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## mincer

mincer — Phase-locked vocoder processing.

## Description

mincer implements phase-locked vocoder processing using function tables containing sampled-sound sources, with GEN01, and mincer will accept deferred allocation tables.

This opcode allows for time and frequency-independent scaling. Time is controlled by a time index (in seconds) to the function table position and can be moved forward and backward at any chosen speed, as well as stopped at a given position ("frozen"). The quality of the effect is generally improved with phase locking switched on.

mincer will also scale pitch, independently of frequency, using a transposition factor (k-rate).

## Syntax

    asig mincer atimpt, kamp, kpitch, ktab, klock[,ifftsize,idecim]

## Initialization

ifftsize -- FFT size (power-of-two), defaults to 2048.

idecim -- decimation, defaults to 4 (meaning hopsize = fftsize/4)

## Performance

atimpt -- time position of current audio sample in secs. Table reading wraps around the ends of the function table.

kamp -- amplitude scaling

kpitch -- grain pitch scaling (1=normal pitch, < 1 lower, > 1 higher; negative, backwards)

klock -- 0 or 1, to switch phase-locking on/off

ktab -- source signal function table. Deferred-allocation tables (see GEN01) are accepted, but the opcode expects a mono source. Tables can be switched at k-rate.

## Examples

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

Example 462. Example of the mincer opcode.

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

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

    instr 1

    idur  = p3
    ilock = p4
    ipitch = 1
    itimescale = 0.5
    iamp  = 0.8

    atime line   0,idur,idur*itimescale
    asig  mincer atime, iamp, ipitch, 1, ilock
          outs asig, asig

    endin
    </CsInstruments>
    <CsScore>
    f 1 0 0 1 "fox.wav" 0 0 0

    i 1 0 5 0	;not locked
    i 1 6 5 1	;locked

    e

    </CsScore>
    </CsoundSynthesizer>

## Credits

Author: Victor Lazzarini
February 2010

New plugin in version 5.13

February 2005.

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