The Kyma Language for Sound Design, Version 4.5

DiskPlayer
Sampling Category
This Sound plays back recordings from the disk file specified in FileName, starting at the time specified in
FilePosition and continuing for the amount of time specified in Duration and at the rate specified in
RateScale. Whenever Trigger changes to a positive number, the playback restarts from FilePosition and
plays again.
To treat this as a sample controlled from the MIDI keyboard, set FileName to the name of the sample, set
Duration to the total time during which you would like to be able to trigger the sample, set Trigger to
!KeyDown (or a MIDI switch), and set RateScale to the ratio of the desired frequency to the original
recorded frequency, for example
!Pitch hz / 2 a hz
to use the MIDI keyboard to control a sample whose recorded pitch was 2 a.
FileName
Enter the name of a Samples file or use the Browse button to select a file from the standard file list dialog.
The file can be a recording made in Kyma, a recording imported from another program, or a sample from
a CD-ROM (as long as the file is in one of the formats listed in the Kyma manual).
FilePosition
This is the start time within the recording. In other words, you don’t have to start playback at the
beginning of the file; instead, you can start some amount of time into the file.
RateScale
This is the rate of playback. For example, use 1 to play back at the original rate, 0.5 for half speed, 2 for
twice as fast, etc.
Trigger
When the Trigger becomes nonzero, one event is triggered. You can trigger several events over the
course of the total Duration of this program as long as the value of Trigger returns to zero before the next
trigger. Some example values for Trigger are:
1 (plays once with no retriggering)
0 (the sound is silent, never triggered)
!KeyDown (trigger on MIDI key down)
!cc64 (trigger when controller 64 > 0)
You can also paste another signal into this field, and events will be triggered every time that signal
changes from zero to a positive value. (See the manual for a complete description of hot parameters,
Event Values, and the Global map files).
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