Chance or random music
I noticed there is some sort of random generator in Musescore. Here's my problam:
I write short phrases for several instruments and 2 percussionists. The instruction is to play these phrases in tempo whenever they feel like it. This lasts till the conductor signals it to end. There is a protocol to get out of that section and into the next section of the music.
I realize this in my DAW or Musescore by sort of making it up myself but would be cool to have it randomly done. My Sonar has nothing like this. Does Musescore? I'm thinking I would apply it and Musescore would write out the result... something like that.
Thanks
John
Comments
That's definitely the sort of things plugins would be good for. I don't see one currently for this, but I'm sure if some people brainstormed here about what properties they'd like such a plugin to have, someone could design and create it.
In reply to That's definitely the sort… by Marc Sabatella
I can only hope. How do you design a plugin anyway?
John
In reply to I can only hope. How do you… by John Gessner
The design part is mostly about agreeing on how you'd like it to work - what kind of control you'd envision the user having, what kind of results expect it to produce, etc. Then if you're a programmer, you can consult the documentation on the QML language and the MuseScore plugin framework specifically as given in the Handbook and the online help within the Plugin Creator in MuseScore. If you're not a programmer, you would start by taking some programming courses :-)
In reply to The design part is mostly… by Marc Sabatella
Great. I am (was) a programmer in 4 languages 20 years ago. Might be fun to try this.
John
In reply to Great. I am (was) a… by John Gessner
There are two "random" plugins included in MuseScore (random and random2). It could be a good starting point
https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/tree/master/share/plugins
Doc for plugins https://musescore.github.io/MuseScore_PluginAPI_Docs/plugins/html/index…
In reply to There are two "random"… by sammik
Hello, these 2 plugins seem to have disappeared from within Musescore. Any idea about how to get them back?
In reply to Hello, these 2 plugins seem… by O.DUC
They are not in MU4, but still are in MU3, see https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/tree/3.6.2/share/plugins
Plugin API was not working very well in MU4, but as far, as I know, team is working on progress this times.
I used a frame SVG kindly provided by Jojo Schmitz and add it to the score. Then I have to select the notes, which are automatically evenly spaced by MS4, within the frame and press F2 and arrow key right or left for fine placement. See picture.