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1 <html>
2 <head>
3 <meta name="author" content="Christian Schoenebeck">
4 <title>change_vol() function</title>
5 <meta name="description" content="Modifies the volume of voices of a particular note.">
6 </head>
7 <body>
8 <h1>change_vol()</h1>
9 <p>
10 This function can be used to modify the volume of active voices during
11 their entire life time. So you may for example implement very sophisticated
12 volume envelopes by script by using this function. You need to pass the
13 note ID of the voices you want to alter. This function will change the
14 volume of all active voices associated with the requested note. So if you
15 are using a layered instrument patch, then it will change the volume of
16 all layers.
17 </p>
18 <p>
19 Internally the sampler always fades the volume from its current value to
20 the new volume as requested, however that volume fade by default is so fast
21 that it sounds like its value jumps directly from its old to the new value,
22 it is yet slow enough though to avoid undesired click sounds. You may also
23 override that automated fade time explicitly by calling
24 <code lang="nksp">change_vol_time()</code> before calling the
25 <code lang="nksp">change_vol()</code> function.
26 </p>
27 <p>
28 The volume changes set by calling this function are always applied relatively to
29 the volume calculated by the synthesis model and sampler format. That means
30 the various sources of volume factors like MIDI CC #7, Amplitute Envelopes,
31 Amplitutude LFOs and other volume factors that may be defined by the
32 instrument patch, are always processed and calculated for the voices first,
33 and the final volume applied is always a relative combination of all those
34 factors and the one set with this function call. This does also not change
35 when you pass <code>1</code> for argument <code>??relative??</code>.
36 Or in other words: you cannot replace the volume set by other synthesis
37 sources with this function.
38 </p>
39
40 <note class="important">
41 Release Trigger Samples: In case the affected voices cause release trigger
42 samples to be spawned later on, the volume of those release trigger voices
43 will not be affected by this function at all. So if you need to control the
44 volume of release trigger samples by script, then you might rather also trigger
45 those release trigger samples by script with <code lang="nksp">play_note()</code>
46 instead of using the sampler format's internal support for release trigger samples.
47 </note>
48
49 <h3>Function Prototype</h3>
50 <p/>
51 <code lang="nksp">
52 change_vol(??note??, ??volume??, [??relative??])
53 </code>
54
55 <h3>Arguments</h3>
56 <table>
57 <tr>
58 <th>Argument Name</th> <th>Data Type</th> <th>Description</th>
59 </tr>
60 <tr>
61 <td><code>??note??</code></td>
62 <td>Note ID Number or Note ID Array</td>
63 <td>All voices of this note will be modified.<br>
64 [required]</td>
65 </tr>
66 <tr>
67 <td><code>??volume??</code></td>
68 <td>Integer Number</td>
69 <td>Volume change in Milli dB.
70 A positive value increases the volume,
71 a negative value decreases the volume.<br>
72 [required]</td>
73 </tr>
74 <tr>
75 <td><code>??relative??</code></td>
76 <td>Integer Number</td>
77 <td>Whether change_vol() calls should be relative to each other.<br>
78 <code>0</code>: A call to <code>change_vol()</code> upon the same note will
79 replace the volume change value set by previous
80 <code>change_vol()</code> calls upon the same note.<br>
81 <code>1</code>: Successive calls to <code>change_vol()</code> upon the same
82 note will be relatively applied against each other.<br>
83 [optional, default: <code>0</code>]</td>
84 </tr>
85 </table>
86
87 <h3>Return Value</h3>
88 <p>None.</p>
89
90 <h3>Remarks</h3>
91 <p>
92 This functions optionally accepts <code>B</code> (for "Bel") as standard unit
93 and finalness for its argument <code>??volume??</code>.
94 </p>
95
96 <h3>Examples</h3>
97 <p>None yet.<p>
98
99 <h3>See also</h3>
100 <p><code>change_vol_time()</code>, <code>fade_in()</code>, <code>fade_out()</code><p>
101
102 <h3>Availability</h3>
103 <p>Since LinuxSampler 2.0.0.svn11.<p>
104
105 <note>
106 The third argument of this function <code>??relative??</code> is only
107 optional with NKSP. If you want to keep compatibility with KSP, then you
108 should always pass a value for that third argument of this function.
109 </note>
110
111 </body>
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