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diff --git a/opcodes/expsegb.xml b/opcodes/expsegb.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6a09575 --- /dev/null +++ b/opcodes/expsegb.xml @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ + +<refentry id="expsegb"> +<indexterm id="IndexExpsegb"><primary>expsegb</primary></indexterm> + <refentryinfo><title>Signal Generators:Linear and Exponential Generators</title></refentryinfo> + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>expsegb</refentrytitle> + </refmeta> + + + + <refnamediv> + <refname>expsegb</refname> + <refpurpose> + Trace a series of exponential segments between specified + absolute points. + </refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + <para> + Trace a series of exponential segments between specified + absolute points. + </para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Syntax</title> + <synopsis>ares <command>expsegb</command> ia, itim1, ib [, itim2] [, ic] [...]</synopsis> + + <synopsis>kres <command>expsegb</command> ia, itim1, ib [, itim2] [, ic] [...]</synopsis> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Initialization</title> + <para> + <emphasis>ia</emphasis> -- starting value. Zero is illegal for exponentials. + </para> + + <para> + <emphasis>ib, ic</emphasis>, etc. -- value at <emphasis>tim1</emphasis> seconds, etc. For exponentials, must be non-zero and must agree in sign with <emphasis>ia</emphasis>. + </para> + + <para> + <emphasis>itim1</emphasis> -- time in seconds of end of first segment. + </para> + + <para> + <emphasis>itim2, itim3</emphasis>, etc. -- time in seconds of + subsequent ends of segments. + </para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Performance</title> + <para> + These units generate control or audio signals whose values can pass through 2 or more specified points. The last <emphasis>tim</emphasis> value may or may not equal the instrument's performance time: a shorter performance will truncate the specified pattern, while a longer one will cause the last-defined segment to continue on in the same direction. + </para> + + <para> + Note that the <emphasis>expsegb</emphasis> opcode does not operate correctly at audio rate when segments are shorter than a k-period. Try the <link linkend="expsegba"><citetitle>expsegba</citetitle></link> opcode instead. + </para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Examples</title> + <para> + Here is an example of the expsegb opcode. It uses the file <ulink url="examples/expsegb.csd"><citetitle>expsegb.csd</citetitle></ulink>. + + <example> + <title>Example of the expsegb opcode.</title> + + + + <para>See the sections <link linkend="UsingRealTime"><citetitle>Real-time Audio</citetitle></link> and <link linkend="CommandFlags"><citetitle>Command Line Flags</citetitle></link> for more information on using command line flags.</para> + <xi:include href="examples-xml/expsegb.csd.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> + </example> + </para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>See Also</title> + <para> + <link linkend="expon"><citetitle>expon</citetitle></link>, + <link linkend="expseg"><citetitle>expseg</citetitle></link>, + <link linkend="expsega"><citetitle>expsega</citetitle></link>, + <link linkend="expsegr"><citetitle>expsegr</citetitle></link>, + <link linkend="line"><citetitle>line</citetitle></link>, + <link linkend="linseg"><citetitle>linseg</citetitle></link>, + <link linkend="linsegr"><citetitle>linsegr</citetitle></link> + <link linkend="transeg"><citetitle>transeg</citetitle></link> + </para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Credits</title> + <para> + <simplelist> + <member>Author: &namevictor;</member> + <member>June 2011 </member> + </simplelist> + </para> + <para>New in version 5.14</para> + </refsect1> +</refentry> |