User Guide

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features
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- Intro Length (bars) - This sets the duration of the intro to 2, 4, or 8 bars.
- Starting chord (after intro) is - This setting assures the generated intro smoothly transitions into the song.
- Remove Intro - Pressing this button removes the intro.
- Pedal Bass - Inserts a pedal bass figure throughout the intro.
- Use Maj7 instead of Maj6 - Choose between using Maj7 or Maj6 chords.
Automatic Song Title Generation
The Song Title generator names every song that the Melodist writes, if the Auto-Titles checkbox is selected. This
feature can be used on its own to suggest titles for your own compositions. It will keep making titles until you get
one you like.
Press the [SONG TITLE] button to generate a song title , a new title will appear immediately in the title
area of the screen. Click again for another one. Select Edit | Undo Title to go back one title.
Customizing the song title generator
These word lists stored in a text file calledTITL1.TXT
. This file has several sections, each with two sets of words
that will be put together. You can add new sections, with an adjective section and a noun section. Please see the
comments included in the file TITL1.TXT
for details on adding text to the file.
Automatic Solo Generation – “The Soloist”
To select a pre-made Soloist, click on the [Soloist] button on the toolbar, or press Shift+F4, or
choose Soloist | Generate and Play a Solo. The “Select Soloist” window opens.