DefleMask Tutorial 1 - User Interface and Basic Commands

I'm doing this tutorial for the creator, who has recently become a close friend of mine, or should I say praiser? Ah, who cares? Enjoy!
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[@TheLegendofRenegade]

Damn as soon as I look for a deflemask tutorial, my boy SpoonyBard pops up. I am definately going to dip my claws into this one day, thank you for the kindness of helping out tracker noobs like myself

[@Mr.madmight266]

Oh hey there Renegade. i would say that even if you're a noob, i still think you're a music remixing legend nowdays.

[@setsers1]

HAHAA HEYA DUDE!!

[@setsers1]

@@Mr.madmight266 A Noob? XD

[@Mr.madmight266]

@@setsers1 Haha sorry if that sounded a little rude xD Greetings.

[@thesadmusicboy]

And now, you are my inspiration!! I'm learning how to use DefleMask to make my own songs thanks to your remixes!

[@voxel_bonedisk]

wow, this is the best video tutorial I've ever watched. Great pace, clear, articulate, comprehensive. 10 points to house spoonydor.

[@McQueen8601]

Nice work Spoony! People often get turned off by DefleMask's not-so-intuitive interface and functioning. Hopefully this tutorial will encourage them to give it a try.

[@jeremym9011]

I am still turned off by this. I wish there was an easier way to make custom PC Engine music without trackers OR MML.

[@locochavo4560]

Jeremy M And l wish there was a way to easily download it.

[@setsers1]

Heya Dude!!

[@setsers1]

@Daviator el Quesillo XD

[@ZEKESPILLEDINKMUSIC]

Thank you for posting this! I'm definitely checking out this program.

[@davidthepianoplayer]

LeCheeseMaster here. This is when Deflemask logo was spooky and not cartoony.

[@AltKaxREAL]

That moment when companies simplify logo designs Not tryna be mean lol, the two versions of the defle logo look great

[@RubenTura]

I understood nothing. But I'll give it a try, lmao.

[@southendbusker7534]

join the discord, thats the most helpful advice

[@remyrising]

Commodore was an American company and was mostly popular over here due to disk drives being very costly and most European computers primarily using cassette tapes for software because of that. While the C64 was probably the most popular American computer in Europe it was definitely out done by the local offerings like the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad and BBC Micro.

[@kevincasteels2102]

The Commodore 64 was actually first released in North America, so its an NTSC first machine. It was also released in Europe, so there is a PAL version as well... So ya, its both NTSC and PAL.

[@TheGrimmy]

Jees, man. This is an excellent video. Thank you so much for your hard work.

[@elimiNator345]

yeah dude good job

[@ChrisVoiceman]

Great tutorial! What song is used at 4:58?

[@spoonybard13]

If I recall, that was a Genesis remix of Silver Surfer Stage Theme 2, made by another user of DefleMask. It should exist as a demo song in DefleMask so you can listen for yourself ;)

[@seanmignon4229]

1:23 to get on with it

[@setsers1]

Haha.

[@md_wade]

Thank you lol

[@segaking5846]

#freedeflemask

[@lukasgrune2738]

I only have one instrument on DefleMask for SMS: arpeggio decay. I have a romhack and want to compose, but what can I do, if there is only one instrument? I want to transfer the game on a cartridge later.

[@dovalenano2]

Hi. I'm trying to put songs of Phantasy star 2 & 3 to Phantasy star 4 and I don't know how to extract the songs and put them on the game, I have the dissasemblies but the sound drivers are different and data is no compatible, do you know if this can be done or where can I ask for help?

[@spoonybard13]

I'm afraid I don't know how to do that. I feel like the only way to do it would be to rewrite those songs in PS4's sound driver, but I don't know if you know MML or whatever was used to code the music for that game.

[@Meteotrance]

thanks this soft becam less obscure with this tuto.

[@eltonjohnson]

thanks for this dawg

[@TheSonicbandicootX]

I need a Spanish version of this Tutorial, VOPM is good but is time to try new programs or vst.

