In the previous two posts on this topic, I explained some of the basic pattern matching facilities of Optima library. There are many more advanced features in the library and I will try to discuss them in future posts. In today’s post, I will outline a straightforward application of the library for processing scores in Opusmodus.
In the post, I showed how we can build a simple framework in Opusmodus to read and transform MIDI files. Let us look at the same problem, but this time using Optima’s pattern matching capabilities.
The function convert-midifile-to-score takes as argument a MIDI file and returns its score representation. This representation is a list having the format:
(def-score <score-name> <title-section> <instrument section> … <instrument section>)
The <title-section> and <instrument section> are examples of property lists in Optima, so we can use the matching mechanisms available in that context.
For convenience, I have defined a function called process-score that takes a score object as well as two handler functions as arguments and works on the score.
Take a look at the two handler functions to see how Optima’s match function is used to de-structure the respective elements for further processing. In the handler for instrument section, for example, you can see how I modify the :volume parameter.
Optima Example
Optima opens up many interesting possibilities. Try to experiment.
You can download the code here. The example MIDI file is available here.
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