<?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>line</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="limit1.html" title="limit1" /> <link rel="next" href="linen.html" title="linen" /> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center">line</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="limit1.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center">Orchestra Opcodes and Operators</th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="linen.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="refentry"> <a id="line"></a> <div class="titlepage"></div> <a id="IndexLine" class="indexterm"></a> <div class="refnamediv"> <h2> <span class="refentrytitle">line</span> </h2> <p>line — Trace a straight line between specified points. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472920982424"></a> <h2>Description</h2> <p> Trace a straight line between specified points. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472920981080"></a> <h2>Syntax</h2> <pre class="synopsis">ares <span class="command"><strong>line</strong></span> ia, idur, ib</pre> <pre class="synopsis">kres <span class="command"><strong>line</strong></span> ia, idur, ib</pre> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472920916936"></a> <h2>Initialization</h2> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>ia</em></span> -- starting value. </p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>ib</em></span> -- value after <span class="emphasis"><em>idur</em></span> seconds. </p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>idur</em></span> -- duration in seconds of segment. A zero or negative value will cause all initialization to be skipped. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472920912904"></a> <h2>Performance</h2> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>line</em></span> generates control or audio signals whose values move linearly from an initial value to a final one. </p> <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> <table border="0" summary="Note"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"> <img alt="[Note]" src="images/note.png" /> </td> <th align="left">Note</th> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p> A common error with this opcode is to assume that the value of <span class="emphasis"><em>ib</em></span> is held after the time <span class="emphasis"><em>idur1</em></span>. <span class="emphasis"><em>line</em></span> does not automatically end or stop at the end of the duration given. If your note length is longer than <span class="emphasis"><em>idur</em></span> seconds, <span class="emphasis"><em>kres</em></span> (or <span class="emphasis"><em>ares</em></span>) will not come to rest at <span class="emphasis"><em>ib</em></span>, but will instead continue to rise or fall with the same rate. If a rise (or fall) and then hold is required that the <span class="emphasis"><em>linseg</em></span> opcode should be considered instead. </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472920906056"></a> <h2>Examples</h2> <p> Here is an example of the line opcode. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/line.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">line.csd</em></a>. </p> <div class="example"> <a id="idm281472920904280"></a> <p class="title"> <strong>Example 457. Example of the line opcode.</strong> </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> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472748245352"></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> -odac <span class="c1">;;;realtime audio out</span> <span class="c1">;-iadc ;;;uncomment -iadc if realtime audio input is needed too</span> <span class="c1">; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:</span> <span class="c1">; -o line.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">ksmps</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">32</span> <span class="vg">nchnls</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="vg">0dbfs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="kd">instr</span> <span class="nf">1</span> k<span class="n">p</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">p6</span> <span class="c1">;choose between expon or line</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span>k<span class="n">p</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">then</span> k<span class="n">pitch</span> <span class="nb">expon</span> <span class="nb">p4</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">p3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">p5</span> <span class="k">elseif</span> <span class="p">(</span>k<span class="n">p</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">then</span> k<span class="n">pitch</span> <span class="nb">line</span> <span class="nb">p4</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">p3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">p5</span> <span class="k">endif</span> a<span class="n">sig</span> <span class="nb">vco2</span> <span class="mf">.6</span><span class="p">,</span> k<span class="n">pitch</span> <span class="nb">outs</span> a<span class="n">sig</span><span class="p">,</span> a<span class="n">sig</span> <span class="kd">endin</span> <span class="nt"></CsInstruments></span> <span class="nt"><CsScore></span> <span class="nb">i</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="mi">300</span> <span class="mi">600</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="c1">;if p6=0 then expon is used</span> <span class="nb">i</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">3</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="mi">300</span> <span class="mi">600</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="c1">;if p6=1 then line is used</span> <span class="nb">i</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">6</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="mi">600</span> <span class="mi">1200</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="nb">i</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">9</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="mi">600</span> <span class="mi">1200</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="nb">i</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">12</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="mi">1200</span> <span class="mi">2400</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="nb">i</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">15</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="mi">1200</span> <span class="mi">2400</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="nb">i</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">18</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="mi">2400</span> <span class="mi">30</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="nb">i</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">21</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="mi">2400</span> <span class="mi">30</span> <span class="mi">1</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="idm281472920900088"></a> <h2>See Also</h2> <p> <a class="link" href="expon.html" title="expon"><em class="citetitle">expon</em></a>, <a class="link" href="expseg.html" title="expseg"><em class="citetitle">expseg</em></a>, <a class="link" href="expsegr.html" title="expsegr"><em class="citetitle">expsegr</em></a>, <a class="link" href="linseg.html" title="linseg"><em class="citetitle">linseg</em></a>, <a class="link" href="linsegr.html" title="linsegr"><em class="citetitle">linsegr</em></a> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> 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