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.TH PATRONEO "1" "April 2022" "Patroneo 2.3.0" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
Patroneo - Easy to use pattern based midi sequencer.
.SH DESCRIPTION
usage: patroneo [\-h] [\-v] [\-s DIRECTORY] [\-p] [\-m] [\-V]
.PP
Patroneo \- Version 2.3.0 \- Copyright 2022 by Laborejo Software Suite \-
https://www.laborejo.org/patroneo
.SS "options:"
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
show this help message and exit
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
show program's version number and exit
.TP
\fB\-s\fR DIRECTORY, \fB\-\-save\fR DIRECTORY
Use this directory to save. Will be created or loaded
from if already present. Deactivates Agordejo/NewSession\-Manager support.
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-profiler\fR
(Development) Run the python profiler and produce a
\&.cprof file at quit. The name will appear in your
STDOUT.
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mute\fR
(Development) Use a fake cbox module, effectively
deactivating midi and audio.
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
(Development) Switch the logger to INFO and print out
all kinds of information to get a high\-level idea of
what the program is doing.
.SH USAGE

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.

This program is feature-complete with version 2.3.0 in 2022.
Further releases will be limited to maintenance and fixing problems.

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.

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.
.SH EXAMPLES
Start patroneo through NSM, e.g. through Agordejo. This will take care of all
settings and save directories.

Other modes of operations, mostly for testing, are:

Run without session management and save in /tmp.
    patroneo --save /tmp

Run without audio and midi. Skips all JACK checks. Used to just look at the GUI, e.g. to make screenshots
    patroneo --mute
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
https://www.laborejo.org/bugs
.SH COPYRIGHT
Patroneo 2.3.0 - Copyright 2022
Laborejo Software Suite
https://www.laborejo.org/
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The  full  documentation for Patroneo is maintained as a multi-lingual html site to your systems doc-dir.
For example:
    xdg-open file:///usr/share/doc/patroneo/index.html

The documentation can also be found online https://www.laborejo.org/documentation/patroneo