HOW TO

Let`s start making songs with 8Bitone.
What kind of songs can you make?
First to do is to listen to the demo songs.
You can start 8Bitone by pushing “START”, and Edit Screen will be showed.
Touch “TCR” on the left top screen to display Transformer Controller.
After it is open, click twice and touch “LOAD”on the left to open Song Window.
In the Song Window, you can find many items for

・songs that are allready saved in yellow,

・non-existing songs in red,

・and existing demo songs in green.

To listen to the demo song, after click the green “DEMO, push “OK”to finish loading.
Click once of the Transformer Controller, then demo song will be started after you touch When you want to stop, just push .

Go back to the Song Window, then touch the red “NEW SONG” and then “OK”.
The new song will be created and you can start to edit.

Show Synthesizer Window by select “SYNTHESIZER” at SCREEN CHANGER BAR.
Please watch how to make sound first here.

Oscillator

Here, you can set the basic wave form.
For the basic, “Wave Pattern” and “Noise”are enough allready to start.
Let`s us explain the varity of wave patterns that are used for 8 bits sound source.

・Square Wave（12.5%、25.0%、50.0%、75.0%）

Typical electric sound that is used for melody and submelody.

・Triangle Wave

This is an roundish odd harmonics low sound that is used for Bass as well as Tam-tam.

・Noise

It represents low bit noise in 8bit that is common for Drum.
Others at 8Bitone are

・Sawtooth Wave

・Sine Wave

, etc.

Envelope

General ADSR envelope is able to be used here.

・Attack

It indicates duration from begining to give a sound until reaching the most loud limit after you push the keyboard.

・Decay

Time from most loud sound until it reachs Pedal Point.

・Sustain

Volume of sustained tone.

・Release

It shows duration after release one hand from keyboard until soundless.Decay can be regulated if Attack and Sustain in 0 position, . This decrement sound is used for drum sound.

Modulation

You can stimulate the Volume or Pitch.
Turn around the “DEPTH” and “SPEED” knob to experience modulation.

・DEPTH

The vibration are getting bigger as well as the value.

・SPEED

The increasing value shows that the speed are getting fast.
Turn round the “OSC” knob to change wave form in modulation.
The wave form that are able to be used is same with Oscilator one.

High Speed Arpegiator

It is used for returning to a normal interval on the halfway with lower tone, to play constant octave in loop and to use at harmony, etc.
You can get the effect while change the setting of “SINGLE” and then “LOOP”.

・Octave Slider

Add the octave with the order from left.
In “SINGLE”, the process will start from the left in order, and adds from the most right octave to the last.
In “LOOP”, it works with the order from the left and steps the octave on the right that is not 0, and come back to the most left afterwards.

・TIME

Switch Octave Speed is operated here.

Completion

The completed setting is stored with a song as the Voice.
One song has 128 voices.
Put the name for the voice of your favorite sound creation!
Voice Window will be opened if you touch Voice Name.
After the voice that you are edited at that moment is choosen, touch “RENAME”, and then put the name there.
To edit the other voices, you can choose “New Voice”, edit it, and “OK” to set.

You can make a sheet of music and record your favorite phrases with keyboard of the synthesizer,
Choose “PIANOROLL”of Screen Changer Bar to display the Piano Roll screen,
and to arrange the note by touching the music sheet.

After main phrase is done, while adjusting, you can try to make others to the different tracks.
Touch Track Number on Piano Rool,
and Track Area for Sequencer.
In Sequencer, if you touch Track Name, the track will be changed.

When you want to copy notes in every bars, decide BPM, and repeat the spot, you can use the Sequencer Screen.
Sequencer Screen will be displayed after you touch “SEQUENCER” on the SCREEN CHANGER BAR.
Piano Rool is good to repair phrases. Sound will be changed while adjusting the last parts after showing the Sequencer.

At last one song is done.
Save the song after you give it name.
You can change it with touching “New Song”on the top left screen.
The Save Confirmation Window opens every time when you touch on the Trans Controller.
Select “YES” and it will be overwrited.
It is all right to finish 8Bitone before saving, because even after rebooting, data that you did last time will be showed again!
Before you start with other songs, please save it first.

According to the “Listen to the demo songs for Beginners” that after Song Window is opened, you can create another song, erase and load it too.
you can make another song, erase and load it too.
You can saved songs at 8Bitone until 8 pieces.