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.