MdaPiano | SuperCollider 3.14.0 Help

Description

A piano synthesiser (originally a VST plugin by Paul Kellett, ported to SC by Dan Stowell). This UGen is not polyphonic (but can be retriggered to play notes in sequence).

Class Methods

MdaPiano.ar(freq: 440.0, gate: 1, vel: 100, decay: 0.8, release: 0.8, hard: 0.8, velhard: 0.8, muffle: 0.8, velmuff: 0.8, velcurve: 0.8, stereo: 0.2, tune: 0.5, random: 0.1, stretch: 0.1, sustain: 0, mul: 1, add: 0)

This UGen is stereo - it returns two channels, with a stereo "wideness" effect controlled by the stereo argument. It has lots of parameters:

Arguments:

freq	Frequency of the note
gate	note-on occurs when gate goes from nonpositive to positive; note-off occurs when it goes from positive to nonpositive. Most of the other controls are only updated when a new note-on occurs.
vel	velocity (range is 0 to 127, default 100)
decay	The time for notes to decay after the initial strike (default 0.8)
release	The time for notes to decay after the key is released (default 0.8)
hard
velhard
muffle
velmuff
velcurve
stereo	Width of the stereo effect (which makes low notes sound towards the left, high notes towards the right). 0 to 1.
tune	Overall tuning
random	Randomness in note tuning (default 0.1)
stretch	Stretches the tuning out (higher notes pushed higher)
sustain	If positive, act as if the piano's sustain pedal is pressed.

// This simple example triggers one note per second, monophonically:
(
x = {
    MdaPiano.ar(
        LFNoise0.kr(1).range(20, 60).round.midicps, // random note
        stereo: 0.5, 
        gate: LFPulse.kr(1), 
        vel: LFPar.kr(0.1).range(10, 100), // varying velocity
        mul: 0.2
    )
}.play
)
x.free;

// Now let's define a piano synthdef:
(
SynthDef(\help_mdapiano, { |out=0, freq=440, gate=1|
    var son = MdaPiano.ar(freq, gate, release: 0.9, stereo: 0.3, sustain: 0);
    DetectSilence.ar(son, 0.01, doneAction:2);
    Out.ar(out, son * 0.1);
}).add;
)
// Then we can use it in a pattern:
(
TempoClock.default.tempo = 1.2;
Ppar([
    Pbind(
        \instrument, \help_mdapiano,
        \degree, 
            Pseq([ 
                0, 7, -5, 7,  0, 5, -7, 5,  -2, 5, -7, 5,  -2,  3, -9,  3, 
                0, 7, -5, 7,  0, 5, -7, 5,  -2, 5, -7, 5,  -2, -3, -4, -5 ], inf),
        \dur, 0.5, 
        \octave, 3, 
        \root, 3,
        \vel, Prand([Pseq([100, 30, 50, 10]), Pseq([100, 30, 10, 10, 5, 10, 20, 30])], inf),
        \legato, 0.95
    ),
    Pbind(
        \instrument, \help_mdapiano,
        \degree, 
            Pseq([ \, 0, -1, 0, 2, 0, \, \, \, 0, -2, \, \, -2, -4, \, \ ], inf),
        \dur, 0.5, 
        \octave, 6, 
        \root, 3,
        \vel, Pwhite(50, 100, inf)
    )
], inf).play
)
// Try changing the synthdef while this is running (e.g. activate sustain, tweak stereo)...

helpfile source: /usr/local/share/SuperCollider/Extensions/SC3plugins/MdaUGens/HelpSource/Classes/MdaPiano.schelp
link::Classes/MdaPiano::

MdaPiano : MultiOutUGen : UGen : AbstractFunction : Object
Extension

Description

Class Methods

MdaPiano.ar(freq: 440.0, gate: 1, vel: 100, decay: 0.8, release: 0.8, hard: 0.8, velhard: 0.8, muffle: 0.8, velmuff: 0.8, velcurve: 0.8, stereo: 0.2, tune: 0.5, random: 0.1, stretch: 0.1, sustain: 0, mul: 1, add: 0)

Arguments:

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Instance Methods

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Examples

MdaPiano : MultiOutUGen : UGen : AbstractFunction : Object Extension

Description

Class Methods

MdaPiano.ar(freq: 440.0, gate: 1, vel: 100, decay: 0.8, release: 0.8, hard: 0.8, velhard: 0.8, muffle: 0.8, velmuff: 0.8, velcurve: 0.8, stereo: 0.2, tune: 0.5, random: 0.1, stretch: 0.1, sustain: 0, mul: 1, add: 0)

Arguments:

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Instance Methods

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Examples

MdaPiano : MultiOutUGen : UGen : AbstractFunction : Object
Extension