Effect list

The pattern effects are based on the MOD effects. One important difference to many other trackers is that most effects remains active until it's disabled with a 00 parameter.

General effects

- 0xy - Arpeggio
- 1xx - Slide up
- 2xx - Slide down
- 3xx - Automatic portamento
- 4xy - Vibrato
- 7xy - Tremolo
- Axy - Volume slide
- Bxx - Jump
- Cxx - Halt
- Dxx - Skip
- Exx - Volume
- Fxx - Speed / tempo
- Gxx - Note delay
- Hxy - Hardware sweep up
- Ixy - Hardware sweep down
- Pxx - Fine pitch
- Qxy - Note slide up
- Rxy - Note slide down
- Sxx - Delayed cut
- Vxx - Timbre control

DPCM effects

- Wxx - Pitch
- Xxx - Retrigger
- Yxx - Sample offset
- Zxx - Delta counter

FDS effects

- Hxx - Modulation depth
- Ixx - Modulation speed, high
- Jxx - Modulation speed, low

0xy - Arpeggio

Changes the pitch of the note every tick, with base + x and base + y semitones. Use 00 to disable.
Example: 047 to simulate a major chord.

1xx - Slide up

Continuously slides the pitch up, with xx steps in pitch units every tick. Use 00 to disable.

2xx - Slide down

Continuously slides the pitch down, with xx steps in pitch units every tick. Use 00 to disable.

3xx - Portamento

Automatically slides to new notes, with xx steps in pitch units every tick. Use 00 to disable.

4xy - Vibrato

Applies sine vibrato to notes. x is speed (0 to disable) and y is the depth of the vibrato.

7xy - Tremolo

Applies sine tremolo to notes. x is speed (0 to disable) and y is the depth of the tremolo.

Axy - Volume slide

Automatic volume slide. Use A0y to slide up and Ax0 to slide down. The x and y parameters affects the volume column value as fractions of 8. Use 00 to disable.

Bxx - Jump

Jump to frame/order xx.

Cxx - Halt

Halt playback of the module, use this to prevent infinite looping of songs. (xx has no effect)

Dxx - Skip

Skip to next frame/order and jump to row xx.

Exx - Volume

Sets the channel volume.
This effect is obsolete and remains for compatibility reasons, prefer to use the volume column instead.

Fxx - Speed / tempo

Controls the speed and tempo setting of the module. xx between 01 - 1F sets the speed and xx between 20 - FF sets the tempo.

Gxx - Note delay

Delays the current row for xx number of ticks before triggering the note, for the specified channel only.

Hxy - Hardware sweep up

Triggers the hardware sweep up. x is period (0 - 7) and y is the shift value (1 - 7).
This effect is only available on the 2A03 pulse channels.

Ixy - Hardware sweep down

Triggers the hardware sweep down. x is period (0 - 7) and y is the shift value (1 - 7).
This effect is only available on the 2A03 pulse channels.

Pxx - Fine pitch

Sets the fine pitch in xx pitch units. 80 means in tune.

Qxy - Note slide up

Triggers a targeted note slide up. x is the speed and y is the number of semitones above the current one to slide to.

Rxy - Note slide down

Triggers a targeted note slide down. x is the speed and y is the number of semitones below the current one to slide to.

Sxx - Delayed cut

Cuts the active note after xx number of ticks.

Vxx - Timbre control

This effect controls the duty period of the pulse channels and noise mode of the noise channel. On N163 it can be used to select a wave.
Valid values are:

- 2A03/MMC5 pulse channels: 00 - 03
- Noise channel: 00 - 01
- VRC6 pulse channels: 00 - 07
- N163 channels: 00 - 0F

Wxx - Pitch

Overrides the DPCM pitch setting in the instrument editor. Valid range: 00 - 0F.

Xxx - Retrigger

Retriggers the DPCM sample with the duration of xx ticks.

Yxx - Sample offset

Adds an offset to the start of the sample. Each step is multiplied by 64 bytes due to hardware limitations.

Zxx - Delta counter

Directly controls the DPCM delta counter. This can be used to control the amplitude of the triangle, noise and DPCM channels due to the non-linear mixing of audio signals. Valid range: 00 - 7F

Hxx - Modulation depth

Controls the modulation depth of the FDS frequency modulator. Valid range: 00 - 3F.

Ixx - Modulation speed, high

Controls the modulation speed of the FDS frequency modulator. This effect affects the high part of the frequency setting. Valid range: 00 - 0F.

Jxx - Modulation speed, low

Controls the modulation speed of the FDS frequency modulator. This effect affects the low part of the frequency setting. Valid range: 00 - FF.

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