New to maxYMiser- I think I might cry. (Page 1 of 4)

I've sometimes found that if you have the octave set too low it doesn't make a sound. So maybe move up a few octaves? If you press F5 then you should be guaranteed a sound hopefully. If you go below F2 sometimes it doesn't play.

Otherwise, just double check everything has been put in properly, and triple check the volume table! It's confusing at first, but once you get into it, MaxYMiser is super fun and has heaps of depth!

MaYMiser is cool, but it's true it's not easy to make instruments. Once you get used to it, it's a bit better.

I think there are some sample instruments with the maYMiser archive, you could check this out first, you can also load some sample tunes and check if this work.

I advise you to setup an harddrive instead of using a floppy image so it'll be easier to share files between your computer and the ST emulator (I'm using hatari with gemdos drive).

Also for navigating into the patterns, you can use the arrows by default, but if you've redirected them for emulating joystick, then you won't be able to use them in the tracker.

Good luck

To be able to enter notes, go into "note edit mode" by pressing space, then the background will be grey.

If you still don't get music, have you tried loading songs or instruments?

With a 05 in the mix sequence, I don't think it would make some sound. Try 01 00 instead (square waves). 01 05 is for SID effects and requires extra settings. 00 05 is for SID custom waveforms and needs also more settings.

Are you aware of this good manual?

http://preromanbritain.com/maxymiser/ma … by_xia.pdf

Besides maxymiser, on Atari ST there is also musicmon, which is easier to use for creating songs, but have some drawbacks on the other hand (the orderlist is horrible to use in my opinion): http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/13445 … n-v2-help/
There are also others, but they might be even more difficult to use.

If you're looking for something else than Atari St, I'd recommend you deflemask, vortex tracker, arkos tracker, famitracker...

Last edited by garvalf (May 31, 2016 3:39 pm)

OMG THANK YOU it has finally made a sound. You were right I needed to have 01 instead of 05 as the last digit in the mix sequence (not that I understand what that means or why) I still have loads more questions though:

I read something saying that I won't even be able to use the 2 sample channels unless I have an Atari STE (I only have Steem which is an ST emulator I think?) Is this true?

When I press space bar it doesn't go grey it goes like, with pink lines in between the green bit? I can press computer keyboard keys to enter notes, but is there a way I can edit the notes manually like what octave they are and stuff? I'm sorry for such basic questions but I have been trying for hours and none of it seems obvious at all!

again, I recommend you to read this good manual which covers most of the tricks of maxymiser: http://preromanbritain.com/maxymiser/ma … by_xia.pdf

Everything in maxymiser is about sequences, which is the representation of what you would otherwise have seen graphically in other (windows based) trackers.

Mix     YM mixer sequence. This is absolutely crucial for sound generation. An empty sequence here is going to result in an in-
strument with no sound. Rather than explain all values here, I’m just going to give you the most common combinations /.../

10 00     Noise
01 00     Square
00 10     Buzz (requires you to set Buzz Wave to $8, $a, $c$e)
01 05     SID (requires a timer sequence of “00 0f, 00 00”)
00 1b     SyncBuzz (similar to buzz, but stays in tune in
higher octaves ...at a CPU cost. It is similar to the
“sync” function sometimes found in analog synths)
00 05     SID with custom waveform (last nibble in timer
sequence gives waveform)
00 0d     DigiSample sound (choose sample with DigiSample
field just below)

As XyNo said, emulators can emulate STe, which has a dma for using such samples. That being said, the final sndh file will only work on real STE, and not older Atari ST, but it's probably not really a problem.

strange, but maybe it's different according to the emulator or the TOS rom used or other settings (my Maxymiser has a dominant yellow skin).

No, I don't think so. You can only change instruments, but not octaves, unlike some other trackers. You have to retype the note again (and change octave with F1 to F5 or F6)

If you want you can have a look at my reviews of a few trackers there: http://garvalf.online.fr/index.php?page … s_trackers

There is also this page which is recommended: http://battleofthebits.org/lyceum/View/Tracker

Last edited by garvalf (Jun 1, 2016 3:35 pm)

Talking about trackers for Atari ST, fedepede04 made a nice windows trackers which can export music on Atari ST (ym format), you can grab it there: http://www.fedepede04.dk/Ym2149.html (I'm just trying it now...)

There is also Vortex Tracker II which can export to sndh format, even though I've always used it for my Sinclair ZX spectrum in AY format... http://bulba.untergrund.net/vortex_e.htm

Last edited by garvalf (Jun 1, 2016 9:35 pm)