Configuration

In the environment settings, make settings related to tracker operation. The Preferences dialog is opened by clicking File→Configuration on the menu bar or clicking the icon on the toolbar.

Make settings related to tracker behavior and display. Details are displayed in the explanation view when each item is selected.

• Page Jump Length - Set the step jump interval for the page jump key.

• Frame rate - Set the frame rate of the wave view.

• Notation system - Set the nottion system whether English or German.

Set the YM2608 emulator to be used.
BambooTracker allows you to choose between three emulations.

• MAME YM2608
• Nuked OPN-Mod
• ymfm

Nuked OPN-Mod is superior in the synthesis accuracy, but MAME YM2608 is faster in the synthesis speed. ymfm has a good synthesis accuracy and speed.

Set whether or not to wait for register writes. If you use ymfm emulation, should turn off.

Set the API used for audio output.

Set the device for audio output.

Select the interface for playing with real chips. SCCI and C86CTL can be selected. When using SCCI, place scci.dll in the same directory as the tracker, and when using C86CTL, place c86ctl.dll.

Important: If you have a MIDI keyboard and due to the way MIDI drivers are set up, the keyboard can only be used with one music composition program at a time. If you have your keyboard set up with multiple programs, and you attempt to open BambooTracker while the keyboard is being used with another program, you will receive an error. This isn't a bug, and to avoid this issue close the other program first and then open BambooTracker from there.

Set the API used for MIDI input.

Set the device for MIDI input.

Set the sampling rate of the sound generated by the emulator.

Set the resampler used for sampling rate conversion.

• Linear: The resampler used in v0.5.3 and earlier.
• blip_buf: The best quality resampler.
• blip_buf (fast): lower quality than blip_buf, but faster.

Set the buffer length of the audio output device.

The mixer adjusts the sound volume. Set the overall volume with the master volume slider, and adjust the volume of FM and SSG by adjusting the volume slider for each part.

Set the color of each editor item. Color settings (color scheme) can be saved and read as an .ini file.

Each editor paint consists of multiple layers. You should select the color setting considering the position of the layer.
The layer structure of each editor is shown below. Layer 1 is the lowest.

Pattern editor

• Layer 11
  • Unfocused shadow
• Layer 10
  • Mask
• Layer 9
  • Header text
  • Mute
  • Unmute
  • Header border
• Layer 8
  • Header background
• Layer 7
  • Default step text
  • Current step text
  • Default step number
  • Highlighted step 1 number
  • Highlighted step 2 number
  • Note text
  • Instrument text
  • Volume text
  • Effect text
  • Error text
• Layer 6
  • Border
• Layer 5
  • Selection background
• Layer 4
  • Current cell background
• Layer 3
  • Hovered cell background
• Layer 2
  • Default step background
  • Current step background
  • Highlighted step 1 background
  • Highlighted step 2 background
  • Current editing step background
  • Current playing step background
• Layer 1
  • Background

Order list

• Layer 11
  • Unfocused shadow
• Layer 10
  • Mask
• Layer 9
  • Header text
  • Header border
• Layer 8
  • Header background
• Layer 7
  • Default row text
  • Current row text
  • Default row number
• Layer 6
  • Border
• Layer 5
  • Selection background
• Layer 4
  • Current cell background
• Layer 3
  • Hovered cell background
• Layer 2
  • Default row background
  • Current row background
  • Current editing row background
  • Current playing row background
• Layer 1
  • Background

Instrument list

• Layer 3
  • Default text
• Layer 2
  • Selected background
  • Hovered background
  • Selected hovered background
• Layer 1
  • Background

Oscilloscope

• Layer 2
  • Foreground
• Layer 1
  • Background

Specify the font and size of characters used in Pattern Editor and Order List. A monospaced font is recommended for each editor rows.

You can edit the format (envelope set) specified when reading envelopes from text in FM Instrument Editor. By default, reading of envelope data in the following MML format is registered.

