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

DPCM effects

FDS effects



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This effect is obsolete and remains for compatibility reasons, prefer to use the volume column instead.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


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.



Back to interface · main index