rsc3/doc-schelp/HelpSource/Classes/LocalBuf.schelp

class:: LocalBuf
summary:: Allocate a buffer local to the synth
categories:: UGens>Buffer
related:: Classes/Buffer, Classes/SetBuf, Classes/ClearBuf

classmethods::
private:: categories, new1

method:: new
Allocate a local buffer
argument:: numFrames
number of frames (default: 1)
argument:: numChannels
number of channels for multiple channel buffers (default: 1)
returns:: a new buffer – the ugen outputs its buffer number and can thus be used in any other ugen that requires a buffer number input.

method:: newFrom
Allocates a new buffer from a given list of values
argument:: list
The list may be two-dimensional for numChannels > 1.
It is then reshaped into the buffer's current format by flattening.
returns:: a new buffer
discussion::
Since newFrom is called by the as message, one may thus convert an array to a LocalBuf:
code::
[1, 2, 3].as(LocalBuf)
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instancemethods::
method:: set
set the buffer slots with a list of values.
discussion::
If list is smaller than numFrames, it will only set
part of the buffer. The list may be two-dimensional for numChannels > 1.
offset is the starting index (default: 0)
warning::
SynthDef permits a maximum of 65536 (2**16) unique constant values in one definition. A very large array of distinct values can corrupt the SynthDef's binary format. If you need a large buffer to be pre-initialized with signal data, it is strongly recommended to use link::Classes/Buffer:: instead.
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If the buffer is large but holds a smaller number of unique values, e.g. code::Array.fill(88200, { #[0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0].choose })::, this is no problem. SynthDef compacts the large array for the list of constants.

code::
SynthDef(\bigLocalBuf, {
	LocalBuf(88200).set(Array.fill(88200, { #[0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0].choose }))
}).add;

SynthDescLib.at(\bigLocalBuf).constants;
// prints: FloatArray[ 1, 88200, 0, 0.75, 0.5, 0.25 ]
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method:: clear
set the buffer slot to zero.
discussion::
This is important when randomly accessing buffer slots
(e.g. with a BufRd) or not overwriting them. Clear is not an efficient real time operation
for larger buffers, so it should be only used when really needed - but then it is essential:
a LocalBuf is "created" in each new synth, and it may reuse old space. So if an older
synth has already ended, this part of memory may be the same as the new synth's.

examples::
code::
// example: FFT

(
{
var in, chain;
	in = WhiteNoise.ar(0.1.dup);
	chain = FFT({LocalBuf(2048, 1)}.dup, in);
	chain = PV_BrickWall(chain, SinOsc.kr([0.1, 0.11]));
	IFFT(chain) // inverse FFT
}.play;
)

// spawn some FFT based synths:
(
SynthDef(\fftgrain, { |out, sustain = 1, rate = 0.2|
	var in, chain;
	in = WhiteNoise.ar(0.1).dup;
	chain = FFT({LocalBuf(128, 1)}.dup, in);
	chain = PV_BrickWall(chain,
		SinOsc.kr(rate * XLine.kr(1, 15 * [1, 1.6], sustain), Rand(0, pi))
	);
	Out.ar(out, IFFT(chain) * XLine.kr(1, 0.001, sustain, doneAction: Done.freeSelf)) // inverse FFT
}).add;
)

(
Pbind(
	\instrument, \fftgrain,
	\rate, Pwhite().linexp(0, 1, 0.01, 300),
	\legato, Pwhite(1, 3.0, inf),
	\dur, Prand([0.2, 1, 1.2], inf)
).play
)

// IndexL
(
{
	var buf = LocalBuf.newFrom((0..5).scramble);
	var freq = IndexL.kr(buf, MouseX.kr(0, BufFrames.kr(buf))).poll * 100 + 40;
	Saw.ar(freq * [1, 1.1]) * 0.1
}.play;
)

// DetectIndex
(
{
	var buf1 = LocalBuf.newFrom((0..5).scramble);
	var buf2 = LocalBuf.newFrom((0..5).scramble - 1);
	var buf3 = LocalBuf.newFrom((0..5).scramble + 1);
	var index = DetectIndex.kr([buf1, buf2], SinOsc.kr([0.85, 0.8], 0, 6).trunc).poll;
	var freq = IndexL.kr([buf2, buf3], index).poll * 40 + 40;
	Saw.ar(freq) * 0.1
}.play;
)


// DegreeToKey
// modal space
// mouse x controls discrete pitch in dorian mode
(
play({
	var mix;

	mix =

	// lead tone
	SinOsc.ar(
		(
			DegreeToKey.kr(
				[0, 2, 3.2, 5, 7, 9, 10].as(LocalBuf),
				MouseX.kr(0, 15),		// mouse indexes into scale
				12,					// 12 notes per octave
				1,					// mul = 1
				72					// offset by 72 notes
			).poll
			+ LFNoise1.kr([3,3], 0.04)	// add some low freq stereo detuning
		).midicps,						// convert midi notes to hertz
		0,
		0.1)

	// drone 5ths
	+ RLPF.ar(LFPulse.ar([48,55].midicps, 0.15),
		SinOsc.kr(0.1, 0, 10, 72).midicps, 0.1, 0.1);

	// add some 70's euro-space-rock echo
	CombN.ar(mix, 0.31, 0.31, 2, 1, mix)
})
)

// Osc
(
{
	var buf;
	var list = Wavetable.sineFill(512, 1.0 / [1, 10, 3, 10, 5, 6, 10]);
	// list.plot;
	buf = LocalBuf.newFrom(list);
	Osc.ar(buf,
		XLine.kr(2000, 200 + {30.0.rand}.dup, 10) + SinOsc.ar(Line.kr(2, 300, 10),
		0, 100)
	) * 0.1;
}.play;
)

// see how not clearing the buffer accesses old data:
// slowly overwrite data with noise
(
{
	var buf = LocalBuf(2048, 2);
	BufWr.ar(WhiteNoise.ar(1.dup), buf, LFNoise0.ar(530).range(0, BufFrames.kr(buf)));
	PlayBuf.ar(2, buf, MouseX.kr(1, 2), loop: 1) * 0.1
}.play
)

// avoid this (unless you like the glitch) by clearing buffer first:
(
{
	var buf = LocalBuf(2048, 2).clear;
	BufWr.ar(WhiteNoise.ar(1.dup), buf, LFNoise0.ar(530).range(0, BufFrames.kr(buf)));
	PlayBuf.ar(2, buf, MouseX.kr(1, 2), loop: 1) * 0.1
}.play
)


// BufCombC stereo (needs no clearing, because delay is filled by ugen)
(
{
var z = Decay.ar(Dust.ar(1.dup, 0.1), 0.3, WhiteNoise.ar);
BufCombC.ar(LocalBuf(SampleRate.ir, 2), z, XLine.kr(0.0001, 0.01, 20), 0.2);
}.play
)

// multichannel test
(
{
var in, chain, n = 4;
	in = WhiteNoise.ar(0.1.dup(n));
	chain = FFT({LocalBuf(2048, 1)}.dup(n), in);
	chain = PV_BrickWall(chain, LFNoise2.kr(2.dup(n)));
	Splay.ar(IFFT(chain)) // inverse FFT
}.play;
)
::