diff --git a/documentation/english.part.adoc b/documentation/english.part.adoc index 22ddbd2..d634532 100644 --- a/documentation/english.part.adoc +++ b/documentation/english.part.adoc @@ -1,16 +1,3 @@ -== Usage - -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. - -== How to use Patroneo -The following explains how to use Patroneo. - -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. - -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. diff --git a/engine/config.py b/engine/config.py index 8f1df1e..ca1cdb5 100644 --- a/engine/config.py +++ b/engine/config.py @@ -44,16 +44,18 @@ METADATA={ #Various strings for the README #Extra whitespace will be stripped so we don't need to worry about docstring indentation "description" : """ -Patroneo (which is Esperanto for "Pattern") is an easy to use pattern based midi sequencer that -handles the three most important musical parameters: pitch, rhythm and dynamics. +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. 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.""" + "\n" + """ -Workflow summary: You have tracks with one pattern each. Turn on steps in the pattern to play +creativity than suppressing it. + +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.""", +Connect external synthesizers and samplers to create sounds. +""", "dependencies" : "\n".join("* "+dep for dep in ()), }