[ecasound] 1.7.x features: chain loops, controllers, etc

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Subject: [ecasound] 1.7.x features: chain loops, controllers, etc
From: Kai Vehmanen (kaiv@wakkanet.fi)
Date: Wed Feb 09 2000 - 20:35:48 EET

Here's a few new features of 1.7.x (already in CVS): 

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two-stage linear envelope
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ecasound -i file.wav -o file.wav -ea:100 -kl2:1,100,0,10,2,100

This adds a fade-out, which starts from 10.00s and lasts for 2.00s. 
The last parameter is so-called mid-point-%. 

And another example:

ecasound -i file.wav -o file.wav -ea:100 -kl2:1,100,0,10,2,50

First fade-outs to half amplitude during 10.00s, and then 
a quicker fade-out to silence during the last two 2.00s.

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controlling controllers
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Normally when you add a controller, you're controlling the last 
specified chain operator. Now you can also control other controllers
by specifying '-kx'. Let's take an example:

ecasound -i file.wav -o /dev/dsp -ea:100 -kos:1,0,100,0.5,0

Control amplify effect with a 0.5Hz sine oscillator.

ecasound -i file.wav -o /dev/dsp -ea:100 -kos:1,0,100,0.5,0 -kx -kos:4,0.1,5,0.5,0

Same as before, but now another 0.5Hz sine oscillator is controlling 
the frequency of the first oscillator.

ecasound -i file.wav -o /dev/dsp -ef3:1000,1.0,1.0 -kos:1,500,2000,1,0 \
				 -kos:2,0.2,1.0,0.5,0 \
				 -kx -km:1,0.1,1.5,74,0

Ok, let's get real whacky. :) Here a 1Hz sine oscillator is assigned to
the cutoff frequency, while other controller is controlling resonance.
Now we add a MIDI-controller that controls the second sine
oscillator.

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chain looping
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Loop devices make it possible to route data between chains.
Option syntax is "-[io][:]loop,id_number". If you add a loop 
output with id '1', all data written to this output is routed
to all loop inputs with id '1'. You can attach the same loop
device to multiple inputs and outputs.

ecasound -a:1 -i file1.wav -o loop,1 -efl:400 \
	 -a:2 -i file2.wav -o loop,1 -efh:400 \
         -a:3 -i cloop,1   -o /dev/dsp 	-ev

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Kai Vehmanen <kaiv@wakkanet.fi> -------- CS, University of Turku, Finland
 . http://www.wakkanet.fi/ecasound/ - linux multitrack audio processing
 . http://www.wakkanet.fi/sculpscape/ - ambient-idm-rock-... mp3/ra/wav

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