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## delay

delay — Delays an input signal by some time interval.

## Description

A signal can be read from or written into a delay path, or it can be automatically delayed by some time interval.

## Syntax

    ares delay asig, idlt [, iskip]

## Initialization

idlt -- requested delay time in seconds. This can be as large as available memory will permit. The space required for n seconds of delay is 4n * sr bytes. It is allocated at the time the instrument is first initialized, and returned to the pool at the end of a score section.

iskip (optional, default=0) -- initial disposition of delay-loop data space (see reson). The default value is 0.

## Performance

asig -- audio signal

delay is a composite of delayr and delayw, both reading from and writing into its own storage area. It can thus accomplish signal time-shift, although modified feedback is not possible. There is no minimum delay period.

## Examples

Here is an example of the delay opcode. It uses the file delay.csd.

Example 102. Example of the delay opcode.

See the sections Real-time Audio and Command Line Flags for more information on using command line flags.

    <CsoundSynthesizer>
    <CsOptions>
    ; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform
    ; Audio out   Audio in    No messages
    -odac           -iadc     -d     ;;;RT audio I/O
    ; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:
    ; -o delay.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform
    </CsOptions>
    <CsInstruments>

    ; Initialize the global variables.
    sr = 44100
    kr = 4410
    ksmps = 10
    nchnls = 2

    ; Instrument #1 -- Delayed beeps.
    instr 1
      ; Make a basic sound.
      abeep vco 20000, 440, 1

      ; Delay the beep by .1 seconds.
      idlt = 0.1
      adel delay abeep, idlt

      ; Send the beep to the left speaker and
      ; the delayed beep to the right speaker.
      outs abeep, adel
    endin

    </CsInstruments>
    <CsScore>

    ; Table #1, a sine wave.
    f 1 0 16384 10 1

    ; Keep the score running for 2 seconds.
    f 0 2

    ; Play Instrument #1.
    i 1 0.0 0.2
    i 1 0.5 0.2
    e

    </CsScore>
    </CsoundSynthesizer>

## See Also

delay1, delayr, delayw

## Credits

Example written by Kevin Conder.

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