>Some weeks ago I have sent this question, but at that time I wasn't really
>on the csound list.
>Therefore I repeat the question:
>
>Is it possible to start a new instance of an instrument, say i1,
>exactly after a previous line in the scorefile (same instrument i1) stops
>because of a "turnoff" statement execution?
>The first i1 statement can have a negative p3, or a "hold" statement in the
>orc-file but will
>stop after a built-in condition is met. The time is not exactly predictable,
>but I want to start the next i1 line exactly at that moment.
>So I can not give that line a good p2 parameter.
>I hope someone has an idea about this. Thank you for any help.
>
>
>Jo Scherpenisse (hoofd elektronische dienst), e-mail: scherp@koncon.nl
>Koninklijk Conservatorium, Juliana van Stolberglaan 1
>2595 CA  Den Haag  tel: 070-3814251  fax: 070-3853941
>
>
[I'm reposting this, because it didn't seem to go out to the csound list on
my first attempt. RP]

I think you might be better off avoiding this whole problem. A different
approach would be to use reinitialization within the instrument. In other
words, if you're now issuing a turnoff when some conditions are met within
your instrument, issue a reinit command instead. That way, you don't have to
start a new note from the score each time you turn off the previous note;
you just use one i-statement for all the notes. Since (presumably) you're
now changing some parameters (like pitch, amp, etc.) for each new note via
the p-fields in the score, you would probably need to place those parameters
in a function table, instead, and reference them by table units, e.g.,

        instr   1       ;simple reinit instr
iwavefn =       1       ;oscil function number
iparms  =       2       ;parameter table number
index   =       0       ;index into the parameter table
reinitfromhere:                 ;section to be reinitialized
ipch    table   index,iparms    ;get this pitch from table
iamp    table   index+1,iparms  ;get this amp from table
idur    table   index+2,iparms  ;get this dur from table
index   =       index+3         ;update index for next note
kgate   linen   iamp,.01,idur,.1
asig    oscil   kgate,cpspch(ipch),iwavefn
        out     asig
        timout  0,idur,skipinit ;skip over reinit for idur secs
        reinit  reinitfromhere  ;reinit after idur
        rireturn                ;end of sect to be reinitialized
                                ;N.B., rireturn is not really needed, 
                                ;if at end of instr
skipinit:
        endin

;sample score
f01     0       2048    10      1
;function with parm data:       pch     amp     dur
f02     0       16     -2       8.00    20000   .5      ;parms in sets of 3
                                8.02    10000   .5
                                8.04    5000    .5
                                8.05    10000   .5
                                8.07    20000   2
i01     0       4       ;other parms for entire phrase here
e

...or something like that. I'm using timout to determine the note lengths,
but you could use other methods to test for when to reinit.

Good luck,
Russell Pinkston


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Russell F. Pinkston, D.M.A.
Associate Professor of Composition
Director, Electronic Music Studios
School of Music
The University of Texas at Austin
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