Pagan

A Music Sequencer

Reading The Layout
Controls Overview
Settings
- Change SoundFont
- Toggle Relative Controls

Reading The Layout

The Rhythm

Pagan is laid-out on a beat-by-beat basis, rather than by groups of beats (measures). So a time signature wouldn't really make sense to use here.

Each column represents a single beat, regardless of visual width.
So the equivalent of a quarter note or crotchet in 4/4, would be a column's width
The equivalent of, an eigth note or quaver in 4/4 time would be a column divided in 2
A triplet would be a column divided in 3 and so on

Rests are implicated by the lack of an active note in any given position.

These two images represent the same thing:
Some random progression in Pagan The same progression in Musescore

The Notes

Instead of using letters with sharps and flats, Pagan uses the index of the note in the octave.

00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11
A	A#	B	C	C#	D	D#	E	F	F#	G	G#

...and the octave is represented by the subscripted prefix.

_octaveIndex

Octaves are counted starting at A (0) rather than C (3). So A0 remains ₀0, but the proceding C is not ₁C, but rather ₀3

So middle C (C4) would be written as ₃3

The Instruments

On the left side of the Pagan interface, you'll notice labels that look something like 0::0 or 0!

The lines written like 0::0 are Pitched Instrument Lines.

The first number indicates the channel (or instrument).
The second represents the line number of the instrument
So the first instrument's second line would look like 0::1

The lines written as a number with an exclamation mark (0!) are Percussion Lines.

The numbers identify the percussion instruments being used. It varies based on the soundfont being used, but soundfonts that adhere to the General MIDI Standard will follow this table:

08	Acoustic Bass Drum	09	Bass Drum 1	10	Side Stick
11	Acoustic Snare	12	Hand Clap	13	Electric Snare	14	Low Floor Tom
15	Closed Hi Hat	16	High Floor Tom	17	Pedal Hi-Hat	18	Low Tom
19	Open Hi-Hat	20	Low-Mid Tom	21	Hi Mid Tom	22	Crash Cymbal 1
23	High Tom	24	Ride Cymbal 1	25	Chinese Cymbal	26	Ride Bell
27	Tambourine	28	Splash Cymbal	29	Cowbell	30	Crash Cymbal 2
31	Vibraslap	32	Ride Cymbal 2	33	Hi Bongo	34	Low Bongo
35	Mute Hi Conga	36	Open Hi Conga	37	Low Conga	38	High Timbale
39	Low Timbale	40	High Agogo	41	Low Agogo	42	Cabasa
43	Maracas	44	Short Whistle	45	Long Whistle	46	Short Guiro
47	Long Guiro	48	Claves	49	Hi Wood Block	50	Low Wood Block
51	Mute Cuica	52	Open Cuica	53	Mute Triangle	54	Open Triangle

Controls Overview

The App

The Config Menu

The Tuning Table

The Line Control Menu

The Column Control Menu

The Note Control Menu

Settings

Change SoundFont

From here you can either select an imported .sf2 file or select 'import' and use a soundfont from your device. By default, a message will appear if you have no soundfonts, providing a link to the Fluid R3 general midi soundfont on the internet archive.

Toggle Relative Controls

Pagan has the option to set notes based on preceding notes(eg +1, -3, etc). This can control can be enabled here. Projects with relative notes are still viewable if this option is not enabled.