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Random Shuffle

With this dialog you can rearrange parts of your song based on random. The selected bars are divided into small segments (default length is 1/4 note). When pressing OK, jazz rearranges these segments in random order. Also, some of the segments may be choosen more than once while other segments do not appear at all. Options are:

See the song/shuffle directory for an example. Load shuffle0.mid, then mark from 5 to 24 on tracks 5 to 8 (chords, ..., muted gt). Select Shuffle from the misc menu. Set the segment size to 1/4 note and set the trackmode to 'one track at a time'. Then press ok. This should give you something similar to shuffle1.mid. The song shuffle2.mid was generated from shuffle0.mid by deleting the tracks 5 and 7 (marimba and brass). To delete a track, click on its name and check the field 'Clear track' at the bottom of the track dialog. After clicking OK, you can drag the empty track to a new position with the right mouse button. To get shuffle2.mid set the segments size 1/8 note.