
DIN Is Noise 
Copyright (c) 2006-2016 Jagannathan Sampath <jag@dinisnoise.org>.

Keyboard-Keyboard

Press a key. Hear a note. See a box.

Notes of the scale are mapped to keys on the computer keyboard.

Compass is 3 octaves.

1st octave: t, r, e, w, q, a, s
2nd octave: d, f, g, h, j, k, l
3rd octave: ;, ', ], [, p, o, i, u

The keys assigned depend on the notes in the scale.

z: shift an octave down
x: shift an octave up

F11 & F12 : decrease/increase octave shift bpm
Or use the Octave Shift widget.

9: load previous waveform in library
0: load next waveform in library

Or press < and > buttons on the Waveform widget.

Press 2 to edit the waveform or Menu > Editors > keyboard-keyboard waveform

Delay:

  Click on the Delay button to toggle stereo delay lines.

  Use the Delay editor (press 6 or Menu > Editors > Delays) to change 
	feedback & volume curves.

Mouse driven pitch bend:

  Dotted vertical line marks the mouse position of the last triggered note.

    Move left of dotted line to lower pitch of all active notes
    Move right of dotted line to increase pitch of all active notes

  Mouse driven pitch bend overrides MIDI driven pitch bend.

  If you cant see the dotted line, mouse is out of the window. Bring it
  inside and play a note.

  If Show nearby notes is ON, mouse movement only bends the last 
  triggered note.  Move your mouse to the nearby note to bend to 
  that note.

  Press SPACE to stop mouse driven pitch bend. It will be available again 
  when you trigger a new note.

MIDI:

  If MIDI input is available, dotted crosses will mark the 13 notes 
  of the octave.

  Setup MIDI in Settings page.

  White box shown when you play White note.
  Black box shown when you play Black note.
  Size of box is proportional to MIDI velocity.
  Edit MIDI velocity curve (press 5 or Menu > Editors > Velocity)

Instrument:

  1 : switch to another instrument or choose from Menu > Instrument

Editors:

  2 : keyboard-keyboard waveform
  3 : attack
  4 : decay
  5 : velocity (MIDI)
  6 : delay
  7 : octave shift

Edit the attack & decay curves to sculpt the attack & decay of a note.

Set sustain (marked by a blue triangle) on the attack editor. 

Parameters:

  Visually edit variables voices, attack_time, decay_time and pitch_bend. 

	Left-click on the micro-button at the left of a slider to edit
	its min/max.

	Hz/pixel is the amount in hz the pitch of a note will bend for 
  every pixel you move beyond the dotted line with your mouse.

  Use Octave Widget to change octave over bpm.

    Click left arrow to shift an octave down.
    Click right arrow to shift an octave up.
    Change bpm to control speed of octave shift.

Recording:
	
	CTRL + ENTER - to start/stop sound recording
  or Click on the Record button at the bottom of the keyboard-keyboard

  LALT + ENTER - to clear existing recording
  or choose Menu > File > Clear

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

Console:

  TAB : enter/leave command mode
  UP_ARROW / DOWN_ARROW: 
		scroll up/down; 
		scroll up/down command history in command mode.

  PgUp, PgDn: page up, page down
  BACKSPACE : delete all text in console
  ` : fold/unfold console

  In command mode, type help to reveal available commands. Or type
    help command_name
  to get help for a particular command.
