DZX STUDIO — The native Mac IDE for ZX Spectrum

STEP 01

Create a composition

Open Music Studio and create a composition for the project target. Add a first pattern and notes with the piano.

STEP 02

Build an arrangement

Duplicate or create a second pattern and order the occurrences. In the 1.6 Piano Roll, drag notes to move them and their right edge to resize; Grid controls snap and zoom. Use Events to inspect exact ticks. Pattern edits remain undoable.

STEP 03

Record if useful

Record computer-key or MIDI input. Review timing, then Insert or Keep Take as a draft without modifying notes.

STEP 04

Generate deliberately

Review generated BASIC or target-aware ASM. Link a BASIC routine to main.bas explicitly; no call is inserted behind your back.

Music Studio piano roll displaying the four-note Spectrum Arpeggio, the Beeper voice, note timing controls and two-octave keyboard. — **Shape the phrase in the piano roll**
C4, E4, G4 and C5 entered with Step input: four quarter notes at 120 BPM, with exact timing alongside the grid.

Music Studio Link music to main BASIC review showing music_1.bas, GO SUB 8000, four BEEP statements, RETURN and the Link to Main BASIC button. — **Give the music an explicit call site**
The generated phrase becomes a RETURN routine at GO SUB 8000. Linking does not insert a playback call into main.bas.

Expected result

Create two project-backed phrases, preview them and generate code for the selected target.