Re: [Bluemusic-users] envelope question

[Steven Yi <ste...@gm...>]

Hi Jim,

Yes, that was something I felt was alright to work on in a separate
release.  I had wanted to get the basic layer type out, and to work on
refining it.  Internally the pattern layerGroups have a pattern length
attribute, though it's hard coded to 4 beats at the moment.  I had
planned to modify things so that each layer could have their own
setting for pattern length.  I also have had on my list of todo's to
introduce metered time for Scores.  The one part I wasn't sure was
what to do for pattern layers and meters. It seems to me that pattern
layers should ignore meter and use their own pattern length, but then
it'd be odd to work pattern layers into a piece where meters change. I
could introduce some kind of restart to the patterns so that if a
meter changes the grid restarts (using local pattern lengths).  It's
probably not going to happen though for most situations, i.e. if
you're using pattern layers, you're likely not going to be writing
music that changes meters, so I could also design for that as well.

Does using pattern lengths per-layer seem like the way to go for you?
Oh, also, another option is to base the pattern layer based on the
soundObject that the pattern layer is using, using the soundObject's
duration.  That was another option I had mulled over and I think it
makes sense too, but may be a little confusing vs. having a
dropdown/entry field in the layer options for a pattern layer.  If you
have suggestions, I'd love to hear them!

Thanks!
steven

p.s. as for widgets, I think I'll try doing some exploratory work on
building a Canvas widget starting tomorrow.

On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Jim Aikin <mid...@sb...> wrote:
>> In general, after the 8th I'll be back working on blue and I think I
>> will be focusing on both Audio Layers and new widgets.
>
> Since you're asking for feedback, could I suggest that you take a look at
> whether it's practical to make the Pattern layer more general in its design?
> 4/4 is a respected and widely used time signature, of course, but unless I
> missed something, it appears patterns are always in 4/4, and this seems to
> me to run counter to the more broad-based approach of Csound (and indeed of
> blue).
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