Maquettes

A maquette is an object, which represents both a musical "container^[1]" and a visual program .

In a maquette, objects can be manipulated according to temporal and graphical parameters. This includes :

• the graphical and temporal organization of objects,
• the calculation of objects , which can then be connected together to interact like in a patch,
• the calculation of the maquette's temporal structure.

A maquette contains specific boxes : TemporalBoxes , which have a number of characteristics :

• a reference, that is, an instance, a patch, or another maquette contained in the box,
• a position and duration characteristics, which refer to the integration of the box in the maquette's context.
• a "musical value ", produced in the maquette's context.

To a certain extent, the maquette can be considered a patch.