Suggestions & Ideas

I asked this a year or two ago but I think it would be nice to be able to host basic AU and/or VST plugins for sound generation directly in OM. An example of this, that I have been using in standalone mode is RapidComposer. Rapid Composer Overall it's a basic version of OM with a more extensive GUI. It does however, host VST's making it very convenient to write in one environment without having to route midi and saving multiple documents per Project. per the OMN docs: "Wouldn’t it be good to be able to do everything in one place?" Yes please.

Is it possible to upgrade the midi player or create an additional component to present the piano roll in this way? I would like to have another visual analysis tool.

In my version of OM (3.0.29550) the docu of the function refers a couple of times to :span parameter, which to my understanding is now called :time.

Please make the seed value post when using snippet evaluation, e.g. Snippet>Notation (cmd-1) This would IMO be a great improvement to the workflow when trying to find a good seed value. As of now the seed value only posts when evaluating expression (cmd-E) or score (opt-cmd-1). For example: (setf m6 (rnd-order m2 :type :all :seed nil)) When evaluating the above as snippet notation, you could quickly go through a number of trials and then copy and paste the seed value that you like.

Dear Friends, I have a simple suggestion: - An option for assigning some sound for live playing in the midi entry option. Just a sound like a piano, for monitoring the midi input from the midi controller. To make this, I usually have to open a DAW, put a VST sound, redirect to Opusmodus via virtual port. - Sometimes is nice to work only with Opusmodus gm midi simple sounds just to sketch and reserving a better surprise of hearing with better libraries for later in the process. Best Julio

I asked a wide variety of chat bots to write code for Opusmodus. All of them produced results with mistakes, and all of them repeated mistakes after being corrected. The free version of chatGPT 3.5 (chat.openai.com) was the best of them all. It still repeats mistakes sometimes when asked to modify previous code or generate new code, but overall I'm happy with the results. I still struggle to create original works from scratch with Opusmodus, and this gives me lots of working examples I can generate by describing what I want to make. chatgpt bach corale3.opmo

It's a good thing. for my part, I was already using it for some time. The problem is the number of requests...you have to pay!

It would be great if OM integrated with NotePerformer and NPPE ( Note Performer Playback Engines) like Dorico does. Any thought about that? Not only would it provide a more musical playback ( using AI look-ahead tech and better sounds than GM ), but it would greatly simplify integration with many of the best orchestral libraries ( VSL, Spitfire, CSS etc.), since you wouldn't need to create separate custom expression maps per library. NPPE handles all that behind the scenes, and makes it very easy to mix and match libraries for high quality score playback.

Hi all, I don't know if this exists, but I couldn't find anything. Would it be possible to implement an argument for a 24-tet and 48-tet subdivision? That would really help me out a lot! Best regards, Tibor

It would be very useful to have a repeat option for all players in OM Patrick

Hi, is it possible to print at once "steps 01-30" directly from opus modus or from a folder?

I have a Waldorf Kyra that I retune in real-tme with my own sequencer written for the Sonic Pi platform. Real-time tuning allows the full 10+ music octaves of any division of the octave as opposed to loading a tuning and being limit to the 128 MIDI semitone numbers, which is barely 4 octaves of EDO-31 (for example). MTS's real-time tuning also exploits the Kyra's full polyphony across its 8 timbres, as opposed to the limitation to 16-polyphony of pitch bend microtuning. My request is for Opusmodus to provide a SendSysex function. I would like to be able to send the re-tuning sysex's from Opusmodus, and then it would be up to me to use its EDO-12-based notation…

Hi, After a long gap, I upgraded to Ver 3.0 a few days ago! Noticed the announcement regarding the book "Fundamentals of Composition with Opusmodus". Is it available in e-book form? Hopefully that will be less expensive and more accessible! - Rangarajajan

Is there any thought about native plugin support AU, VST etc., so we could have direct access to Synths & Samplers directly in OM? I know that's a big ask as it could lead to mixing FX processing etc., but just wondering if this has been entertained.

Maybe I overlooked it, but is there support for importing/exporting midi markers in a midi file. If not, I would like to add a request for that feature. Let me re-phrase that, I would like to be able to create midi markers at given bars and have them be exported with the midi file.

Hi, Sometimes OM needs a long time for calculating (for example counterpoint). It would be nice to have an indication that OM is working or did I overlook something?

