[PD] Granular Synth

[julien.breval at tremplin-utc.net]

Selon Spencer Russell <Spencer.Russell at oberlin.edu>:

> OK, so using a samphold~, phasor~, and vd~, I've got the
> envelope-less granulator going, but how do I trigger the envelope
> with sub-block accuracy? I can use vline~ create the envelope
> itself, but getting it started is the problem. 

For synchronous granular synthesis, the most straightforward way to set up the 
envelope is to use the scheduling |phasor~|. The phasor outputs signal ramps 
for 0 to 1, that can be used two different ways for playing an envelope:

1. use a |table| that contains the amplitude envelope (as if it was an audio 
sample). You can fill it manually or by a mathematical function (see how the 
analysis windows are done in the fft examples, it's the same). Then, if the 
duration of the buffer is N, just |*~ N| the output of the |phasor~| and use 
tabread4~ for reading the table


2. use cos~ for making the envelope (adapted from an old example in pd-0.36):

[r~ phase] <--- sent by the scheduling phasor
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[-~ 0.5]
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[wrap~]
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[-~ 0.5]
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 | [r~ sharpness] <-- 0 for silence, float >= 1 for getting the envelope 
 |  |
[*~  ]
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[clip~ -0.5 0.5]
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[cos~]
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[-~ 1]
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[*~ -0.5]
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[outlet~] <--- output of the envelope (multiply your signal by it)

(sharpness: if you use 1, the envelope has a cosine shape, and becomes more 
stiff if you increase this parameter)


The iem_t3_lib works very well but you will only need it for below 1.5 ms time 
precision. It's only useful if you use [line~]- and [del]-based enveloppes 
(multisegment envelopes, like AD, AHD, ADSR, etc) for your granulator (in this 
case, you can have different durations for each granular particle). Check the 
CPU too.


regards,
-j