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Exactly Julio i try! I think if we had a simple example of improvisation over a II-V-I chord progression maybe (h (dm7) (g7)) (w (cmaj7)) with different ways of playing it, exemple: structure of 10 bars, on 4/4, create a melodic motif with melodic structures using numbering tones of scales. exemple: major 1 2 3 5, dominante 1 2 3 5, minor 1 3 4 5 and Transpose it 5 times randomize the numbering with simple rhythmic variations, it would be really appreciated.

Yes, you can make some code from that one and customizing the rhythms and harmony. Best !

Yes, I know that post well, it's great! I'm looking to start with something much simpler initially to understand how to gradually enrich both harmony and rhythm."

Indeed, but also Pharoah Sanders... Could you provide us with some code examples? how to work on a jazz standard with Opusmodus? It would be great.

Very beautiful sound, expression and articulation, Janusz. The sound reminds me a bit of George Coleman, with some alternate fingerings. Happy to hear this side of your musicality. All the best ! Julio

I don't have many recordings from my jazz period; sadly, I can't play you the truly free pieces. But I agree the DADA Quartet is quite wild.

"Great man, I can hear your influences!! I find it much less wild than what you're saying;-)

This recording is from 1984, which I found on a very old cassette. Thanks to Jor van der Poel's fix (removing thousands of clicks), I am able to post this short moment here. JP-Sax-1984.mp3

I was wilder on the saxophone back then, but that was in my 20s.

Bravo, I challenge you to play saxophone part with a real tenor saxophone!

Update: I made some progress with the Emacs/Slime interface for Opusmodus 3, but not yet a fully working solution. Just sharing here an intermediate progress report for those interested. I found out that I could start the swank server (the Lisp compiler part of Slime) in the following way. 1. Install the latest version of Slime (link) where it can be found by ASDF (which is by default the folder ~/common-lisp). 2. Execute the following code within Opusmodus (or some file loaded by Opusmodus): (asdf:load-system :swank) (swank:create-server :dont-close t) There is then no error message any longer, but instead I get the following message. ;; Swank started at port: 4005. On the Emacs side, Slime needs to be installed in the usual way (e.g., via a MELPA repository). On the Emacs side then, as before, call M-x slime-connect with the localhost IP 127.0.0.1 and the relevant port (4005 by default). On my particular system, Emacs then somehow gets stalled for a long time, much longer than before when trying to do the same with Opusmodus 2. Emacs is then completely frozen. Anyway, sometimes I already got a working connection between Emacs Slime and Opusmodus 3 now, but not necessarily reproducible. Anyway, will continue following this up and keep you in the loop if I make further progress. If anyone else finds out more, I would be grateful!

Ah, nice. Will check that out. Thank you!

compile-score function can write midi files

So, I understand that the export menu is now integrated into the respective player, and that so far unfortunately there is no MIDI export Lisp function complementing the import functions midi-to-omn or midi-to-score. Thank you!

Is there perhaps a MIDI export function? Something like the opposite of midi-to-omn or midi-to-score, which expects a snippet/score and exports a MIDI file? I would like to export a bunch of MIDI files in one go... BTW: In Opusmodus 2, for exporting individual files we had a menu File > Export. Where is the equivalent in Opusmodus 3? Thanks!

Thanks for your encouragement, Stephane! In case you want to use this and run into difficulties, just let me know. If I am not responding to any messages on the forum (apologies in advance), feel free to send me an email. You'll find my email address in the impression on my website linked in my profile.

Great ! Thank you very much Torsten.

Dear Janusz, > I need to check if we can use Emacs with the new Opusmodus (LispWorks). Any updates on the Emacs/Slime interface for Opusmodus 3? I understand/assume that in order to simplify the Opusmodus interface for most of its users, Opusmodus provides its own IDE with convenient features for things like snippet playback. Indeed, Emacs would be unnecessarily confusing for most of Opusmodus' users. However, for actual Lisp/Opusmodus library development, I personally feel the Opusmodus IDE is currently far less suited than Slime. While there is a debugger already integrated in the Opusmodus IDE (thanks), it is basically only the command line version of the 80s. Also, I have not found any cross referencing support in the Opusmodus IDE (e.g., for jumping to the definition of a function call with a single shortcut). Not sure whether the Opusmodus listener has some short cuts to go back in its history etc. Perhaps I am missing some things, but Slime is a completely different cattle of fish for developers in contrast of users (of course, only after its learning curve). Anyway, I understand if you do not have the resources (or if LW does not allow) for Emacs/Slime integration into Opusmodus 3. I just keep using mainly Opusmodus 2 with working Slime in the meantime. Thanks for all your work on Opusmodus!

Update: My tot library can now in principle be loaded into Opusmodus 3. However, note the current disclaimer (link) in the Readme on some still existing issues with its Opusmodus 3 support. Myself, I will for now continue using mainly Opusmodus 2, because there the Emacs/Slime interface still works. For my workflow, that interface makes a huge difference in terms of work speed etc. (I cannot really develop Lisp libraries without access to an interactive debugger, the convenient cross references between different definitions and so on).

Thanks very much, Stephane! I have been looking at ways to get Opusmodus to control Kyma and this looks like a good option. I got it working but had to work around the missing function vector-scale. Is that something you wrote? I also have communication with Kyma working over OSC but I'll have to reinvent some wheels to make that a complete solution. Being able to use Opusmodus Live Coding instead is very neat.

Perfect, absolutely brilliant, I just hadn't gotten that out, thank you very much, now I can sleep peacefully again

(setf pattern '(q. c4 e e4 q g4 b4)) (setf dictum '((1 - 1) :extend (- - s) :span 8/4 :methods (la2 - (la2 ra t-12)))) (counterpoint (list pattern) dictum)