HelpSource/Classes/Pn.schelp

   1 class:: Pn
   2 summary:: repeatedly embed a pattern
   3 related:: Classes/Pstutter
   4 categories:: Streams-Patterns-Events>Patterns>Repetition
   5
   6 ClassMethods::
   7
   8 method::new
   9
  10 argument::pattern
  11 the pattern to repeat
  12
  13 argument::repeats
  14 Repeats the enclosed pattern strong::repeats:: times.
  15
  16 argument::key
  17 If strong::key:: is non-nil, it sets the value of that key to true whenever it restarts the pattern. This can be used to advance Patterns enclosed by link::Classes/Pgate::.
  18
  19 Examples::
  20
  21 code::
  22 (
  23 var a, b;
  24 a = Pn(Pseq(#[1, 2, 3], 1), 4); // repeat pattern four times
  25 b = a.asStream;
  26 16.do({ b.next.postln; });
  27 )
  28
  29 // sound example
  30 (
  31 SynthDef(\help_sinegrain,
  32         { arg out=0, freq=440, sustain=0.05;
  33                 var env;
  34                 env = EnvGen.kr(Env.perc(0.01, sustain, 0.2), doneAction:2);
  35                 Out.ar(out, SinOsc.ar(freq, 0, env))
  36         }).add;
  37 )
  38
  39 (
  40 var a;
  41 a = Pn(Pshuf([1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3], 4)).asStream;
  42 {
  43         loop {
  44                 Synth(\help_sinegrain, [\freq, a.next * 600 + 300]);
  45                 0.2.wait;
  46         }
  47 }.fork;
  48 )
  49 ::