Tutorial
Using the Connector device - connector.tao
Emergent behaviour (diffraction) - diffraction.tao
Damping parts of an instrument - damp.tao
This script creates a set of strings and damps the same region at the left hand end of each string but to different degrees. The strings are then all plucked in unison and the subsequent wave patterns give a side by side comparison of the effects of different damping values.
Audio rate: 44100;
String string1(300 Hz, 20 secs);
String string2(300 Hz, 20 secs);
String string3(300 Hz, 20 secs);
String string4(300 Hz, 20 secs);
String string5(300 Hz, 20 secs);
String string6(300 Hz, 20 secs);
String string7(300 Hz, 20 secs);
String string8(300 Hz, 20 secs);
String string9(300 Hz, 20 secs);
String string10(300 Hz, 20 secs);
Init:
string1.lockEnds().setDamping(left,1/20,0.0);
string2.lockEnds().setDamping(left,1/20,0.1);
string3.lockEnds().setDamping(left,1/20,0.2);
string4.lockEnds().setDamping(left,1/20,0.3);
string5.lockEnds().setDamping(left,1/20,0.4);
string6.lockEnds().setDamping(left,1/20,0.5);
string7.lockEnds().setDamping(left,1/20,0.6);
string8.lockEnds().setDamping(left,1/20,0.7);
string9.lockEnds().setDamping(left,1/20,0.8);
string10.lockEnds().setDamping(left,1/20,0.8);
...
Score 5 secs:
At 0 secs for 0.1 msecs:
string1(0.1).applyForce(10);
string2(0.1).applyForce(10);
string3(0.1).applyForce(10);
string4(0.1).applyForce(10);
string5(0.1).applyForce(10);
string6(0.1).applyForce(10);
string7(0.1).applyForce(10);
string8(0.1).applyForce(10);
string9(0.1).applyForce(10);
string10(0.1).applyForce(10);
...
Every 0.1 secs: Print Time, newline; ...
...
Tutorial
Using the Connector device - connector.tao
Emergent behaviour (diffraction) - diffraction.tao