Pitch Blocks outside of Note Value
pikurasa opened this issue · 3 comments
I think some of the lowest lying fruit to extend Music Blocks' functionality in a way that both 1) extends its functionality as well as 2) removes a barrier for beginners is to allow pitch/drum/noise blocks to work outside of note value.
Outside of Forever Loop
We should assume that the note should be played as a quarter note. Most of the time this works, but does not currently work on scalar step and hertz blocks.
Within Forever Loop
(Please let me know what you think about these ideas.)
Pitches within a forever loop should play continuously without regard for time.
Example: Hertz Block
Something like the above should create a continuous pitch that follows the y cursor without confining it to a note value.
Example: Solfege Pitch Blocks
The above should hold the note until clicked/unclicked.
Example: Solfege Step +/- Blocks
The above should rapidly tick up/down through the scale.
I like this idea but I am not sure how to implement it. We need to see if we can change the pitch of a synth as it is playing. And the sample-based pitches are somewhat dependent on note value.
The scalar step block will play stand-alone now.
In thinking about it, if the hertz block stand-alone is assigned a short note value, say 1/32, then it would keep changing in the forever loop.