[@nosses10]

Thank you so so so so sooooooo much

[@N0MansMedia]

Hey, thanks for contributing knowledge for the greater good. I just downloaded the mobile version of this app, and I’ve hit roadblocks I’ve been unable to thus far circumnavigate. Principal among them, I can’t figure out how to simultaneously run two separate instruments, or patches. Is this possible, or am I chasing wild geese? If the former is the case, do you know of good tutorials or other useful information on the subject? My searches thus far have been for not, and trial and error has only led to fruitless frustration. Thanks again for sharing your wealth of knowledge. -S

[@JohnDoe-qs6hk]

The spoony bard is really puzzeling me, with the spoony experiment and such...

[@BenA718]

First rate tutorial!

[@PharoahsKingdom]

Question, can I use a midi keyboard to play my own notes/scales/chords?

[@spoonybard13]

Yes, you can use a MIDI keyboard in DefleMask. Go to Options and select MIDI Config. The MIDI Device should be there if you plugged it in.

[@Mr.madmight266]

Excuse me man but how can you change the rows of 1 pattern without changing the rows of the other patterns? i've been trying to figure out how to do it but i can't, and it's too bad cause i need that for some of the music i wanna re-compose in a PCE style.

[@spoonybard13]

You can essentially cut a pattern short by using the 0D 00 command. That will cause it to jump to the next pattern, but if you use it to cut the last pattern short, it will not work. It must be an 0B 00 command instead.

[@Mr.madmight266]

@@spoonybard13 Thanks man :)

[@locochavo4560]

With this tutorial work for the mobile version of Delfmask? Because I’m interested in getting the app and it’s impossible for me to download the computer version.

[@spoonybard13]

A majority of the terminology should be the same (instrument types, instrument editor window, tracker columns) the only major difference should be the UI. But even then I made this tutorial on a previous version of DefleMask, before the UI was upgraded on the PC to be more user-friendly. Even still, hopefully, you'll still get the gist just fine with this tutorial. Good luck!

[@locochavo4560]

The Spoony Bard Thanks!

[@jlewwis1995]

I mean, technically it should be possible to fine tune the tempo if Delek really wanted to add that feature... It's not like actual developers couldn't give their songs specific tempos in their own sound engines. The only issue is that in trackers all notes have to be the same length unlike in the actual in-era musics whose composers could give each note a different length to change the tempo and you had a lot more lengths (at least 255) to work with...

[@johnbrandwood6568]

Errr ... I'm afraid that you're making some basic mistakes. deflemask already supports fine-tuning the tempo with the "custom" refresh rate, even though that's not how games normally worked, back-in-the-day. Trackers/deflemask just quantize when notes start/stop, and their (quantized) length, usually in 1/32nd note steps per tracker row, so any normal note length is available. And even when using the NTSC 60Hz update rate, deflemask supports different tempos, just within the same stepped-range that game developers used back-in-the-day. Different deflemask "Speed" settings give different tempos ... 3/60s per 1/16th = 300.0 bpm 4/60s per 1/16th = 225.0 bpm 5/60s per 1/16th = 180.0 bpm 6/60s per 1/16th = 150.0 bpm 7/60s per 1/16th = 128.6 bpm 8/60s per 1/16th = 112.5 bpm 9/60s per 1/16th = 100.0 bpm

[@jlewwis1995]

John Brandwood​ No, that's what I meant, developers didn't have to use quantized note lengths, they could use whatever length they wanted for each note, so you can get more precise variation in tempo by using non-quantized lengths. As you can see by your little chart there, you can only get a few different tempos without cheating by fiddling with the refresh rate because the notes have to be quantized to 32nds, whereas in actual games the notes can just be counted as x/60ths or x/50ths of a second which gives some more wiggle room. Of course this basically means what I'm asking for is a tracker that can have unquantized notes, which is an absurd suggestion :D

[@johnbrandwood6568]

Unless you run to driver at more than 60Hz, then those are exact integer-multiples of 1/60s increments ... so those are the "standard" tempos that *all* developers used to use. You *can* get some in-between tempos by varying those base steps (adding +/- 1 delay every other 1/32nd note), and deflemask does allow that trick, as well as having note-delay and note-cut commands that give you 1/60s accuracy. The only other way (that I can think of) to get tempos more-variable than that would be to keep a fractional-time count and quantize to the nearest 1/60s. That is technically possible ... but I never, ever heard of a game actually doing it ... it would be a PITA to keep each measure sync'd up. BTW ... it for you your "unquantized" tracker ... why don't you just set deflemask's speed for each row to 1:1, and then you have the exact 1/60s or 1/50s accuracy that you're asking for.

