NullPerator Manual

NullPerator is an eight-track music workstation for building complete songs from small, reusable patterns. You can use it on NullPerator hardware, Web, or iOS.

Like other trackers, time moves from top to bottom while tracks run from left to right. The play cursor follows the rows downward as the music plays.

What would you like to do?

01Make your first soundStart with an empty project and hear your first note.Open guide →02Learn the controlsFind Shift, Option, Enter, and Play wherever you use NullPerator.Open guide →03Make your first loopTurn one note into a repeating four-note phrase.Open guide →04Load or save a projectOpen your music, rename it, and keep a safe copy.Open guide →

Song is where your chains are arranged across eight tracks.

How a song fits together

You only need four ideas to make your first song:

Songeight arranged tracks→

Chainpatterns in order→

Phrasea short pattern→

Instrumentthe sound

Song arranges chains across the eight tracks. A Chain plays several phrases in order, such as a verse. A Phrase is a short pattern, such as one bar of drums. An Instrument gives the notes in that phrase their sound. Select any step in the diagram to open its guide.

Tables and Grooves add more control later. You do not need them for the first-sound walkthrough.

This manual covers NullPerator 0.1.