'@ No
'@ AR,DR,SR,RR,SL,TL,KS,ML,DT
'@ AR,DR,SR,RR,SL,TL,KS,ML,DT
'@ AR,DR,SR,RR,SL,TL,KS,ML,DT
'@ AR,DR,SR,RR,SL,TL,KS,ML,DT
'@ AL,FB
      

'@ FA No
'@ AR,DR,SR,RR,SL,TL,KS,ML,DT,AM
'@ AR,DR,SR,RR,SL,TL,KS,ML,DT,AM
'@ AR,DR,SR,RR,SL,TL,KS,ML,DT,AM
'@ AR,DR,SR,RR,SL,TL,KS,ML,DT,AM
'@ AL,FB
      

@No
  AL FB
  AR DR SR RR SL TL KS ML DT1 DT2 AM
  AR DR SR RR SL TL KS ML DT1 DT2 AM
  AR DR SR RR SL TL KS ML DT1 DT2 AM
  AR DR SR RR SL TL KS ML DT1 DT2 AM
      

 @No:{
 FB, AL
 AR, DR, SR, RR, SL, TL, KS, ML, DT
 AR, DR, SR, RR, SL, TL, KS, ML, DT
 AR, DR, SR, RR, SL, TL, KS, ML, DT
 AR, DR, SR, RR, SL, TL, KS, ML, DT,""}
      

@No = {
  AR, D1R, D2R, RR, D1L, TL, KS, ML, DT1, DT2, AME,
  AR, D1R, D2R, RR, D1L, TL, KS, ML, DT1, DT2, AME,
  AR, D1R, D2R, RR, D1L, TL, KS, ML, DT1, DT2, AME,
  AR, D1R, D2R, RR, D1L, TL, KS, ML, DT1, DT2, AME,
  CON, FL, OP
}
      

AR, D1R, D2R, RR, D1L, TL, KS, ML, DT1, DT2, AME
AR, D1R, D2R, RR, D1L, TL, KS, ML, DT1, DT2, AME
AR, D1R, D2R, RR, D1L, TL, KS, ML, DT1, DT2, AME
AR, D1R, D2R, RR, D1L, TL, KS, ML, DT1, DT2, AME
      

@ No AL FB
  AR DR SR TT SL TL KS ML DT AM
  AR DR SR TT SL TL KS ML DT AM
  AR DR SR TT SL TL KS ML DT AM
  AR DR SR TT SL TL KS ML DT AM
      

@:No
LFO: LFRQ AMD PMD WF NFRQ
CH: PAN FL CON AMS PMS slot_mask NE
M1: AR D1R D2R RR D1L TL KS MUL DT1 DT2 AME
C1: AR D1R D2R RR D1L TL KS MUL DT1 DT2 AME
M2: AR D1R D2R RR D1L TL KS MUL DT1 DT2 AME
C2: AR D1R D2R RR D1L TL KS MUL DT1 DT2 AME
      

Reading envelope information from text assigns the number in the text to the specified parameter. The editing of the envelope set determines which parameters are assigned in the order in which this number appears. If you select the type Skip, the number will not be read.

Set keyboard shortcuts.

In BambooTracker, you can input notes by using the keyboard as a keyboard. Here you can set the keyboard layout when inputting notes in a pattern. The keys corresponding to the keys in each selection are as follows.

• QWERTY

  Current octave+1
   2 3  5 6 7  9
  Q W ER T Y UI O
  
   Current octave
   S D  G H J  L
  Z X CV B N M, .
  

• QWERTZ

  Current octave+1
   2 3  5 6 7  9
  Q W ER T Z UI O
  
   Current octave
   S D  G H J  L
  Y X CV B N M, .
  

• AZERTY

  Current octave+1
   É \  ( - È  Ç
  A Z ER T Y UI O
  
   Current octave
   S D  G H J  L
  W X CV B N ,; .
  

• Custom