Stephen Roddy
“An experimental composer from Ireland, Stephen Roddy proves equally adept at crushing soundscapes as he does mysterious melodies.”
- Bandcamp New & Notable, March 2022.
<CsoundSynthesizer>
<CsOptions>
; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform
-odac ;;;RT audio out
;-iadc ;;;uncomment -iadc if RT audio input is needed too
; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:
; -o comb.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform
</CsOptions>
<CsInstruments>
sr = 44100
ksmps = 32
nchnls = 2
0dbfs = 1
/****USER DEFINED OPCODES****/
opcode vowgen2, a, kkkkkki
kfund,kmorf,koct,imode,kris,kdur,kdec xin ;Opcode extended by Stephen Roddy to accept grain params
imorf ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, 10, 1; must be 16 elements long because vowels are in tables of length 16
ifenv ftgentmp 0, 0, 4096, 19, .5, .5, 270, .5
ivib ftgentmp 0, 0, 4096, 10, 1
if imode == 0 igoto bass
if imode == 1 igoto tenor
if imode == 2 igoto countertenor
if imode == 3 igoto alto
if imode == 4 igoto soprano
bass:
ia ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, 600, 1040, 2250, 2450, 2750, 0, -7, -9, -9, -20, 60, 70, 110, 120, 130
ie ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, 400, 1620, 2400, 2800, 3100, 0, -12, -9, -12, -18, 40, 80, 100, 120, 120
ii ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, 350, 1700, 2700, 3700, 4950, 0, -20, -30, -22, -28, 60, 90, 100, 120, 120
io ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, 450, 800, 2830, 3500, 4950, 0, -11, -21, -20, -40, 40, 80, 100, 120, 120
iu ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, 325, 700, 2530, 3500, 4950, 0, -20, -32, -28, -36, 40, 80, 100, 120, 120
igoto ind
tenor:
ia ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, 650, 1080, 2650, 2900, 3250, 0, -6, -7, -8, -22, 80, 90, 120, 130, 140
ie ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, 400, 1700, 2600, 3200, 3580, 0, -14, -12, -14, -20, 70, 80, 100, 120, 120
ii ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, 290, 1870, 2800, 3250, 3540, 0, -15, -18, -20, -30, 40, 90, 100, 120, 120
io ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, 400, 800, 2600, 2800, 3000, 0, -10, -12, -12, -26, 70, 80, 100, 130, 135
iu ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, 350, 600, 2700, 2900, 3300, 0, -20, -17, -14, -26, 40, 60, 100, 120, 120
igoto ind
countertenor:
ia ftgentmp 990, 0, 16, -2, 660, 1120, 2750, 3000, 3350, 0, -6, -23, -24, -38, 80, 90, 120, 130, 140
ie ftgentmp 991, 0, 16, -2, 440, 1800, 2700, 3000, 3300, 0, -14, -18, -20, -20, 70, 80, 100, 120, 120
ii ftgentmp 992, 0, 16, -2, 270, 1850, 2900, 3350, 3590, 0, -24, -24, -36, -36, 40, 90, 100, 120, 120
io ftgentmp 993, 0, 16, -2, 430, 820, 2700, 3000, 3300, 0, -10, -26, -22, -34, 40, 80, 100, 120, 120
iu ftgentmp 994, 0, 16, -2, 370, 630, 2750, 3000, 3400, 0, -20, -23, -30, -34, 40, 60, 100, 120, 120
igoto ind
alto:
ia ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, 800, 1150, 2800, 3500, 4950, 0, -4, -20, -36, -60, 80, 90, 120, 130, 140
ie ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, 400, 1600, 2700, 3300, 4950, 0, -24, -30, -35, -60, 60, 80, 120, 150, 200
ii ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, 350, 1700, 2700, 3700, 4950, 0, -20, -30, -36, -60, 50, 100, 120, 150, 200
io ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, 450, 800, 2830, 3500, 4950, 0, -9, -16, -28, -55, 70, 80, 100, 130, 135
iu ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, 325, 700, 2530, 3500, 4950, 0, -12, -30, -40, -64, 50, 60, 170, 180, 200
igoto ind
soprano:
ia ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, 800, 1150, 2900, 3900, 4950, 0, -6, -32, -20, -50, 80, 90, 120, 130, 140
ie ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, 350, 2000, 2800, 3600, 4950, 0, -20, -15, -40, -56, 60, 100, 120, 150, 200
ii ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, 270, 2140, 2950, 3900, 4950, 0, -12, -26, -26, -44, 60, 90, 100, 120, 120
io ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, 450, 800, 2830, 3800, 4950, 0, -11, -22, -22, -50, 40, 80, 100, 120, 120
iu ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, 325, 700, 2700, 3800, 4950, 0, -16, -35, -40, -60, 50, 60, 170, 180, 200
igoto ind
ind:
index ftgentmp 0, 0, 16, -2, ia, ie, ii, ia, io, iu, ie, io, ii, iu, ia, io, ia, ia, ia, ia, ia
ftmorf kmorf, index, imorf
kfx = 0
kform1 table kfx, imorf
kform2 table kfx+1, imorf
kform3 table kfx+2, imorf
kform4 table kfx+3, imorf
kform5 table kfx+4, imorf
kamp1 table kfx+5, imorf
kamp2 table kfx+6, imorf
kamp3 table kfx+7, imorf
kamp4 table kfx+8, imorf
kamp5 table kfx+9, imorf
kbw1 table kfx+10,imorf
kbw2 table kfx+11,imorf
kbw3 table kfx+12, imorf
kbw4 table kfx+13, imorf
kbw5 table kfx+14, imorf
iolaps = 100
a1 fof ampdbfs(kamp1), kfund, kform1, koct, kbw1, kris, kdur, kdec, iolaps, ivib, ifenv, p3
a2 fof ampdbfs(kamp2), kfund, kform2, koct, kbw2, kris, kdur, kdec, iolaps, ivib, ifenv, p3
a3 fof ampdbfs(kamp3), kfund, kform3, koct, kbw3, kris, kdur, kdec, iolaps, ivib, ifenv, p3
a4 fof ampdbfs(kamp4), kfund, kform4, koct, kbw4, kris, kdur, kdec, iolaps, ivib, ifenv, p3
a5 fof ampdbfs(kamp5), kfund, kform5, koct, kbw5, kris, kdur, kdec, iolaps, ivib, ifenv, p3
asig = a1+a2+a3+a4+a5
xout asig
endop
/****USER DEFINED OPCODES****/
/************************DATA-SET STORAGE************************/
;DATA-SET INPUT
;Gross National Product from 2007-2012 by quarter
giGNP ftgen 0, 0, -24, -2, 37283,36546,37108,37091,37448,36956,35934,34948,34127,33147,32506,32227,32367,32894,33574,33887,32820,32749,32716,32360,32597,33958,33094,33339,33339
;DATA ;Avg. Unemployment Rate from 2007-2012 by quarter
giUER ftgen 0, 0, -24, -2, 4.5, 4.66, 4.63,4.86, 5.06, 5.7, 6.86, 8.13, 10.2, 11.96, 12.66, 13.03, 13.1, 13.66, 14, 14.63, 14.43,14.43, 14.73, 14.9, 15, 14.76, 14.63, 14.23, 14.23
;DATA ;Avg. Emigration Rate from 2007-2012 in thousands
giEMI ftgen 0, 0, -6, -2, 46.3, 49.2, 72.0, 69.2, 80.6, 87.1 , 87.1
;DATA
;Data
giTEMP ftgen 0, 0, -14, -2, 8.5,8.0,8.9,12.6,15.1,19.3,22.1,19.4,18.7,20,22,25,31
instr 1
gkfund =148 ;GLOBAL FUNDAMENTAL VARIABLE
/***************DATA PROCESSING*****************/
iDatHi = 37448
iDatLo = 32227
iDatReadRate = p3
iDatLen ftlen giGNP
kDatRead line 0, iDatReadRate, iDatLen
kDatIn tablei kDatRead, giGNP
;**DATA SCALING**
ky = (((1)*(kDatIn - iDatLo))/(iDatHi - iDatLo) ); 0-1
/*****************PROSODY**********************/
;Basic Carrier Lfo defines phrase/prosody shape
kSlfo =10
kSpeed = 2
k2 randh 1, 3 ;Randomisation to emulation phrasing and prosody
