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Reference Manual

Bob van der Poel

Wynndel, BC, Canada

October 15, 2006

Overview and Introduction
- License, Version and Legalities
- About this Manual
- Installing MMA
- Running MMA
- Comments
- Theory Of Operation
- Case Sensitivity
Running MMA
- Command Line Options
- Lines and Spaces
- Programming Comments
Tracks and Channels
- MMA Tracks
- Track Channels
- Track Descriptions
- Silencing a Track
Patterns
- Defining a Pattern
- Including Existing Patterns in New Definitions
- Multiplying and Shifting Patterns
Sequences
- Defining Sequences
- SeqClear
- SeqRnd
- SeqRndWeight
- SeqSize
Grooves
- Creating A Groove
- Using A Groove
  - Overlay Grooves
  - Library Issues
Riffs
Musical Data Format
- Bar Numbers
- Bar Repeat
- Chords
- Rests
- Case Sensitivity
Lyrics
- Lyric Options
  - Event Type
  - Word Splitting
- Chord Name Insertion
  - Chord Tranposition
- Setting Lyrics
  - Limitations
Solo and Melody Tracks
- Note Data Format
- KeySig
- AutoSoloTracks
- Drum Solo Tracks
Chord Voicing
- Voicing
- ChordAdjust
- Compress
- DupRoot
- Invert
- Limit
- NoteSpan
- Range
- DefChord
- PrintChord
- Notes
Harmony
- Harmony
- HarmonyOnly
- HarmonyVolume
Tempo and Timing
- Tempo
- Time
- TimeSig
- BeatAdjust
- Fermata
- Cut
Swing
Volume and Dynamics
- Accent
- AdjustVolume
  - Mnemonic Volume Ratios
  - Master Volume Ratio
- Volume
- Cresc and Decresc
- RVolume
- Saving and Restoring Volumes
Repeats
Variables, Conditionals and Jumps
- Variables
- Predefined Variables
- Conditionals
- Goto
Low Level MIDI Commands
- Channel
- ChannelPref
- ChShare
- ForceOut
- MIDI
- MIDIClear
- MIDIFile
- MIDIGlis
- MIDIInc
- MIDIMark
- MIDIPan
- MIDISeq
  - MIDIDef
- MIDISplit
- MIDITname
- MIDIVoice
- MIDIVolume
Fine Tuning (Translations)
- VoiceTr
- DrumTr
- VoiceVolTr
- DrumVolTr
Other Commands and Directives
- AllTracks
- Articulate
- Copy
- Comment
- Debug
- Delete
- Direction
- Mallet
  - Rate
  - Decay
- Octave
- Off
- On
- Print
- PrintActive
- RndSeed
- RSkip
- RTime
- ScaleType
- Seq
- Strum
- Transpose
- Unify
- Voice
Begin/End Blocks
- Begin
- End
Documentation Strings
- Doc
- Author
Paths, Files and Libraries
- File Extensions
- Tilde Expansion
- Eof
- LibPath
- AutoLibPath
- OutPath
- Include
- IncPath
- Use
- MmaStart
- MmaEnd
- RC Files
- Library Files
  - Maintaining and Using Libraries
- Paths on Windows Platforms
Creating Effects
- Overlapping Notes
- Jungle Birds
Frequency Asked Questions
- Chord Octaves
- AABA Song Forms
- Where's the GUI?
- Where's the manual index?
Symbols and Constants
- Chord Names
- MIDI Voices
  - Voices, Alphabetically
  - Voices, By MIDI Value
- Drum Notes
  - Drum Notes, Alphabetically
  - Drum Notes, by MIDI Value
- MIDI Controllers
  - Controllers, Alphabetically
  - Controllers, by Value
Bibliography and Thanks
Command Summary
About this document ...

Bob 2006-10-15