Actually.... is it my imagination. Or is this a really crap problem
with csound?




---Erik Spjut  wrote:
>
> Any p value beyound p3 stands for whatever YOU decide it stands for.
If you
> want p4 to be the amplitude of a given note, YOU have to write the
> instrument in such a way that it is.
> 
> There is no easy answer to the total amplitude that can be given
without
> distortion. The maximum value without distortion for all of your
> instruments added together at their peak is either 32767 or -32768,
but how
> your instruments will add together and how their amplitudes should
be set
> is an EXTREMELY situation dependent problem. You either need to
experiment
> or use one of the Csound versions that lets you generate floating
point
> samples and then scales them to a max of 32767. Hope this helps.
> 
> At 7:46 PM -0400 9/10/98, Christian Guirreri wrote:
> >Please excuse my noviceness....
> >
> >What exactly does the amplitude (p4) value stand for?  What does it
> >represent?  What is the total amount of amplitude that can be given
without
> >distortion?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Christian Guirreri and Musc428 at Radford University
> >cguirrer@runet.edu
> 
> 
>
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> Erik Spjut (pronounce ju as long u or yew) - Associate Professor of
Engineering
> and  Associate Director for Engineering Computing,  Center for
Design Education
> Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711-5990  USA
> Erik_Spjut@hmc.edu      Ph & Voice mail (909) 607-3890      Fax
(909) 621-8967
> 
> 
> 

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It all depends on your perspective. Csound, like the language C, assumes
that you know what you're doing, which provides the expert with infinite
power, the novice with infinite headaches, and no easy path from one state
to the other.

If you want your hand held and to be protected from all mistakes, go buy a
commercial synth or a commercial program. If you want maximum flexibility
with the resultant responsibility and pain, use Csound. People on the list
are usually willing to help if you get stuck.

At 7:55 AM -0700 9/11/98, Thorin Kerr wrote:
>Actually.... is it my imagination. Or is this a really crap problem
>with csound?

[Amplitude Q & A deleted]

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Erik Spjut (pronounce ju as long u or yew) - Associate Professor of Engineering
and  Associate Director for Engineering Computing,  Center for Design Education
Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711-5990  USA
Erik_Spjut@hmc.edu      Ph & Voice mail (909) 607-3890      Fax (909) 621-8967