STKBowed
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## STKBowed

STKBowed — STKBowed is a bowed string instrument.

## Description

STKBowed is a bowed string instrument, using a waveguide model.

## Syntax

    asignal STKBowed ifrequency, iamplitude, [kpress, kv1[, kpos, kv2[, klfo, kv3[, klfodepth, kv4[, kvol, kv5]]]]]

## Initialization

ifrequency -- Frequency of note played, in Hertz.

iamplitude -- Amplitude of note played (range 0-1).

## Performance

kpress -- controller 2, bow pressure. Value range of kv1 is 0-127.

kpos -- controller 4, position on bow. Value range of kv2 is 0-127.

klfo -- controller 11, speed of low-frequency oscillator. Value range of kv3 is 0-127.

klfodepth -- controller 1, depth of low-frequency oscillator. Value range of kv4 is 0-127.

kvol -- controller 128, volume. Value range of kv5 is 0-127.

| Note
The code for this opcode is taken directly from the Bowed class in the Synthesis Toolkit in C++ by Perry R. Cook and Gary P. Scavone. More on the STK classes can be found here: https://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/stk/classes.html kc1, kv1, kc2, kv2, kc3, kv3, kc4, kv4, kc5, kv5, kc6, kv6, kc7, kv7, kc8, kv8 -- Up to 8 optional k-rate controller pairs for the STK opcodes. Each controller pair consists of a controller number (kc) followed by a controller value (kv). Both the controller numbers and the controller values are krate variables. However, during a performance, normally the controller numbers stay fixed while the corresponding controller values may change at any time. The order of the controller pair is arbitrary, as long as they are after iamplitude. Also, it is not needed that all controller pairs are used.

## Examples

Here is an example of the STKBowed opcode. It uses the file STKBowed.csd.

Example 830. Example of the STKBowed opcode.

    <CsoundSynthesizer>
    <CsOptions>
    ; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform
    -odac     ;;;realtime audio out
    ;-iadc    ;;;uncomment -iadc if RT audio input is needed too
    ; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:
    ; -o STKBowed.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform
    </CsOptions>
    <CsInstruments>

    sr = 44100
    ksmps = 32
    nchnls = 2
    0dbfs  = 1

    instr 1

    ipch	= p4
    kv2	= p7							;position on bow
    kv1	line	p5, p3, p6					;bow pressure
    kv4	line	0, p3, 7					;depth of low-frequency oscillator

    asig	STKBowed cpspch(ipch), 1, 2, kv1, 4, kv2, 11, 40, 1, kv4, 128, 100
    asig	=	asig*2						;amplify
    	outs	asig, asig
    endin

    </CsInstruments>
    <CsScore>

    i 1 0 15 6.00 20 100 115
    i 1 17 3 7.00 120 0  0
    i 1 21 3 7.09 120 0  30
    i 1 21 4 7.03 50  0  0
    e
    </CsScore>
    </CsoundSynthesizer>

## Credits

Author: Michael Gogins (after Perry Cook)
Irreducible Productions
New York, NY

New in Csound version 5.11

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