deltapn — Taps a delay line at variable offset times.
xnumsamps -- specifies the tapped delay time in number of samples. Each can range from 1 control period to the full delay time of the read/write pair; however, since there is no internal check for adherence to this range, the user is wholly responsible. Each argument can be a constant, a variable, or a time-varying signal.
deltapn is identical to deltapi, except delay time is specified in number of samples, instead of seconds (Hans Mikelson).
This opcode can tap into a delayr/delayw pair, extracting delayed audio from the idlt seconds of stored sound. There can be any number of deltap and/or deltapi units between a read/write pair. Each receives an audio tap with no change of original amplitude.
This opcode can provide multiple delay taps for arbitrary delay path and feedback networks. They can deliver either constant-time or time-varying taps, and are useful for building chorus effects, harmonizers, and Doppler shifts. Constant-time delay taps (and some slowly changing ones) do not need interpolated readout; they are well served by deltap. Medium-paced or fast varying dlt's, however, will need the extra services of deltapi.
delayr/delayw pairs may be interleaved. To associate a delay tap unit with a specific delayr unit, it not only has to be located between that delayr and the appropriate delayw unit, but must also precede any following delayr units. See Example 2. (This feature added in Csound version 3.57 by Jens Groh and John ffitch).
N.B. k-rate delay times are not internally interpolated, but rather lay down stepped time-shifts of audio samples; this will be found quite adequate for slowly changing tap times. For medium to fast-paced changes, however, one should provide a higher resolution audio-rate timeshift as input.
Example 112. deltap example #1
asource buzz 1, 440, 20, 1 atime linseg 1, p3/2,.01, p3/2,1 ; trace a distance in secs ampfac = 1/atime/atime ; and calc an amp factor adump delayr 1 ; set maximum distance amove deltapi atime ; move sound source past delayw asource ; the listener out amove * ampfac
Example 113. deltap example #2
ainput1 = ..... ainput2 = ..... kdlyt1 = ..... kdlyt2 = ..... ;Read delayed signal, first delayr instance: adump delayr 4.0 adly1 deltap kdlyt1 ;associated with first delayr instance ;Read delayed signal, second delayr instance: adump delayr 4.0 adly2 deltap kdlyt2 ; associated with second delayr instance ;Do some cross-coupled manipulation: afdbk1 = 0.7 * adly1 + 0.7 * adly2 + ainput1 afdbk2 = -0.7 * adly1 + 0.7 * adly2 + ainput2 ;Feed back signal, associated with first delayr instance: delayw afdbk1 ;Feed back signal, associated with second delayr instance: delayw afdbk2 outs adly1, adly2