<?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>outch</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="outc.html" title="outc" /> <link rel="next" href="outh.html" title="outh" /> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center">outch</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="outc.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center">Orchestra Opcodes and Operators</th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="outh.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="refentry"> <a id="outch"></a> <div class="titlepage"></div> <a id="IndexOutch" class="indexterm"></a> <div class="refnamediv"> <h2> <span class="refentrytitle">outch</span> </h2> <p>outch — Writes multi-channel audio data, with user-controllable channels, to an external device or stream. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472908156504"></a> <h2>Description</h2> <p> Writes multi-channel audio data, with user-controllable channels, to an external device or stream. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472908092296"></a> <h2>Syntax</h2> <pre class="synopsis"><span class="command"><strong>outch</strong></span> kchan1, asig1 [, kchan2] [, asig2] [...]</pre> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472908090280"></a> <h2>Performance</h2> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>outch</em></span> outputs <span class="emphasis"><em>asig1</em></span> on the channel determined by <span class="emphasis"><em>kchan1</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>asig2</em></span> on the channel determined by <span class="emphasis"><em>kchan2</em></span>, etc. </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> The highest number for <span class="emphasis"><em>kchanX</em></span> available for use with <span class="emphasis"><em>outch</em></span> depends on <a class="link" href="nchnls.html" title="nchnls"><em class="citetitle">nchnls</em></a>. If <span class="emphasis"><em>kchanX</em></span> is greater than <span class="emphasis"><em>nchnls</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>asigX</em></span> will be silent. Note that <span class="emphasis"><em>outch</em></span> will give a warning but not an error in this case. </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472908082424"></a> <h2>Examples</h2> <p> Here is an example of the outch opcode. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/outch.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">outch.csd</em></a>. </p> <div class="example"> <a id="idm281472908080568"></a> <p class="title"> <strong>Example 634. Example of the outch 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="idm281472731025976"></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 outch.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">5</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> a<span class="n">sig</span> <span class="nb">vco2</span> <span class="mf">.05</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">100</span> <span class="c1">; sawtooth waveform at low volume</span> k<span class="n">cut</span> <span class="nb">line</span> <span class="mi">100</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">p3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">30</span> <span class="c1">; Vary cutoff frequency</span> k<span class="n">resonance</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mf">.7</span> i<span class="n">numlayer</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">3</span> a<span class="n">sig</span> <span class="nb">lowresx</span> a<span class="n">sig</span><span class="p">,</span> k<span class="n">cut</span><span class="p">,</span> k<span class="n">resonance</span><span class="p">,</span> i<span class="n">numlayer</span> k<span class="n">lfo</span> <span class="nb">lfo</span> <span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">.5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">4</span> k<span class="n">lfo</span> <span class="o">=</span> k<span class="n">lfo</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="mi">1</span> <span class="c1">; offset of 1</span> <span class="nb">printks</span> <span class="s">"signal is sent to channel </span><span class="si">%d</span><span class="se">\\</span><span class="s">n"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">.1</span><span class="p">,</span> k<span class="n">lfo</span> <span class="nb">outch</span> k<span class="n">lfo</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">30</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> <pre class="screen"> signal is sent to channel 5 signal is sent to channel 4 signal is sent to channel 3 signal is sent to channel 2 signal is sent to channel 1 signal is sent to channel 5 ........ </pre> <p> </p> <p> Here is another example of the outch opcode. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/outch.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">outch-2.csd</em></a>. </p> <div class="example"> <a id="idm281472908074520"></a> <p class="title"> <strong>Example 635. Another example of the outch opcode.</strong> </p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472730985992"></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 outch-2.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">4</span> <span class="vg">0dbfs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="nb">seed</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="kd">instr</span> <span class="nf">1</span> <span class="c1">;random movements between 4 speakers with outch</span> i<span class="n">chn1</span> <span class="nb">random</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">4.999</span> <span class="c1">;channel to start</span> i<span class="n">chn2</span> <span class="nb">random</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">4.999</span> <span class="c1">;channel to end</span> <span class="nb">prints</span> <span class="s">"Moving from speaker </span><span class="si">%d</span><span class="s"> to speaker </span><span class="si">%d</span><span class="se">%n</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">(</span>i<span class="n">chn1</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">(</span>i<span class="n">chn2</span><span class="p">)</span> a<span class="n">samp</span> <span class="nb">soundin</span> <span class="s">"fox.wav"</span> k<span class="n">mov</span> <span class="nb">linseg</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">p3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span> a<span class="n">1</span><span class="p">,</span> a<span class="n">2</span> <span class="nb">pan2</span> a<span class="n">samp</span><span class="p">,</span> k<span class="n">mov</span> <span class="nb">outch</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">(</span>i<span class="n">chn1</span><span class="p">),</span> a<span class="n">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">(</span>i<span class="n">chn2</span><span class="p">),</span> a<span class="n">2</span> <span class="kd">endin</span> <span class="nt"></CsInstruments></span> <span class="nt"><CsScore></span> <span class="nb">r</span> <span class="mi">5</span> <span class="nb">i</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="mi">3</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="idm281472908072600"></a> <h2>See Also</h2> <p> <a class="link" href="out32.html" title="out32"><em class="citetitle">out32</em></a>, <a class="link" href="outc.html" title="outc"><em class="citetitle">outc</em></a>, <a class="link" href="outx.html" title="outx"><em class="citetitle">outx</em></a>, <a class="link" href="outz.html" title="outz"><em class="citetitle">outz</em></a> </p> <p> More information on this opcode: <a class="ulink" href="http://www.csoundjournal.com/issue16/audiorouting.html" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">http://www.csoundjournal.com/issue16/audiorouting.html</em></a> , written by Andreas Russo </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472908066312"></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>May 2000</td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <p>New in Csound Version 4.07</p> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="outc.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="outh.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">outc </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> outh</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>