diff --git a/Using-the-Soundtrack-Tool.md b/Using-the-Soundtrack-Tool.md index 3351409..ca326f9 100644 --- a/Using-the-Soundtrack-Tool.md +++ b/Using-the-Soundtrack-Tool.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Soundtrack Tool -This tool converts a tracker squence into a format that can be played on-console, usually with a sound driver. If you are familiar with [`dmf2esf`](https://github.com/BigEvilCorporation/dmf2esf), this utility serves as a successor and a rewrite which supports the newer version(s) of Deflemask DMF format. +This tool converts a tracker sequence into a format that can be played on-console, usually with a sound driver. If you are familiar with [`dmf2esf`](https://github.com/BigEvilCorporation/dmf2esf), this utility serves as a successor and a rewrite which supports the newer version(s) of Deflemask DMF format. `soundtrack` can convert a single sequence and export its instruments (also known as "artifacts"), or it can convert multiple sequences and generate a combined instrument list for all of them. Impatient? [Jump to Quick Start](https://git.ne0ndrag0n.com/ashley/reskit/wiki/Using-the-Soundtrack-Tool#user-content-quick-start) @@ -38,11 +38,17 @@ Impatient? [Jump to Quick Start](https://git.ne0ndrag0n.com/ashley/reskit/wiki/U reskit soundtrack --help ``` -### Convert a single DMF module to ESF format +### Convert a single DMF module to ESF format, export instruments, and source file ``` reskit -i track.dmf -o track.esf ``` +### Convert multiple DMF modules to ESF format, generate a combined set of instruments, and source file +``` +reskit -i track1.dmf -i track2.dmf -o output/path/ +``` +Note that when converting multiple files, the `-o` option is instead a pathname to export multiple sequences. + ## `soundtrack` Roadmap The eventual vision of `reskit` is to serve as an ffmpeg-like tool for converting assets to and from 8-bit and 16-bit console media formats. `soundtrack` aims to eventually support the following: * VGM format conversions