NCODE INTERACTIVE COMPOSITION
NCODE: Explore and Develop Musical Ideas Interactively
NCODE provides an interactive environment for exploring Opusmodus functions, adjusting their parameters and developing musical material through immediate experimentation.
Create variables, evaluate compositional processes and combine the results into larger musical structures. NCODE remains connected to OMN, playback and notation, allowing material developed interactively to become part of a complete Opusmodus composition.
NCODE WORKFLOW
Explore Functions and Preserve Musical Results
The Function and Variables window is the principal workspace for developing musical material in NCODE. Select an Opusmodus function, enter its required and optional parameters through organised fields, and evaluate different settings without writing every expression directly in Lisp. Useful results can be stored as named variables together with their originating functions and parameters. Recall, modify and combine this material throughout the session, then assign the resulting OMN variables to instruments when constructing a complete score.
Define
Select a function and enter its arguments through clearly organised parameter fields.
Evaluate
Test different settings immediately and inspect the musical results.
Preserve and Reuse
Save results as named variables that can be recalled, modified and combined.
Build the Score
Assign OMN variables to instruments and define the notation and playback settings for the composition.
VARIABLES AND SESSION HISTORY
Organise and Reuse Musical Materials
Every result preserved in NCODE becomes part of the current session history. Variables can contain numbers, lengths, pitches, velocities, articulations or complete OMN event sequences.
The history records each variable together with information about its type, generating function and size. Selecting an entry restores its function and parameter settings, allowing the material to be examined, modified or used in another compositional process.
Filter
Display variables by musical type, including pitches, lengths, velocities, articulations and OMN events.
Inspect
View the variable’s name, type, generating function, size and operational category.
Reuse
Insert stored variables into new functions or assign OMN variables directly to instruments.
Preserve
Save the complete NCODE session, including its history, variable bindings and score settings, as an .omnc file.
DEF-SCORE
Assemble Musical Materials into a Complete Score
The DEF-SCORE pane brings the musical materials developed in NCODE into a complete score structure. Stored OMN variables can be assigned directly to instruments and organised into the required instrumental layout.
Global score settings, staff organisation and playback parameters remain accessible in one interface. The resulting score can be inspected as notation, auditioned through the MIDI Player or used in a live-coding workflow.
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Set the Score Defaults
Define the score name, title information, key signature, time signature, tempo and other global settings.
Organise the Layout
Create and arrange instrumental staves, groups, names and abbreviations.
Assign Musical Material
Connect stored OMN variables to individual instruments and specify their playback settings.
Preview the Result
Open the generated notation, listen through the MIDI Player or continue developing the score through live coding.
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