/*
**** A quick event overview. ****
From the Event helpfile:
"An Event is an Environment that specifies an action to be taken in response \to a -play message. The key/value pairs within the Event specify the parameters of that action. Most methods Event inherits from its superclasses, especially from Dictionary."
*/
().play // play default event (note: 2).play // override the default note (note: 2, octave: 4).play // override note and octave
r = Routine({12.do({|i| i.yield})}); // generate a stream of numbers from 0 to 11
r.next; r.reset;
( // create a loop: play the default event assigning values from 'r' to the value of the 'note' event key fork{ loop{ var noteVal = r.next; if( noteVal == nil ) { r.reset; this.yield };
(note: noteVal, root: 0, dur: 0.25).play;
0.3.wait;
}
} )
( // a subset of the keys in the default event
( mtranspose: 0, // modal transposition of degree within a scale gtranspose: 0.0, // gamut transposition within the ~stepsPerOctave equal tempered scale ctranspose: 0.0, // chromatic transposition within the 12 tone equal tempered scale octave: 5.0, // octave offest of note root: 0.0, // transposes root of the scale degree: 0, // degree in scale scale: #[0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11], // diatonic major scale stepsPerOctave: 12.0, // detune: 0.0, // detune in Hertz harmonic: 1.0, // multiplies the frequency determined by ~midinote, typically to an overtone octaveRatio: 2.0, // size of the octave (can be used with the Scale class) tempo: nil, // changes tempo of a TempoClock dur: 1.0, // time until next note (inter-onset time) stretch: 1.0, // inverse of tempo control, specific to the Event's stream legato: 0.8, // ratio of sustain to duration sustain: #{ ~dur * ~legato * ~stretch }, lag: 0.0, // delay (in seconds) relative to current time position of Stream strum: 0.0, // "breaks" a chord. May be negative, playing the chord backward strumEndsTogether: false, // if true, the strummed notes end together (with gated synths) amp: #{ ~db.dbamp }, // the amplitude db: -20.0, // the above described in decibel velocity: 64, // MIDI units 0-127 pan: 0.0, // pan center trig: 0.5, // trigger value server: nil, // if nil, Server.default is used synthLib: nil, // group: 1, // nodeID of group on the server out: 0, // usually an output bus number, but depends on the SynthDef addAction: 0, // 0, 1, 2, 3 or \addToHead, \addToTail, \addBefore, \addAfter instrument: \default, // this is the name of a SynthDef variant: nil, // this is not in the helpfile neither. perhaps better to omit here? hasGate: true, // assume SynthDef has gate sendGate: nil, // false => event does not specify note release timingOffset: 0, // gives a tempo-relative offset time to each synth ).play )