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EHANCEMENTS to V3:

Added undo and redo for up to 128 edits. Use Ctrl+Z to undo and Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Z to redo.

  • Added a resizable window. Your window size is remembered.

  • Added a blue-to-black background gradient.

  • Added a GRAD button to switch the gradient on or off.

  • Added note flashes behind each pattern channel. They fade upward and disappear over one second.

  • Added an FX button to switch the flashes on or off.

    Saved window and visual settings in the app’s own INI file.

  • Added path and filename pasting in the file browser with Ctrl+V.

    Added a recent folders list that remembers your last 10 locations.

  • Split the file browser into independently scrollable folder and file panels.

    Added mouse-wheel scrolling to the file browser, patterns and all four tables.

  • Added mouse-wheel scrolling to the song order list. Wheel up moves right; wheel down moves left.

  • Updated F2 to play from the song-list cursor and continue through the song, or from the pattern cursor when editing a pattern.

  • Alt-click or middle-click a pattern note to select its instrument.

    Alt-click or middle-click the order list to fetch its patterns into the editor.

  • Shift-click the order list to insert pattern 00 for one voice.

  • Ctrl+Shift-click the order list to insert pattern 00 for all three voices.

  • Alt-click or middle-click an instrument’s wave, pulse or filter pointer to jump to that table.

  • Added a HEAR button to preview the selected instrument while held.
  • Added centred LOAD, SAVE, EXPORT and HELP buttons. LOAD and SAVE always target songs.
  • Improved quick keypress handling so short presses register reliably.

  • Last Ninja 3 - Earth song included.

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    Updated 2 days ago
    Published 6 days ago
    StatusReleased
    CategoryTool
    PlatformsWindows
    Authorpolytricity
    TagsCommodore 64, Music, sid, tracker

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    GoatTracker_Enhanced_V1_RR.zip 743 kB
    LN3_Earth_ConvertedRRamsay.sng 17 kB
    GoatTracker_Enhanced_V2_RR_260917.zip 751 kB
    GoatTracker_Enhanced_V3_RR_260918.zip 746 kB

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    Bimbarlade2 days ago(+1)

    Hi! Thanks for the update. I use GoatTracker pretty intensively at times, and I think it’s a shame that “enhanced” versions are often abandoned (too) quickly. Probably because of the low feedback and small user base — since it’s obviously a pretty niche app. So I hope you’ll keep it up and give us useful features that the original GT lacks 😁

    Anyway, I have a few comments: any settings other than the original 800x592 resolution cause the characters to display incorrectly. Maybe it would be better to set this to 800x592 by default for all users instead of 1000x720?

    GoatTracker was clearly designed with keyboard users in mind. If you want to introduce mouse controls, as you’re doing now, it might be useful to have, among other things, PLAY/STOP buttons on the screen that can be controlled with the mouse. These could be placed at the bottom of the screen instead of GRAD and FX. These are GUI features that you turn on/off and leave alone, because you either like them or you don’t. So constantly switching between them might be unnecessary. If I may suggest one more addition: a “recent projects” feature would be nice, so you can quickly load your most recently opened projects 😎 Keep up the great work! 

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    polytricity2 days ago(+1)

    Great suggestions, yep, let's improve this together. I will get to these next week!

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