Toolbar

The toolbar contains various functions that are useful when writing music:

• Save as… — Saves your song to a file.
• Start — Plays your song from the very beginning.
• Cursor — Plays your song starting from the current cursor position. Useful when editing a specific pattern.
• Stop — Halts playback.
• Export .GB — Assembles your song into a standalone .gb file, for playback in an emulator or a real Game Boy!
• Export .GBS — Assembles your song into a standalone .gbs file, for playback in a program such as gbsplay.
• Render song — Exports your song in either .wav or .mp3 format.
• Panic — Silences all channels immediately. Useful when something has happened, and a tone is playing that you want to make stop.
• Octave — Selects the octave offset for the tracker grid.
• Instrument — Selects the instrument with which to input new notes in the tracker grid. Any new note entered will be accompanied by this instrument number, and a preview note will play with this instrument.
• Step — Selects the step for the tracker grid. After inputting a new note, the cursor will move down by this many rows; useful for inputting drum tracks or arpeggios.