posted 01 March 2007 19:24            

Being able to use more than one set of microsounds at a time is a feature that many people have wanted for a while, and it's great that it is now possible to do this.

The random triggers expressions are also a nice addition. In the past I often found myself having to come up with more complicated ways to achieve this kind of behavior, and having simple standard capytalk expressions to do it will be very useful.

As a suggestion, and even though it's easy to see what each expression does, I think it would be very helpful to have a quick reference sheet for these capytalk expressions (and some of the other recent ones), for completeness sake, and also because sometimes it's easy to forget exactly what some of them do, or even that they are available. This is especially true when working under pressure and with limited time for a given project. A little addendum to the capytalk quick reference would come in very handy.

Thanks, and keep up the good work!

Best,

posted 01 March 2007 20:29            

I think it would be extremely useful if ramp: and fullRamp: (or expressions that could be equivalent to them, like a "ramp2:" ) had an extra argument that would allow you to determine the value the expression should return before the ramp gets triggered, as opposed to it always being 1. I often come across situations where this feature would make my life a lot easier, and this would allow you to use ramp as a simple linear envelope in many situations (without having to use an extra Sound), for example to gradually increase the value of a parameter from x to y at any given moment by just triggering the ramp. Perhaps even an additional argument could be included to indicate the value the expression should return after the ramp concludes.

Cheers,

posted 02 March 2007 10:14            

(coincidentally, I had been considering the possibility of optional arguments to ramp: for initialValue and restingValue)

posted 02 March 2007 10:44            

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Originally posted by SSC:
(coincidentally, I had been considering the possibility of optional arguments to ramp: for initialValue and restingValue)

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I guess great minds do think alike!

H

posted 03 March 2007 07:16            

Thanks for this new feature - Only I get an error message when I try it

I locate the microsound as requested, the first is loaded but fails trying to load a second within the same folder.

posted 05 March 2007 18:56            

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Originally posted by SSC:
Thanks, Hector. I neglected to mention that I've been working on a CapyTalk addendum here: http://www.symbolicsound.com/cgi-bin/bin/view/Learn/KymaManual . If you notice anything missing, please let us know (or edit that page). Thanks!
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