rtclock

rtclock — Read the real time clock from the operating system.

Description

Read the real-time clock from the operating system.

Syntax

ires rtclock
kres rtclock

Performance

Read the real-time clock from operating system. Under Windows, this changes only once per second. Under GNU/Linux, it ticks every microsecond. Performance under other systems varies.

Examples

Here is an example of the rtclock opcode. It uses the file rtclock.csd.

Example 932. Example of the rtclock opcode.

See the sections Real-time Audio and Command Line Flags for more information on using command line flags.

<CsoundSynthesizer>
<CsOptions>
; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform
-n     ;;;no sound
;-iadc    ;;;uncomment -iadc if realtime audio input is needed too
; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:
; -o rtclock.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform
</CsOptions>
<CsInstruments>

;after an example by Iain McCurdy

sr = 44100
ksmps = 32
nchnls = 2
0dbfs  = 1

FLcolor	200, 200, 200, 0, 0, 0
;	LABEL     | WIDTH | HEIGHT | X | Y
FLpanel	"rtclock",   500,    130,    0,  0
;                                  ON,OFF,TYPE,WIDTH, HEIGHT, X, Y, OPCODE, INS,START,IDUR
gkOnOff,ihOnOff	FLbutton "On/Off", 1,  0,  22,  150,   25,    5, 5,    0,   1,   0,   3600
gkExit,ihExit	FLbutton "exitnow",1,  0,  21,  150,   25,  345, 5,    0,  999,  0,   0.001
FLsetColor2 255, 0, 50, ihOnOff	;reddish color

;VALUE DISPLAY BOXES	 WIDTH,HEIGHT,X, Y
gidclock FLvalue "clock", 100, 25, 200, 60
FLsetVal_i 1, ihOnOff	
FLpanel_end
FLrun

instr 1	

if gkOnOff !=0 kgoto CONTINUE ;sense if FLTK on/off switch is not off (in which case skip the next line)  
turnoff			      ;turn this instr. off now
CONTINUE:
ktime rtclock                 ;clock continues to run even 
FLprintk2 ktime, gidclock     ;after the on/off button was used to stop

endin

instr 999

exitnow			      ;exit Csound as fast as possible

endin
</CsInstruments>
<CsScore>

f 0 60	;runs 60 seconds
e
</CsScore>
</CsoundSynthesizer>


See also

Time Reading

Credits

Author: John ffitch

New in version 4.10