Tutorials and Topics - Peabody Computer Music

Index*~................................................................. 62absorption of sound waves...................223access the hard disk ...............................139adc~ ..........................................................124adding signals together ........................... 71additive synthesis................................28, 99Adjustable oscillator................................ 62aliasing ........................................ 23, 86, 238amplitude...........................................14, 185amplitude adjustment ............................. 62amplitude envelope............19, 95, 100, 143amplitude modulation..........104, 108, 190analog-to-digital conversion..........22, 124ASCII........................................................141ASIO........................................................... 38ASIO drivers, controlling with messages................................................................. 54AtodB subpatch........................................ 78attack, velocity control of.....................157audio driver selection.............................. 37audio driver settings override................ 39audio processing off for some objects.. 87audio sampling rate, setting................... 39balance between stereo channels ........178band-limited pulse..................................238beats ....................................................75, 194begin~ ........................................................ 87bell-like tone ...........................................102buffer~................................................68, 125capture~..................................................190carrier oscillator .....................................105Chorus ......................................................232clipping ................................................28, 62clock source for audio hardware.....39, 54comb filter ...................................... 222, 236comb~ ......................................................236complex tone........................................15, 99composite instrument sound................. 72control rate................................................ 31convolution .............................................104cosine wave................................................ 59count~ ......................................................126CPU limit option......................................42CPU utilization indicator .......................39critical band.............................................106crossfade.....................................................72constant intensity ...............................181linear.....................................................180speaker-to-speaker.............................183Csound .......................................................10cue sample for playback........................140current file for playback........................140cycle~..........................................................59dBtoA subpatch ......................................151DC offset ..................................................109decibels.........................................21, 77, 151default values.............................................65delay ..........................................................220Delay line.................................................220delay line with feedback...... 224, 234, 236Delay lines with feedback .....................223delay time modulation ..........................229difference frequency.................76, 106, 193digital audio overview .............................13digital-to-analog converter............... 22, 58diminuendo................................................98disable audio of a subpatch ....................90disk, soundfiles on..................................139display signal graphically......................192display the value of a signal..................185Dodge, Charles........................................205Doppler effect...........................................228DSP Status window .................................36dspstate~ .................................................192echo...........................................................220envelope .....................................................70envelope generator.................................100exponent in a power function..............147exponential curve ................. 151, 152, 159ezadc~ ......................................................124ezdac~ ........................................................68fade volume in or out ..............................66243