Other event and patterns shortcuts

Extension

Description

Apart from the class EventShortcuts itself, which handles bookkeeping of shortcut dictionaries, miSCellaneous lib includes some additional shortcut methods for generation and playing of events and different types of event patterns from SequenceableCollections. These methods support functional conventions for reference. See also PLx and live coding with Strings.

1.) Event shortcuts

1a: Event methods

Event: -on

Event: -off( s = Server.local; Server.default = s; s.boot; ) // start default synth x = ().on // release with 3 seconds releaseTime x.off(3) // with EventShortcuts turned on this gives a quick way to run synths, // here default synth with replacements 'n' -> 'note' and 'd' -> 'dur'. EventShortcuts.makeCurrent(\default).on (n: [0, 4, 7, 12], d: 3).on // define SynthDef SynthDef(\x, { |out = 0, freq = 440, amp = 0.05| Out.ar(0, SinOsc.ar(freq, 0, amp) * EnvGate.new) }).add // run synth, audible beats with equal temperature, pitches given as notes ('n') (i: \x, n: [0, 4, 7], d: 3).on // not with just intonation, pitches given as frequencies ('f') (i: \x, f: (4..6) * 100, d: 3).on

1b: Event-related methods defined for SequenceableCollections

SequenceableCollection: -ev

SequenceableCollection: -on// define an array as event template // references to prior keys can be written as environmental variables in Functions // here: higher midinotes get shorter durations ( a = [ m: { rrand(60, 100) }, // midinote d: { ~m.linlin(60, 90, 3, 0.1) } // dur ] ) // suppose EventShortCuts are turned on // make an Event and see its data, then play, try several times x = a.ev x.on // same can be done in one, try several times a.on

2.) Event-pattern-related methods defined for SequenceableCollections

SequenceableCollection: -pa

SequenceableCollection: -p

SequenceableCollection: -pm

SequenceableCollection: -pma

SequenceableCollection: -pbf

SequenceableCollection: -pp

SequenceableCollection: -ppm

SequenceableCollection: -ppma

SequenceableCollection: -ppbf// use reference convention with Functions // make an array of patternpairs to be used in different event pattern types ( a = [ m: Pwhite(60, 80, 30), // midinote d: { (~m > 70).if { 2 }{ 1 }/8 } // dur ].pa ) Pbind(*a).play Pmono(\default, *a).play // define Pbind and play on different channels ( p = [ m: Pwhite(60, 80, 100), d: { (~m > 70).if { 2 }{ 1 }/8 } ].p ) Pbindf(p, \p, -1).play(quant: 1/4) // \p for pan Pbindf(p, \p, 1).play(quant: 1/4) // same with Pmono ... ( [ m: Pwhite(60, 80, 30), d: { (~m > 70).if { 2 }{ 1 }/8 } ].pm(\default) ) Pbindf(p, \p, -1).play(quant: 1/4) Pbindf(p, \p, 1).play(quant: 1/4) // ... and PmonoArtic ( p = [ m: Pwhite(60, 80, 100), d: { (~m > 70).if { 2 }{ 1 }/8 }, l: Pwhite(0.1, 1.5) // legato ].pma(\default) ) Pbindf(p, \p, -1).play(quant: 1/4) Pbindf(p, \p, 1).play(quant: 1/4) // analogous definition with Pbindef // example different as Pbindef is pattern and player in one ( p = [ m: Pwhite(60, 80, 100), d: { (~m > 70).if { 2 }{ 1 }/8 } ].pbf(\x) ) Pbindef(\x, \p, -1).play Pbindef(\x, \p, 1) Pbindef(\x).clear // immediately play Pbind // also play Pmono, PmonoArtic and Pbindef directly with methods ppm, ppma and ppbdf ( [ m: Pwhite(60, 80, 30), d: { (~m > 70).if { 2 }{ 1 }/8 } ].pp )