How "N" works

Xecese

I do not exactly know how n works...could someone please give me an example?

**Arsik**

What do you mean "n"? Are you looking at the web composer and you see Tn on there? If you are, n is just a variable that you replace with a number for whatever function you are doing.

Xecese

I'm sorry,I shouldve been more specific,I mean "N" as in pitch,I dont exactly know how to use it

Adjutant · 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Xecese

I'm sorry,I shouldve been more specific,I mean "N" as in pitch,I dont exactly know how to use it

Determines the pitch of a note. First octave C (o1c) = N12. You can go lower, down to N0. N96 is the highest and is the equivalent of eighth octave C.

n60g = >c<g = O5CO4G

or another slightly different example

n61g = >c+<g = O5C#O4G

In this case you just saved yourself 1 character space.

Edit: To put it into better perspective.

Anyone working with MML before has come across something similar to this line here.

Code:

l8e>c+<e>c+<e>c+<e>c+<e>c+<e>c+<e>c+<e>c+

Using the pitch functions, you can shorten it to

Code:

l8en61en61en61en61en61en61en61en61

Luna

Thanks for the lesson, I didn't knew it before, its quite helpful. So if I need to jump around different octaves aften in a song then its probably better to use n, am I right?

Adjutant · 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Luna

Thanks for the lesson, I didn't knew it before, its quite helpful. So if I need to jump around different octaves aften in a song then its probably better to use n, am I right?

Always glad to lend my MML expertise.

However, it doesn't always work that way.

Sometimes using the N function will increase the size of your MML. Make sure to try making your music from different angles, N is not always the answer, but when it is, you save precious space.