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// Granular display by T.Maisey.
// Position in the sound file is (obviously) on the x-axis, amplitude on the y-axis.
// The grain's transparency shows its position in its envelope (window).
// The speed of the grain shows pitch.
// ----------------------------------------------

// Requires use of Qt gui kit.:
GUI.qt;

(
var soundFile, buffer, window, fileView, grainView, granary, displayGrain;

soundFile = SoundFile.openRead(Platform.resourceDir +/+ "sounds/a11wlk01.wav");
buffer = Buffer.readChannel(s, soundFile.path, channels: [0]);

{
SynthDef(\grain, {
		|bufNum = 0, pos, dur, env = 0.05, pitch = 1, pan = 0, amp = 0.5|
		var envl, sig;
		envl = EnvGen.kr(Env.linen(env, dur, env, amp, -3), doneAction: 2);
		sig = PlayBuf.ar(1, bufNum, pitch, 0, pos.linlin(0,1,0,BufFrames.kr(bufNum))) * envl;

		Out.ar(0, Pan2.ar(sig, pan));
}).add;

	s.sync;
}.fork;

~pos = { rrand(0.2, 0.6) };
~dur = { rrand(0.1, 0.5) };
~env = { rrand(0.3, 0.5) };
~amp = { rrand(0.1, 0.7) };
~pitch = { rrand(0.5, 2) }; // pitch is a ratio
~pan = { rrand(-0.8, 0.8) };
~wait = { 0.1 }; // time between grains

~playTask = Task({ loop {
	var pos, pitch, amp, dur, env;
	Synth(\grain,
		[
			\bufNum, buffer,
			\pos, pos = ~pos.value,
			\pitch, pitch = ~pitch.value,
			\amp, amp = ~amp.value,
			\dur, dur = ~dur.value,
			\env, env = ~env.value,
			\pan, ~pan.value,
		]);
	displayGrain.value(pos, pitch, amp, dur, env);

	~wait.value.wait;
}});


// Grain display

window = Window.new("Grain display", Rect(200, 300, 740, 300));


fileView = SoundFileView().readFile(soundFile).gridOn_(false);
grainView = UserView().resize_(5);

window.layout = StackLayout(fileView, grainView).mode_(\stackAll).index_(1);
window.onClose = {p.stop};
window.front;

// Where information about currently playing grains is stored for drawFunc to access:
granary = ();

// Add a grain to the granary:
displayGrain = {|pos, pitchRatio, amp, dur, env|
	var time, routine;

// I've limited it to displaying 30 grains, but I don't see why it couldn't do more.
	if (granary.size < 30, {

		time = Date.getDate().bootSeconds;
		routine = Routine {
			granary.put(time.asSymbol, [pos, pitchRatio, amp, dur, env]);
			(dur + (env * 2)).wait;
			granary.removeAt(time.asSymbol);
		}.play
	});
};

grainView.animate = true;

grainView.drawFunc = {
	var width, height, now, fileDur;

	width = grainView.bounds.width;
	height = grainView.bounds.height;
	now = Date.getDate().bootSeconds;
	fileDur = soundFile.duration;

	Pen.fillColor = Color.white;
	Pen.strokeColor = Color.black;

	granary.keysValuesDo {|k, v|
		var xP, yP, delta, alpha;

		delta = now - k.asFloat;
		xP = (width * v[0]) + (width * ((delta * v[1]) / fileDur));
		yP = (height * (1 - v[2]));

		if( delta < (v[3] + v[4]),
			{ alpha = (delta/v[4]).clip(0,1) },
			{ alpha = 1 - ((delta - (v[3] + v[4])) / v[4]) }
		);

		Pen.translate(xP, yP); // moveTo doesn't seem to work in this context, so translate...

		Pen.addOval(Rect(0,0,10,10));
		Pen.alpha = alpha;
		Pen.fillStroke;

		Pen.translate(xP.neg, yP.neg); // ...and translate back.
	};
};

// Start the grains:
p = ~playTask.play;

)

// Try some different granular parameters:
(
~pos = { rrand(0.3, 0.8) };
~dur = { rrand(0.01, 0.05) };
~env = { 0.02 };
~amp = { rrand(0.2, 0.6) };
~pitch = { rrand(2, 4.0) };
~pan = { rrand(-0.8, 0.8) };
~wait = { 0.01 }; // time between grains
)

// Or how about these:
(
~pos = { rrand(0, 0.5) };
~dur = { rrand(0.1, 0.2) };
~env = { rrand(0.3, 0.5) };
~amp = { rrand(0.2, 0.8) };
~pitch = { rrand(0.2, 0.7) };
~pan = { rrand(-0.8, 0.8) };
~wait = { 0.1 };
)

// To stop the grains, close the grain display window or evaluate:
p.stop;
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