So I have to use command B00 in the effect column when it's not being used...?

are you remembering to  turn it off for the instruments that dont use it

you have to explicitly turn it off when youre done with it

Well here's the song file https://db.tt/GgSiELzV . Still throwing ideas around and I wanted to add more instruments but everything after the 4th one won't do what they should.

Off the top of my head that's probably still the easiest way tbh.  With the old 1.x GT you could use out of range tempo commands in your tracks as drum notifications.  (eg: 7C1 for bass drum, 7C2 for snare)    Then write a little bit of code to trigger samples when they were detected.   Obviously you still wouldn't hear when it was being written, but you could write your drum patterns in GT at least.   In the later 2.x versions I think it only updates a counter, which is great for syncing demo effects but for music you'd still need an external bit of code to play the pattern.

While we're on the topic, does anyone know an easy way of added digis to your goattracker song? Or perhaps a powerful tracker that features both powerful SID control and digi tracking?

Currently I'm using digi-organizer and then using a utility to link it to my goattracker SID/PRG but it's an awkward way to compose and a bit of a hassle working with both a C64 and windows program.

The filter's only on for one instrument.

Edit: that one filtertable is:
01:90 F7
02:00 80
03:1F FF
04:1F 01
05 FF 00

P.S: if you want to see the song file to clarify things I can post that if you want.

You might prefer to use the old 1.x version of GoatTracker to start with, it only uses one table (for waveforms) which is specific to the instrument.  You can also do most of the other effects like vibrato and arps through pattern commands.   Tons of great music was done with that. (Hein & Jammer's earlier stuff for example)

did you leave the filter on or something

thats not a more-than-four-instruments problem

If I have more than 4 instruments everything after the 4th one gets messed up ?_? I tried making a few instruments after I made 4 and they don't sound at all like they should. I tested them when I didn't have any instruments and they sounded a lot different then. Think I was doing it right for wavetable pos. I had let's say on 02 FF 00 for the next instrument I set wavetable pos to 03.

i bet you can figure this one out on your own

If you want to use vibrato or portmanteau you have to put something in the speed table?

Thank you linux irc community I have a command to make the computer think the numpad insert = the regular insert key it wants

xmodmap -e "keysym KP_Insert = Insert"

and it stays permanent I think if you add

keysym KP_Insert = Insert

into ~/.Xmodmap , if not there's always manual scripts to autorun \o/

Nope I'm just using linux on an Asus u56e laptop. The mac tricks to get the insert key didn't work I'm on the latest goattracker version 2.72.

are you using an apple thing?

do a search for "insert key goattracker"

buy a cheap usb keyboard?

Well here's a major issue, the only computer I actually own, my laptop, the insert key on the numpad isn't being seen by goattracker and that's the only way to add more patterns to the orderlist and make the song