<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>powoftwo</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="csound.css" type="text/css" /> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2" /> <link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Canonical Csound Reference Manual" /> <link rel="up" href="OpcodesTop.html" title="Orchestra Opcodes and Operators" /> <link rel="prev" href="powershape.html" title="powershape" /> <link rel="next" href="prealloc.html" title="prealloc" /> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center">powoftwo</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="powershape.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center">Orchestra Opcodes and Operators</th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="prealloc.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="refentry" title="powoftwo"> <a id="powoftwo"></a> <div class="titlepage"></div> <a id="IndexPowoftwo" class="indexterm"></a> <div class="refnamediv"> <h2> <span class="refentrytitle">powoftwo</span> </h2> <p>powoftwo — Performs a power-of-two calculation. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="Description"> <a id="id3112661"></a> <h2>Description</h2> <p> Performs a power-of-two calculation. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="Syntax"> <a id="id3112402"></a> <h2>Syntax</h2> <pre class="synopsis"><span class="command"><strong>powoftwo</strong></span>(x) (init-rate or control-rate args only)</pre> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="Performance"> <a id="id3112418"></a> <h2>Performance</h2> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>powoftwo</em></span>() function returns 2<sup><span class="emphasis"><em>x</em></span></sup> and allows positive and negatives numbers as argument. The range of values admitted in <span class="emphasis"><em>powoftwo</em></span>() is -5 to +5 allowing a precision more fine than one cent in a range of ten octaves. If a greater range of values is required, use the slower opcode <a class="link" href="pow.html" title="pow"><em class="citetitle">pow</em></a>. </p> <p> These functions are fast, because they read values stored in tables. Also they are very useful when working with tuning ratios. They work at i- and k-rate. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="Examples"> <a id="id3113272"></a> <h2>Examples</h2> <p> Here is an example of the powoftwo opcode. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/powoftwo.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">powoftwo.csd</em></a>. </p> <div class="example"> <a id="id3113288"></a> <p class="title"> <b>Example 452. Example of the powoftwo opcode.</b> </p> <div class="example-contents"> <p>See the sections <a class="link" href="UsingRealTime.html" title="Real-Time Audio"><em class="citetitle">Real-time Audio</em></a> and <a class="link" href="CommandFlags.html" title="Csound command line"><em class="citetitle">Command Line Flags</em></a> for more information on using command line flags.</p> <pre class="programlisting"> <span class="csdtag"><CsoundSynthesizer></span> <span class="csdtag"><CsOptions></span> <span class="comment">; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform</span> <span class="comment">; Audio out Audio in</span> -odac -iadc <span class="comment">;;;RT audio I/O</span> <span class="comment">; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:</span> <span class="comment">; -o powoftwo.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform</span> <span class="csdtag"></CsOptions></span> <span class="csdtag"><CsInstruments></span> <span class="comment">; Initialize the global variables.</span> <span class="ohdr">sr</span> <span class="op">=</span> 44100 <span class="ohdr">kr</span> <span class="op">=</span> 4410 <span class="ohdr">ksmps</span> <span class="op">=</span> 10 <span class="ohdr">nchnls</span> <span class="op">=</span> 1 <span class="comment">; Instrument #1.</span> <span class="oblock">instr</span> 1 i1 <span class="op">=</span> <span class="opc">powoftwo</span>(12) <span class="opc">print</span> i1 <span class="oblock">endin</span> <span class="csdtag"></CsInstruments></span> <span class="csdtag"><CsScore></span> <span class="comment">; Play Instrument #1 for one second.</span> <span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 0 1 <span class="stamnt">e</span> <span class="csdtag"></CsScore></span> <span class="csdtag"></CsoundSynthesizer></span> </pre> </div> </div> <p><br class="example-break" /> Its output should include a line like this: </p> <pre class="screen">instr 1: i1 = 4096.000</pre> <p> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="See Also"> <a id="id3113334"></a> <h2>See Also</h2> <p> <a class="link" href="logbtwo.html" title="logbtwo"><em class="citetitle">logbtwo</em></a>, <a class="link" href="pow.html" title="pow"><em class="citetitle">pow</em></a> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="Credits"> <a id="id3113359"></a> <h2>Credits</h2> <p> </p> <table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"> <tr> <td>Author: Gabriel Maldonado</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Italy</td> </tr> <tr> <td>June 1998</td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <p> </p> <table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"> <tr> <td>Author: John ffitch</td> </tr> <tr> <td>University of Bath, Codemist, Ltd.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bath, UK</td> </tr> <tr> <td>July 1999</td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <p>Example written by Kevin Conder.</p> <p>New in Csound version 3.57</p> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="powershape.html">Prev</a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="u" href="OpcodesTop.html">Up</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="prealloc.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">powershape </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> prealloc</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>