Announcements

– New function: POLYGON-RHYTHM – Generates a symmetrical polygon to a given n-gon. – Update: LENGTH-WEIGHT – :swallow keyword added. LENGTH-REST-SERIES – omn-form and :swallow keyword added. LENGTH-TO-REST – omn-form and :swallow keyword added. – Documents: Howto Score/Rhythm/Polygon Rhythm.opmo Note: Select 'Check for Updates...' from Opusmodus app menu to get the latest version. POLYGON-RHYTHM This function returns a symmetrical polygon to a given n-gon (sides number) with circle points (denominator) and a given staring point. In this example we use 3-gon in a 16 point circle with the starting point 0:…

– New function: CHORD-PROGRESSION - sorts a sequence of chords and pitches to the lowest or highest chord note. – Update: AMBITUS function allows range smaller than 6 semitones. – Fixed: Quick Start - Lesson 1 - OMN – Documentation updates. CHORD-PROGRESSION This function will sort a sequence of chords and pitches to the lowest or highest chord note. Sorting to lowest chord note: (chord-progression '(g2g3 a2a4 a2a3 g2d4 g2g4 a2e4)) => (g2g3 g2d4 g2g4 a2a3 a2e4 a2a4) Sorting to highest chord note: (chord-progression '(g2g3 a2a4 a2a3 g2d4 g2g4 a2e4) :sort 'high) => (g2g3 a2a3 g2d4…

– Fixed: Removed AllNotesOff in Live Coding Instrument sequence-loop. – Documentation updates. Finally the Live Coding Instrument is working as it should, no more notes off while waiting. 🙂 Best wishes, Janusz

1.3.24805 – New functions: closest-path comparative-closest-path relative-closest-path – Changes: CHORD-CLOSEST-PATH renamed to COMPARATIVE-CLOSEST-PATH. CHORD-RELATIVE-PATH renamed to RELATIVE-CLOSEST-PATH. A new keyword :lc (live coding) added to PS function. The default DEF-UNFOLD-SET set name renamed to om. :variant and :relative keywords removed from HARMONIC-PROGRESSION function. – Fixed: HARMONIC-PROGRESSION HARMONIC-PATH PITCH-VARIANT PITCH-ROW – Documentation updates. – 'Quick Start' workspace update. VOICE LEADING FUNCTIONS CLOSEST-PATH …

– New functions: get-sieve-tree sieve-merge sieve-tree-series sieve-tree sieve pick-prob gen-prob create-osc-thread get-osc-thread-from-name send-osc-data osc-thread-alive? end-all-osc-threads end-osc-thread – Howto Score/OSC/OSC Threads.opmo – Changes to OSC functions, please check the new OSC documents if you use OSC. – Musicxml display improvements. SIEVE-TREE This function returns a sequence of lengths symbols derived from tree-data in a given root, node and level number. Examples: Low density output: (sieve-tree 32 2 3) With a smaller root number and a higher level num…

1.3.24720 – Update to 'Quick Start' workspace. – Added controllers keyword :cc into PS. How to update the Quick Start workspace. Delete the 'Quick Start' folder from the "~/Opusmodus" directory. Goto the Help menu and select 'Install Quick Start Workspace'. The updated 'Quick Start' workspace will open. This way you can always rebuild your 'Quick Start' workspace to the default one if needed. Best wishes, Janusz

1.3.24711 – Function name changes: hexachord-complement to: GET-HEXACHORD-COMPLEMENT gen-ac-hexachord to: GET-AC-HEXACHORD ac-hexachord-complement-form-set to: GET-AC-HEXACHORD-COMPLEMENT-FORM-SET – New functions: GET-DENSITY FILTER-DENSITY – New directory in System Library: Analysis. Fixed: VELOCITY-TO-DYNAMIC GET-DENSITY The function GET-DENSITY returns a density value (between 0.0 and 1.0) derived from quantitative measurements in a given sequence. There are four density types: :length, :pitch, :velocity and nil. The density information can be used in an analytical and compositional manner. …

