If you just want to create a melody, then you should use the main Melodist Screen and select one of the preset melodists (and then set your options accordingly).

The Melodist Maker is for when you want to change the behavior of an existing melody (and if you aren't careful to save it off to a different file, I believe you may lose your changes with the next upgrade to BIAB, as the DEFAULT.MEL file may get overwritten).

This is also used to create your own Melodist definitions. You have to be careful when you do so, because it asks you to specify a style to use, but then you have to tell the Maker what kind of style it is (Even-8ths, Swing-8ths, Even-16ths, etc). Also, the ST2 database you use as a basis for you Melodist determines the feel (for example MEL1.ST2=Jazz Swing (8th
notes), MELPOP1.ST2 (Pop Ballads, 16th notes), MELWLZ1.ST2 (Waltzes, 8th notes), and MELROK1.ST2 (Rock,
8th notes)).

If you have an existing preset highlighted, when you click OK, that preset is now changed based on the updates you made. If you want to create your own new melodist, you need to choose one of the unused slots.

Melodist Maker supports only up to 256 different melodists. You can Save As to a different melodist file (the default file is DEFAULT.MEL), and you can import and export individual Melodists).

Check out page 485 in the BIAB2015 PDF manual for more information about using the Melodist Maker. Check out pages 177 and 296 for more information on using just the Melodist feature.

Hope that helped.

John

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