The mixer opcodes simulate a regular studio mixing desk. They have any number of busses to which one can send and receive audio (arate) signals. Several signals sent to the same bus are mixed at a settable level.

Hope this helps,
Mike

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>From: Oeyvind Brandtsegg 
>Sent: Jan 12, 2006 4:11 AM
>To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk
>Subject: Re: [Csnd] chn question
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>Thanks for the chnmix opcode, excellent.
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>John, what exactly do you mean by "moving away from the software bus" ?
>Is there functionality to chani/chano that is not present in the chn family of opcodes ?
>There seem to be some overlaps here, and that is completely ok, as csound is already the language where one can get one thing done in many different ways.
>But it would be very nice if the respective authors could outline the strengths and weaknesses of the different software bus opcodes. I am referring to Mixer (Gogins), chani/chano (ffitch), and chn (Varga). Obviously, I am not intending to start a competition between these opcodes (!).
>I would just like to learn which opcode to use for what purpose, and who better to explain than the respective authors ?
>
>best
>Oeyvind
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>> From: Istvan Varga [istvan_v@fibermail.hu]
>> Sent: 2006-01-11 13:05:16 CET
>> To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk
>> Subject: Re: [Csnd] chn question
>> 
>> On Wednesday 11 January 2006 13:01, jpff@cs.bath.ac.uk wrote:
>> 
>> > Shame; we seem to be moving away from the software bus.  Perhaps I
>> > need to resurrect the Opcodes/bus.c code
>> 
>> It should be working, and there are API functions for accessing the bus.
>> What needs to be resurrected ?
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