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== Usage
== Introduction
We are happy you chose Patroneo. Patroneo is an easy-to-use sequencer, a program that sends digital "notes" to software instruments such as synthesizers and samplers.
Patroneo means "pattern" in Esperanto. The reason for this is that you don't put single notes in a row but build whole measures, which you can repeat - or leave out - at any place.
Patroneo (which is Esperanto for "Pattern") is an easy to use, pattern based midi sequencer, a
program that sends digital "notes" to software instruments such as synthesizers and samplers.
== How to use Patroneo
The following explains how to use Patroneo.
Patroneo is primarily designed for educational purposes, where the main goal is to teach the
importance of patterns and repetitions in any kind of music. However, Patroneo is a full sequencer
you can use to create real music. The constraints it presents will more likely boost your
creativity than suppressing it.
The program is almost exclusively operated with the mouse. You need three mouse buttons and a mouse wheel. Most of the time the mouse wheel itself is the middle mouse button, and you can press it down.
You have tracks with one pattern each. Turn on steps in the pattern to play
musical notes. Switch the patterns on and off in a sequence to create a song structure.
Connect external synthesizers and samplers to create sounds.
We encourage you to experiment a lot. Very often good music is created when users have not only used programs as it was intended.
=== Quick Start
To get to know the most important functions and workflows, this video has been created.
<p>We are happy you chose Patroneo. Patroneo is an easy-to-use sequencer, a program that sends digital "notes" to software instruments such as synthesizers and samplers.</p>
<p>Patroneo (which is Esperanto for "Pattern") is an easy to use, pattern based midi sequencer, a
program that sends digital "notes" to software instruments such as synthesizers and samplers.</p>
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<p>Patroneo means "pattern" in Esperanto. The reason for this is that you don’t put single notes in a row but build whole measures, which you can repeat - or leave out - at any place.</p>
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<h2id="_how_to_use_patroneo">2. How to use Patroneo</h2>
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<p>The following explains how to use Patroneo.</p>
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<p>The program is almost exclusively operated with the mouse. You need three mouse buttons and a mouse wheel. Most of the time the mouse wheel itself is the middle mouse button, and you can press it down.</p>
<p>Patroneo is primarily designed for educational purposes, where the main goal is to teach the
importance of patterns and repetitions in any kind of music. However, Patroneo is a full sequencer
you can use to create real music. The constraints it presents will more likely boost your
creativity than suppressing it.</p>
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<p>We encourage you to experiment a lot. Very often good music is created when users have not only used programs as it was intended.</p>
<p>You have tracks with one pattern each. Turn on steps in the pattern to play
musical notes. Switch the patterns on and off in a sequence to create a song structure.
Connect external synthesizers and samplers to create sounds.</p>
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<h3id="_quick_start">2.1. Quick Start</h3>
<h3id="_quick_start">1.1. Quick Start</h3>
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<p>To get to know the most important functions and workflows, this video has been created.</p>
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<p>Patroneo organizes its music in tracks that contain measures. All measures of a track play the same "pattern" that creates music through a sequence of "steps".</p>
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<p>In principle, Patroneo can be operated with the mouse. The keyboard is needed for only a few functions, such as changing track names or setting half-tone transposition. However, the keyboard makes some workflows faster and more convenient.</p>
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<h2id="_description_of_the_graphical_user_interface_and_its_functions">3. Description of the graphical user interface and its functions</h2>
<h2id="_description_of_the_graphical_user_interface_and_its_functions">2. Description of the graphical user interface and its functions</h2>
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<p>Use your browser’s search function to locate the individual letters like [B] and their explanation.</p>
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<p>Patroneo consists of three parts: The Toolbar, the Form Editor, and the Pattern Editor. Between form- and pattern editor there is a <strong>[L] Handle</strong> which you can grab with the left mouse button and move it up or down to give more space to one or the other area.</p>
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<h3id="_toolbar">3.1. Toolbar</h3>
<h3id="_toolbar">2.1. Toolbar</h3>
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<p>The <strong>[A] Toolbar</strong> combines various commands with properties of the entire piece.</p>
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<h3id="_form_editor">3.2. Form Editor</h3>
<h3id="_form_editor">2.2. Form Editor</h3>
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<p>In the <strong>[B] Form Editor</strong> you create the structure of a piece. To do this, the measures in each track can be switched on and off as desired. One can imagine, for example, a drum set that plays three bars in a row and makes a "break" every fourth bar. For this common drum technique you need two tracks. In the screenshot this "3+1" pattern can be seen in the third section (bars 17 to 24) in the orange bass track.<br>
Whole parts (e.g. verse and chorus) are implemented by using different tracks. To make the creation of related tracks as comfortable as possible, the "clone" command exists (see letter D).</p>
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<h3id="_pattern_editor">3.3. Pattern Editor</h3>
<h3id="_pattern_editor">2.3. Pattern Editor</h3>
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<p>The <strong>[C] Pattern Editor</strong> is used for composing. The tones, also called "steps", are used to form a measure. The pattern is exactly as long as a measure and is played from left to right. There are several possibilities for tonal arrangement, which are now explained.</p>
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<p>The pattern itself is arranged in rows and columns. The rows symbolise the (adjustable) pitches, the columns show their rhythmic sequence and position in time.</p>
<p>A right click on a step opens a context menu that provides the following exclusive functions.
