FAC Soundtracker 2

FAC Soundtracker supported MSX-AUDIO/Music Module and MSX-MUSIC/FM-Pac, though not at the same time. Both music chips were controlled by the same note information, and for MSX-Music/FM-PAC only 6 channels with drums were supported. Composers who wanted music to be 'compatible' on both chip families usually put less important musical information on channels 7, 8 and 9.

Contrary to most other trackers, FAC Soundtracker featured horizontal tracker notation. There was no pattern/position system, so the song length was limited to a maximum of 84 patterns (about two and a half minute at a typical tempo). There was a large list of preset sounds, but no way to make custom voices. Eventually, the X command was added to change the brightness of an FM voice.


Useful keys
(list of FAC Soundtracker 1 - needs to be completed)

Function keys
* F1 - play a song with possibility to specify start and end tracks
* F2 - play current track
* F3 - copy one or several tracks
* F4 - change speed (default value: 19)
* F5 - info screen
* F6 - load or save song
* F7 - voice/volume editor
* F8 - samples/drumkit menu (only for MSX-AUDIO)
* F9 - input title song and name of composer
* F10 - install default parameters

Other keys
* INS - toggle US notation/numeric notation
* SELECT - toggle MSX-AUDIO/MSX-MUSIC
* cursors - change cursor position
* CTRL+cursors - go to other track
* HOME - clear channel in current track
* CTRL+HOME - clear current track
* O - note-off event
* 0 (zero) - make empty step on the cursor position
* S - specify sustain mode (only for MSX-AUDIO)
* ESC - input again possible during note-event

In the voice editor
* F1 - previous page in the list of voices
* F2 - next page in the list of voices
* F3 - decrease volume of selected music channel
* F4 - increase volume of selected music channel
* F5 - toggle split level
* 1 to 9 - select music channel
* SELECT - toggle MSX-AUDIO channels/Original MSX-MUSIC voice/MSX-MUSIC channels
* cursors - change cursor position in the list of voices
* spacebar - select voice

Drum number assignments
1 - Bassdrum
2 - Snaredrum
3 - No drum
4 - Tom
5 - Cymbal
6 - Hi-hat
7 = 1+2
8 = 1+4
9 = 1+5
10 = 1+6
11 = 2+4
12 = 2+5
13 = 2+6
14 = 4+5
15 = 4+6

