[directmusic] Re: Intro patterns of different lengths
- From: "Scott Morgan" <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 10:44:51 -0600
Yeah, that makes sense for looped patterns, but an intro or ending is one
shot. There's no opportunity to specify an intro length if you are using
Segment.play PlayIntro.
The only way to specify a shorter length is to use the segment.play
,,IntroSegment
Ah well, lets promote DMusic so we can get this stuff fixed!
-Scott Morgan
http://Morganstudios.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Selfon" <scottsel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 12:37 PM
Subject: [directmusic] Re: Intro patterns of different lengths
>
> 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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