Daqarta
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The following is from the Daqarta Help system:

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FrJacques.DQM MIDI Setup

When this setup is loaded, right-clicking on the Pitch-to-MIDI title bar or any non-control portion of the dialog will open Help at this topic.

FrJacques.DQM is a DaqMusiq setup of the song "Frere Jacques" (also known as "Brother John") that is often sung in "rounds" by children. Voice 1 holds the complete melody in its Velocity and Notes Patterns. (Voice 2 holds the accompaniment chords, not used here by default.) Voices 3, 4, and 5 start out empty and unused.

Here is the complete Changes script, with comments added:

BC3P.0=1P(0,87)     ;Copy Voice 1 Pattern to 3
BC4P.0=1P(0,87)
BC5P.0=1P(0,87)

W=16 X3=1           ;Wait 16 beats, start 3
W=16 X4=1           ;Another 16, start 4
W=16 X5=1           ;Another 16, start 5

{!                 ;Infinite loop
W=32 UA=?(0,118)    ;Wait 32 beats, random User A
I1=UA oLi=UA        ;User A to Voice 1, show name
;W=32 I2=?(0,118)   ;Chord voice not used here
W=32 I3=?(0,118)    ;Wait 32 beats, random Voice 3
W=32 UB=?(0,118)    ;Wait 32 beats, random User B
I4=UB oRi=UB        ;User B to Voice 4, show name
W=32 I5=?(0,118)    ;Wait 32 beats, random Voice 5
} 

The script copies the complete Voice 1 patterns to Voices 3, 4, and 5, which are initially off. After 16 beats Voice 3 is turned on, after another 16 beats Voice 4 is turned on, and after 16 more beats the final Voice 5 is turned on. Then an infinite loop is begun, where every 32 beats one of the voices has its instrument assigned randomly.

There is plenty of room for experimentation and improvement in this simple example. Having 4 totally random voices is a bit overwhelming; you might want to try less voices, or try bringing them in one by one as at present, then removing them one by one.

Another idea might be to constrain the random selections to 16-instrument families as shown in General MIDI Instrument Sounds; one voice might get one of the Brass instruments 56-63, another might get one of the Reed instruments 64-71, and so on. On the next pass through the infinite loop each voice would get another random selection, but only from within its group.

You might also play with the Voice Level, such that when a new voice comes in or changes, it starts at a higher level than the rest. Then the "spotlight" is passed to the next voice that comes in or changes.

As mentioned, Voice 2 holds the accompaniment. It can be overwhelming in addition to the rounds voices, but you can use it instead of them. Or start by playing the whole song all the way through with just the main melody voice plus accompaniment, then drop the accompaniment when you start bringing in the rounds voices.


See also Example MIDI Setup Files, MIDI Setup Files, Musical Frontiers, DaqMusiq, KaleidoSynth, Pitch-to-MIDI dialog, Pitch Track Toolbox - Overview, Spectrogram / Pitch Track Controls, Spectrogram / Pitch Track (Sgram/PT)

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