PlayingThere are a few ways of playing: pre-made songs or phrases (we'll get to that later) and playing with your brick-shifting keys.
NotationIf you want to make phrases or songs, you have to learn the music notation.
It's rather simple: the note name—usually the octave number followed by the note itself (with the exception of drums, which use initials like "SD", "BD", "CC", etc.)—followed by a comma.
For sharps you can use # or S.
Example:
3C,4D#,5FS,6CDrums example:
BD,SD,CC,TH,TM,TL,TF
There are rests that are put in between the note and comma as well. The "traditional" ones are: ; for sixteenth, / for eighth, $ for quarter, _ for half, and - for whole.
Example:
3A$,4D_,5E-They can be combined to make longer rests.
Example:
3A_$,4D$-_,5E--Example:
3A/,4D;,5EWhen combined with other rests, they add 0.5 and 0.25 of the current tempo to the other rests.
Example:
3A$/,4D_;,5E-/
To go to a note 2x as fast, use >
These can stack so >> is 4x, >>> is 6x, etc.
Example:
3A>,4D,5E>>,6C
To set the delay between notes, simply put
d:## can be any number between 64 and 1000
This is how many milliseconds it takes to go to the next note (without rests, of course).
Example: d:128,5C,6C,3D#,d:64
Chords are supported as well. Simply separate notes with + to make a chord. There can be up to four notes per chord.
Example:
3C+4F+5G+6C,3A#+4CDrums example:
RC+BD,RC,RC+SD,RC
Use
? for a random note.
Example:
3C,4F+5C,?,6C
Use
% at the end to make your phrase repeat forever. Please be
aware that
these will only work for phrases.
Example:
3C+4F+5G+6C,3A#+4C%
PhrasesNow that you understand the notation (I hope), let's get to the juicy stuff: pre-made phrases and songs.
Phrases are a series of notes played in a specific order.
Songs are a series of phrases played in a specific order.
To play a phrase, type
/playPhrase phraseExample:
/playPhrase 4C,5D#,3C+3A#,5G-,6CIf you haven't already, read the notation section above.
To save a phrase, type
/savePhrase phrase name [credits]Example:
/savePhrase 4C,5D#,3C+3A#,5G-,6C myPhrase ElectrkCredits are optional.
To load a phrase, type
/loadPhrase nameTo list available phrases, type
/listPhrases
SongsOnce you've got a phrase going, you'll want to set it as a song phrase.
To do this, simply type
/setSongPhrase # phrase# is which slot you want to put the phrase in (0 to 19).
Example:
/setSongPhrase 0 4C,5D#,3C+3A#,5G-,6C/setSongPhrase 1 3A$,4D_,5E-To view the song phrases you have, type
/viewSongPhrases
If you've loaded a song already, you can use L# in place of a phrase to use that loaded song phrase
Example:
/setSongPhrase 2 L0This would take
loaded song phrase #0 and set it as song phrase #2
Type
/viewLoadedSongPhrases to view the song you've loaded's song phrases.
Sorry if this section is confusing.
Now that you've got some song phrases set, it's time to make a song! A song is the slot numbers separated by commas.
Type
/playSong song to do this.
Example:
/playSong 0,1,2,1,3,2,5,4,0
Saving, loading, and listing songs are the same as phrases, except the names are different and you put in a song instead of a phrase for saving.
Example:
/saveSong 0,1,2,1,3,2,5,4,0 mySong Electrk/loadSong mySong/listSongs
BindsetsTo play music live, you'll need to create a bindset. To create a bindset, you must bind a phrase or a note to one of your brick-shifting keys. This is completely server-sided so don't worry.
To do this, you'll have to type
/bind key phraseHere are the names of each of the keys:
away
towards
left
right
up
down
thirdUp
thirdDown
rotateLeft
rotateRight
plant
cancel
You can also just use the respective numbers of the keypad (e.g. 6 or enter)
Example:
/bind away 4A/bind 2 5C,5D#/,6C/bind enter 3F+3CThen just use your brick-shifting keys to play!
To unbind all your phrase keys type
/unbindAll
To save your bindset, type
/saveBindset name [credits]Credits are, again, optional.
To load them, type
/loadBindset nameTo list them, type
/listBindsets
Keytar is OPThe keytar is a very special instrument, in that it can play any instrument.
Its default mode is the Blockland synth.
Type
/listInstruments to view all available instruments.
Type
/setKeytarMode instrument to set your keytar to play a certain instrument.
Miscellaneous/stopPlaying - Makes you stop playing.
/listNotes - Lists available notes for the instrument you're holding.
/listNotes instrument - Lists available notes for a specified instrument.
/playLastPhrase - Plays the last phrase you played.
/playLoadedPhrase - Plays the last phrase you loaded.
/playLoadPhrase name - Plays and loads a phrase at the same time
/playLoadedSong - Plays the last song you loaded.
/playLoadSong name - Plays and loads a song at the same time
/viewLastPhrase - View the last phrase you played.
/viewLoadedPhrase - View the last phrase you loaded.
/viewSongPhrase # - View a specific song phrase.
/viewLoadedSongPhrase # - View a specific song phrase from the last song you loaded.
/pp - Shortcut for
/playPhrase/ps - Shortcut for
/playSong/plp - Shortcut for
/playLoadPhrase/pls - Shortcut for
/playLoadSong/sp - Shortcut for
/savePhrase/ss - Shortcut for
/saveSong/ssp - Shortcut for
/setSongPhrase/lps - Shortcut for
/loadBindset/sbs - Shortcut for
/saveBindset/skm - Shortcut for
/setKeytarMode