Mmm... The person who knows more on this subject in this list is definitely Peter Castine, but as he does not seem to be around lately I guess I can try to help a bit. Wait a minute! I bet that Dennis Bathory-Kitsz will have a good answer also.
So in my opinion: I think that this task could be done with the software OpenMusic available (but not free!) at IRCAM (www.ircam.fr). OpenMusic can import/export Finale files, and by using a GUI you can construct a patch that extracts the intervals vector and modifies it in any way. After that you can export the resulting melody to Finale again. OpenMusic has of course playback capabilities, so the process would be very interactive. OTOH there are probably more convoluted ways to do the same thing with a loss of interactivity. You could export the Finale file as a MIDI file. Then use a MIDI-to-text conversion utility and process the resulting file with Excel or with some programming language (LISP is the best for this kind of job). Finally you have to convert the text file to MIDI again and import it in Finale. If you are interested in real time, you could use MAX or jMax. Hope this helps a bit. P.S. OpenMusic is the way to go if you are interested in those kind of processes like chord multiplication. Javier Ruiz, > Does anyone know of an application in which you can enter an interval > sequence of some description (i.e. a melody), and then manipulate that set > of intervals to create a new but related one? > > e.g. if the interval sequence was major 2nd up, major 3rd up, minor 2nd up, > major 2nd up, then you could add a major second to each interval, or > multiply each interval by a factor of 2, or 3, or 2.5 etc, or multiply each > consecutive interval by an oscillating pattern of +1/-1 etc. etc. etc. > > Thanks in advance for any helpful suggestions, > > Matthew > -- > Matthew Hindson > http://www.hindson.com > > * Very strong anti-spam filter in use. > * If you experience a problem, then resend > * to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Javier Ruiz _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
