Chord Morphing Plug-in

How to get there

Select a sequence of chords in one staff with the Selection Tool l. Each chord must contain at least two notes of a quarter note duration in layer 1. From the Plug-ins menu, choose Scoring and Arranging, Composer’s Assistant, and then Chord Morphing.

What it does

The Chord Morphing plug-in creates a new staff with a sequence of chords, each of a whole note duration. An asterisk will mark the division between sequences. The sequences will consist of the original input chords plus a number of new intermediary chords inserted between them. This plug-in was designed to be a compositional tool capable of automatically generating a variety of smooth between-chord transitions from which the user could pick and choose.

• Morphing Type: A · B · C. Select a morphing type. The plug-in uses three methods to create the intermediary chords: removing notes from the source chord that don’t appear in the target chord, adding notes from the target chord, and mutating (changing) notes in the source chord to notes found in the target chord without removing notes. The morphing type determines the order in which the plug-in manipulates the chords. In Morphing Type A, all mutations occur first, then removals, then additions. In Morphing Type B, all removals occur first, then mutations, then additions. In Morphing Type C, all removals occur first, then additions, then mutations.
• Note Mutation Threshold (in semi tones). Use Note Mutation Threshold to define how close the notes must be in order for mutation to occur. Mutation occurs only when notes in the source are close to notes in the target.
• More Info · Cancel · OK. Click More Info for a reminder of what input this plug-in requires and a brief summary of what the plug-in does. Click Cancel to dismiss the dialog box without making any changes, or Click OK to make the selected changes.

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