STKBowed — STKBowed is a bowed string instrument.
asignal STKBowed ifrequency, iamplitude, [kc1, kv1[, kc2, kv2[, kc3, kv3[, kc4, kv4[, kc5, kv5]]]]]
ifrequency -- Frequency of note played, in Hertz.
iamplitude -- Amplitude of note played (range 0-1).
kc1, kv1, kc2, kv2, kc3, kv3, kc4, kv4, kc5, kv5, kc6, kv6, kc7, kv7, kc8, kv8 -- Up to 8 optional k-rate controller pairs for the STK opcodes. Each controller pair consists of a controller number (kc) followed by a controller value (kv). The 5 controller numbers and values that work for STKBowed are:
kc, kv -- 2, bow pressure.
kc, kv -- 4, position on bow.
kc, kv -- 11, speed of low-frequency oscillator.
kc, kv -- 1, depth of low-frequency oscillator.
kc, kv -- 128, volume.
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The code for this opcode is taken directly from the Bowed class in the Synthesis Toolkit in C++ by Perry R. Cook and Gary P. Scavone. More on the STK classes can be found here: https://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/stk/classes.html |
Here is an example of the STKBowed opcode. It uses the file STKBowed.csd.
Example 769. Example of the STKBowed opcode.
<CsoundSynthesizer> <CsOptions> ; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform -odac ;;;RT audio out ;-iadc ;;;uncomment -iadc if RT audio input is needed too ; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below: ; -o STKBowed.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform </CsOptions> <CsInstruments> sr = 44100 ksmps = 32 nchnls = 2 0dbfs = 1 instr 1 ipch = p4 kpos = p7 kpres line p5, p3, p6 kvib line 0, p3, 7 asig STKBowed cpspch(ipch), 1, 2, kpres, 4, kpos, 11, 40, 1, kvib, 128, 100 asig = asig*4 ;amplify outs asig, asig endin </CsInstruments> <CsScore> i 1 0 5 6.00 20 100 127 i 1 + 3 7.00 120 0 0 i 1 8 3 7.05 120 0 30 i 1 8 4 7.03 50 0 0 e </CsScore> </CsoundSynthesizer>