[directmusic] Re: Intro patterns of different lengths
- From: "Scott Selfon" <scottsel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 10:37:39 -0800
Hi guys,
For a full list showing how patterns are chosen from a style, see this
white paper. As you noticed, longest pattern (which would arguably be
the 'strongest', rather than repeating a shorter pattern - though there
are certainly cases where I'd like it to pick randomly from *all*
pattern lengths, which Scott's solution accomplishes) definitely takes
priority.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=3D/library/en-us/dnmusi=
c
/html/dmp_styles.asp
See the topic 'Pick a Pattern, Any Pattern'.
-Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Morgan [mailto:scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 11:57 PM
To: directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [directmusic] Re: Intro patterns of different lengths
Thanks Bjorn, I've done this to remedy the situation.
I made three new segments of the lengths of their matching patterns. I
pick
one as a segment transition at random,
seed=3Drand (30)
if seed < 10 then
Groove1.play ,,Grv1Intro1Bar
elseif seed < 20 then
Groove1.play ,,Grv1Intro4Bar
else
Groove1.play ,,Grv1Intro8Bar
end if
Scripting is my savior once again =3D-)
The segments play the correct patterns because the engine wants to play
a
pattern that matches the segment's length.
-Scott Morgan
http://Morganstudios.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bjorn Lynne" <bjorn.lynne@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 3:59 AM
Subject: [directmusic] Re: Intro patterns of different lengths
>
> Hi Scott,
>
> I had this problem before, but with regular patterns. I wrote patterns
of
> different lengths and thought that the segments would pick at random
from
> them. But I noticed that the longest patterns were always selected
when
> there was enough room left for them in the segments. The shorter ones
were
> only selected when the segment was coming up towards the end, and
there
was
> not enough room left for the longer ones.
>
> So if you want your patterns to be treated as "equal" by the segment,
they
> must all be the same length.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Bjorn Lynne - Composer, Producer, Sound Designer
> Main music site: www.lynnemusic.com
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Morgan" <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 6:16 AM
> Subject: [directmusic] Intro patterns of different lengths
>
>
> > Anyone know a simple way to get intro patterns of different lengths
to
> play? It seems to always play the longest one.
> >
> > I really don't want to have to do fancy scripting to get what I
want,
but
> I will if need be.
> >
> > -Scott Morgan
> > http://Morganstudios.com
> >
> >
> >
>
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