[@johnbrandwood6568]

Sorry, typo "BTW ... if you want your"

[@jodyjohnson265]

I am new to deflemask I know how to use the tracker I don't know how to loop the patterns can you please help me with this

[@SilentRealm6677]

i tried to launch delfemask after i installed it and trying to open it nothing happens and after transferring sdl.dll a file callled pass.tmp appears but is still not launcing i could get it to work only in rar and midi files doesn,t appear

[@locochavo4560]

How do you export your songs from the DefleMask app to your PC and make them playable there?

[@spoonybard13]

Speaking at least for the iPhone version, which is what I have, you can export your songs to Google Drive, email, or potentially any other file hosting service you have on your phone. Just tap "Save As" and then the icon in the bottom center of the screen (box with an arrow) and it should give you a list of options for where you want to export the DMF file to. Then you can import it via that same service on your PC. Hope that helps!

[@locochavo4560]

The Spoony Bard that’s the problem the dmf files aren’t playable. Most likely because l can’t download DefleMask on my Pc

[@Automatik234]

Deflemask doesn't support the Master System's FM module, does it?

[@spoonybard13]

I’m afraid not. There is another tracker that does, though.

[@Automatik234]

@@spoonybard13 Thanks for the quick reply. Do you happen to know the name of said tracker?

[@spoonybard13]

@@Automatik234 MaxiTracker. It's a fork of Famitracker that replaces the VRC7 expansion with the YM2413. It's kind of limited since you only get 6 FM channels and no rhythm section, but I suspect that with time it will improve.

[@Automatik234]

@@spoonybard13 Thanks a lot! For now, I've got adequate soundfonts for remixes, but I'll check it out to get closer to athenticity.

[@locochavo4560]

How do l play .dmf files without DefleMask? I’m unable to download DefleMask?

[@spoonybard13]

DMF is a proprietary file format for DefleMask. If you don't have the program you can't open them. Sorry.

[@Woter_X]

My interface is different when i downloaded it. the mask is on the right corner and its all not the same. where do i get your version

[@spoonybard13]

DefleMask was updated to a new version shortly after I made this video. Bad timing, I guess. However, I did make another video about the v12 interface. You can check that out if you want.

[@snoozyloco609]

IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET DEFLEKMASK SOUNDS AND CONVERTING THEM INTO THE RYM2612 FOR REASON??? OR A GOOD LIBRARY FOR SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SOUNDS FOR THE RYM2612

[@spoonybard13]

I'm afraid I don't know of a good answer for either of your questions. Also, there's no need to use allcaps. Not trying to be rude, I just thought I'd let you know.

[@Old_Man_Jay]

Does Reason support sound fonts? If it does, you could try loading genesis sound fonts for it.

[@spoonybard13]

There are no sound fonts in DefleMask. The instruments are either made from scratch or loaded from presets.

[@PharoahsKingdom]

What about putting the midi channels into stems in Ableton/ProTools? How do I do this?

[@spoonybard13]

I don't know, unfortunately. I don't have Ableton or ProTools.

[@boombox2ikik239]

What I’m having issues with is that it asks for me to use an app to open it and it frustrates me. What exactly do I do for this because the website, manual, etc. does not talk about this issue

[@djnekroman]

Hopefully you've figured it out in the three months since posting this comment, but what's the extension of the file you're trying to open? If it's the initial download, I'm assuming it's a .rar file. Which simply means you need to extract the files from there. If you don't have a way to extract rar files, winRAR and 7zip are both good programs that can solve this issue for you.

[@boombox2ikik239]

Brett Neckermann thank you, I’m surprised that I don’t remember this being on the manual, thx for the help

[@victormillan4784]

Wich are all those efects?

[@noirelectrique8782]

1:35 what is this music please

[@locochavo4560]

How do you change a .dmf files into a .wav file? My songs aren’t there when l try export my .dmf into a .wav file

[@spoonybard13]

It doesn't appear that WAV export on the mobile version is working (honestly I haven't used it much) but on the Desktop version, you should be able to just click File>Export WAV and choose a destination. Of course, you've made it clear that you can't download the desktop version for whatever reason, so I'm afraid I can't help you there.

