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== In-game Guide ==

The in-game guide is in a bit of an annoying format: a series of pop-ups you have to click through. Okay for an introduction, but not great if you want to check it later. So I'm putting a version of it here:—

=== All Tabs ===

All tabs show the pattern editor in the lower ⅔s of the screen

* Left click anywhere in the pattern editor to place a note.
* You can delete notes with Right click, or Ctrl+Left click.
* You can reach higher and lower notes with the scrollbar on the right, or by pressing the ↑ and ↓ keys.
* Use the Mouse wheel to change the length of a note before you place it (Or press Shift+arrow keys).
* The + and - buttons at the bottom of the window transpose notes in the current pattern: making them all higher or lower.
* You can change the scale and key of a pattern with the menu in the bottom right. When you're using a scale, notes which are not in that scale are removed from the pattern. Limiting yourself to a given scale can be a handy way to make things sound good when you're learning to write music.

==== Shortcuts ====

* Space - Play/pause
* Ctrl+z - Undo
* Ctrl+Shift+z - Redo
* Ctrl+s - Save
* Ctrl+Alt+s - Save as a copy
* Esc - Quit

=== Arrangement Tab ===

The Arrangement tab is where you put your song together, building it up one pattern at a time.

* Create a new pattern by clicking the 'ADD NEW' button.
* ''Drag'' your new pattern from the list on the right to the spot below the original pattern. Now you can edit this pattern and hear both playing together! (image 2)
* You can copy patterns by ''dragging'' them, and remove them with right-click.
* The thin line below the pattern arrangements is called the ''Timeline''. If you left-click on a section of the timeline, the song will loop over that section. (image 4)
* Hold and drag over multiple sections to play them all.
* You can double-click anywhere on the timeline to play the entire song from that point.
* When you're arranging your song, something you'll probably want to do a lot is to make slight variations of your patterns. You can do this by making duplicates. To duplicate a pattern, middle-click on it (You can also use Shift+Left-click).
* You can delete a pattern by dragging it to the bottom right of the window, onto the 'DELETE?' button that appears.

==== Shortcuts ====

* ← and → - Scroll
* Mouse wheel - Change grid scale
* Middle-click on timeline - Insert empty column before current one.
* Right-click on timeline - Delete all patterns in column.
* Ctrl+c - Copy patterns currently selected by timeline.
* Ctrl+p - Paste patterns at cursor location.

=== Instrument tab ===

This is where you choose the instruments you want to use in your song.

* Click on 'ADD NEW INSTRUMENT' to be given a new instrument at random.
* If you don't like that one, pick a new one from the menus to the right. The first is for broad categories, the second for instruments within that category.
* If the instrument is too loud, you can adjust its volume with the 'VOL' slider on the right.
* You can change what instrument a pattern uses from the menu down here in the bottom left. (image)
* You can change how an instrument sounds with the 'filter pad'. Move the square around to play with cutoff and resonance values.
* If you press the 'REC' button on the bottom of the screen you can record changes on the filter pad, so you can change sounds over time.

== Other Guides ==

* * [https://humnom.net/apps/boscaceoil/docs/ Official Documentation/Help]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZeZ75gM9p4 How to make Music for your Game - BOSCA CEOIL] - Pretty good guide video to the original version, but gets off to a bad start with him making a joke about pronunciation—it's right there on the website pal.

== See Also ==

* [[Bosca Ceoil: The Blue Album]]