This view allows you to define some of the key properties that govern how Following Voices work.
Name
The name of the Voice.
Mute
The Mute parameter.
Follow Voice
Select the Voice which you want your voice to follow. If you don't specify a Voice to follow, then the following Voice won't play. You may follow any Voice you want, of any type. You may even follow a voice that is following another Voice that is following another Voice... provided that you don't try to define a cyclic dependency which loops back to the current Voice!
Percent
This property tells Noatikl for which percentage of notes that the Followed Voice responds to, the Following Voice actually emits a note. Set to 100 if you want the Following Voice to emit a note for every note played by the Followed Voice. Set to a smaller value if you want to thin-out the notes played by the following voice. This is also useful for building networks of chords, where if you have a number of following voices all following either each other or one main voice, and if those Following Voices have the Percent Parameter to less than 100, then sometimes you will hear dense chords, and sometimes you will hear thinner chords.
Strategy
This property tells Noatikl what it should do when it decides the pitch to use for a note generated by the Following Voice. The available values are:
Chordal Harmony
This causes the Following Voice to choose notes which respect the currently defined Scale, Harmony and Next Note Rules.
Interval Within Scale Rule
This causes the Following Voice to choose notes which are offset from the followed note, such they are at an interval within the Scale Rule, defined as a value randomly selected between the Shift / Interval and Shift / Interval plus Shift / Interval Range values.
For example, if these values are 1 and 2 respectively, then each time a note is chosen, it will be between 1 and (1+2)=3 Scale Rule intervals up from the Followed Voice's note. It is important to understand that this refers to the non-zeroed elements in the current Scale Rule, in other words only those notes that are available within the Scale Rule.
So, in our example, if we were using a Major Scale Rule, and if the followed note were C4 (Middle C), and if Noatikl chose a value of 2 as its random value; then the played note would be E4 (Middle C), which is the second note up from Middle C within the Major Scale Rule.
Semitone Shift
This causes the Following Voice to choose notes which are offset up from the followed note, such they offset from the followed note by a number of semitones which is a value randomly selected between the Shift / Interval and Shift / Interval plus Shift / Interval Range values. A note chosen in this way ignores the current Scale Rule.
For example, if these values are 1 and 2 respectively, then each time a note is chosen, it will be between 1 and (1+2)=3 semitones up from the Followed Voice's note.
So, in our example, if we were using a Major Scale Rule, and if the followed note were C4 (Middle C), and if Noatikl chose a value of 3 as its random value; then the played note would be D#4 (Middle D#), which is the third semitone note up from Middle C. This value is used even though it is not in the current scale rule!
Units
You define the Unit of Measure by which the Delay and Delay Range parameters are interpreted. This may be one of the following values:
Seconds (thousandths of a)
The properties including Duration are all interpreted as being in thousandths of a second (i.e. Milliseconds). So, a Duration value of 1000 means one second.
Beats (60ths of a)
The properties including Duration are all interpreted as being in 60ths of a beat. In Noatikl a Beat is defined as being one crotchet; you get 3 beats in a bar of 4:4 music. So, a Duration value of 60 means one beat. A Duration value of 30 means a quaver. A Duration value of 20 means a triplet. A Duration value of 15 means a semi-quaver. A Duration value of 240 means 4 beats (which is a full bar if the Piece Meter is 4:4).
Full seconds
The properties including Duration are all interpreted as being in seconds. So, a Duration value of 10 means ten seconds.
Delay
This defines the minimum delay after which the Following Voice will play a followed note. The actual value chosen for each note is a value between Delay, and Delay plus the Delay Range. Each and every note composed for this Following Voice will have a note whose delay is separately calculated.
Delay Range
This is combined with the Delay parameter, to determine the delay after which the Following Voice will play a followed note. The actual value chosen for each note is a value between Delay, and Delay plus the Delay Range. Each and every note composed for this Following Voice will have a note whose delay is separately calculated.
Shift / Interval
Used when the Strategy is either Interval Within Scale Rule or Semitone Shift.
This causes the Following Voice to choose notes which are offset in some way from the followed note, according to the Strategy; where the offset is defined as a value randomly selected between the Shift / Interval and Shift / Interval plus Shift / Interval Range values.
S/I Range
This represents the "Shift/Interval Range", and is used when the Strategy is either Interval Within Scale Rule or Semitone Shift.
This causes the Following Voice to choose notes which are offset in some way from the followed note, according to the Strategy; where the offset is defined as a value randomly selected between the Shift / Interval and Shift / Interval plus Shift / Interval Range values.