Is there a possibility that the Isomorphic Lumatone keyboard could be integrated with Opusmodus functions and programs? I am considering buying one and would love to see what it could do with Opusmodus powering the composing algorithms! umatone boasts 280 illuminated, velocity sensitive hexagonal keys, and each comes armed with polyphonic aftertouch, Lumatone boasts 280 illuminated, velocity sensitive hexagonal keys, and each comes armed with polyphonic aftertouch, continuous controllers, and Lumatouch™ expression mode. Each key can be individually programmed for expression mode, MIDI note number and channel, and key colour. Easily turn Lumatone into a va…

I've been working on running OSX on a windows machine using VMWare; works really well! Simple procedure if you follow these steps: https://www.pcsteps.com/2157-mac-os-x-virtual-machine-vmware-player/ Wouldn't recommend this setup for OSX applications that really need high performance graphics (using Quartz for example) but for using Opusmodus on a Windows machine this could be a nice option for those not able/wanting to invest in Apple hardware. If you install rtpMIDI on the windows machine you'll also be able to run your audio software under Windows and connect Opusmodus using MIDI over a virtual network connection. Big hug, …

Saw this at LispWorks. Any chance OM could be ported to iPad? LispWorks® for Mobile Runtime LispWorks for Mobile Runtime is the generic name for our implementations of ANSI Common Lisp which generate Lisp runtime libraries for mobile platforms. Currently these are LispWorks for Android Runtime and LispWorks for iOS Runtime. These are licensed separately from each other, and they are sold as add-ons to LispWorks. There are no runtime license fees. LispWorks for Mobile Runtime has most of the language-level features of LispWorks but not CAPI or the LispWorks IDE. It is source code compatible with LispWorks on supported platforms. You use LispWorks to develop y…

Hey ppl, I made a script to use other softwares as midi editors for reaper. I tested with Opusmodus and Reaper, they make a good pair of softwares. 🙂 I recently made a video in how to use it with musecore but the concept is the same I also made a really small screen cap to show with Opusmodus (my macbook is not that fast) In the video I am using to export midi: compile-score *last-score* :output :midi :file "path/filename" (hope I posted in the right subforum here)

Briefly sharing some news: I started to work on greatly improving Opusmodus' support for microtonal/xenharmonic music. I am aiming for supporting arbitrary equal temperaments (both equal divisions of the octave and other intervals), just intonation (JI) for arbitrary prime limits, and arbitrary regular temperaments (https://en.xen.wiki/w/Tour_of_Regular_Temperaments ). I aim to have this whole tuning universe controlled by a single uniform notation embedded in OMN. Still, I try to keep things relatively clear and simple by introducing only a single actual new accidental symbol, and that symbol will then be combined with numbers (for prime limits) to express arbitrary JI p…

Hi, I want to make a suggestion for a feature. In Lilypond you have the ability to point on a certain note or other event in the pdf of the score and the same event gets highlighted in the code and vice versa. Would'nt such a function be great in OM? Currently it is a bit of a pain to find a certain point ..? Thanks!

Dear Janusz, We were recently discussing potential microtonal support for Opusmodus. I understand that you suggested a representation based on 12-tone equal division of the octave (EDO) with free cent deviations as a flexible and generic solution. I agree that this could be a sufficient solution in the background, because all microtonal pitches, intervals, chords and scales can be specified that way. However, in my view it would be an insufficient solution as the only microtonal representation at the user-level, because it would be highly cumbersome. Imagine composing a melody in C-major by writing and reading only frequency values in Hz. Of course…

Hi, I would like to make annotations in the doc files of the functions, so when I come back I can see at a glance if I've already worked with that function.. Now the docs are overwritten with every update, is there a way to preserve our personal annotations? OM is so big and complex, such possiiblity really would help me! Thanks!

Since Opusmodus has matured quite a bit since its initial release several years ago, I would like to dev team to think about the following useful ideas: 1) Deployment: Let us suppose I have been able to create an interesting approach to music synthesis on top of Opusmodus. I now want to make money using this approach. For example, I might want to implement a Web App or a an API service that takes some inputs from users and generates a song (only music , or both lyrics and music complete). How can I do this? In other words, is there a "deployment" model for my idea implemented in Opusmodus? What about copyrights and licensing issues, including royalty, if any? …