<?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>#include</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="csound.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="syntax-highlighting.css" /> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /> <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="define.html" title="#define" /> <link rel="next" href="undef.html" title="#undef" /> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center">#include</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="define.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center">Orchestra Opcodes and Operators</th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="undef.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="refentry"> <a id="include"></a> <div class="titlepage"></div> <a id="IndexMultiFileOrch" class="indexterm"></a> <a id="IndexIncludeOrch" class="indexterm"></a> <div class="refnamediv"> <h2> <span class="refentrytitle">#include</span> </h2> <p>#include — Includes an external file for processing. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472954097656"></a> <h2>Description</h2> <p> Includes an external file for processing. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472954096312"></a> <h2>Syntax</h2> <pre class="synopsis"><span class="command"><strong>#include</strong></span> <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">filename</span>”</span></pre> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472954093976"></a> <h2>Performance</h2> <p> It is sometimes convenient to have the orchestra arranged in a number of files, for example with each instrument in a separate file. This style is supported by the <span class="emphasis"><em>#include</em></span> facility which is part of the macro system. A line containing the text </p> <div class="informalexample"> <pre class="programlisting"> <span class="omacro">#include</span> "filename"</pre> </div> <p> where the character " can be replaced by any suitable character. For most uses the double quote symbol will probably be the most convenient. The file name can include a full path. </p> <p> This takes input from the named file until it ends, when input reverts to the previous input. <span class="emphasis"><em>Note: </em></span>Csound versions prior to 4.19 had a limit of 20 on the depth of included files and macros. </p> <p> Another suggested use of <span class="emphasis"><em>#include</em></span> would be to define a set of macros which are part of the composer's style. </p> <p> An extreme form would be to have each instrument defines as a macro, with the instrument number as a parameter. Then an entire orchestra could be constructed from a number of <span class="emphasis"><em>#include</em></span> statements followed by macro calls. </p> <div class="informalexample"> <pre class="programlisting"> <span class="omacro">#include</span> "clarinet" <span class="omacro">#include</span> "flute" <span class="omacro">#include</span> "bassoon" $CLARINET(1) $FLUTE(2) $BASSOON(3)</pre> </div> <p> It must be stressed that these changes are at the textual level and so take no cognizance of any meaning. </p> <p> If the version of Csound is built with the CURL library the filename in an <span class="emphasis"><em>#include</em></span> statement can be an URL, recognised by including the substring "://" in the name. This will include text via protocols such as http, https, and ftp. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472954081560"></a> <h2>Examples</h2> <p> Here is an example of the include opcode. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/include.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">include.csd</em></a>, and <a class="ulink" href="examples/table1.inc" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">table1.inc</em></a>. </p> <div class="example"> <a id="idm281472954078936"></a> <p class="title"> <strong>Example 16. Example of the include opcode.</strong> </p> <div class="example-contents"> <pre class="programlisting"> <span class="cm">/* table1.inc */</span> <span class="c1">; Table #1, a sine wave.</span> <span class="n">f</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="mi">16384</span> <span class="mi">10</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="cm">/* table1.inc */</span> </pre> <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> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472789444024"></a> <pre class="programlisting"> <span class="nt"><CsoundSynthesizer></span> <span class="nt"><CsOptions></span> <span class="c1">; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform</span> <span class="c1">; Audio out Audio in</span> -odac -iadc <span class="c1">;;;RT audio I/O</span> <span class="c1">; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:</span> <span class="c1">; -o include.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform</span> <span class="nt"></CsOptions></span> <span class="nt"><CsInstruments></span> <span class="vg">sr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">44100</span> <span class="vg">kr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">4410</span> <span class="vg">ksmps</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">10</span> <span class="vg">nchnls</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="c1">; Instrument #1 - a basic oscillator.</span> <span class="kd">instr</span> <span class="nf">1</span> k<span class="n">amp</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">10000</span> k<span class="n">cps</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">440</span> i<span class="n">fn</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span> a<span class="n">1</span> <span class="nb">oscil</span> k<span class="n">amp</span><span class="p">,</span> k<span class="n">cps</span><span class="p">,</span> i<span class="n">fn</span> <span class="nb">out</span> a<span class="n">1</span> <span class="kd">endin</span> <span class="nt"></CsInstruments></span> <span class="nt"><CsScore></span> <span class="c1">; Include the file for Table #1.</span> <span class="err">#</span><span class="nb">i</span><span class="cp">nclude</span> <span class="s">"table1.inc"</span> <span class="c1">; Play Instrument #1 for 2 seconds.</span> <span class="nb">i</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="nb">e</span> <span class="nt"></CsScore></span> <span class="nt"></CsoundSynthesizer></span> </pre> </div> </div> </div> <p><br class="example-break" /> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472954073896"></a> <h2>Credits</h2> <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>April 1998</td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <p>Example written by Kevin Conder.</p> <p>New in Csound version 3.48</p> <p>URLs available from Csound 6.02</p> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="define.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="undef.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">#define </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> #undef</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>