Some weird miscellaneous stuff

setting .song files to associate with pianocheetah on kde


System Settings
   Applications
      File Associations
         click text
            click add
               song
            in Filename Patterns
               click add
               *.song
            in Description, put 
               PianoCheetah Song
            in Application Preference Order
               click add
                  pick PianoCheetah
            click on the icon and pick the application-ogg one
     

10 second freeze on boot and shutdown


I notice that if some midi devices that don't really have a midiout 

(for example, your keytar or midi controller)

are not set to devicetype OFF there's a 10 second delay while they close :(

That's part of the raw linux midi device - not my fault...:/

TrkEZ:

   if 2 tracks, store times where both hands hit in sam [ns]
   per track:
      get times,pseudodurs between em
      mark grace notes w super short durs in seq (1,2,3etc)
         kill a sam[] if not 1st grc note in seq
      10 reps to find best "common" rhythms:
         find poss with max len and max gots (longest rhy + #reps)
            (compare w ngot*len)
      kill a sam[] if within rhythm
      add notes with reset to finger 1 when grace,rhythm startsm
   bring in sam[] times to finger 1 n cascade till next grc/rhy start
      UNLESS doin that would make a 11 at start or end of recascade

practice/backing/record track

lyrics... time,txt
   _lyr no prefix (if starts w ?!* give leading _)
        song lyrics with txt being a line, word, syllable (usually line)

*  _chd * prefix with [root][quality][/bass][section][pattern]
                      Dbdim/G!b
                      root=Db,quality=dim,bass=G,section=fill,pattern=b
        drawn over cues unless *HIDE is saved in(picked by gui)
        *HIDE sets _lrn.chd

?  _cue ? prefix
        ?[/dur]txt sets .tend of cue for range cues
        range cues:  [ loop   < crescendo   > decresc
        sect cues:   (v erse  (c horus  (b reak  (othername
        icon cues:   `fer mata   `tre molo   `sta r   `hap py   `sad   `mad
        else leading . just shows . till hover;  else regular shown text
                       including .drumpat=rock_02,rock_07,disco_02

!  _bug !hits
           hits is int -9..9  (3+ are shown, else just remembering/aging off)
           after loop/song, go thru start-end of played songtime
              gather all existing bugs within time
                 if not in current bugset, decr hits/del if hit -9
                 if in current bugset, incr hits/limited at 9
              if new bug, add songtime to _bug w hits=1



_trk
 grp  + or .
 shh  bool
 lrn  \0   backing
      ?    play
      1-8  ezOct
 ht   L  LH
      R  RH
      S  SH
      \0 HT





flow:
   fingering
      play. play through to add fingering.  (no need if ez mode:)
   first plays
      play. 3 times through song to find bugz.
   prac
      loops ordered by bug count(if times>=3) and spaced repetition
         tempoHop to 60%
         squish loop around bugs
         practice away the bugs
         tempoHop up to 100%, unsquish
         when nailed, mark loop n setLp to next one
         spaced rep when all are at 0
            on 0 bugs, put loop in spaced repetition list
            (1st good, skip 1 prac, 2nd good skip 2,
             3rd 4, 4th 8, etc)





song file format:
   track:
   drum:


   note format:
      oct note / drum
      down / prs / up - _ ~ ^
      velo
      fingering @1 (down only)


   cc format:
      !ctrl=valu val2
       tmpo, tsig, ksig, prog have special valus

overall compo:

   sections:  intro   verse chorus   verse chorus   bridge   chorus
   components are lyric, melody, chord, bass, drum
   lyrics drive rhythmic n bass/chord "emphasis"
      lyrics=> melody+chordprog from a chosen song / rand picker tree
    RHYTHM:
      lyrics =>
         strong accent times drive chord prog TIME
            chord change (incl bass hit/drum hit) times
         lyric stanza length drives bar and melody length
            melody going up, similary melody going down
            melody rhythm should drive/sync w bass riff/ostinato
         bass rhy drives drum rhy
   PITCH:
      melody and bass pitches over a stanza fragment drive chord prog TYPE
         bass likes to step down / up
         chords like to be 3f-4e and voice lead down/up/arp'd
   SECTIONS:
      drop in n out for variety
   ...sync up bass and kick hits