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Damping parts of an instrument - damp.tao
Creating an elliptical sheet
Emergent behaviour (diffraction) - diffraction.tao
This script creates two rectangular sheets and joins them together using the Join statement. The boundary between the two sheets is then locked in several places leaving a few `slots' where the waves can get through. A short impulse is applied to one of the sheets named verb|source| and the resulting wave fronts interfere after having passed through the slots to form diffraction patterns.
Audio rate: 44100;
Rectangle source(150 Hz, 300 Hz, 20 secs);
Rectangle dest(150 Hz, 300 Hz, 20 secs);
Init:
source.lockCorners();
dest.lockCorners();
source.lock(0.000000, 0.050000, top, top);
source.lock(0.070000, 0.120000, top, top);
source.lock(0.140000, 0.190000, top, top);
source.lock(0.210000, 0.260000, top, top);
source.lock(0.280000, 0.330000, top, top);
source.lock(0.350000, 0.400000, top, top);
source.lock(0.420000, 0.470000, top, top);
source.lock(0.490000, 0.540000, top, top);
source.lock(0.560000, 0.610000, top, top);
source.lock(0.630000, 0.680000, top, top);
source.lock(0.700000, 0.750000, top, top);
source.lock(0.770000, 0.820000, top, top);
source.lock(0.840000, 0.890000, top, top);
source.lock(0.910000, 0.960000, top, top);
source.lock(0.980000, 1.000000, top, top);
Join source(centre, top) to dest(centre, bottom);
dest.setMagnification(5.0);
...
Score 5 secs:
At 0 secs for 0.1 msecs:
source(0.5,bottom).applyForce(50);
...
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Tutorial
Damping parts of an instrument - damp.tao
Creating an elliptical sheet