MilkyTracker Documentation

Hello and welcome to MilkyTracker, a platform independent FastTracker II compatible tracker.

Currently supported platforms are:

• FreeBSD (x86)
• Linux (x86, x86_64, PowerPC, ARM, GP2X)
• Mac OS X
• Solaris 9 & 10 (SPARC)
• Windows (ANSI)
• Windows (Unicode)
• Windows CE (PocketPC, Handheld PC and the Gizmondo)

Important:
Right now MilkyTracker is under heavy development so use it at your own risk.
I'm not responsible for any loss of data and/or hardware damage caused by MilkyTracker.
Lots of functionality is still missing.

Quick overview:

Due to request MilkyTracker features two edit modes:

I. MilkyTracker edit mode:

The MilkyTracker mode basically a bit more "modern" because you can focus on different parts
(e.g. Pattern Editor, Instrument Listbox, Sample Listbox etc.) and when you're pressing
keys they're routed to the focused control.
Also keyboard shortcuts are more standard, you can select by pressing the SHIFT key
and navigating with the cursor keys, cut, copy & paste with using CTRL+X/C/V etc.
I think users who are new to tracking will find this a bit more intuitive.
The edit mode can be changed in the config screen (Misc. tab).

Right now a few common keyboard shortcuts are supported in the MilkyTracker edit mode:

Global shortcuts:

Transpose:

Pattern Editor:

Try to play around with pressing other keys to find out what notes they're mapped to =)

II. FastTracker 2 edit mode:

The FT2 edit mode is for the die-hard FT2 user and is propably not so intuitive to use,
but I think FT2 users don't care about that.
Please note that not all FT2 shortcuts are implemented yet and some may differ because
of various reasons.
Also note that this edit mode is not working very well on a PocketPC because of limited
input devices.

Right now the following FT2 keyboard shortcuts are supported in the FastTracker edit mode: (copied straight out of FT2 manual ;))

Cursor moves:

Cut/Copy/Paste:

Additional shortcuts (not FT2):

Miscellaneous:

Window switching:

Instrument select (Numeric keypad):

You can also quick-type the hex-number of the instrument you want to select
on the numeric keypad, the layout is like this:

Command/Volume macro:

Transpose:

Other:

(please note that under Mac OS X the "Apple" key is used instead of the Ctrl key)

If MilkyTracker crashes or does something really stupid I'd really like to hear from you
and it would be even cooler if you can reproduce the problem as closely as possible.

Known issues:
Some things work different in MilkyTracker and some dialogs may look different ;)

Okay that's all for now, a more detailed explanation of all the functions will follow later.
(In the meantime why don't you check out the official FastTracker 2 document?)

Donate:
If you like MilkyTracker and you're looking for a way to support me developing it, why don't you donate something using PayPal?
My PayPal account: donate@milkytracker.net
Any donation will be appreciated and it keeps me going. Also, when donating, your
feature requests will always be on top of my list, isn't that a neat offer?

Don't worry MilkyTracker will always be free because I really enjoy working on it, but you should remember that FT2 wasn't real freeware either.

Contact me:
support@milkytracker.net
or visit
http://www.milkytracker.net

Thanks to anyone who has contributed:
Kenet (for the amazing logos), Kmuland (for always supporting me),
raina (for the nice icons), Svenzzon (for his nice example tune),
Deltafire for the SDL port and the entire Titan crew for supporting my
work and everybody else who dropped me a letter...

Have fun...

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