MML: Performance Module

Elements of the Performance Module are used to mark features that manipulate the texture of sound with certain "tools" as explained below.

Controls

There are controls used only during performance. These controls are distinguished from the events in the control module. The performance controls are distinguished according to the body part that triggers them.

Foot controls

• Foot switch: control element and the foot attribute
  The foot switch takes "on" and "off" values
• Pedals: control element and the pedal attribute
  The pedal takes the range and rate of change values:
  n.n:n.n

Hand controls

• Modulation wheel: control element and the portamento attribute

Breath controls

• Breath control: control element and the breath attribute

Band

band

A band is a collection of similar or different instruments. It can also be called an orchestra. In MML the shorter word "band" is chosen as element name for this concept, purely for economical reasons. In MML a symphony orchestra is one kind of band, despite possible objections by purists.

In MML a band could either be a real band (in this module) or a virtual band (Synthesizer Module).

Section

section

Section in band that plays together.

Sing

sing

A sing element may be needed for certain vocal event descriptions. The properties of sing would refer to physical charactersitics of the voice, not the human language text, which is handled by the Lyrics Module.

It may also be used to render lyrics with a voice synthesizer as sung text.

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