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marimba

Physical model related to the striking of a wooden block as found in a marimba.

The method is a physical model developed from Perry Cook but re-coded for Csound.

Syntax

ares = marimba(kamp, kfreq, ihrd, ipos, imp, kvibf, kvamp, ivibfn, idec \
               [, idoubles] [, itriples])

ares marimba kamp, kfreq, ihrd, ipos, imp, kvibf, kvamp, ivibfn, idec \
             [, idoubles] [, itriples]

Initialization

ihrd -- the hardness of the stick used in the strike. A range of 0 to 1 is used. 0.5 is a suitable value.

ipos -- where the block is hit, in the range 0 to 1.

imp -- a table of the strike impulses. The file marmstk1.wav is a suitable function from measurements and can be loaded with a GEN01 table. It is also available at ftp://ftp.cs.bath.ac.uk/pub/dream/documentation/sounds/modelling/.

ivfn -- shape of vibrato, usually a sine table, created by a function

idec -- time before end of note when damping is introduced

idoubles (optional) -- percentage of double strikes. Default is 40%.

itriples (optional) -- percentage of triple strikes. Default is 20%.

Performance

kamp -- Amplitude of note.

kfreq -- Frequency of note played.

kvibf -- frequency of vibrato in Hertz. Suggested range is 0 to 12

kvamp -- amplitude of the vibrato

Examples

Here is an example of the marimba opcode. It uses the file marimba.csd, and marmstk1.wav.

Example of the marimba opcode.
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<CsoundSynthesizer>
<CsOptions>
; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform
; Audio out   Audio in    No messages
-odac           -iadc     -d     ;;;RT audio I/O
; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:
; -o marimba.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform
</CsOptions>
<CsInstruments>

; Initialize the global variables.
sr = 44100
ksmps = 128
nchnls = 2

; Instrument #1.
instr 1
  ifreq = cpspch(p4)
  ihrd = 0.1
  ipos = 0.561
  imp = 1
  kvibf = 6.0
  kvamp = 0.05
  ivibfn = 2
  idec = 0.6

  a1 marimba 20000, ifreq, ihrd, ipos, imp, kvibf, kvamp, ivibfn, idec, 20, 10

  outs a1, a1
endin


</CsInstruments>
<CsScore>

; Table #1, the "marmstk1.wav" audio file.
f 1 0 256 1 "marmstk1.wav" 0 0 0
; Table #2, a sine wave for the vibrato.
f 2 0 128 10 1

; Play Instrument #1 for one second.
i 1 0 1 8.09
i 1 + 0.5 8.00
i 1 + 0.5 7.00
i 1 + 0.25 8.02
i 1 + 0.25 8.01
i 1 + 0.25 7.09
i 1 + 0.25 8.02
i 1 + 0.25 8.01
i 1 + 0.25 7.09
i 1 + 0.3333 8.09
i 1 + 0.3333 8.02
i 1 + 0.3334 8.01
i 1 + 0.25 8.00
i 1 + 0.3333 8.09
i 1 + 0.3333 8.02
i 1 + 0.25 8.01
i 1 + 0.3333 7.00
i 1 + 0.3334 6.00

e


</CsScore>
</CsoundSynthesizer>

See Also

Models and Emulations

Credits

Author: John ffitch (after Perry Cook)
University of Bath, Codemist Ltd.
Bath, UK

New in Csound version 3.47