Bytemania

• Bytemania plays one-line bytebeat formulas as an instrument, the note you press setting how fast t runs.
• It ships with 30 built-in patches: 8 tuned basic waveforms and 22 classic bytebeats credited to their authors.
• KNOB1-4 move the variables a to d inside the live formula, and holding HOME moves e to h instead.
• EDIT opens the on-device editor where the keys type, FX reaches a second layer of operators, and every change compiles instantly.
• ARP builds a random formula worth hearing, and ENV clears the patch back to t alone.
• Hold SEQ to loop or ping-pong any part of a formula, from 16 up to 65536 steps.
• LFO steps through MONO, DUAL, POLY and MULTI, which plays a different formula on each side.
• Sixty-four named slots keep the whole patch, and USB-MIDI brings in notes, velocity, pitch bend and twelve mappable controls.

Its modes

The main screen

See the patch name, its formula in colour, the four knobs and the note, octave, glide and voice mode.

Raster

Watch the classic bytebeat picture, each row 256 steps of t coloured by the sample, newest at the bottom.

Scope

Watch the last 232 samples drawn as a waveform.

Loop

Hold SEQ and set the loop start, fine offset, length and mode on the knobs.

The editor

Type a formula with the keys and hear it compile as you go, with mistakes marked in red.

The save screen

Pick one of 64 user slots to store the whole patch, or clear a slot.

The name screen

Type a name for the slot with the keys and save it.

The CC screen

Map incoming MIDI controls to parameters over a min-max range, by hand or by learn.