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The Transition Pattern group box contains options for playing a pattern as a transition between two other components.
You cannot select both a transition pattern and a transition segment. If the options in the Transition Pattern group box are disabled, select None in the Transition Segment drop-down list.
Select a pattern type from the Transition Pattern drop-down list to play at a transition before the destination component starts playing.
The pattern is drawn from the source segment, unless it is an Intro, in which case it is drawn from the destination. If you select End and Intro, an End pattern is taken from the source and an Intro from the destination. If the component from which a pattern should be taken does not contain a matching pattern, or is itself a pattern rather than a style-based segment, no pattern will play.
If you choose Custom from the pattern list, enter a value in the range from 100 to 199 in the Custom text box. This value corresponds to the value assigned to custom embellishments in the Pattern Properties window.
Select either Play Entire Pattern or Play 1 Bar of Pattern to specify the length of the transition.
Select the Modulate check box to create a smooth cadence by using chords from the source or destination components, or both, as the transition plays. There are several possible outcomes, depending on the type of transition pattern selected:
When you use an Intro transition pattern, the Modulate option has no effect and the transition uses the first chord in the destination segment.
When you select Fill, Break, Regular Pattern, or Custom for the transition pattern, chords are drawn from the source component, and the Modulate option may affect which chords are used. If the source component is a segment containing a chordmap, a modulation is created using Cadence Chords from the chordmap of the segment. Leaving the Modulate option unselected creates a cadence using the current chord in the source segment.
If you select the Long check box, the transition plays one cadence chord in each measure. If the destination chord in the chordmap is preceded by only one cadence chord, the cadence chord plays in the first measure.
If you do not select the Long option, the transition plays all the cadence chords in the first measure.
When you select End for the transition pattern, chords are drawn from the source component and the Modulate option may affect which chords are used. If the source component is a segment containing a chordmap, a modulation is created using cadence chords from the chordmap of the segment. Leaving the Modulate option unselected creates a cadence using the current chord in the source segment.
When you use End and Intro as the transition pattern, the transition behaves the same way as for an End transition. However, the transition adds an extra measure to play an intro embellishment from the style of the destination segment, using the first chord in the destination segment for this. No additional modulation chords are used between the Intro and the beginning of the destination segment.
If the destination is a pattern, there is no Intro embellishment to use. If possible, a transition segment is created using an End embellishment from the source component, and the destination pattern begins as soon as the boundary is reached, without an Intro preceding it. If the Modulate option is selected, the End transition uses chords from the source component.
If the source component is a pattern, there is no End embellishment to use. If possible, a transition segment is created containing an Intro embellishment from the destination component, but there is no End embellishment preceding the intro. The Intro begins as soon as the boundary is reached. If the Modulate option is selected, it has no effect on the chords used for the Intro. Only the first chord in the destination component is used.
If you select the Long option, a transition plays both cadence chords in the first measure and a signpost chord in the second measure. Otherwise, the transition skips the first cadence chord and plays the second cadence chord and a signpost chord in the first measure.
If a transition uses cadence chords from the chordmap of a source component, the key signature of the source component affects which cadence chords are selected. This requires that the source component be a segment containing a chordmap.
If certain cadence chords in the source segment cause less of a change when moving to the destination componentfor example, they share more notes with the chord of the destination componentthen those cadence chords have priority over other available cadence chords.
If the component supplying transition chords is a segment that contains a chordmap track and a chordmap, the Modulate option causes cadence chords to be drawn from the chordmap.
If a component supplying modulation chords is a segment that does not contain a chordmap, the Modulate option has no effect and the transition is created using the chord playing in the segment.
If the component supplying transition chords is a pattern, and thus contains no chordmap, the Modulate option has no effect and only the pattern's composition chord is used.
When the Modulate option is selected and chords are drawn from a chordmap, DirectMusic Producer creates a cadence in the transition using a signpost chord that has one or more cadence chords preceding it. If there are no signpost chords with cadence chords, the behavior is the same as if the Modulate option had not been selected, and the chords playing in the source component or the first chord in the destination component are used.
When more than one sequence of cadence chords is available for a signpost chord, one of the cadences is selected at random.
When the Transition to Nothing check box is selected, there is no destination component, and playback stops after the transition pattern is played. This option is available only when End is selected in the Transition Pattern drop-down list.
Select the Long check box to create a two-part transition. The first part is drawn from a pattern in the source segment, and the second part uses the pattern in the Transition Pattern list.
The Long option works only when the source component is a style-based segment. Otherwise it is ignored, and the transition consists only of the selected transition pattern.
When Long is selected, you can select either Play Entire Additional Pattern or Play 1 Bar of Additional Pattern. This choice specifies how much of the source pattern is played.
If the selected transition pattern is an Intro and the destination component is a segment, the second half of the long transition uses the first chord of the destination component as it plays an Intro embellishment from the style in the destination segment. If the destination component is a pattern, the pattern begins playing immediately in the second half of the transition, using the pattern's composition chord.