In the main menu you can move the quadrangular cursor with LEFT / RIGHT. With UP /DOWN you can choose an instrument, shown by a letter in the upper left corner. To select an option from the menu, press A.

SELECT will always bring you back to the main menu from any editor. 
 

From left to right, the menu icons lead to the following options: 

  
SONG EDITOR 
Here you can arrange the 8 patterns you have saved in the FILE MENU before. The song has 3 tracks for the 3 instruments S, R, N from top to bottom and is displayed in 4 rows. To move the cursor around, just use the cross. To adjust the pattern number of a step, press A+UP/DOWN. To load and hear that pattern press B. To use the same pattern in the next/past step, press A+LEFT/RIGHT. START plays the song from cursor position and START again stops the song. Play/stop is shown by an icon below the song structure. 
When the song is played and reaches the end of the screen (lower right corner), it flips to the beginning of the next PAGE. There are 4 pages and the only way to change the page is to play the song. The number of the page is displayed in the upper left corner. 

BUG: 
When you leave the song editor (SELECT) and return later, it switches to the first page but shows the last one you were in. To display the first page correctly, leave the editor once more and enter it again. 

Avoid editing patterns while the song plays, it may suddenly load an other one and all changes are lost. 
 

 
FILE MENU 
The 3 lines of numbers represent the 3 instruments S, R and N from top to bottom. Move the cursor with the cross and load a pattern with A+UP, to save it press A+DOWN. The zero pattern is empty except for one muted event to stop infinite sounds. The 9th pattern is a reserve which does not appear in the song editor and may be used as a sound bank or temporary storage when moving patterns around. 
There are 3 independent banks which can be selected via START button, the number is shown in the upper left corner. Every bank has it's own song and holds an own wave form but there is only one global speed. 

minor bug: 
On bank change a  icon appears / disappears. This means nothing.  
 
 

PATTERN MATRIX 
6 menu points lead to the pattern editor: 

 
envelope 

 
pitch 

  
pitch envelope 

 
fm/interval / filter 

 
wavetable / delay 

 
stereo 
  

Within the pattern matrix you can move the cursor from step to step with the cross. To edit a parameter, use A together with the cross. Except for pitch envelope and stereo panning, B would always mute an event. Except for pitch envelope, all parameters remain the same when muted and the event can be reactivated by simply pressing A. 

The most important feature for quick work in the pattern matrix is the CUT & PASTE function. This option is activated / deactivated with START and shown by an icon in the upper right corner:  
On copy mode, B cuts and copies an event with all parameters while A can paste duplicates anywhere. This way you can overwrite events and it also works between different files and banks. 
Note that you cannot edit parameters in this mode. 
 
 

 
  
ENVELOPE 
A+UP/DOWN : attack 
A+LEFT/RIGHT : decay 

When decay of R or N reaches a certain length, the envelope becomes ascending. The longer the decay, the slower volume increases. Note that it increases always to the maximum volume. To avoid annoying sounds, place an event in the next step. 
The S instrument often sounds less strong because by default it's a sine wave. The S envelope is a little different from R and N because it has only 3 steps instead of 15. 
 

 
PITCH 
A+UP/DOWN : octaves 
A+LEFT/RIGHT : semitones 
S and R only. 
 

 
PITCH ENVELOPE 
A+UP/DOWN : attack 
A+LEFT/RIGHT : decay 

The envelope is counted in semitone steps when attack is 1 or -1 and in tones when attack is 2 or -2. an attack value of 3 or -3 (max/min) counts the envelope in very small gb-format steps and therefore it's very flat. 
If there is a "note on" in the step and attack is not 3 or -3, the envelope is added to the pitch so that the original pitch won't change. 

Since the N instrument has no pitch envelope, this N parameter is temporarily used for an experimental primitive clicking PULSE instrument: 
When attack is not zero, pulse is unmuted and when decay not zero, pulse restarts. 
          
The R instrument controls two oscillators and pitch envelopes are applied to both. Except for an attack value of 3 or -3, in this case only the first oscillator is touched. Since the 3/-3 attack causes very small pitch changes this option may be used for "flange"-like detune effects (small decay, 1 or 2 steps). 
 
 

 
FM / ECHO / FILTER 
 
 

S - FREQUENCY MODULATION: 

A+UP/DOWN = depth 
A+LEFT/RIGHT = modulation frequency 

Because frequency distribution is not linear but exponential (semitones) any change in depth or frequency may cause a totally different sound. Changes of the basic pitch also modify the sound characteristic in an unforecastable way. 
For the next version there is a planned option to choose between exponential (chaotic but interesting sounds) and linear (controllable, pitchable) frequency distribution with a depth envelope. 

R - INTERVAL OF OSCILLATORS / PULSE WIDTH 

A+UP/DOWN = pitch of the second oscillator, relative to the first. In the lowest position only the first oscillator oscillates. 
A+LEFT/RIGHT = pulse width, 3 steps 

N - FILTER-LIKE PARAMETERS 
2 parameters of the noise generator. Both have similar filter-like effects. 
 
 
 

S -WAVETABLE: 

A+UP/DOWN = selects waveform from a predefined wavetable. Default is a sine wave, UP fades through the harmonics spectrum, DOWN fades to a chaotic waveform. Zero switches to the custom waveform from the waveform editor. 
A+RIGHT = default = sine wave 
 

R and N - DELAY 

A+UP/DOWN  adjusts the delay of the second R oscillator / a copy of the N event. 
BUG: R-delay is not applied to the pitch envelope, pitch may change. 
A+LEFT = default = half step time 

BUG:  
Half time is not automatically corrected on speed changes 
 
 

 

S - WAVEFORM EDITOR 

With LEFT/RIGHT you can move the cursor to a certain sample. 
With A+UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT you can draw a free waveform. 

Hardware BUG: 
If too many samples are in the same vertical position, some of them cannot be displayed. 

Leaving the editor (SELECT) saves the waveform. Every bank holds it's own waveform which is loaded while bank switching. On startup the first bank is loaded. 

BUG: 
Loading for banks doesn't work. On bank switching a chaotic waveform appears. 
If you want to play with waveforms and save your work, stay in bank 1. Anyway, saving works for all banks and you may access your waveforms from the next version. 

R -PATTERN LENGTH 

UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT moves cursor to loop point and A applies it. 

BUG: 
Time cursor always moves 16 steps. 
 
 

 

A+LEFT/RIGHT = left/right channel, B = center 

R - A+UP/DOWN plays first oscillator left/right and second right/left. 
 
  

 
SPEED  

UP/DOWN  changes speed. START resets speed to default. 
If your gameboy is connected to an other one running nanoloop via game link cable, you can sync both and choose to be master or slave by pressing A or B.
If not connected, A / B can be used for precise start / stop. 
 
 
 
 
 
  

PATTERN SWITCHES 

From any point in the main menu, the pattern structure can be changed using B and the cross: 

B+UP = invert pattern 
B+LEFT/RIGHT = move pattern stepwise 

Use this feature over a pattern editor icon to see events on their move through the matrix.

BUG:
This sometimes overwrites the copied event in temporary memory.
 
 

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