10-arithmetic-ops.py - Using arithmetic with event generators. — Pyo 1.0.4 documentation

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# 10-arithmetic-ops.py - Using arithmetic with event generators.

Arithmetic operators can be used with EventGenerator objects to control their behaviour (and change the pattern of the sequence of values).

Available operators are:

+ : addition

- : substraction

* : multiplication

/ : division

**: exponent

% : modulo (remaining of the division)

//: quantizer (returns te nearest multiple of its argument)

Arithmetic can be done with event generators as both operand and operator.

    from pyo import *

    s = Server().boot()

    # Half-semitone scale (the octave is divided in 24 equally-spaced steps).
    # The integer (a semitone in midi note) is divided by 2, which mean that
    # there are two values inside a single integer.
    e = Events(
        midinote=EventDrunk(list(range(48)), maxStep=-2) / 2.0 + 72,
        beat=1 / 4.0,
        db=-12,
        attack=0.001,
        decay=0.05,
        sustain=0.5,
        release=0.005,
    ).play()

    # Quantize to multiples of a minor third.
    e2 = Events(
        midinote=EventCall(random.uniform, 60, 72) // 3,
        beat=1 / 4.0,
        db=-12,
        durmul=1,
        attack=0.001,
        decay=0.05,
        sustain=0.5,
        release=0.005,
    ).play()

    # EventGenerator as arithmetic operator. Kind of ostinato.
    e3 = Events(
        midinote=EventSeq([48, 50, 52]) - EventSeq([0, 2, 4, 6]),
        beat=1 / 4.0,
        db=-12,
        durmul=1,
        attack=0.001,
        decay=0.05,
        sustain=0.5,
        release=0.005,
    ).play()

    s.gui(locals())