LGPT the Piggy Tracker runs on many platforms:WIN // OSX // NIX // GP2X // DINGOO A320 // PSP

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Ⓛ + ( Ⓑ , Ⓐ ) reads “while holding left, tap a then b” Ⓑ + ↑ / ↓ reads “while holding b, tap up or down on the directional pad”

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A R P G a b c d c y c l e t h r o u g h r e l a t i v e p i t c h e s a , b , c , a n d d ( s t a r t i n g w i t h o r i g i n a l p i t c h , t h e n u p a s e m i t o n e s , b s e m i t o n e s a n d s o f o r t h ) . T h e c y c l e l o o p s i f t h e r e ' s o n l y z e r o ' s p a s t a g i v e n p o s t . C R S H a a b b a a = p r e c r u s h d r i v e ( f r o m 1 t o 0 x F F , 0 0 i s n o c h a n g e ) & b b = c r u s h s e t t i n g ( f r o m 0 t o 0 x F , 0 × 0 i s 1 b i t , 0 x F i s 1 6 b i t ) . D L A Y - - b b D e l a y s t h e n o t e t o b e p l a y e d b y b b t i c s . F C U T a a b b a d j u s t t h e f i l t e r c u t o f f t o b b a t s p e e d a a . F LT R a a b b s e t a b s o l u t e f r e q u e n c y v a l u e f o r c u t o f f a a & r e s o n a n c e b b . F R E S a a b b a d j u s t t h e f i l t e r r e s o n a n c e t o b b a t s p e e d a a . H O P a a b b p l a y p o s i t i o n w i l l j u m p t o t h e n e x t p h r a s e i n a c h a i n , j u m p i n g d i r e c t l y a t p o s i t i o n b b i n t h e p h r a s e . i n T A B L E S , c u r s o r p o s i t i o n w i l l j u m p t o r o w b b a a t i m e s , t h e n p a s s t h r u t h e h o p c o m m a n d a n d c o n t i n u e t h r u t h e r e s t o f t h e t a b l e . I R T G a a b b r e t r i g g e r t h e c u r r e n t i n s t r u m e n t t r a n s p o s e d b y b b s e m i - t o n e s . e a c h I R T G t r a n s p o s i t i o n i s c u m u l a t i v e l y a d d e d ( s o a t a b l e w i t h I R T G 0 0 0 1 w i l l k e e p g o i n g a s e m i t o n e u p ) . T h e r e t r i g g e r e d i n s t r u m e n t i s N O T r e s e t ( a s i f y o u e n t e r a n o t e w i t h n o i n s t r u m e n t n u m b e r ) . K I L L - - b b i n s t r u m e n t w i l l s t o p p l a y i n g a f t e r a a t i c k s . L E G A a a b b p e r f o r m s a n e x p o n e n t i a l p i t c h s l i d e f r o m p r e v i o u s n o t e v a l u e t o p i t c h b b a t s p e e d a a . L P O F a a b b L o o P O F s e t : S h i f t b o t h t h e l o o p s t a r t & l o o p e n d v a l u e s

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NAVIGATION & BASIC EDITING✙ ... move the cursorⓇ + ✙ ... navigate from screen to screen

Ⓐ ... insert chain / phrase / noteⒶ , Ⓐ ... insert next unused chain / phrase / instrumentⒷ + Ⓐ ... cuts the cursored item to clipboardⓁ + ( Ⓑ , Ⓐ ) ... clone: replace cursored item with a copy of itself

Ⓐ + ✙ ... updates cursored item valueⒶ + ↑ / ↓ ... add or subtract 16Ⓐ + ← / → ... add or subtract 1

Ⓑ + ✙ ... rapid navigationⒷ + ↑ / ↓ ... page up/down in song screen, next / previous phrase of current chain in phrase screen. navigate up or down 16 in table or instrument screen.Ⓑ + ← / → ... toggle between song and live modes in song screen. next or previous channel in chain / phrase screen. navigation left or right 1 in instrument or table screen.

PLAYBACK MODESControls for the two playback modes (SONG and LIVE) differ slightly. Switch between the two modes with Ⓑ + ← / → in the SONG screen. For convenience, ☆ means START key.

SONG MODE☆ in SONG screen ... starts/stops every chain at the cursor row. If there is no chain on a channel (marked --), LGPT will ignore that channel.☆ in CHAIN screen ... starts/stops from the cursor step, soloing the current chain.☆ in PHRASE screen ... starts/stops from step 00, soloing current chain.

LIVE MODE ☆ in SONG screen ... queue chain under the cursor.☆ in CHAIN screen ... queue current chain at phrase 00.☆ in PHRASE screen ... queue current chain at current phrase.- queue items are indicated with a blinking >- each channel can only play one chain at a time.- if a chain is playing on a channel, the queued chain will play when the current chain reaches it's end.- if a chain is not playing on a channel, the queued chain will play when a chain on any channel reaches it's end.

☆ on a queued chain ... phrase queue!- phrase queue items have a fast blinking >- similar to chain queue items but play when a phrase reaches it's end instead of when a chain reaches it's end.

Ⓛ + ☆ ... in song screen, chain queue all chains in the cursor row. hit it again to toggle phrase queue.

Ⓡ + ☆ ... in all screens, playback will stop when the chain which is playing reaches it's end. hit it again to toggle stop when the playing phrase reaches it's end.

SELECT, COPY, PASTEⓁ + Ⓑ ... starts selection mode with only the data at the cursor selectedⓁ + ( Ⓑ , Ⓑ ) ... starts selection mode with the cursor's row selectedⓁ + ( Ⓑ , Ⓑ , Ⓑ ) ... starts selection mode with the entire screen selected

once a selection is started you can:✙ ... make an existing selection bigger or smallerⒷ ... copy selection to clipboard, orⓁ + Ⓐ ... cut selection to clipboard

if you're not making a selection:Ⓛ + Ⓐ ... paste the clipboard at current location

MUTINGⓁ + Ⓡ ... restore full playback on all channels Ⓡ + Ⓑ ... toggles mute / unmute of cursor channelonce Ⓡ + Ⓑ are held down:release Ⓡ before Ⓑ ... channel stays mutesrelease Ⓑ before Ⓡ ... channel goes back to original state

Ⓡ + Ⓐ ... solo cursor channel

once Ⓡ + Ⓐ are held down:release Ⓡ before Ⓐ ... channel remains solorelease Ⓐ before Ⓡ ... all channels go back to original state

if a selection is happening, pressing Ⓡ + Ⓐ or Ⓡ + Ⓑ will mute / solo all channels present in the selection.