Working with a reconstruction

The Reconstruction tab (F2) is where you listen to a reconstruction, compare it against the audio it was made from, edit the instruments it plays, and export it. Open one from the Browser, or click Load after a conversion on the Main tab.

The Browser groups reconstructions in two ways:

• By configuration groups them by the settings they were made with.
• By sample groups every version of the same source audio together.

To keep frequently used reconstructions within reach, right-click a reconstruction or a folder and choose Mark as favorite. Check Favorites only to show only those items.

Opening another reconstruction while the open one has unsaved changes asks you to Save or Discard them.

The Source card switches playback between Reconstruction and Original audio, so you can compare the two. Type a new rate in NES frequency and press Enter to change the reconstruction's speed. A reconstruction that belongs to a project follows the project's rate, so the field is locked. Save it to a file to unlock the field.

Keys 1 to 4 switch the channels of the Waveform card. Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+4 work while you type in a field.

On the waveform:

• Click to play from that point, or to move the playback position while paused.
• Drag to move the view.
• Double-click to show the whole waveform.
• Scroll to zoom. Hold Alt and scroll to move sideways, or Alt and Shift to move up and down.

The Stems card lists the recordings a reconstruction was built from, grouped by the level each one was given. A row has a checkbox for each channel the recording used, and the checkbox at the front switches all of them. Double-click a row to show the recording in your file browser. Right-click a row to Mute the recording, hear it alone with Solo, or copy its name or path.

Uncheck a box to hear the reconstruction without that recording on that channel. The waveform, playback and WAV export follow the checkboxes.

The colored bars under the waveform show which recording played each stretch of each channel.

The Instruments panel shows and edits only the recordings you have checked. To change one recording's part of a channel, uncheck the others first.

Notes you write where no recording played go to an Edits row.

x at the end of a row removes that recording, after you confirm.

The Instruments panel shows what each channel plays, as one sequence per dimension. Edit a sequence by dragging its bars or typing values.

Each channel has its own set:

• Pulse 1 and Pulse 2 — volume, arpeggio, pitch, hi-pitch and duty cycle.
• Triangle — volume, arpeggio, pitch and hi-pitch.
• Noise — volume, arpeggio and duty cycle.

Type | before a value to mark where the sequence repeats while a note is held. 15 14 | 12 10 plays the attack once and then loops the last two values.

A sequence that is too long for an export is marked. Point at it to see how many values each export keeps.

Clear a sequence to play its default on every note. An empty volume sequence plays at the volume the pattern sets. An empty arpeggio, pitch or hi-pitch sequence keeps the note where the pattern puts it. An empty duty cycle sequence plays duty 0 on a pulse channel and the long mode on noise.

You can also edit an instrument here: right-click it in the Voices list and choose Edit. See voices.

For an instrument, Audition lets you choose Pulse, Triangle or Noise and play the instrument on that channel with the note keys.

You export a reconstruction from the Reconstruction menu:

• Export instruments ▸ FamiTracker instruments... writes one .fti file per channel.
• Export instruments ▸ Bitphase presets... writes the same instruments as .json.
• Export instruments ▸ NSF program... opens the Export NSF program window and writes a single .nsf file that plays the whole reconstruction on a NES. The window is described in the sequencer guide.
• Export to WAV... renders the audio using the channel and recording checkboxes you have set.

Export instrument... in the Instruments panel writes the channel you are looking at, in the format you choose in the save dialog. See where your files live.

To use a reconstruction in a song, right-click it and choose Add to Sequencer.