Noatikl 2 User Guide

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View: Voice - Rules

This view allows you to define some of the key properties that govern how your Voice works.

Name

The name of the Voice.

Mute

The Mute parameter.

Harmony Rules

Select the Harmony Rule that you want your Voice to use. If you select the value labelled ?, this tells Noatikl to use the value defined in the Piece object. If that value is in turn the ? value, then Noatikl will choose a rule to use at random when it starts playing!

Next Note Rules

Select the Next Note Rule that you want your Voice to use. If you select the value labelled ?, this tells Noatikl to use the value defined in the Piece object. If that value is in turn the ? value, then Noatikl will choose a rule to use at random when it starts playing!

Rhythm Rules

Select the Rhythm Rule that you want your Voice to use. If you select the value labelled ?, then Noatikl will choose a rule to use at random when it starts playing!

Scale Rules

Select the Scale Rule that you want your Voice to use. If you select the value labelled ?, this tells Noatikl to use the value defined in the Piece object. If that value is in turn the ? value, then Noatikl will choose a rule to use at random when it starts playing!

Harmonise?

The default value for this property is "Yes", which means that the Voice will be considered for harmonisation with other voices. Set to "No" if for some reason you do not want other voices to harmonize with this voice!

Voice Root

Normally, you want your Voice to use the Piece Root. This is represented by the value ? For the Voice Root parameter. However, sometimes you really want to force your Voice to use a different Root note; in which case, set the Voice Root to be whatever value suits.

This allows you to work-around the following sort of problem:

Imagine that you have a sampler, wher you load-up a variety of loops against MIDI note C3 up to D3. To have your piece drive this from a Rhythmic Voice such that the sounds you hear are not affected by changes to the Piece Root, you should set the Voice Root to e.g. C3 and your Voice will then be unaffected by changes to the Piece Root. Note that in this specific example, it would probably be a good idea to set the Harmonize? Flag to No.