Not exactly timely, but i deiced to play around with this script.

first i made a basic beat -- Aerosmith's "Walk This Way"

*WTW*
HO  : x---------------
HC  : --x-x-x-x-x-x-x-
SA  : ----x-------x---
BDA : x------xx-x-----

AS  = PLAY(WTW,WTW,WTW,WTW);
[download]

Command line:

bbox.pl -f as.tab -p=as -t=90
[download]

Then i went for something more complex (mostly in length :) CCR's "Down on the Corner"

*DOTC1*
HC  : x---x---x---x---

*DOTC2*
HC  : x---x---x---x---
XCB : x---x---x---x---
XCA : ---xx-x-x--xx-x-

*DOTC3*
HC  : x---x---x---x---
XCB : x---x---x---x---
XCA : x--xx-x-x--xx-x-

*DOTC4*
HC  : x---x---x---x---
XCB : x---x---x---x---
XCA : x--xx-x-x--xx-x-
SA  : -----------xx---
TL  : --------------x-

*DOTC5*
HC  : x---x---x---x---
XCB : x---x---x---x---
XCA : x--xx-x-x--xx-x-
SA  : ----x--x----x---
BDA : x-------x-x-----
CC1 : x---------------

*DOTC6*
HC  : x---x---x---x---
XCB : x---x---x---x---
XCA : x--xx-x-x--xx-x-
SA  : ----x--x----x---
BDA : x-------x-x-----

*DOTC7*
HC  : x---x---x---x---
XCB : x---x---x---x---
XCA : x--xx-x-x--xx-x-
SA  : ----x--xxx-xx---
TL  : --------------x-
BDA : x---------------

*DOTC8*
HC  : x---x---x---x---
XCB : x---x---x---x---
XCA : x--xx-x-x--xx-x-
SA  : ----x--x-xxxxx--
TL  : --------------x-
BDA : x---------------

*DOTC9*
HC  : x---x---x---x---
XCB : x---x---x---x---
XCA : x--xx-x-x--xx-x-
SA  : ----x--x-xxxxx--
TL  : --------x-----x-
BDA : x---------------

*DOTC10*
HC  : x---x---x---x---
XCB : x---x---x---x---
XCA : x--xx-x-x--xx-x-
SA  : ----x--x-xxx----
TL  : ------------xxx-
BDA : x---------------

*DOTC11*
HC  : x---x---x---x---
XCB : x---x---x---x---
XCA : x--xx-x-x--xx-x-
SA  : ----x--x-xxxx---
TL  : --------------x-
BDA : x---------------

*DOTC12*
HC  : x---x---x---x---
XCB : x---x---x---x---
XCA : x--xx-x-x--xx-x-
SA  : ----x--x-xxxxxx-
BDA : x---------------

*DOTC13*
HC  : x---x---x---x---
XCB : x---x---x---x---
XCA : x--xx-x-x--xx-x-
SA  : ----x--x-x-xx-x-
BDA : x---------------

*DOTC14*
HC  : x---x---x---x---
XCB : x---x---x---x---
XCA : x--xx-x-x--xx-x-
SA  : ----x--xx-xxxx--
TL  : ---------x----x-
BDA : x---------------

*DOTC15*
HC  : x---x---x---x---
XCB : x---x---x---x---
XCA : x--xx-x-x--xx-x-
SA  : ----x--xx--xx---
TL  : ---------x----x-
BDA : x---------------

CCR = PLAY(DOTC1,DOTC2,DOTC3,DOTC3,DOTC3,DOTC4,DOTC5,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC6
+,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC5,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC7,DOTC5,DO
+TC8,DOTC5,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC5,DOTC9,DOTC5
+,DOTC10,DOTC5,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC5,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC11,
+DOTC5,DOTC10,DOTC5,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC12,DOTC5,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC13,DOTC5,
+DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC6,DOTC5,DOTC7,DOTC5,DOTC14,DOTC5,DOTC7,DOTC5,DOTC15,D
+OTC5,DOTC14,DOTC5,DOTC7,DOTC5,DOTC14,DOTC5);
[download]

Command line:

bbox.pl -f ccr.tab -p=ccr -t=85
[download]

The actual song fades out, so the midi sort of stops in a bad place...ah well.

Neat script.

--
"To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer." --Paul Ehrlich

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