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To increase musical interest, you can create as many as 32 variations for each instrument part within a pattern. As a pattern plays, DirectMusic Producer combines variations from each part in changing combinations. When a part has multiple variations, the variations are selected either in order or with some degree of randomness, depending on the Play setting in the Part Properties.
A well-composed style results in each pattern part selecting any of several variations, and playing it in combination with other variations in other parts. Each time playback of the style loops or repeats, a new combination of variations is selected. This creates a blend of all the parts in changing combinations of variations that rarely repeat.
Note Variations can also be created in a Wave Track. See Wave Variations.
Before you can enter any notes into a pattern, you must click at least one variation button to make the variation active. See Variation Buttons.