Choose - Sleep with total of beat

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#1

Hi all,

I was wondering how you would do that, the best way:
Here is a simple code:

live_loop :test do
16.times do
play scale(:c4, :minor).choose
sleep [0.125, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1].choose
end
end

How can I do to be sure that the 16 times duration is always equal to 8 beat. I’d like the sum of the 16 “choose” always do 8

Any Idea?

#2

One option would be to make an array of 16 numbers that add up to 8, and shuffle them so that they play in a random order, but the total time will always be the same. Something like this maybe:

live_loop :test do
  times = [1, 0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 0.75, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5] * 2
  times.shuffle.each do |t|
    play scale(:c4, :minor).choose
    sleep t
  end
end
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#3 
loop do  
  play scale(:c4, :minor).choose, amp: choose([0,0,0,1])
  sleep 0.125
end
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#4

clever solution. Perhaps better as a live loop so it can be used with other bits.
I played both solutions (so far) together. Sounded nice.

live_loop :test do
  times = [1, 0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 0.75, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5] * 2
  times.shuffle.each do |t|
    play scale(:c4, :minor).choose
    sleep t
  end
end

live_loop :test2 do  
  play scale(:c4, :minor).choose, amp: choose([0,0,0,1])
  sleep 0.125
end
#5

Thank You !!! ( Smiley Here )

#6 

a = [0.125,0.25,0.5,1]
t = 0
live_loop :a do
  play scale(:c4,:minor).choose
  sleep b = a.choose
  t +=b
  puts t
  if t >=15
    play scale(:c4,:minor).choose
    sleep 16-t
    t = 0
  end
  end
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#7

Thx for all your ideas