m Statement (Mark Statement)

Sets a named mark in the score, which can be used by an n statement.

Syntax

m p1

Initialization

p1 -- Name of mark.

Performance

This can be helpful in setting a up verse and chorus structure in the score. Names may contain letters and numerals.

For example, the following score:

m foo
i1 0 1
i1 1 1.5
i1 2.5 2
s
i1 0 10
s
n foo
e

Will be passed from the preprocessor to Csound as:

i1 0 1
i1 1 1.5
i1 2.5 2
s
i1 0 10
s
;; this is named section repeated
i1 0 1
i1 1 1.5
i1 2.5 2
s
;; end of named section
e

Examples

Here is an example of the m statement. It uses the file m.csd.

<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 m.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform
</CsOptions>
<CsInstruments>

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

instr 1

aenv expseg .01, p3*0.25, 1, p3*0.75, 0.01
asig poscil3 .8*aenv, p4, 1
     outs asig, asig

endin
</CsInstruments>
<CsScore>
f 1 0 16384 10 1        ;sine wave

m foo                   ;mark section
i 1 0   1 110
i 1 1.5 1 220
i 1 3   1 440
i 1 4.5 1 880
s                       ;second section
i 1 0 2 110
i 1 2 2 220
s
n foo                   ;repeat marked section
e
</CsScore>
</CsoundSynthesizer>

See Also

Score Statements

Credits

Author: John ffitch
University of Bath/Codemist Ltd.
Bath, UK
April, 1998

New in Csound version 3.48