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## maxabs

maxabs — Produces a signal that is the maximum of the absolute values of any number of input signals.

## Description

The maxabs opcode takes any number of a-rate or k-rate signals as input (all of the same rate), and outputs a signal at the same rate that is the maximum of all of the inputs. It is identical to the max opcode except that it takes the absolute value of each input before comparing them. Therefore, the output is always non-negative. For a-rate signals, the inputs are compared one sample at a time (i.e. maxabs does not scan an entire ksmps period of a signal for its local maximum as the max_k opcode does).

## Syntax

    amax maxabs ain1 [, ain2] [, ain3] [, ain4] [...]

    kmax maxabs kin1 [, kin2] [, kin3] [, kin4] [...]

## Performance

ain1, ain2, ... -- a-rate signals to be compared.

kin1, kin2, ... -- k-rate signals to be compared.

## See Also

minabs, max, min, maxaccum, minaccum, maxabsaccum, minabsaccum, max_k

## Credits

Author: Anthony Kozar
March 2006

New in Csound version 5.01

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