<?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>dssiinit</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="dssictls.html" title="dssictls" /> <link rel="next" href="dssilist.html" title="dssilist" /> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center">dssiinit</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dssictls.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center">Orchestra Opcodes and Operators</th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dssilist.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="refentry" title="dssiinit"> <a id="dssiinit"></a> <div class="titlepage"></div> <a id="IndexDssiinit" class="indexterm"></a> <div class="refnamediv"> <h2> <span class="refentrytitle">dssiinit</span> </h2> <p>dssiinit — Loads a DSSI or LADSPA plugin. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="Syntax"> <a id="idp18749168"></a> <h2>Syntax</h2> <pre class="synopsis">ihandle <span class="command"><strong>dssiinit</strong></span> ilibraryname, iplugindex [, iverbose] </pre> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="Description"> <a id="idp18778760"></a> <h2>Description</h2> <p><span class="emphasis"><em>dssiinit</em></span> is used to load a DSSI or LADSPA plugin into memory for use with the other dssi4cs opcodes. Both LADSPA effects and DSSI instruments can be used.</p> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="Initialization"> <a id="idp18779816"></a> <h2>Initialization</h2> <p><span class="emphasis"><em>ihandle</em></span> - the number which identifies the plugin, to be passed to other dssi4cs opcodes.</p> <p><span class="emphasis"><em>ilibraryname</em></span> - the name of the .so (shared object) file to load.</p> <p><span class="emphasis"><em>iplugindex</em></span> - The index of the plugin to be used.</p> <p><span class="emphasis"><em>iverbose</em></span> (optional) - show plugin information and parameters when loading. (default = 1)</p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>dssiinit</em></span> looks for <span class="emphasis"><em>ilibraryname</em></span> on LADSPA_PATH and DSSI_PATH. One of these variables must be set, otherwise <span class="emphasis"><em>dssiinit</em></span> will return an error. LADSPA and DSSI libraries may contain more than one plugin which must be referenced by its index. <span class="emphasis"><em>dssiinit</em></span> then attempts to find plugin index <span class="emphasis"><em>iplugindex</em></span> in the library and load the plugin into memory if it is found. To find out which plugins you have available and their index numbers you can use: <a class="link" href="dssilist.html" title="dssilist"><em class="citetitle">dssilist</em></a>. </p> <p>If <span class="emphasis"><em>iverbose</em></span> is not 0 (the default), information about the plugin detailing its characteristics and its ports will be shown. This information is important for opcodes like <a class="link" href="dssictls.html" title="dssictls"><em class="citetitle">dssictls</em></a>.</p> <p>Plugins are set to inactive by default, so you <span class="emphasis"><em>*must*</em></span> use <a class="link" href="dssiactivate.html" title="dssiactivate"><em class="citetitle">dssiactivate</em></a> to get the plugin to produce sound. This is required even if the plugin doesn't provide an activate() function. </p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>dssiinit</em></span> may cause audio stream breakups when used in realtime, so it is recommended to load all plugins to be used before playing.</p> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="Examples"> <a id="idp18786984"></a> <h2>Examples</h2> <p> Here is an example of the dssinit opcode. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/dssiinit.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">dssiinit.csd</em></a>. </p> <div class="example"> <a id="idp18787976"></a> <p class="title"> <strong>Example 191. Example of the dssiinit opcode. (Remember to change the Library name)</strong> </p> <div class="example-contents"> <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> -odac <span class="comment">;;;RT audio out</span> <span class="comment">;-iadc ;;;uncomment -iadc if RT audio input is needed too</span> <span class="comment">; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:</span> <span class="comment">; -o dssiinit.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform</span> <span class="csdtag"></CsOptions></span> <span class="csdtag"><CsInstruments></span> <span class="ohdr">sr</span> <span class="op">=</span> 44100 <span class="ohdr">ksmps</span> <span class="op">=</span> 32 <span class="ohdr">nchnls</span> <span class="op">=</span> 2 gihandle <span class="opc">dssiinit</span> "g2reverb.so", 0, 1 gaout <span class="opc">init</span> 0 <span class="oblock">instr</span> 1 <span class="comment">; activate DSSI</span> <span class="opc">dssiactivate</span> gihandle, 1 <span class="oblock">endin</span> <span class="oblock">instr</span> 2 ain1 <span class="opc">diskin2</span> "beats.wav", 1 gaout <span class="op">=</span> gaout<span class="op">+</span>(ain1<span class="op">*</span>.3) <span class="oblock">endin</span> <span class="oblock">instr</span> 3 <span class="opc">dssictls</span> gihandle, 4, 100, 1 <span class="comment">; room 10 to 150 </span> <span class="opc">dssictls</span> gihandle, 5, 10, 1 <span class="comment">; reverb time 1 to 20</span> <span class="opc">dssictls</span> gihandle, 6, .5, 1 <span class="comment">; input bandwith 0 to 1</span> <span class="opc">dssictls</span> gihandle, 7, .25, 1 <span class="comment">; damping 0 to 1</span> <span class="opc">dssictls</span> gihandle, 8, 0, 1 <span class="comment">; dry -80 to 0</span> <span class="opc">dssictls</span> gihandle, 9, <span class="op">-</span>10, 1 <span class="comment">; reflections -80 to 0</span> <span class="opc">dssictls</span> gihandle, 10, <span class="op">-</span>15, 1 <span class="comment">; rev. tail -80 to 0</span> <span class="oblock">endin</span> <span class="oblock">instr</span> 4 aout1, aout2 <span class="opc">dssiaudio</span> gihandle, gaout, gaout <span class="comment">;get beats.wav and</span> <span class="opc">outs</span> aout1,aout2 <span class="comment">; stereo DSSI plugin</span> gaout <span class="op">=</span> 0 <span class="oblock">endin</span> <span class="csdtag"></CsInstruments></span> <span class="csdtag"><CsScore></span> <span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 0 2 <span class="stamnt">i</span> 2 1 10 <span class="stamnt">i</span> 3 1 10 <span class="stamnt">i</span> 4 0 10 <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="Credits"> <a id="idp18789032"></a> <h2>Credits</h2> <p>2005</p> <p>By: Andrés Cabrera</p> <p>Uses code from Richard Furse's LADSPA sdk.</p> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dssictls.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="dssilist.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">dssictls </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> dssilist</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>