Technical information

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features
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The [Melody] button will set the options to generate only a Melody (no chords) over an
existing chord progression.
Insert Bass Pedals
When selected Pedal Bass figure will be inserted during the intro and at the end of sections.
Solo in Middle Choruses
This will generate an improvisation in the middle choruses of the song.
Allow Style Changes
When selected, this option allows a Melodist to load in the style associated with it. If you don't want Melodists to
change the current style that you have loaded, then deselect this option.
Form
This selection box allows you to choose between a song generated with a specific form (AABA 32 bars) or “free”
form. The AABA defaults to 32-bar form, which is the most popular song form.
Tip: Melodists may alternatively be set to 64 bars (e.g. Melodist # 18 ColeP 64 bar form). The song “form” refers to the
pattern that the verse and chorus repeat. An “AABA 32” form has 4 sections of 8 bars each: the “A” section is the verse and
the “B” is the chorus (or bridge) of the song.
# Choruses
This determines how many choruses of the song form (Melodies) are to be generated. For example, if set to 5, the
Melodist will generate 5 choruses, enough for an intro chorus, ending chorus, and 3 Middle Choruses. The #
choruses setting defaults to the # choruses present in the current song.
This button sets the Melodist back to its default settings.
Tempo / Auto Tempo
The Tempo Setting determines the Tempo of the song, and defaults to the current tempo of the previous song. If the
“Auto-Tempo” is checked, the tempo will be set at the tempo range stored within the Melodist.
A2 Transpose
In songs with an AABA form, it is common for the second “A” section to be transposed. For example, the first “A”
section might be in the key of Eb, and the second would be transposed up to the key of Gb. Some Melodists are set
to transpose the A2 sections, set the A2 transpose to none if you don’t want it transposed. If set to “section plus” it
will transpose the A2 section, and might also transpose 2 bars early or 2 bars late.
This area determines the key for the song. If set to “Any Key” the program will randomly
pick a key for the song, weighed more heavily toward the popular keys (C, F, etc.). “min.
key%” determines what % of songs are generated in minor keys vs. major keys.
If set to 20, then 20% of the songs would be generated in minor keys.
Select whether you want to generate the Whole Song or just part of it. If you select Part of
Song, you can specify which bar and chorus to start at, and how many bars to generate.
Tip: You can also set the “Song Key Combo” box to a specific key, or set it to use the current key of the previous song. If
you want to generate only part of a song, an easy way to set the range of bars is to highlight/select the bars by dragging the
mouse over the chord area prior to launching the Melodist dialog. Then the “Generate” form will be automatically set to
“Part of Song” and the range of bars will be set to the selected area.
Replace Thru form
If the form of the song is AABA, you'd normally want the regenerated section to be repeated throughout the form in
all of the “A” sections. This option will instruct the Melodist to copy the generated bars to the other “A” sections.
Tip: If you'd like to remove the current Intro, Melody, or Soloist Track, press the [Kill Intro], [Kill Melody] or [Kill Soloist] button.
Press the [Search] button and type in part of a Melodist name, memo, style name, or other text associated with a
Melodist. This will cause the Melodist selection to change to the next item containing the text. Similarly, you can
type in a # of a Melodist and press the [Go To #] button.