-ordered interface, menu and buttons - Fixed stupidity about 'Ram:T/303temp', now creates 303temp in T: - Sample-play window updated (playback sample now until end) - Added some edit-functions - Disabled all non-functioning buttons and menu-items to avoid confusion - Excluded irrelivant Guides which contained nonsense in V0.1 V0.1 (16-09-98) 1st Aminet release: - 303 pattern-editor in tracker style - Render 303 basslines in 16 bit 44 kHz - Save rendered bassline as an 8 bit 22kHz Iff or 16 bit 44 kHz Aiff sample - Load/save song disabled Future versions & plans ----------------------- There will be a new version released about every one or two weeks on Aminet and our own homepages for free. See distribution for adresses and URL's. The most common things 303tracker lacks which will be available in future: - Drum-machine: render rhythm-patterns with analog percussion modelling - Realtime output - Effects: distortion, reverb, delay, chorus, vinyl and more - Wacky Filter Factory: graphical filter-sweep-envelope editor - Mixer: eq (lo band and hi band), volume level, mix with sample - Full ARexx support - Midi control - External custom hardware control - Import of different file-formats - Online help support in hypertext - Different languages-support - NTSC support Distribution ------------ For now, 303tracker is - kind-of - FREEWARE. In future it may be possible that 303tracker will be split in a limited FREEWARE version which lacks some features and a COMMERCIAL version which will have all features bundled in a package with disks or cd and a manual. You can download the FREEWARE version 0.11 from these locations: 303tracker-pages: http://www.xs4all.nl/~jes303 (ONLINE FROM NOW ON!) http://www.xs4all.nl/~mjk303 (ONLINE FROM NOW ON!) http://www.dutch.nl/net/303tracker (not online yet) Aminet: /mus/edit/303tracker.lha Contact ------- If you have problems, questions, found bugs or have suggestions then email me at jes303@xs4all.nl. Please fill the 'Subject' with one of the following: '303tracker Problems' '303tracker Questions' '303tracker Suggestions' '303tracker Bugs' 303tracker is developed with and tested on: ------------------------------------------- - Amiga 1200 with Blizzard 50 Mhz 68030 withOUT FPU, 32mb Ram, Harddrive - PAL Monitor, Philips CM 8833 - MIDI Interface - Yamaha TX16W Digital Wave Sampler (MIDI dumping etc.) - Roland TB-303 Bassline - Aura12 PCMCIA Sampler