<?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>cent</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="cell.html" title="cell" /> <link rel="next" href="centroid.html" title="centroid" /> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center">cent</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cell.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center">Orchestra Opcodes and Operators</th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="centroid.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="refentry"> <a id="cent"></a> <div class="titlepage"></div> <a id="IndexCent" class="indexterm"></a> <div class="refnamediv"> <h2> <span class="refentrytitle">cent</span> </h2> <p>cent — Calculates a factor to raise/lower a frequency by a given amount of cents. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472947952520"></a> <h2>Description</h2> <p> Calculates a factor to raise/lower a frequency by a given amount of cents. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472947951112"></a> <h2>Syntax</h2> <pre class="synopsis"><span class="command"><strong>cent</strong></span>(x) </pre> <p> This function works at a-rate, i-rate, and k-rate. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472947883928"></a> <h2>Initialization</h2> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>x</em></span> -- a value expressed in cents. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472947882232"></a> <h2>Performance</h2> <p> The value returned by the <span class="emphasis"><em>cent</em></span> function is a factor. You can multiply a frequency by this factor to raise/lower it by the given amount of cents. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472947880296"></a> <h2>Examples</h2> <p> Here is an example of the cent opcode. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/cent.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">cent.csd</em></a>. </p> <div class="example"> <a id="idm281472947878520"></a> <p class="title"> <strong>Example 110. Example of the cent 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="idm281472781666968"></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">;;;RT 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 cent.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> <span class="c1">; original pitch</span> i<span class="n">root</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">440</span> <span class="c1">; root note = A (440 Hz)</span> <span class="nb">print</span> i<span class="n">root</span> <span class="c1">;print out</span> a<span class="n">sig</span> <span class="nb">oscili</span> <span class="mf">0.6</span><span class="p">,</span> i<span class="n">root</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="kd">instr</span> <span class="nf">2</span> i<span class="n">root</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">440</span> <span class="c1">; root note = A (440 Hz)</span> i<span class="n">cents</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">p4</span> <span class="c1">; change root note by 300 and 1200 cents</span> i<span class="n">factor</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">cent</span><span class="p">(</span>i<span class="n">cents</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1">; calculate new note</span> i<span class="n">new</span> <span class="o">=</span> i<span class="n">root</span> <span class="o">*</span> i<span class="n">factor</span> <span class="nb">print</span> i<span class="n">root</span> <span class="c1">; Print all</span> <span class="nb">print</span> i<span class="n">factor</span> <span class="nb">print</span> i<span class="n">new</span> a<span class="n">sig</span> <span class="nb">oscili</span> <span class="mf">0.6</span><span class="p">,</span> i<span class="n">new</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="c1">; sine wave</span> <span class="nb">f</span><span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="mi">32768</span> <span class="mi">10</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="nb">i</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="c1">;no change</span> <span class="nb">i</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="mf">2.5</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="mi">300</span> <span class="c1">;note = C above A</span> <span class="nb">i</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="mi">5</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="mi">1200</span> <span class="c1">;1 octave higher </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" /> Its output should include lines like: </p> <pre class="screen"> instr 1: iroot = 440.000 instr 2: iroot = 440.000 instr 2: ifactor = 1.189 instr 2: inew = 523.251 instr 2: iroot = 440.000 instr 2: ifactor = 2.000 instr 2: inew = 880.000</pre> <p> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472947873224"></a> <h2>See Also</h2> <p> <a class="link" href="db.html" title="db"><em class="citetitle">db</em></a>, <a class="link" href="octave.html" title="octave"><em class="citetitle">octave</em></a>, <a class="link" href="semitone.html" title="semitone"><em class="citetitle">semitone</em></a> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472947869224"></a> <p>New in version 4.16</p> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cell.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="centroid.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">cell </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> centroid</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>