jacktransport

jacktransport — Start/stop jack_transport and can optionally relocate the playback head.

Description

Start/stop jack_transport and can optionally relocate the playback head.

Syntax

jacktransport icommand [, ilocation]

Initialization

icommand -- 1 to start playing, 0 to stop.

ilocation -- optional location in seconds to specify where the playback head should be moved. If omitted, the transport is started from current location.

[Note] Note
Since jacktransport depends on jack audio connection kit, it will work only on Linux or Mac OS X systems which have the jack server running.

Examples

Here is a simple example of the jacktransport opcode. It uses the file jacktransport.csd.

Example 221. Simple example of the jacktransport opcode.

<CsoundSynthesizer>
<CsOptions>
 
-+rtaudio=JACK -b 64 --sched  -o dac:system:playback_ 
</CsOptions>
<CsInstruments>
 
sr      =      	44100
ksmps  	=     	16
nchnls	=	2


	instr 1
jacktransport p4, p5 
	endin

	instr 2
jacktransport p4 
	endin


</CsInstruments>
<CsScore>

i2 0 5 1; play
i2 5 1 0; stop
i1 6 5 1 2 ; move at 2 seconds and start playing back
i1 11 1 0 0 ; stop and rewind

e

</CsScore>
</CsoundSynthesizer>


Credits

Author: Cesare Marilungo

New in version 5.08