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<section id="OrchIblock">
  <title>Instrument and Opcode Block Statements</title>

  <para>
    An instrument block is comprised of <emphasis>ordinary statements</emphasis> that set values, control the logical flow, or invoke the various signal processing subroutines that lead to audio output. Statements that define an instrument block are:
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para><link linkend="instr"><citetitle>instr</citetitle></link></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para><link linkend="endin"><citetitle>endin</citetitle></link></para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
    An instrument block looks like this:
    <programlisting>
    <emphasis role="oblock">instr</emphasis> 1   <emphasis role="comment">;A simple sine wave oscillator</emphasis>
aout  <emphasis role="opc">oscils</emphasis>  10000, 440, 0
out   <emphasis role="opc">aout</emphasis>
    <emphasis role="oblock">endin</emphasis></programlisting>
  </para>

  <para>
    Statements that define a user defined opcode (UDO) block are
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para><link linkend="opcode"><citetitle>opcode</citetitle></link></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para><link linkend="endop"><citetitle>endop</citetitle></link></para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
    See the <link linkend="OrchUDO"><citetitle>UDO</citetitle></link> section for more information.
  </para>

</section>