User Guide

Beact provides you creative ways to make music and visuals interactively.
You could combine keyboard-pressing with mouse-operation randomly to make it happen.

Basic Usage

Keyboard:

• [space]: Play/Pause the sequencer.
• [a-z]: Each keystroke triggers an audio sample with an animation popping out window screen.
• [1-8]: Each keystroke contains a sequencer preset.
• [up/down]: Speed up/slow down the seqencer.
• [right/left]: Switch to next/previous audio sample set.
• [shift + up/down]: Switch to next/previous keyboard animation set.
• [shift + right/left]: Switch to next/previous sequencer animation set.

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Sequencer:

• Each row contains an audio sample with its matching animation.
• Click on blocks to form up unique sequence.
• Samples and animations are triggered as the sequencer plays through clicked block.
• When the sequencer reaches the end, it loops from start again and again.

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Buttons:

Play/Pause Button: Play/pause the sequencer.

Clear Button: Clean up the sequencer.

Shuffle Button: Randomly generate a sequencer pattern.

Menu Button: Open sidebar for advanced usage.

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Advanced Usage:

Pattern (save a list of your favourite sequences):

Play Pattern

1. Make up a sequence.
2. Enter a name for the sequence. ex. chorus, bridge, pattern6...
   
3. Save the pattern.
   
4. Click the items on list to play your saved sequence.
   
5. You could remove item on list.
   
6. Clean up and pause the sequencer.
   

Update Pattern

1. Click the item you wish to update.
2. Modify the sequence.
3. Enter its new name. (optional, leave input field empty to remain the old name)
4. Update the pattern.
   

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Chain (combining sequences to a larger sequence):

Play Chain

1. Make up a sequence.
2. Press update to save.
   
3. Repeat step 1 & 2.
4. Press play. The sequencer will play list items one by one, and loop through the list.
   
5. Clean up and pause the sequencer.
   

Update Chain

1. Click the item you wish to update. (a 'V' will show up next to selected item)
   
2. Modify the sequence.
3. Press update.
   
4. Click + to unselect item.
   

Remove Chain Item

1. Click the item you wish to remove. (a 'V' will show up next to selected item)
2. Press remove.
   
3. List items after it will fill the vacant position. (every index -1)

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Recorder:

Play Recorder

1. Enter a name for new record. (required)
   
2. Press record.
   
3. Press play (or hit spacebar).
4. Record button turns red to indicate recording. Now you could play keyboard, modify sequencer, use your pattern...
   
5. Click the red record button to stop recording. Wait a moment and the record would show on the list.
6. Click list item to play your record.
7. You could stop record while playing.
   
8. You could remove item on list.

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During Pattern, Chain, and Recorder mode, you could use all the keyboard features as well.

Enjoy Beact!