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DIN Is Noise

Copyright (c) 2006-2023 Jagannathan Sampath [jag@dinisnoise.org].

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Microtonal-Keyboard

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Instrument:

1 : cycle instruments.

or choose instrument from Menu > Instrument

Editors:

2 : microtonal-keyboard waveform

3 : drone modulation

4 : voice modulation

5 : gater

6 : delays

7 : octave shift

8 : drone waveform

or choose from Menu > Editors

` : switch between current screen and previous screen

Drone:

	A drone is a constant and continuous sound at some frequency

	and volume.

	Create drones on the microtonal-keyboard.

	Horizontal position of the drone is frequency.

	Height of the drone is volume.

	Press SHIFT + j to print frequency and volume of selected drones. Or

	click on j at the bottom of the microtonal-keyboard.

	Create:

		q - to add or wand drones.

    or

    choose Menu > Drone Tools > Add / Wand.

      when adding, click to add a drone, click and drag to spray

      when wanding, just move mouse to add drones

        adjust distance to move before DIN wands a drone at

          Menu > Drone Params > Defaults > Wand distance

    ESC or Right click to stop adding or wanding drones

	Select:

		Click & move to draw a box around the drones you want to select.

		Click to finish, ESC or right click to abort.

		l - select all drones

    i - invert selected drones

	Transform:

		e - press once and just move mouse to move selected drones:

          hold SHIFT to move just vertically (only changes volume)

				  hold CTRL to move just horizontally (only changes frequency)

		    press e again or click or ESC to stop moving.

		or Menu > Drone Tools > Move.

    f - find center of selected drones

          center marked by a pink cross

    r - rotate selected drones about their center

    or Menu > Drone Tools > Rotate

		t - scale selected drones about their center

			when using mouse slider, hold CTRL to scale

      horizontally, hold SHIFT to scale vertically

		or Menu > Drone Tools > Scale

	Delete:

		c - delete selected drones or choose Menu > Drone Tools > Delete

				!Careful! !No undo!

	Operations:

    / - change drone master volume

		For selected drones,

			= - change trail length

			- - change handle size

			SPACE - freeze / thaw moving drones

			k - snap / unsnap drones to notes

				SHIFT + k - snap to notes.

				CTRL + k - unsnap from notes

			LEFT_ARROW - browse previous drone

			RIGHT_ARROW - browse next drone

		Drone launch:

			A drone launcher launches drones at regular intervals into the

			microtonal keyboard with an initial speed and direction. These

			drones fall at the bottom of the microtonal keyboard due gravity

			and bounce back unless they target another drone to become one of

			its satellites.

			h - toggle selected drones into drone launchers

      SHIFT + l - select all launchers

			] - change velocity of selected drones

			CTRL + ] - toggle drawing of velocity vectors

			or set from Menu > Drone Params > Motion

			You can set the number of times a launched drone bounces back from the

			bottom of the microtonal keyboard with Menu > Drone Params > Motion > Bounces

			You can also set the amount of speed the bounced drone has on rebound as

			a % of speed going in using Menu > Drone Params > Motion > Speed %

			You can set the lifetime of the launched drone with Menu > Drone Params >

			Motion > Lifetime (on the launcher).

			A launched drone dies at the end of its life or when it has bounced

			enough, whichever is earlier.

		Orbiting drones:

			Select a bunch of drones and Menu > Drone Tools > Orbit

			The last selected drone becomes the planet. The other drones

			become satellites.

			also,

			; - select the planet(s)

      	or Menu > Drone Tools > Select attractors

			' - select the satellites orbiting the selected planets

        or Menu > Drone Tools > Select attractees

      [ - change acceleration of selected drones

            if these are satellites, changes their acceleration

            towards the planet

			CTRL + p - toggle drawing of acceleration vectors

		Launch drones that become satellites:

			A launcher can supply satellites to a planet ie drones

			launched from a drone launcher can orbit another drone:

				Select a bunch of drones.

				Choose Menu > Set targets.

				First drone becomes the drone launcher.

				Drones from this drone orbit the other drones in turn.

				ie they become its targets.

			Change acceleration of drone launcher (see above) to get

      the satellites orbit their targets tightly (or loosely).

			Set lifetime and orbit insertion time of the drone launcher

			to set them for the launched drones.

	Modulation:

    Modulate Frequency and amplitude of Voice and drones.

    Voice modulation in DIN is a classic modulation with a twist:

    a Bezier curve waveform on the carrier and a Bezier curve

    waveform on the modulator! Depth is Hz, Rate is BPM. Happens

    every sample!

    Drone modulation in DIN is 'visual modulation'. Amplitude modulation

    is change of drone's height on the microtonal keyboard over BPM.

    Frequency modulation is change of drones's horizontal position

    over BPM. The modulated position of a drone determines its

    frequency and volume. Happens once every audio buffer.

    y, u : change AM depth, BPM of selected drones

    o, p : change FM depth, BPM of selected drones

		or set from Menu > Drone Params > Modulation

Voice / Noise:

	Click Voice (/ Noise) button at the bottom of the microtonal-keyboard

  to turn on / off Voice (/ Noise).

	Phrasor:

		f - start/stop recording phrase

		v - play/pause phrase

		g - erase phrase

		or

		Menu > Voice/Noise > Record a phrase

		Scrub with phrase position slider at Menu > Voice > Phrase position

Ranges:

	Please visit https://dinisnoise.org/docs/ and click on

	Microtonal Range Reference.

FX:

Delay:

  Click on the Delay button to toggle stereo delay lines.

  Change feedback & volume curves in the Delay editor (press 6 or

  choose Menu > Editors > Delay)

Gater:

  Click on the Gater button to toggle the Voice/Noise gater. DIN

  applies the gater curve as an envelope over Voice/Noise.

  Press 5 or choose Menu > Editors > Gater to edit the

  gater curve.

  Set BPM and looping style from Menu > Misc

  Gater button flashes indicating beat shape.

Octave shift:

  z - shift down an octave

  x - shift up an octave

  Press 7 or choose Menu > Editors > Octave Shift to

  edit how tone changes to octave.

    Modulate to any other microtone instead of the octave

    by editing the octave shift curve.

Visual:

  Click on i to toggle display of frequencies under notes of microtonal keyboard

  and frequencies and volume under mouse cursor

		or SHIFT + i

	Click on j to toggle display of frequency and volume of selected drones

		or SHIFT + j

  F2: Turn UI on or off.

	To resize ranges, use Menu > Ranges > Adjust Range Left, Right and Both menu items.

	To change board height, use Menu > Ranges > Adjust board height > All

Movement:

  a, d, w, s: left, right, down and up

  	or Click on the arrow keys at the bottom of the microtonal-keyboard

Recording:

Click on the Record button at the bottom of the microtonal-keyboard to

start/stop sound recording

choose Menu > File > Clear to clear existing sound recording.

Menu > File > Save to save the sound recording as a .WAV file on the desktop.

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