«audio transitions» by 56228375

on 19 Aug'17 11:06 in transitiontutorialeffects

Code used in the blog article about audio transitions https://technogems.blogspot.be/2017/08/audio-transitions-in-supercollider.html The program proposes a few ways to gradually switch between 2 sounds that go further than simple crossfading. Can you think of other ways?

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(
s.waitForBoot({
	var synthGroup = Group.new;
	var transitionGroup = Group.after(synthGroup);

	if ((~b1.notNil), { ~b1.free; ~b2.free; });
	~b1 = Bus.audio(s, 2);
	~b2 = Bus.audio(s, 2);

	SynthDef(\sound1, {
		| out=0 |
		var sig = SinOsc.ar(LFNoise0.ar(4, 400, 450), 0, 0.2);
		Out.ar(out, sig!2);
	}).add;

	SynthDef(\sound2, {
		| out = 0 |
		var sig = VarSaw.ar(freq:LFPulse.kr(3, 0, 0.3, 200, 200), iphase:0, width:LFTri.kr(1.0).range(0,1), mul:0.1);
		Out.ar(out, sig!2);
	}).add;

	SynthDef(\transitionCut, { // direct cut, no smooth transition
		| inBusA, inBusB, outBus=0, pos= -1 |
		var sig1 = In.ar(inBusA, 2);
		var sig2 = In.ar(inBusB, 2);
		//var testPos = pos;
		var testPos = EnvGen.kr(Env.new(levels:[-1,-1,1,1,-1,-1], times:[5,5,5,5,5]), doneAction:2);
		Out.ar(outBus, Select.ar(testPos.linlin(-1,1,0,1), [sig1, sig2]));
	}).add;

	SynthDef(\transitionCrossFadeEqualGain, {  // cross fade linearly
		|  inBusA, inBusB, outBus=0, pos= -1 |
		var sig1 = In.ar(inBusA, 2);
		var sig2 = In.ar(inBusB, 2);
		//var testPos = pos;
		var testPos = EnvGen.kr(Env.new(levels:[-1,-1,1,1,-1,-1], times:[5,5,5,5,5]).plot, doneAction:2);
		Out.ar(outBus, (testPos.linlin(-1,1,0,1)*sig1) + (testPos.linlin(-1,1,1,0)*sig2));
	}).add;

	SynthDef(\transitionCrossFadeEqualPower, { // cross fade according to square root law
		| inBusA, inBusB, outBus=0, pos= -1 |
		var sig1 = In.ar(inBusA, 2);
		var sig2 = In.ar(inBusB, 2);
		//var testPos = pos;
		var testPos = EnvGen.kr(Env.new(levels:[-1,-1,1,1,-1,-1], times:[5,5,5,5,5]), doneAction:2);
		Out.ar(outBus, ((((1+testPos).sqrt)/2)*sig1) + ((((1-testPos).sqrt)/2)*sig2) );
	}).add;

	SynthDef(\transitionSpectralCurtainHPF, { // wipe using sweeping hpf filter
		| inBusA, inBusB, outBus=0, pos= -1 |
		var sig1 = In.ar(inBusA, 2);
		var sig2 = In.ar(inBusB, 2);
		//var testPos = pos;
		var testPos = EnvGen.kr(Env.new(levels:[-1,-1,1,1,-1,-1], times:[5,5,5,5,5]), doneAction:2);
		Out.ar(outBus, (HPF.ar(sig1, testPos.linexp(-1,1,2,20000)) + HPF.ar(sig2, testPos.linexp(-1,1,20000,2))));
	}).add;

	SynthDef(\transitionSpectralCurtainLPF, { // wipe using sweeping lpf filter
		| inBusA, inBusB, outBus=0, pos= -1 |
		var sig1 = In.ar(inBusA, 2);
		var sig2 = In.ar(inBusB, 2);
		//var testPos = pos;
		var testPos = EnvGen.kr(Env.new(levels:[-1,-1,1,1,-1,-1], times:[5,5,5,5,5]), doneAction:2);
		Out.ar(outBus, (LPF.ar(sig1, testPos.linexp(-1,1,20000,2)) + LPF.ar(sig2, testPos.linexp(-1,1,2,20000))));
	}).add;

