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droneSines

2011-03-18 00:16 supercollider

A very simple SuperCollider drone instrument I wrote for a friend. The GUI is automatically generated from the node proxy using the .edit method. Most of the code is defining specs (min, max curve, stepsize and default values) for all the parameters. The synthesis part is very simple - just an oscillator going through a reverb and the oscillator is frequency, phase and amplitude modulated by other oscillators.

droneSines screenshot
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//redFrik 2011
s.waitForBoot{
  Spec.add(\freq1, #[20, 10000, \exp, 0, 100]);
  Spec.add(\freq2, #[20, 10000, \exp, 0, 200]);
  Spec.add(\freq3, #[20, 10000, \exp, 0, 300]);
  Spec.add(\fmod1, #[0.001, 100, \exp, 0, 0.11]);
  Spec.add(\fmod2, #[0.001, 100, \exp, 0, 0.22]);
  Spec.add(\fmod3, #[0.001, 100, \exp, 0, 0.33]);
  Spec.add(\fmoda1, #[0, 100, \lin, 0, 1]);
  Spec.add(\fmoda2, #[0, 100, \lin, 0, 1]);
  Spec.add(\fmoda3, #[0, 100, \lin, 0, 1]);
  Spec.add(\pmod1, #[0.001, 100, \exp, 0, 0.1]);
  Spec.add(\pmod2, #[0.001, 100, \exp, 0, 0.2]);
  Spec.add(\pmod3, #[0.001, 100, \exp, 0, 0.3]);
  Spec.add(\amod1, #[0.001, 100, \exp, 0, 0.01]);
  Spec.add(\amod2, #[0.001, 100, \exp, 0, 0.02]);
  Spec.add(\amod3, #[0.001, 100, \exp, 0, 0.03]);
  Spec.add(\amoda1, #[0, 10, \lin, 0, 0.05]);
  Spec.add(\amoda2, #[0, 10, \lin, 0, 0.05]);
  Spec.add(\amoda3, #[0, 10, \lin, 0, 0.05]);
  Spec.add(\smod, #[0.001, 100, \exp, 0, 0.13]);
  Spec.add(\smoda, #[0, 100, \lin, 0, 5]);
  Spec.add(\smodm, #[0, 100, \lin, 0, 6]);
  Spec.add(\smodaa, #[0, 100, \lin, 0, 8]);
  Spec.add(\smodmm, #[0, 100, \lin, 0, 50]);
  Spec.add(\cmod, #[0.001, 100, \exp, 0, 1.2]);
  Spec.add(\cmoda, #[0, 10, \lin, 0, 0.6]);
  Spec.add(\room, #[0, 300, \lin, 1, 20]);
  Spec.add(\reverb, #[0, 30, \lin, 0, 5]);
  Spec.add(\damp, #[0, 1, \lin, 0, 1]);
  Spec.add(\input, #[0, 1, \lin, 0, 0.5]);
  Spec.add(\spread, #[0, 100, \lin, 0, 25]);
  Spec.add(\dry, #[0, 1, \lin, 0, 0]);
  Spec.add(\early, #[0, 1, \lin, 0, 1]);
  Spec.add(\tail, #[0, 1, \lin, 0, 1]);
  Ndef(\droneSines).play;
  Ndef(\droneSines, {|freq1= 100, freq2= 200, freq3= 300, fmod1= 0.11, fmod2= 0.22, fmod3= 0.33, fmoda1= 1, fmoda2= 1, fmoda3= 1, pmod1= 0.1, pmod2= 0.2, pmod3= 0.3, amod1= 0.01, amod2= 0.02, amod3= 0.03, amoda1= 0.05, amoda2= 0.05, amoda3= 0.05, smod= 0.13, smoda= 5, smodm= 6, smodaa= 8, smodmm= 50, cmod= 1.2, cmoda= 0.6, room= 20, reverb= 5, damp= 1, input= 0.5, spread= 25, dry= 0, early= 1, tail= 1, amp= 0.7|
    Limiter.ar(LeakDC.ar(GVerb.ar(Splay.ar(SinOsc.ar([freq1, freq2, freq3]+SinOsc.ar([fmod1, fmod2, fmod3], 0, [fmoda1, fmoda2, fmoda3]), SinOsc.ar([pmod1, pmod2, pmod3], 0, 2pi), SinOsc.ar([amod1, amod2, amod3], 0, [amoda1, amoda2, amoda3])), SinOsc.ar(SinOsc.ar(SinOsc.ar(smod, 0, smoda, smodm), 0, smodaa, smodmm), 0, 1, 1), amp, SinOsc.ar(cmod, 0, cmoda)), room, reverb, damp, input, spread, dry, early, tail)));
  });
  Ndef(\droneSines).edit;
  s.meter;
};
)
//Ndef(\droneSines).clear;
Ndef(\droneSines).stop;

//--save a preset
Ndef(\droneSines).nodeMap.writeArchive("~/Desktop/pset1.txt".standardizePath)

//--recall a preset
Ndef(\droneSines).nodeMap= Object.readArchive("~/Desktop/pset1.txt".standardizePath)

//--scramble settings
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Ndef(\droneSines).set(\amp, 0.05);
Ndef(\droneSines).controlKeys.do{|k|
  if(k!=\amp, {
    Ndef(\droneSines).set(k, k.asSpec.map(1.0.rand));
  });
};
)
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