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25 <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><b>NodeEvent<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b></span><b>synth- and group- like interface of Event</b></p>
26 <p class="p2"><br></p>
27 <p class="p1">see also: <a href="../Collections/Event.html"><span class="s2">Event</span></a></p>
28 <p class="p2"><br></p>
29 <p class="p1">The methods <b>Event-synth</b> and <b>Event-group </b>set the parent event of the receiver to specialized events that<b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b> duplicate the functionality of <a href="../ServerArchitecture/Synth.html"><span class="s2">Synth</span></a> and <a href="../ServerArchitecture/Group.html"><span class="s2">Group</span></a> objects. These objects follow the naming conventions of patterns (i.e., groups and addActions are integer ID's) and have the same stop/play/pause/resume interface as the EventStreamPlayers created by Pattern-play.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>So, they can be used interchangeably with patterns in control schemes and GUI's.</p>
30 <p class="p2"><br></p>
31 <p class="p1">The following example creates<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>a group with nodeID = 2 and plays a synth within it. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
32 <p class="p2"><br></p>
33 <p class="p3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>g = (id: 2).group;</p>
34 <p class="p3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>g.play;</p>
35 <p class="p3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>a = (group: 2).synth</p>
36 <p class="p3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>a.play;</p>
37 <p class="p3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>g.release;</p>
38 <p class="p3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>g.stop;</p>
39 <p class="p2"><br></p>
40 <p class="p2"><br></p>
41 <p class="p1"><b>interface:</b></p>
42 <p class="p2"><br></p>
43 <p class="p1"><b>play<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b>starts synth or group, returns this.delta</p>
44 <p class="p1"><b>stop<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>if ev[\hasGate] == true set gate to 0, otherwise frees the node</p>
45 <p class="p1"><b>pause<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b>disables the node</p>
46 <p class="p1"><b>resume<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b>reenables the node</p>
47 <p class="p1"><b>set( key, value)<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b>sets control identified by key to value</p>
48 <p class="p1"><b>split<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b>returns an array of events, one for each synth or group specified by the receiver</p>
49 <p class="p2"><br></p>
50 <p class="p1"><b>map(key, busID)<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b>maps control to control bus</p>
51 <p class="p1"><b>before(nodeID)<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b>moves to immediately before nodeID</p>
52 <p class="p1"><b>after(nodeID)<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b>moves to immediately after nodeID</p>
53 <p class="p1"><b>headOf(nodeID)<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b>moves to immediately to head of nodeID</p>
54 <p class="p1"><b>tailOf(nodeID)<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b>moves to immediately to tail of nodeID</p>
55 <p class="p4"><br></p>
56 <p class="p5"><br></p>
57 <p class="p1">With the exception of ~server, ~latency, and ~instrument any key in the event can have an array as a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
58 <p class="p1">value and the standard rules of multi-channel expansion will be followed. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
59 <p class="p2"><br></p>
60 <p class="p6">// Here is a simple example of its use:</p>
61 <p class="p7"><br></p>
62 <p class="p3">(</p>
63 <p class="p6"><span class="s3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span>// define a multiple Group event</p>
64 <p class="p3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>g = (id: [2,3,4,5,6], group: 0, addAction: 1).group ; <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
65 <p class="p6"><span class="s3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>g.play; </span>// play it</p>
66 <p class="p7"><br></p>
67 <p class="p6"><span class="s3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span>// make a Synth event</p>
68 <p class="p3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>b = ( freq: [500,510], group: [2,3]).synth;<span class="Apple-converted-space">           </span></p>
69 <p class="p3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>b.play;</p>
70 <p class="p7"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></p>
71 <p class="p3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>b.set(<span class="s4">\freq</span>,[1000,1006])</p>
72 <p class="p7"><br></p>
73 <p class="p3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>g.release</p>
74 <p class="p7"><br></p>
75 <p class="p3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>b.play;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></p>
76 <p class="p6"><span class="s3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>h = g.split;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span>// split into individual group events</p>
77 <p class="p6"><span class="s3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>c = b.split;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>/</span>/ and synth events</p>
78 <p class="p3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>c[0].set(<span class="s4">\freq</span>,700);</p>
79 <p class="p3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>c[1].set(<span class="s4">\freq</span>,400);</p>
80 <p class="p7"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></p>
81 <p class="p3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>h[0].stop;</p>
82 <p class="p3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>h[1].stop;</p>
83 <p class="p7"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></p>
84 <p class="p3"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>g.stop;</p>
85 <p class="p3">)</p>
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