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### How do I make a shuffle/swing tempo?

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Post by Vagous Magus » Wed Oct 19, 2016 9:11 pm

I'm really bad at utilizing the Fxx command and would like to get better. I feel like I've tried everything by now and I just can't come up with the formula for this tempo. Tips, tricks and help is greatly appreciated!
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### Re: How do I make a shuffle/swing tempo?

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Post by Stratelier » Wed Oct 19, 2016 11:54 pm

http://www.howmusicworks.org/510/Meter- ... ing-Timing
There are several methods of doing this.
One method is to use alternating Fxx commands where one value is double the other. This causes the adjacent rows to play at an uneven speed in a 2:1 ratio, so (assuming default row highlight settings) that your 16th notes will be played late. A thing to keep in mind here is that you want the two values to average out to your preferred song Speed -- e.g. if your song normally plays at F06, you want a sequence of F08 F04 F08 F04 (remember that when using Fxx to set Speed not Tempo, lower numbers = faster). And, for convenience, you will probably want to place these commands on an otherwise least-used channel (like DPCM).
A second method is simply to delay the swing notes with the Gxx command, however, this gets repetitive fast and requires knowing how many ticks (engine cycles) per row you have to do it properly.
Speaking of row highlight settings, the third method is to not use Fxx or Gxx at all and simply restructure your song for a meter of 6 rows per beat (instead of the default 4). This is where the row highlights on the toolbar come in: Use Highlight 1 as your "rows per beat" and Highlight 2 as your "rows per measure" (highlight 2 will generally be an integer multiple of highlight 1 anyway), and set your frame length to some integer multiple of Highlight 2. For example:
- Highlight 1: 6 (rows per beat)
- Highlight 2: 24
- Frame length: 48
Now that your song is arranged with 6 rows per beat, simply place your notes on rows 00, 02, 03, and 05 for each beat. You will generally not be placing any notes on rows 01 or 04 of each beat (but you can still use them for whatever effects, like note releases or cuts).
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### Re: How do I make a shuffle/swing tempo?

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Post by Vagous Magus » Thu Oct 20, 2016 6:34 am

Thanks! That helped a lot. I think my main problem was placing the Fxx on the swing beat themselves.
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Post by Stratelier » Thu Oct 20, 2016 11:57 pm

It's okay to do that, just remember that it needs to be the faster Fxx command (e.g. F04 versus F08) you place on the swing beat, with the slower Fxx command placed on the row above it.
Oh, and if you're using method #3 (row highlights) then keep in mind that unless you're using the 0.5 beta version of FamiTracker, row highlights are stored on a per-module basis not per-song (only an issue if your file has multiple songs with different meters).
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