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## sndloop

sndloop — A sound looper with pitch control.

## Description

This opcode records input audio and plays it back in a loop with user-defined duration and crossfade time. It also allows the pitch of the loop to be controlled, including reversed playback.

## Syntax

    asig, krec sndloop ain, kpitch, ktrig, idur, ifad

## Initialisation

idur -- loop duration in seconds

ifad -- crossfade duration in seconds

## Performance

asig -- output sig

krec -- 'rec on' signal, 1 when recording, 0 otherwise

kpitch -- pitch control (transposition ratio); negative values play the loop back in reverse

ktrig -- trigger signal: when 0, processing is bypassed. When switched on (ktrig >= 1), the opcode starts recording until the loop memory is full. It then plays the looped sound until it is switched off again (ktrig = 0). Another recording can start again with ktrig >= 1.

## Examples

Example 474. Example

    asig  in                                 ; get the signal in
    ktrig line 0, 1, 1			 ; trigger signal
    aout,krec sndloop asig, 1, ktrig, 4, 0.05  ;  rec starts at 1 sec, for 4 secs 0.05 crossfade
    printk  1, krec      			 ; prints the recording signal
           out aout

The example above shows the basic operation of sndloop. Pitch can be controlled at the k-rate, recording is started as soon as the trigger value is >= 1. Recording can be restarted by making the trigger 0 and then 1 again.

## Credits

Author: Victor Lazzarini;
April 2005

New in Version 5.00

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