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<refentry id="inch">
  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>inch</refentrytitle>
  </refmeta>
 
  <refnamediv>
    <refname>inch</refname>
    <refpurpose>
      Reads from a numbered channel in an external audio signal or stream.
      <indexterm id="IndexInch"><primary>inch</primary></indexterm>
    </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
    <para>
      Reads from a numbered channel in an external audio signal or stream.
    </para>
  </refsect1>
 
  <refsect1>
    <title>Syntax</title>
    <synopsis>ar1 <command>inch</command> ksig1</synopsis>
  </refsect1>
 
  <refsect1>
    <title>Performance</title>
    <para>
      <emphasis>inch</emphasis> reads from a numbered channel determined by <emphasis>ksig1</emphasis> into <emphasis>a1</emphasis>. If the command-line <link linkend="FlagsMinusLowerI"><citetitle>-i</citetitle></link> flag is set, sound is read continuously from the audio input stream (e.g. <emphasis>stdin</emphasis> or a soundfile) into an internal buffer.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Credits</title>
    <para>
      <link linkend="in32"><citetitle>in32</citetitle></link>,
      <link linkend="inx"><citetitle>inx</citetitle></link>,
      <link linkend="inz"><citetitle>inz</citetitle></link>
    </para>
  </refsect1>
 
  <refsect1>
    <title>Credits</title>
    <para>
      <simplelist>
        <member>Author: &namejohn;</member>
        <member>University of Bath/Codemist Ltd.</member>
        <member>Bath, UK</member>
        <member>May 2000</member>
      </simplelist>
    </para>

    <para>New in Csound Version 4.07</para>
  </refsect1>
</refentry>