[@locochavo4560]

The Spoony Bard Actually l got the desktop version to work somehow

[@spoonybard13]

@@locochavo4560 Oh, okay, then! Good to hear! You should just be able to follow the instructions I gave above.

[@locochavo4560]

The Spoony Bard I put my songs in a folder. When to the export .wav button. Clicked on that same folder yet the songs are gone?

[@spoonybard13]

@@locochavo4560 From the sounds of it, you seem to be trying to select a song that you want to export to WAV format from the folder that you've saved the DMFs in. But the Export WAV button exports the song you've currently loaded into DefleMask. You have to open the song first, THEN export it to WAV. The reason the DMFs don't show up in the folder is because it's only showing files of the same type that you're trying to save as. The WAV export will work like normal as long as you first load a DMF into DefleMask.

[@Meteotrance]

one thing that suck in this tracker, is not able to work with standard midi usb keyboard even mod plug tracker and famitracker are able to use midi keyboard for input the note, and it's a real plus for make complex track.

[@spoonybard13]

+Meteotrance Actually, MIDI interface support is possible, but I suppose you would need a MIDI cable to use it. I wouldn't know myself, since I don't have a MIDI keyboard.

[@Meteotrance]

no need of special midi cable i have a pro interface with MIDI in and out and also a Korg USB to midi keyboard that do the same job, both work with any tracker i use, on this one it's a bit tricky, maybe the next version work.

[@Delta225]

>Can't set speed by BPM "That's just how these old games worked." Then explain FamiTracker.

[@spoonybard13]

From what I can tell, Famitracker does that by making certain note intervals slightly longer, so it still matches up with the refresh rate. In some of my old Famitracker projects, which I wrote using that method, it was very easy (at least for me) to tell that not all the 16th notes were exactly the same length.

[@Delta225]

So that's why whenever the tempo is set away from 150 BPM, it gets all off-beat unless you use F02 and F03 in quick succession...

[@ym2612girl]

Even better, mobile can do it!

[@ChrisLeeW00]

I wonder what the dendy clock hz is

[@spoonybard13]

Probably also 50hz. It was made for Russia, a SECAM region, and SECAM has the same playback rate as PAL.

[@sog6289]

dose this come with virus? cuz I don't one

[@sog6289]

not done watching video

[@spoonybard13]

+Bit Sauce I probably wouldn't have made this video if it gave me a virus, so no.

[@weskerrebirth5849]

Can someone walk me through how to put Deflemask in FL studio 12?

[@weskerrebirth5849]

I could really use the help

[@weskerrebirth5849]

And then if someone could tell me how to put MJ's moonwalker soundtrack in the program to help me practice that would help too

[@spoonybard13]

DefleMask is a separate program from FL Studio. There is, however, an FM synth VST which works in FL Studio known as VOPM. Google it and you'll find it.

[@teerikangas]

why my deflemask looks completely different :o no rows, speed no nothing

[@spoonybard13]

DefleMask has updated by a few versions since I made this video. It is indeed very different now, but there are also in-built tutorials for it that you can access from the menus in the program itself

[@locochavo4560]

Can anyone teach me how to download DefleMask?

[@spoonybard13]

Go to deflemask.com, scroll down, and click a download link for either Windows, Mac, or Linux.

[@locochavo4560]

The Spoony Bard sorry l meant who do l open DefleMask because l trouble opening it.

[@locochavo4560]

The Spoony Bard Every time l try to open it, it keeps on saying that it won’t open because the SDL.dil was not found. Please help

[@kitkat2849-b3h]

must the mask look so creepy though

[@spoonybard13]

The Amazing Kitty 22 CATS ARE COOL Oh Yeah Yeah XD don’t worry. The new update features something a little less scary.

[@dantefloressq]

spon

[@dntlkdwn1602]

std hue hue

[@setsers1]

Lel

[@sleepyNovember_project]

Сложнаааа

[@brianpang620]

I don't know how to open the .dmf model file. What should I do?

[@spoonybard13]

+tsz wai Pang It should be openable in the program, and if you associate the file type with the program through the file properties, clicking on it will open it automatically. The songs normally have to be in the songs folder that DefleMask comes with in order for them to open, and depending on what system module you're using, the song should be in that system's subfolder (PC Engine = PCE, Genesis/Megadrive = GENESIS, etc.)