For all functions that reverse or invert ("On" becomes "Off" and vice versa), please note that all volume information (see below) is lost.</p>
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<h4id="_duration_and_volume">3.3.2. Duration and Volume</h4>
<h4id="_duration_and_volume">2.3.2. Duration and Volume</h4>
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<p>A <strong>[S] Step</strong> is a grey or coloured box. Grey means pause, coloured means <strong>[T] Sounding Tone</strong>. A click with the left mouse button switches the steps on and off.<br>
A right click opens the context menu. Here you can switch all (currently visible) steps on, off or invert all: Off On becomes Off and vice versa. All volume information (see below) will be lost.</p>
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<h4id="_pitches_and_scales">3.3.3. Pitches and Scales</h4>
<h4id="_pitches_and_scales">2.3.3. Pitches and Scales</h4>
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<p>Click with the middle mouse button on a step to hear the sound it plays. This allows you to "pre-listen" before you decide to set a note. Tip: Hold down the middle mouse button and move the mouse up and down the steps.</p>
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<h4id="_shadows">3.3.4. Shadows</h4>
<h4id="_shadows">2.3.4. Shadows</h4>
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<p>Often you want to add more tones to an existing track in a different pattern. A second voice, question/answer technique etc.
To help you, it is possible to display other tracks as <strong>[2] Shadows</strong>. Just click with the middle mouse button on the track you want to see. This is only possible in the measure area, not on the track name or on the timeline.</p>
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<h3id="_grouping_in_the_pattern">3.4. Grouping in the Pattern</h3>
<h3id="_grouping_in_the_pattern">2.4. Grouping in the Pattern</h3>
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<p>Grouping is part of the time signature.</p>
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<h2id="_installation_and_start">4. Installation and Start</h2>
<h2id="_installation_and_start">3. Installation and Start</h2>
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<p>Patroneo is exclusive for Linux. The best way to install is to use your package manager.
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<h2id="_help_and_development">5. Help and Development</h2>
<h2id="_help_and_development">4. Help and Development</h2>
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<p>You can help Patroneo in several ways: Testing and reporting errors, translating, marketing, support, programming and more.</p>
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<h3id="_testing_and_reporting_errors">5.1. Testing and Reporting Errors</h3>
<h3id="_testing_and_reporting_errors">4.1. Testing and Reporting Errors</h3>
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<p>If you find a bug in the program (or it runs too slow) please contact us in a way that suits you best.
We are thankful for any help.</p>
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<h3id="_programming">5.2. Programming</h3>
<h3id="_programming">4.2. Programming</h3>
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<p>If you want to do some programming and don’t know where to start please get in contact with us directly.
The short version is: clone the git, change the code, create a git patch or point me to your public git.</p>
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<h3id="_translations">5.3. Translations</h3>
<h3id="_translations">4.3. Translations</h3>
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<p>Patroneo is very easy to translate with the help of the Qt-Toolchain, without any need for programming.
The easiest way is to contact the developers and they will setup the new language.</p>
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