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Sound Editors & Spirituality ?

Date1998-01-18 12:43
FromDavid Schuyeteneer
SubjectSound Editors & Spirituality ?
Yes, David hits you people again with his restless questions..

It has been 4 to 5 years now (I was 17 - 16 years old then) that I"ve been
explicitly interested in experimental ambient & electroacoustic computer
music. During those years there is an odd thing that
kept capturing my attention : scientific soundengineers and researchers are
in most cases also
somewhat interested in spirituality....

My question is : is this true or false ?

(for me personally it is true)


David.





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From: David Schuyeteneer 
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Subject: I-time calc of instr AMP
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Dit is een meerdelig bericht in MIME-indeling.

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Hey there,

How can I let Csound calculate the amplitude of a score ?

I have an instrument that performs 5 times with (almost) same starttime at
different pitches, in
order to create a rich harmony. To do this I have to state the instr 5
times in the score file, each
for one pitch. But the problem is together they sound to loud and have lots
of samples out of ranges.
 (I can calculate the overall amp manually...yes...but...)

Is there a way to calculate to final amp of a bunch of instruments at score
time and adjust the
amp of each instr at k-time ????

The files are named "brass" but actually they use a wgbow opcode. never
mind.



David.



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sr =3D 44100      ;samplerate
kr =3D 441        ;control samplerate
ksmps =3D 100     ;sr / kr
nchnls =3D 1      ;1=3Dmono, 2=3Dstereo

gareverb init 0

instr 1

;         wgbrass =
kamp,kfreq,liptens,deattack,vibfreq,vibamt,table[,lowfreq],
; asignal wgbrass 10000, 440,   0.4,    0.4,    1.1,   0.05,   1,   =20

endin

instr 2
kbalance init p5

 kv          linseg      0, 0.5, 0, 1, 1, p3-0.5, 1

;ar         wgbow        kamp,   kfreq, kpres, krat,     kvibf,    =
kvamp,  ifn[, iminfreq]
a1          wgbow        kbalance,   p4,    0.9,   0.1,       1,        =
kv*0.01,  1
out         a1
endin

instr 3
;ar vibes   kamp,     kfreq, ihrd, ipos,  imp, kvibf, kvamp, ivibfn, =
idec
a2  vibes   31129.60, 440,    0.5, 0.561,  2,   4.0,   0.2,    1,     =
0.1
out a2
endin


;              NATURAL ROOM REVERB
instr 99
  a1  reverb2 gareverb,p4,0
  a2  butterlp a1,11000                 ; Cutoff high freqs
  out a2                                ; to avoid "ramp glitches"
  gareverb =3D 0
endin

;              COMB FILTER REVERB
instr 100
  a1  comb gareverb,p4,p5               ; p4=3Drevtime  p5=3Dlooptime
  a2  butterlp a1,13000                 ; Cutoff high freqs
  out a2                                ; to avoid "ramp glitches"
  gareverb =3D 0
endin


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;  P1        P2         P3       P4     P5
;  table   starttime    size     GEN    strenght

f   1         0          256      10     1



;  FX PARAMETERS      P4duration  P5revtime  P6looptime
;i  99        0           40          10       


;  instr    starttime  duration    cps        amp
;  P1        P2         P3          P4        P5

i  2         0            5            100    500
i  2         0.2          5            200    500
i  2         0.3          5            300    500
i  2         0.4          5            400    500
i  2         0.5          5            500    500


e


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From: David Schuyeteneer 
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Subject: CROSS2 opcode & vocoding
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Is thee proper documentation of the CROSS2 opcode ???

It is mentioned in the manual, yes, but does not say what the arguments
mean...

The manual says :

asig	cross2	ain1, ain2, ilen, iovl, iwin, kbias

Cross synthesis between the two audio signals. (New in Csound 3.47)

I guess ain1,ain2 are the carrier and modulator waves...
- ilen = lenght ?
- iovl =  ? 
- iwin = ?
- kbias = ?

p.s. :   can someone briefly explain how basic (kraftwerk-ish) vocoding is
done ??
I think it is done by filtering out a few harmonic partials of a wave
(someone talking) and use them to
control the volume of the according harmonics of the signal to be vocoded .
wrong ? right ?