	SynthDef(\transitionReverbWash, { // blur out
		| inBusA, inBusB, outBus=0, pos= -1 |
		var sig1 = In.ar(inBusA, 2);
		var sig2 = In.ar(inBusB, 2);
		//var testPos = pos;
		var testPos = EnvGen.kr(Env.new(levels:[-1,-1,1,1,-1,-1], times:[5,5,5,5,5]), doneAction:2);
		Out.ar(outBus,
			(testPos.linlin(-1,1,1,0)*FreeVerb.ar(in:sig1, mix:testPos.linlin(-1,1,0,1), room:15, damp:0.01)) +
			(testPos.linlin(-1,1,0,1)*FreeVerb.ar(in:sig2, mix:testPos.linlin(-1,1,1,0), room:15, damp:0.01)));
	}).add;

	SynthDef(\transitionPulseTrain, { // "pixelate"
		| inBusA, inBusB, outBus=0, pos= -1 |
		var sig1 = In.ar(inBusA, 2);
		var sig2 = In.ar(inBusB, 2);
		//var testPos = pos;
		var testPos = EnvGen.kr(Env.new(levels:[-1,-1,1,1,-1,-1], times:[5,5,5,5,5]), doneAction:2);
		var pulsefreq = 15;
		// do some waveshaping with an Env: generate 0,1,2 but stay 10x longer in 1 than in 0 and 2.
		// the generated value will be used in a Select UGen
		var mapper = Env.new([0,0,1,1,2,2],[0.1,0.01,1,0.01,0.1].normalizeSum);
		var mappedTestPos = IEnvGen.ar(mapper, testPos.linlin(-1,1,0,1));
		Out.ar(outBus,
			Select.ar(mappedTestPos,
				[testPos.linlin(-1,1,1,0)*sig1,
				 LeakDC.ar(((testPos.linlin(-1,1,1,0)*(LFPulse.kr(pulsefreq, 0, testPos.linlin(-1,1,1,0))*sig1)) +
			    			(testPos.linlin(-1,1,0,1)*(LFPulse.kr(pulsefreq, 1, testPos.linlin(-1,1,0,1))*sig2)))),
				 testPos.linlin(-1,1,0,1)*sig2]));
	}).add;

	SynthDef(\transitionPanLR, { // shift LR
		| inBusA, inBusB, outBus=0, pos= -1 |
		var sig1 = In.ar(inBusA, 2);
		var sig2 = In.ar(inBusB, 2);
		//var testPos = pos;
		var testPos = EnvGen.kr(Env.new(levels:[-1,-1,1,1,-1,-1], times:[5,5,5,5,5]), doneAction:2);
		Out.ar(outBus,
			Balance2.ar(sig1[0], sig1[1], testPos.linlin(-1,1,-1,0), testPos.linlin(-1,1,0,1)) +
			Balance2.ar(sig2[0], sig2[1], testPos.linlin(-1,1,0,1),  testPos.linlin(-1,1,1,0))
		);
	}).add;

	s.sync;

	fork {
		var s1 = Synth(\sound1, [\out, ~b1], synthGroup);
		var s2 = Synth(\sound2, [\out, ~b2], synthGroup);

		[//\transitionCut, // boring
		 \transitionCrossFadeEqualGain,
		 \transitionCrossFadeEqualPower,
		 \transitionSpectralCurtainHPF,
		 \transitionSpectralCurtainLPF,
		 \transitionReverbWash,
		 \transitionPulseTrain,
		 \transitionPanLR

		].do({
			| item , idx |
			("Now switching to transition "++item).postln;
			Synth(item, [\inBusA, ~b1, \inBusB, ~b2], transitionGroup);
			25.wait;
		});
	}

});
)
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