VocalEasel/mma/egs/misc/macros.mma

Print A few examples of macros.

Chord Sequence {1 1 90 * 4} // a simple pattern to force output

Print Simplist of all is setting a variable to a string:

Set Test This is a line of silly stuff

Print and to print it: $Test

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Print
Print A counter...

Set Count 1
Repeat
Print the value of Count is: $count
inc count
endrepeat 10

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Print
Print Setting multiple lines in a macro

Mset Chorus
 C
 C
 Dm
 Em
 G7
Endmset

Print The variable CHORUS was set to 5 lines of chords. To insert
Print the chords into the song, just call the macro:

$Chorus

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Print
Print To save a temporary value on the stack use StackValue.

StackValue $_SwingMode
StackValue $_Debug

SwingMode On
Debug Warnings=Off   // no reason for this other than demo

 Drum Define  Swing8 1 0 90 * 8

Debug $_Stackvalue      // you have to unstack in the same order you stacked
SwingMode $_StackValue


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Print
Print Use of VEXPAND. Here we include both the bar number
Print and current volume in the lyrics.

Vexpand Off
Set Text [ $_BarNum $_Volume ]
Vexpand On
Lyric Split=Bar 

 C $Text
 / $Text
 Dm $Text

Print Use a MIDI player with lyrics to see the output.


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Print
Print Some simple tests

If NDef Foo
 Print Variable FOO is not defined
Endif

Set Foo This is Foo

If Def Foo
 Print Variable FOO == $Foo
Endif

Set Count 1
Repeat
 If GE $Count  3
  Print $Count
 Endif
 Inc Count
EndRepeat 10




Showvars xxx count foo