David.






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David Schuyeteneer wrote:
> 
> Hey there,

Hey,
	would you *pleeeze* just paste & copy the scores
and orcs into your mail?? I fear: if attachments are used
generally, people start sending binaries, sound files,
Lady Di jpegs, complete csound sources, or those of other
programs and what else. If people are forced to use plain
text they are forced to concentrate on the important part,
which is good, I think.
	Possibly, there are also people out on the list
whose mailers don't know much 'bout MIME types.
	You can use "ftp" with your MS IE to transfer files.

kd



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Hi,

Is it possible within an instrument to extend the duration of a note? I am
designing a pipe organ instrument, for use with a MIDI file, and I would
like the release portion to begin after the specified duration.

And where can a Mac binary for CSound 3.47 be found?

Thanks,
Brandon

PS I would love to hear any pipe organ instruments that anyone has
designed.





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You can set p3 inside an instrument. For example

	p3= p3 * 2

in an instrument, will give you a durations for that instrument's notes
that are twice as long as that given by the score. I do this kind of
thing often.

Richard Karpen


On Sun, 18 Jan 1998, Brandon Nelson wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible within an instrument to extend the duration of a note? I am
> designing a pipe organ instrument, for use with a MIDI file, and I would
> like the release portion to begin after the specified duration.
> 
> And where can a Mac binary for CSound 3.47 be found?
> 
> Thanks,
> Brandon
> 
> PS I would love to hear any pipe organ instruments that anyone has
> designed.
> 
> 
> 
> 




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Charles Baker wrote:
> I'd also say that John ffitch's support of this package has been a
> dream....
> many thanks,
> John
> (oh, you too, Jean P....)

	Oh yes, great work and don't forget Dave Phillips too...

> 
> REAL QUESTION:
> are there any testers or adoptors of the SHARC card on the list yet ?

	I am no tester or whatever of the SHARC card. In fact I have
mailed them (Analog Devices) about 4 times now for the recent months -
no sign of life from their side...

> (oh, and of course that
> doesn't mean R. Boulanger/the Vercoes/or Paris Smagardis, etc.: you
> guys are writing/selling it! I want third party response!)

	I want first party response

> I saw an excellent review of the Kyma system in the recent Electron
> Musician: but that seems to be much more expensive real-time solution > than the SHARC card/Extended Csound package.

	I would also like a hint about the SHARC card performance
compared to a fast CPU like PPC604, PentiumII or others...Anyone?

kd



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Hi,

Just wondering if anyway has attempted a realistic piano instrument,
and/or where I can find more info on this topic?

- lv




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Brandon Nelson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is it possible within an instrument to extend the duration of a note?
> I am
> designing a pipe organ instrument, for use with a MIDI file, and I
> would
> like the release portion to begin after the specified duration.
>
> And where can a Mac binary for CSound 3.47 be found?
>

If you are using MIDI in realtime, it is possible to use the opcodes
'xtratim' and 'release', new in 3.47 version (see the manual for more
details and an example).

If you use deferred time with score-triggered notes, it is very simple:
symply add to p3 the time of relase within the orchestra:

        instr 1
....
p3 = p3 + releasetime
...
    endin


bye
--
Gabriel Maldonado

mailto:g.maldonado@agora.stm.it
http://www.agora.stm.it/G.Maldonado/home2.htm
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/7041/home2.htm






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Khalid wrote:

>
>
>         I would also like a hint about the SHARC card performance
> compared to a fast CPU like PPC604, PentiumII or others...Anyone?
>
> kd

I have never really found this sort of comparison useful. Sure, if the
Pentium II could be used ~exclusively for sound generation, it might
well prove ~very fast, but in all instances I am likely to encounter, it
is saddled with running Windows95, NT,  or whatever, and managing a huge
and demanding display subsystem. The SHARC card has, I trust, minimal
operating-system overhead, and can just get on with it.

Richard Dobson