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<refentry id="timeinstk">
<indexterm id="IndexTimeinstk"><primary>timeinstk</primary></indexterm>
  <refentryinfo><title>Instrument Control:Time Reading</title></refentryinfo>
  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>timeinstk</refentrytitle>
  </refmeta>



  <refnamediv>
    <refname>timeinstk</refname>

    <refpurpose>
      Read absolute time in k-rate cycles.
          </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
    <para>
    	Read absolute time, in k-rate cycles, since the start of an
    	instance of an instrument. Called at both i-time as well as
    	k-time.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Syntax</title>
    <synopsis>kres <command>timeinstk</command></synopsis>

    <synopsis>kres <command>timeinsts</command></synopsis>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Performance</title>
    <para>
      <emphasis>timeinstk</emphasis> is for time in k-rate cycles. So with:

      <informalexample>
        <programlisting>
  <emphasis>sr</emphasis>    = 44100
  <emphasis>kr</emphasis>    = 6300
  <emphasis>ksmps</emphasis> = 7
        </programlisting>
      </informalexample>

      then after half a second, the <emphasis>timek</emphasis> opcode would report 3150. It will always report an integer.
    </para>

    <para>
      <emphasis>timeinstk</emphasis> produces a k-rate variable for output. There are no input parameters.
    </para>

    <para>
      <emphasis>timeinstk</emphasis> is similar to <link linkend="timek"><citetitle>timek</citetitle></link> except it returns the time since the start of this instance of the instrument.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Examples</title>
    <para>
      Here is an example of the timeinstk opcode. It uses the file <ulink url="examples/timeinstk.csd"><citetitle>timeinstk.csd</citetitle></ulink>.

      <example>
        <title>Example of the timeinstk 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/timeinstk.csd.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
      </example>

      Its output should include lines like this:
      <screen>
k1 = 1.000000 samples
k1 = 2205.000000 samples
k1 = 4410.000000 samples
k1 = 6615.000000 samples
k1 = 8820.000000 samples
      </screen>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>See Also</title>
    <para>
      <link linkend="timeinsts"><citetitle>timeinsts</citetitle></link>, <link linkend="timek"><citetitle>timek</citetitle></link>, <link linkend="times"><citetitle>times</citetitle></link>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Credits</title>
    <para>
      <simplelist>
        <member>Author: Robin Whittle</member>
        <member>Australia</member>
        <member>May 1997</member>
      </simplelist>
    </para>
    <para>Example written by &namekevin;.</para>
  </refsect1>
</refentry>