The MMA Library

This document is provided as a supplement to the MMA Reference Manual which lists all of the commands in the program and helpful information which can be used to create your own "style" files. If you are a newcomer to MMA, you should also have a look at the MMA Tutorial for some "getting started" information.

The information on these HTML pages has been generated directly from the library files in your MMA library. Each entry uses the filename as a header and then lists the various defined grooves. In addition, the individual groove names are clickable and will display further, detailed information on that groove.

You should be able to use any of the grooves listed in the "STDLIB" section in your files without using other directives. However, if you have files in other locations you will need to need to explicitly load the library file(s) with a Use directive.

The filenames are in all lowercase. These are the actual filenames used in the library. If you are loading files with the Use directive you must use the same case (please note that typographic case applies only to the filename---this is operating system dependant). Groove commands are case-insensitive.

Following each groove description is a boxed number in the form (4). This indicates the sequence size of the groove. Next, is a list of tracks and instrument names. This shows the first voice or drum note defined for each track---it is quite possible that the track uses other voices. This data is included so that you can see what tracks are active.

The library files supplied with MMA contain embedded documentation. The -Dxh and -Dxl MMA command line options extract the following information from the each library file:

The filename from the "Doc File" directive.
The file description from the "Doc Note" directive.
Any user variables documented in "DocVar" directives.
Each groove description: This is the optional text following a DefGroove directive.
- The sequence size. This is extracted from the current groove information and was set with the SeqSize directive. It is displayed in a small box after the groove description.
- A "summary" of the voices used in the groove. Note that a different voice or MIDI note is possible for each bar in the sequence size; however, this listing only lists the selection for the first bar.

In addition, the -Dgh command generates sequence graphs and detailed settings for each groove.

If you find that you don't have some of the grooves listed below in your distribution you need to run the program mma-libdoc to update these docs. Not all style files are distributed in the default MMA distribution.

These grooves can be used from a program just by using their name.

Stdlib

These groove should be callable just by using their names. If you have problems with duplicate groove names you can always force their use with a "use" directive.

Kara

Yamaha

This document and the files linked were created by mma-libdoc.

It is a part of the MMA distribution and is protected by the same copyrights as MMA (the GNU General Public License).

Created: Mon Nov 8 09:30:44 2010