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<refentry id="fink">
  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>fink</refentrytitle>
  </refmeta>
 
  <refnamediv>
    <refname>fink</refname>
    <refpurpose>
      Read signals from a file at k-rate.
      <indexterm id="IndexFink"><primary>fink</primary></indexterm>
    </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
    <para>
      Read signals from a file at k-rate.
    </para>
  </refsect1>
 
  <refsect1>
    <title>Syntax</title>
    <synopsis><command>fink</command> ifilename, iskipframes, iformat, kin1 [, kin2] [, kin3] [,...]</synopsis>
  </refsect1>
 
  <refsect1>
    <title>Initialization</title>
    <para>
      <emphasis>ifilename</emphasis> -- input file name (can be a string or a handle number generated by fiopen)
    </para>

    <para>
      <emphasis>iskipframes</emphasis> -- number of frames to skip at the start (every frame contains a sample of each channel)
    </para>

    <para>
      <emphasis>iformat</emphasis> -- a number specifying the input file format.
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>0 -  32 bit floating points without header</para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>1 - 16 bit integers without header</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </para>
  </refsect1>
 
  <refsect1>
    <title>Performance</title>
    <para>
      <emphasis>fink</emphasis> is the same as <link linkend="fin"><citetitle>fin</citetitle></link> but operates at k-rate.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>See Also</title>
    <para>
      <link linkend="fin"><citetitle>fin</citetitle></link>,
      <link linkend="fini"><citetitle>fini</citetitle></link>
    </para>
  </refsect1>
 
  <refsect1>
    <title>Credits</title>
    <para>
      <simplelist>
        <member>Author: &namegabriel;</member>
        <member>Italy</member>
        <member>1999</member>
      </simplelist>
    </para>

    <para>New in Csound version 3.56</para>
  </refsect1>
</refentry>
