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# mandol

mandol -- An emulation of a mandolin.

## Description

An emulation of a mandolin.

## Syntax

ar mandol kamp, kfreq, kpluck, kdetune, kgain, ksize, ifn [, iminfreq]

## Initialization

ifn -- table number containing the pluck wave form. The file mandpluk.aiff is suitable for this. It is also available at ftp://ftp.cs.bath.ac.uk/pub/dream/documentation/sounds/modelling/.

iminfreq (optional, default=0) -- Lowest frequency to be played on the note. If it is omitted it is taken to be the same as the initial kfreq.

## Performance

kamp -- Amplitude of note.

kfreq -- Frequency of note played.

kpluck -- The pluck position, in range 0 to 1. Suggest 0.4.

kdetune -- The proportional detuning between the two strings. Suggested range 0.9 to 1.

kgain -- the loop gain of the model, in the range 0.97 to 1.

ksize -- The size of the body of the mandolin. Range 0 to 2.

## Examples

Here is an example of the mandol opcode. It uses the files mandol.orc, mandol.sco, and mandpluk.aiff.

Example 1. Example of the mandol opcode.

    /* mandol.orc */
    ; Initialize the global variables.
    sr = 22050
    kr = 2205
    ksmps = 10
    nchnls = 1

    ; Instrument #1.
    instr 1
      ; kamp = 30000
      ; kfreq = 880
      ; kpluck = 0.4
      ; kdetune = 0.99
      ; kgain = 0.99
      ; ksize = 2
      ; ifn = 1
      ; ifreq = 220

      a1 mandol 30000, 880, 0.4, 0.99, 0.99, 2, 1, 220

      out a1
    endin
    /* mandol.orc */

    /* mandol.sco */
    ; Table #1: the "mandpluk.aiff" audio file
    f 1 0 8192 1 "mandpluk.aiff" 0 0 0

    ; Play Instrument #1 for one second.
    i 1 0 1
    e
    /* mandol.sco */

## Credits

Author: John ffitch (after Perry Cook)
University of Bath, Codemist Ltd.
Bath, UK

Example written by Kevin Conder.

New in Csound version 3.47

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