1.3.24692 – Function name changes: DEF-UNFOLD to DEF-UNFOLD-SET DEF-INSTRUMENT-SETS to DEF-INSTRUMENT-SET – New functions: DEF-UNFOLD-SET UNFOLD-SET-NAMES GET-UNFOLD-SET GET-UNFOLD-SET-GROUPS GET-UNFOLD-SET-GROUP UNFOLD SOUND-SET-NAMES GET-SOUND-SET-PROGRAM-GROUPS GET-SOUND-SET-PROGRAM-GROUP GET-SOUND-SET-PROGRAM GET-SOUND-SET-CONTROLLER-GROUPS GET-SOUND-SET-CONTROLLER-GROUP GET-SOUND-SET-CONTROLLER DEF-INSTRUMENT-SET INSTRUMENT-SET-NAMES GET-INSTRUMENT-SET GET-INSTRUMENT-SET-GROUPS GET-INSTRUMENT-SET-GROUP – New directory in System Library: Libraries. – New directory in Def-Libraries: Def-Unfold-Sets. – New Extensi…

If you use OSC in Opusmodus you need to drop the 'OSC Remote Setup.opmo' file into your '~/Opusmodus/Extensions' folder and restart OM. This file will fix the OSC problem. OSC Remote Setup.lisp Best wishes, Janusz

New function: STOP-ALL-OSC-THREADS Fixed: Live Coding Instrument hanging note at Stop. Few document errors. Note: Select 'Check for Updates..." from Opusmodus menu.

Free update for Opusmodus 1.3. users. It includes a support for a second screen and multi voice snippets. The new UNFOLD system opens up a whole new set of possibilities for the composer using OPUSMODUS. Additional library directory: 'Def-Instrument-Sets'. New functions: DEF-INSTRUMENT-SETS Use this function to define the instrument-sets with a given name. With named instrument-sets a composer can customise OPUSMODUS to reflect MIDI synthesisers or samplers which a studio system (inboard or outboard) might contain. The DEF-INSTRUMENT-SETS function is an essential companion to the PS function (PS stands for ‘Preview Score’ or, ‘Preview Sn…

The upcoming release will allow you to open display-midi, display-musicxml, graphs and snippets in a separate window. For any of you using second monitor this will be great addition to your work flow. Examples: (display-midi 'score :display :window) (display-musicxml 'score :display :window) Best, Janusz

Please drop the file "v.aiff" into the ~/Opusmodus/Media/Audio directory. This file is a part of one of the CLM examples. soundfile: v.aiff

CLM Installation Common Lisp Music, by William Schottstaedt is a powerful sound synthesis language implemented in Lisp and C. CLM is essentially a toolbox for instrument building. Although it comes with a number of instruments ready to use, most composers use CLM to define their own instruments. For those of you that wish to dive into CLM sound synthesis system, I advise everyone to read this document carefully first. 1. Command Line Tools First you need to find out if "command line tools" are installed in your system. The C compiler is essential at the instrument compile and load time. Launch the Terminal,…

This update completes the CLM integration. Before opening the new application you need to delete the user Opusmodus directory. Make sure you save your personal files (scores, docs etc...) before. A good solution is to rename the Opusmodus folder first and then compress it. After you have deleted the Opusmodus user folder you can start the new application. At the start, Opusmodus will ask you for permission to create a new user folder in your home directory, if you don’t see a window for it, it means the old directory is still on your computer. Make sure the new Opusmodus directory is installed in your home directory. For those of you that wish to dive into CLM sound…

Whats new: —'Check for Updates...' menu in Opusmodus app menu (no more manual downloads). 🙂 —New CLM instruments with omn-form plist input and documentation. badd-synth bandedwg-synth circular-scanned-synth fm-bell-synth fm-insect-synth fm-violin-synth grani-synth piano-synth pvoc-synth scanner-synth singbowl-synth —Additional _About documents for various function groups (Wikipedia). —CLM bug fixes. Installation: There are some changes to the Opusmodus user system folder and CLM implementation. Before opening the new application you need to de…

