User Guide

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features
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The Memo area displays a Memo for the current Melodist, as well as the name of the Database (e.g.
MELPOP1.ST2) that the Melodist is based on.
Instrument / Harmony / Style / Change Instruments
Melodists can store patch and harmony settings, and these are displayed in the Instrument area of the Melodist
selection screen. You can also set the instrument to change each chorus. You can override the settings of the
current Melodist and choose your own patch, harmony and change instrument settings.
The Melodist Juke Box
Press [Juke Songs Now] button to launch the Melodist Jukebox. It will
continuously generate new songs and play them in Jukebox fashion. Using the
“From…To” setting, you can set the range of Melodists to include in the Jukebox,
or keep the Jukebox on the same Melodist by deselecting “Change Melodists.”
Write to track
Usually, the Melodist is written to the Melody track. To write it to the Soloist track, perhaps as a counter-melody,
then set this setting to Soloist.
The Favorites button allows you to pick a Melodist that you've used recently.
If you'd like to create your own Melodists, or permanently change the settings of existing Melodists, press the
[Edit…] button to launch the Melodist Maker.
Automatic Intro – Song Intros
With a single button you can generate a 2, 4, or 8-bar intro for any song. The chords will be different each time, and
you can keep pressing until you get the progression that you want. The intro generated is an appropriate chord
progression in the chosen style of music (Jazz/Pop), with optional pedal bass, and leads correctly to the first chord of
the song. Intros can also be removed.
Press the [Intro] button or select Edit | Intro Bars to generate an intro.
Once you press the [Intro] button, the Intro Dialog is displayed.
Pressing this button will insert or replace an intro in the song, with the given
settings.
- Chord Types - You can choose between Jazz and Pop styles of chords.