<?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>logcurve</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="csound.css" /> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.1" /> <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="logbtwo.html" title="logbtwo" /> <link rel="next" href="loop_ge.html" title="loop_ge" /> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center">logcurve</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="logbtwo.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center">Orchestra Opcodes and Operators</th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="loop_ge.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="refentry" title="logcurve"> <a id="logcurve"></a> <div class="titlepage"></div> <a id="IndexLogcurve" class="indexterm"></a> <div class="refnamediv"> <h2> <span class="refentrytitle">logcurve</span> </h2> <p>logcurve — This opcode implements a formula for generating a normalised logarithmic curve in range 0 - 1. It is based on the Max / MSP work of Eric Singer (c) 1994. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="Description"> <a id="idp28809416"></a> <h2>Description</h2> <p> Generates a logarithmic curve in range 0 to 1 of arbitrary steepness. Steepness index equal to or lower than 1.0 will result in Not-a-Number errors and cause unstable behavior. </p> <p> The formula used to calculate the curve is: </p> <pre class="programlisting">log(x * (y-1)+1) / (log(y)</pre> <p> where x is equal to <span class="emphasis"><em>kindex</em></span> and y is equal to <span class="emphasis"><em>ksteepness</em></span>. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="Syntax"> <a id="idp28820864"></a> <h2>Syntax</h2> <pre class="synopsis">kout <span class="command"><strong>logcurve</strong></span> kindex, ksteepness</pre> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="Performance"> <a id="idp28822000"></a> <h2>Performance</h2> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>kindex</em></span> -- Index value. Expected range 0 to 1. </p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>ksteepness</em></span> -- Steepness of the generated curve. Values closer to 1.0 result in a straighter line while larger values steepen the curve. </p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>kout</em></span> -- Scaled output. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="Examples"> <a id="idp28824024"></a> <h2>Examples</h2> <p> Here is an example of the logcurve opcode. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/logcurve.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">logcurve.csd</em></a>. </p> <div class="example"> <a id="idp28825016"></a> <p class="title"> <strong>Example 402. Example of the logcurve 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> <pre class="programlisting"> <span class="csdtag"><CsoundSynthesizer></span> <span class="csdtag"><CsOptions></span> <span class="comment">; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform</span> <span class="comment">; Audio out Audio in Silent</span> -odac -iadc -d <span class="comment">;;;realtime output</span> <span class="csdtag"></CsOptions></span> <span class="csdtag"><CsInstruments></span> <span class="ohdr">sr</span> <span class="op">=</span> 48000 <span class="ohdr">ksmps</span> <span class="op">=</span> 100 <span class="ohdr">nchnls</span> <span class="op">=</span> 2 <span class="oblock">instr</span> 1 <span class="comment">; logcurve test</span> kmod <span class="opc">phasor</span> 1<span class="op">/</span>p3 kout <span class="opc">logcurve</span> kmod, p4 <span class="opc">printks</span> "kmod <span class="op">=</span> <span class="op">%</span>f kout <span class="op">=</span> <span class="op">%</span>f\\n", 0.1, kmod, kout <span class="oblock">endin</span> <span class="csdtag"></CsInstruments></span> <span class="csdtag"><CsScore></span> <span class="stamnt">i</span>1 0 10 2 <span class="stamnt">i</span>1 10 10 30 <span class="stamnt">i</span>1 20 10 0.5 <span class="stamnt">e</span> <span class="csdtag"></CsScore></span> <span class="csdtag"></CsoundSynthesizer></span> </pre> </div> </div> <p><br class="example-break" /> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="See Also"> <a id="idp28856952"></a> <h2>See Also</h2> <p> <a class="link" href="scale.html" title="scale"><em class="citetitle">scale</em></a>, <a class="link" href="gainslider.html" title="gainslider"><em class="citetitle">gainslider</em></a>, <a class="link" href="expcurve.html" title="expcurve"><em class="citetitle">expcurve</em></a> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="Credits"> <a id="idp28858976"></a> <h2>Credits</h2> <p> </p> <table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"> <tr> <td>Author: David Akbari</td> </tr> <tr> <td>October</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2006</td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="logbtwo.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="loop_ge.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">logbtwo </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> loop_ge</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>