<?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>release</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="reinit.html" title="reinit" /> <link rel="next" href="remoteport.html" title="remoteport" /> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center">release</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="reinit.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center">Orchestra Opcodes and Operators</th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="remoteport.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="refentry"> <a id="release"></a> <div class="titlepage"></div> <a id="IndexRelease" class="indexterm"></a> <div class="refnamediv"> <h2> <span class="refentrytitle">release</span> </h2> <p>release — Indicates whether a note is in its <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">release</span>”</span> stage. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472895717672"></a> <h2>Description</h2> <p> Provides a way of knowing when a note off message for the current note is received. Only a noteoff message with the same MIDI note number as the one which triggered the note will be reported by <span class="emphasis"><em>release</em></span>. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472895705352"></a> <h2>Syntax</h2> <pre class="synopsis">kflag <span class="command"><strong>release</strong></span></pre> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472895703304"></a> <h2>Performance</h2> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>kflag</em></span> -- indicates whether the note is in its <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">release</span>”</span> stage. (1 if a note off is received, otherwise 0) </p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>release</em></span> outputs current note state. If current note is in the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">release</span>”</span> stage (i.e. if its duration has been extended with <a class="link" href="xtratim.html" title="xtratim"><em class="citetitle">xtratim</em></a> opcode and if it has only just deactivated), then the <span class="emphasis"><em>kflag</em></span> output argument is set to 1. Otherwise (in sustain stage of current note), <span class="emphasis"><em>kflag</em></span> is set to 0. </p> <p> This opcode is useful for implementing complex release-oriented envelopes. When used in conjunction with <a class="link" href="xtratim.html" title="xtratim"><em class="citetitle">xtratim</em></a> it can provide an alternative to the hard-coded behaviour of the "r" opcodes (<a class="link" href="linsegr.html" title="linsegr"><em class="citetitle">linsegr</em></a>, <a class="link" href="expsegr.html" title="expsegr"><em class="citetitle">expsegr</em></a> et al), where release time is set to the longest time specified in the active instrument. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472895650392"></a> <h2>Examples</h2> <p> See the examples for <a class="link" href="xtratim.html" title="xtratim"><em class="citetitle">xtratim</em></a>. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472895648200"></a> <h2>See Also</h2> <p> <a class="link" href="xtratim.html" title="xtratim"><em class="citetitle">xtratim</em></a> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472895646088"></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> </table> <p> </p> <p>New in Csound version 3.47</p> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="reinit.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="remoteport.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">reinit </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> remoteport</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>