Simple chord progression Lua action script

#1

Hello everybody. I am a long time user, not posting much here.

I wrote a simple chord progression generator Lua action. It is available here: #ChordProgression.

This script will generate chord progressions with inversions in each of the selected midi regions. It has a number of configuration options as described in the readme file. Chords for the progression are defined as location markers.

Comments are welcome!

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#2

Dude thank you for this, I may use this for the project I am working on: GitHub - jmantra/LogicalArdour: Gives Ardour functionality like Garageband/Logic

#3

I have read the readme.md, seems pretty complicated for a beginner like me. It would be great if you could put some screenshots here. Not of the installation, but an actual example. That would be very much appreciated.
Thanks

#4

Thanks for the feedback. I am working on the updated version of the script and will add more detailed instructions on how to use it with examples.

#5

This is cool! Thank you! I did put ‘.CMaj7’ instead of ‘.Cmaj7’. ‘.CMaj7’ was not recognized, and caused the script to crash.

Does Lua allow an easy method for upper / lower case conversion to NOT cause an issue? Just a suggestion to help make it as solid as it can be.

Also Does LUA and Ardour allow an display window to show which chords are accepted by the script? I know one could view the script and read what chords are available, but maybe a simple graphic with a Circle of Fifths, just to add a nice touch?

This adds a nice functionality to Ardour as it is!

Thanks again!

#6

You are absolutely correct, the error handling leaves lots to be desired. In the new version this will be addressed.

I will make it ignore case when checking for the implemented chords and also ignore those that cannot be processed.

Thanks for the feedback!

#7

Thanks a lot, this tool could be very usefull. With jjazzlab you can do the same but you can not put a chord between normal beats or fractions of a beats. With this tools you can put the chord just anywhere on the timeline.
Best Regards
Jean

#8

New version v0.0.2 released.

Updated inversion selection algorithm. Added arpeggios and config dialog. Better error handling. Updated instructions.

ChordProgression on GitHub

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