metro

metro — Trigger Metronome

Description

Generate a metronomic signal to be used in any circumstance an isochronous trigger is needed.

Syntax

ktrig  metro  kfreq [, initphase]

Initialization

initphase - initial phase value (in the 0 to 1 range)

Performance

ktrig - output trigger signal

kfreq - frequency of trigger bangs in cps

metro is a simple opcode that outputs a sequence of isochronous bangs (that is 1 values) each 1/kfreq seconds. Trigger signals can be used in any circumstance, mainly to temporize realtime algorithmic compositional structures.

[Note] Note

metro will produce a trigger signal of 1 when its phase is exactly 0 or 1. If you want to skip the initial trigger, use a very small value like 0.00000001.

Examples

Here is an example of the metro opcode. It uses the file metro.csd

Example 349. Example of the metro opcode.

<CsoundSynthesizer>
<CsOptions>
-odac -B441 -b441
</CsOptions>
<CsInstruments>

sr     =        44100
kr     =        100
ksmps  =        441
nchnls =        2

       instr    1
ktrig metro 0.2
printk2 ktrig
	endin

</CsInstruments>
<CsScore>
i 1 0 20


</CsScore>
</CsoundSynthesizer>


Credits

Written by Gabriel Maldonado.

Example written by Andrés Cabrera.

New in Csound 5 (Previously available only on CsoundAV)