pdtracker for Playdate

A step-sequencer music tracker for the Playdate console.

M8 / LSDJ-style workflow: Reel → Loop → Bar → Step, with per-instrument modulation tables.

- 8 mono tracks · 256 reel rows · 255 loops · 255 bars · 64 instruments · 64 mods · 16 pulses

- 4 instrument kinds (WavSynth, FM 2-op, Sampler, Noise) + a MIDI stub

- 3 FX columns per bar row and per mod row

- Two LFOs and a second envelope per instrument, with accelerometer as an LFO source

- Per-track filter (`TwoPoleFilter`), bitcrusher (`BitCrusher`), delay (`DelayLine`), overdrive

- Master soft-clip limiter (`Overdrive`) on the default channel

- 16 factory instruments in slots 48–63

- Mic sample recording into the sampler

- Standard MIDI File import

- Clipboard: copy / cut / paste / clone on REEL, LOOP and BAR

- STAGE (loop launch grid) and VIZ (audio visualiser)

- Plain-text `.reel` save format you can use on your Playdate projects

Controls

B is a modifier, not a back button. Hold B and press a direction to move between screens; the D-pad alone moves the cursor within a screen.

Crank - Edit value at cursor (in edit mode)

Tap A - Play / stop at the current scope

Hold A - (~0.3 s) Toggle edit mode

Hold B + Crank - Cycle FX command letter (BAR, MOD)

A + B - Open the clipboard menu / extend a selection