An alternative to Band In A Box

Unfortunatly Impro-visor does not import MusicXML (yet). It does export it (I'm the one to blame for this export feature)
Importing should be possible for simple "leadsheets", but it has to be coded.

@Berteh thanks a lot for sharing your work!

WoW !! I've just read the plugin presentation, it souds awesome ! Except... if i understood right, it won't work for Windows 10 users right now ...? Are you planning to make that possible someday ?

Berteh,

I have just attempted the install using your GitHub install instructions.

However, when I attempt to use the plugin in MuseScore 3, I get the following error:

MMA accompaniment is ready for you, but we could not generate the MIDI file from it.
Please fix the following error:

The generated MMA file is nevertheless available at "C:/Users/Alvin/AppData/Local/Temp/Snare 16th Warm-up & Timing_MMA.mma"

This is also reported on your GitHub "Issues" page.

How can I correct this problem?

Thank you so much!
Alvin

I've just started using BandInMuseScore, and was able to get it installed on Windows and working in MS. I ran into an issue that I use a variety of chord symbols such as Ct, F-, E07, etc, that MMA doesn't seem to recognize. I got around this by inserting the following code into the plugin, which seemed to work ok for the charts I've done so far.

        console.log('buffering Harmony '+elt.text+" at " + currentTick);
        // fix non-MMA chord symbols
        var symbol = elt.text;
        symbol = symbol.replace('-', 'm');
        symbol = symbol.replace('t7', 'M7');
        symbol = symbol.replace('t', 'M7');
        symbol = symbol.replace('07', 'm7b5');
        symbol = symbol.replace('o', 'dim');
        symbol = symbol.replace('(', '');
        symbol = symbol.replace(')', '');
        measureChords.push({ txt : symbol, tick: currentTick })

I'm curious if there's an expectation that the generated harmony would be merged back into the original MS file, so that the melody and harmony would play at the same time. Maybe I'm missing something, it seems like this would be useful.

Very cool, looking forward to checking this out! I see from the site it's "built on an open source base", I gather maybe that means, the libraries handling the generation of the accompaniment themselves are open source, but perhaps the UI is not? As one of the MuseScore developers and a jazz musician myself, I am very interested in hearing more about this, and maybe seeing about ways of integrating. FWIW, I currently have an intern (!) working on an integration with iReal Pro, but if you plan to have MusicXML import working soon, that could be a great option for MuseScore users too!

MMA Used in Conjunction With Musecore Is Very Good...
And I'm Really Looking To Find A Group That Explores It With Musescore..

AS An Example : I Composed This Using MMA With A Mix Of
* Plectrum finger pick
, Strum Center ... End... Start
* Solo
* Arpeggiate
* Riffs
etc

https://musescore.com/user/725976/scores/6351011

Feedback Appreciated Would Be From Those That Use MMA As Source Of Contacts On Things Like
* Setting PAN
* Setting Musescore Instrument Number
* Setting TITLE

Hi @Robl715,

Thanks for the feedback, sorry for not spotting it earlier.

Did you create your MMA file manually, or use the BandInMuseScore plugin as source ?

I'm the developer of that plugin and would welcome any suggestion you may have to make a better integration between MS and MMA, either to make the current features more user friendly (https://github.com/berteh/BandInMuseScore#features), or to improve the integration MS > MMA > MS (https://github.com/berteh/BandInMuseScore#roadmap--contribute)

Would you mind sharing your source MMA for your TestArpeggiatePLUS ? I have no experience with the plectrum and welcome any good idea.

Have a nice day,
Berteh.