Custom Rules Extended documentation

[elerouxx]

This editable post is intended to share a little more information about custom rules, specially features that are not documented yet. With the moderators consent, I would like to ask for any contributions so we can complete and correct this list.
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TECHNIQUE TEST:

<if technique = "trhf" />
performing a half tone trill

<if technique ="trwh"/>
performing a whole tone trill


Custom techniques x01-x20 and custom sounds cs01-10:

<if technique ="x01"/>
<if technique ="cs01"/>


Use these tests for custom techniques that can be marked in the score by typing the apostrophe(') followed by the desired technique, f.e. "'x01" (pcartwright)
Custom Sounds are triggered by apostrophe followed by "c" and a number from 0 to 9, 0 being custom sounds 10 or "cs10" (Notion User Guide, p. 6.14)

x01-20 are note techniques, while cs01-10 are start and end techniques. So if u place an x01 on a note it applies to that note only, while if u place a cs01 it applies to all the notes after it until cancelled with another cs or normale. (Erufailon)


PLAYBACK INSTRUCTIONS:

<trill pitches="XX" time="XX" delay="XX" />

pitches: a true/false flag that defines if trills will be played note by note by the engine (pitches="1") or they will be ignored (pitches="0").
time : The duration of each trill pitch, in seconds.
delay: The initial delay before the trill begins, in seconds.

When pitches is false (0), the other parameters are ignored. Then, another custom rule (see the trill techniques above) should trigger specific looped samples for 1/2 and whole tone trills.

additional notes about trills: it's not the tr symbol that actually defines if a trill is 1/2 or a whole tone. For example, on a C major armature, a tr mark will produce a whole trill in any note except B and E. A B note with a normal tr mark, will produce a half note trill unless we use the sharp tr symbol (meaning trill from B to C#). And a sharp tr over the C note will mean a tone-and-half trill (from C to D#). In this matter, most libraries don't contain trill samples wider than 1 tone, and even if they had, there isn't a technique test in the custom rules to check when a wider trill has been reached. But Notion will play these wider trills if <trill pitches="1" ...>.

[elerouxx]

I also dare to ask contributions from the Notion team. I understand the Custom_Rules.pdf is given as a courtesy, but it seems a little oudtated and this is a place where we could fill the blanks.

[dgriffee]

Thanks for starting this thread, great idea! Hopefully there will be some "discoveries" showing up here. Finding these undocumented tests and playback instruction tags and appropriate values to work them can be very difficult and time consuming (but a cool challenge to solve puzzlers), so sharing what anyone finds is extremely valuable info. If the folks inside NotionMusic contribute any particularly useful undocumented condition tags or playback instructions here it would show some excellent customer relations, and that often persuedes new buyers who cruise the forums before they put their $ down.