Symbolic / Rhythm / MIDI ticks

A rhythm in midi ticks

exactNeeds tempo before it sounds· carries timing

720,480,720,480,480

Addressrhythm/ticks/720,480,720,480,480

Realization

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123456789101112

12 steps, 5 onsets, no meter given. Box notation x__x_x__x_x_.

Same value

Also written as

Every notation of the rhythm concept, formatted from this value by the Symbolic library.

Beatsexact
1.5,1,1.5,1,1
Note valuesexact
q.,q,q.,q,q
Millisecondsexact
750,500,750,500,500
MIDI ticks · this pageexact
720,480,720,480,480
Beat positions : durationsexact
0:1.5,1.5:1,2.5:1.5,4:1,5:1
Attack / hold / rest gridlossy
4|x=====x===x=====x===x===
- Drops interpretation. Attack / hold / rest grid is an interpretation and does not read back exactly.

Other concepts

Bridges

Converting into another concept may need context this value does not carry (a root, an octave, a key). Where it is missing the library assumes a default and says so; where a step drops information it is listed.

Rhythmic pattern · Binary onsets
exact
100101001010
Path rhythm → fractional-rhythmic-pattern

Live coding

Use in Symbolic Cycle

drums("kick").rhythm("x__x_x__x_x_")

A rhythm has no pitches, so it shapes a part through .rhythm() instead of sym().

Open in Code Sequencer

More about MIDI ticks

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Also written as

Bridges

Use in Symbolic Cycle

Timeline library