<?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>wgbow</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="weibull.html" title="weibull" /> <link rel="next" href="wgbowedbar.html" title="wgbowedbar" /> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center">wgbow</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="weibull.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center">Orchestra Opcodes and Operators</th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="wgbowedbar.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="refentry"> <a id="wgbow"></a> <div class="titlepage"></div> <a id="IndexWgbow" class="indexterm"></a> <div class="refnamediv"> <h2> <span class="refentrytitle">wgbow</span> </h2> <p>wgbow — Creates a tone similar to a bowed string. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472869203784"></a> <h2>Description</h2> <p> Audio output is a tone similar to a bowed string, using a physical model developed from Perry Cook, but re-coded for Csound. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472869202232"></a> <h2>Syntax</h2> <pre class="synopsis">ares <span class="command"><strong>wgbow</strong></span> kamp, kfreq, kpres, krat, kvibf, kvamp \ [, ifn] [, iminfreq]</pre> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472869199992"></a> <h2>Initialization</h2> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>ifn</em></span> -- optional table of shape of vibrato, defaults to a sine table. </p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>iminfreq</em></span> (optional) -- lowest frequency at which the instrument will play. If it is omitted it is taken to be the same as the initial <span class="emphasis"><em>kfreq</em></span>. If <span class="emphasis"><em>iminfreq</em></span> is negative, initialization will be skipped. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472869196280"></a> <h2>Performance</h2> <p> A note is played on a string-like instrument, with the arguments as below. </p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>kamp</em></span> -- amplitude of note. </p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>kfreq</em></span> -- frequency of note played. </p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>kpres</em></span> -- a parameter controlling the pressure of the bow on the string. Values should be about 3. The useful range is approximately 1 to 5. </p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>krat</em></span> -- the position of the bow along the string. Usual playing is about 0.127236. The suggested range is 0.025 to 0.23. </p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>kvibf</em></span> -- frequency of vibrato in Hertz. Suggested range is 0 to 12 </p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>kvamp</em></span> -- amplitude of the vibrato </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472869188968"></a> <h2>Examples</h2> <p> Here is an example of the wgbow opcode. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/wgbow.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">wgbow.csd</em></a>. </p> <div class="example"> <a id="idm281472869187192"></a> <p class="title"> <strong>Example 1121. Example of the wgbow 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="idm281472689207304"></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 RT audio input is needed too</span> <span class="c1">; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:</span> <span class="c1">; -o wgbow.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">pres</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">p4</span> <span class="c1">;pressure value</span> k<span class="n">rat</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">p5</span> <span class="c1">;position along string</span> k<span class="n">vibf</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mf">6.12723</span> k<span class="n">vib</span> <span class="nb">linseg</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">0.5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">p3</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mf">0.5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="c1">; amplitude envelope for the vibrato. </span> k<span class="n">vamp</span> <span class="o">=</span> k<span class="n">vib</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="mf">0.01</span> a<span class="n">sig</span> <span class="nb">wgbow</span> <span class="mf">.7</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">55</span><span class="p">,</span> k<span class="n">pres</span><span class="p">,</span> k<span class="n">rat</span><span class="p">,</span> k<span class="n">vibf</span><span class="p">,</span> k<span class="n">vamp</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</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">f</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="mi">2048</span> <span class="mi">10</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="c1">;sine wave</span> <span class="nb">i</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="mi">3</span> <span class="mi">3</span> <span class="mf">0.127236</span> <span class="nb">i</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="mi">3</span> <span class="mi">5</span> <span class="mf">0.127236</span> <span class="nb">i</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="mi">3</span> <span class="mi">5</span> <span class="mf">0.23</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="idm281472869182968"></a> <h2>Credits</h2> <p> </p> <table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"> <tr> <td>Author: John ffitch (after Perry Cook)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>University of Bath, Codemist Ltd.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bath, UK</td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <p>New in Csound version 3.47</p> <p>ifn optional in version 6.06</p> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="weibull.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="wgbowedbar.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">weibull </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> wgbowedbar</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>