Whats new in version 1.3 Compatibility with macOS Mojave 
macOS 10.14 Dark Mode 
CLM added
 OSC added 
MIDI player improvements New functions: binary-to-attribute merge-attributes circle-pitch-plot
 circle-rhythm-plot xy-plot pcs-rhythm
 edit-events find-max-span fit-to-span
 gen-osc-data
 osc-thread 
stop-osc-threads Enhancements and fixes: quantizer returns now the count of given length-notes single-events returns given type don't join dissimilar rests fixed rest grouping fixed tied 8va or 8vb tuplets Installation: There are s…

A new CIRCLE-PITCH-PLOT function (examples below) will be part of the forthcoming Opusmodus 1.3. The function CIRCLE-PIOTCH-PLOT returns a geometrical representation of relationships among the 12 pitch classes of the chromatic scale in pitch class space and provides an easy way to identify patterns and similarities between harmonic structures. Clockwise motion represents ascending pitch motion, and counterclockwise motion represents descending pitch motion. Examples: Major Triad (circle-pitch-plot '(c4e4g4)) Minor Triad (circle-pitch-plot '(c4f4ab4)) Augmented Triad (circle-pitch-plo…

Extended documentation and bug fix in do-timeline and do-timline2 functions if binary list.

Optimisation to DO-TIMELINE. MIDI and frequency (partials) conditions. New compact timeline in DO-TIMELINE and DO-TIMELINE2 Example: (do-timeline '( piccolo (---xxxxxxx xxxxxx---- xxx------- xxxxxx---- ---------- xxxxxxx--- ---xxxxxxx xx) flute (--xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxx---- ---------- xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xx) alto-flute (--xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxx------ ---------- ---x--xxxx xxxxxxxxxx xx) oboe1 (xx----xxxx xxxxxx---- xxxxxxxxxx ---xxx---- ---------- xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xx) oboe2 (xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx- xxxxxxxxxx ---xx----- ---------- xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx …

Fix to DO-TIMELINE and DO-TIMELINE2 functions when with T or NIL plus minor bug fixes.

New function: TIME-SWALLOW and minor bug fixes. The function TIME-SWALLOW 'swallows' sequence of pitches derived from the divide of every length value of a sequence by a given time value: (/ 1/2 1/16) = 8. The rest-lengths are omitted. (setf length '(1/2 1/16 7/16 1/8 3/8 3/16 5/16 1/4 1/4 5/16 3/16 3/8)) (setf infinity (infinity-series 100 '(g4 gs4))) => (g4 gs4 fs4 a4 gs4 g4 f4 bb4 fs4 a4 g4 gs4 a4 fs4 e4 b4 gs4 g4 f4 bb4 g4 gs4 fs4 a4 f4 bb4 gs4 g4 bb4 f4 eb4 c5 fs4 a4 g4 gs4 a4 fs4 e4 b4 g4 gs4 fs4 a4 gs4 g4 f4 bb4 a4 fs4 e4 b4 fs4 a4 g4 gs4 e4 b4 a4 fs4 b4 e4 d4 cs5 gs4 g4 f4 bb4 g4 gs4 fs4 a4 f4 bb4 gs4 g4 bb4 f4 eb4 c5 g4 gs4 fs4 …

Notation: octave shift above pedal min width on single system tempo meter placement rit extension Fixed the flat-invert in PITCH-INVERT function.

Notation changes and improvements: * added support for dotted and dashed and short barlines * allow setting of slash grace duration * Improved edit UI * improved staff spacing * correct placement of articulations in multi-voice staff * Fixed tie problem with unpitched notes * ignore erroneous notations on chord notes * Improved handling of 'exact' mode layout * Improved tuplet handling * correct some layout errors * corrected occasional slur misplacement * improved placement of harmonic

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