kScps = kSpeed*k2
aPhrase lfo kSlfo, kScps, 0
;Up Lfo models + rate
kUlfo =5 ;Control the Amount of LFO applied to the signal here
kUSpeed = .5
kU2 randh 1, .3 ;Randomisation to emulation phrasing and prosody
kUcps = kUSpeed*kU2
aUp lfo kUlfo, kUcps, 4
;Down Lfo models - rate
kDlfo =5 ;Control the Amount of LFO applied to the signal here
kDSpeed = .5
kD2 randh 1, .3 ;Randomisation to emulation phrasing and prosody
kDcps = kDSpeed*kD2
aDn lfo kDlfo, kDcps, 5
/*****************PausingModel**********************/
;Square Wave LFO models pauses
kPlfo =1 ;Control the Amount of LFO applied to the signal here
kPSpeed random .25,2
;Randomisation to emulation phrasing and prosody
kPR2 randh 1, .25
kP2 randomh .0625,10,.5
kPcps = kPSpeed*kPR2
aPs lfo kPlfo, kPcps, 3
;Add Up and Down Signal to Phrase Signal Signals Together
aProsody = (aPhrase + aUp + aDn)
koct =0
;printk 0,ky
/*****************AMBIENT VOICE PROCESSIG*****************/
kmorf1= 7-(4*ky) ; the polarity is switched because GNP is a falling value
;0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
; a e i a o u e o i u a o a
/*****************PROCESS VOCAL TIMBRAL PARAMATERS*****************/
kris =.003
kdur = .002
kdec = .007
ktone = 1.25*ky
kRndLfoTim randomi 1,6,3
kFLfo lfo 1,kRndLfoTim
kFLfo = kFLfo + 2
kBaseFund = gkfund*ktone
kminfund = 60
kfund = kBaseFund ;+ kFLfo
kfund = (kminfund +kfund+aProsody); * aPs
/************************VOWGEN AREA*****************************/
;asig vowgen kfreq, kmorf, koct, kris, kdur, kdec, imode
aVox1 vowgen2 kfund, kmorf1, koct, kris, kdur, kdec, 3
aVox2 vowgen2 kfund, kmorf1, koct, kris, kdur, kdec, 4
aVox3 vowgen2 kfund, kmorf1, koct, kris, kdur, kdec, 5
aVox = (aVox1+aVox2+aVox3)/3 ;Keep the Avox Signal Useable
/********************************************************************/
aVox butterlp aVox, 3000
asigl= aVox
asigr= aVox
;aoutL, aoutR freeverb ainL, ainR, kRoomSize, kHFDamp[, iSRate[, iSkip]]
aL, aR freeverb asigl, asigr, .01, .1, sr
/* Post-Processing**/
asigl= asigl*.15
asigr= asigr*.15
aoutL = asigl+aL
aoutR= asigr+aR
aL1, aR1 pan2 aoutL, 1-ky,0
aL2, aR2 pan2 aoutR, 1-ky,0
aleft = aL1+aL2
aright = aR1+aR2
outs aleft, aright
endin
/***************************************************************/
instr 2 ;UNEMPLOYMENT
gkfund =148
/* IN ORDER TO SONIFY THE DATA MUST FIRST ANALYSE IT FOR HIGH AND LOW POINTS |AND ENTER HERE*/
/****************************************************************/
;DATA PROCESSING
iDatHi = 15
iDatLo = 4.5
iDatReadRate = p3
iDatLen ftlen giUER
kDatRead line 0, iDatReadRate, iDatLen
kDatIn tablei kDatRead, giUER
;**DATA SCALING**
ky = (((1)*(kDatIn - iDatLo))/(iDatHi - iDatLo)); 0-1
printk 0,ky
/****************************************************************/
/***************** CHOIR MODELLING *****************/
;0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
;a e i a o u e o i u a o a
koct =0
/*****************AMBIENT VOICE PROCESSIG*****************/
kmorf1= 4+(2.25*ky) ; starts at 3(a) and moves signal up another 3 to reach 6(e)
;0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
; a e i a o u e o i u a o a
/***************** PROCESS VOCAL TIMRAL PARAMATERS*****************/
kris =.003
kdur = .002
kdec = .007
kRndLfoTim randomi 1,6,3
ktone = .25*ky
kFLfo lfo 1,kRndLfoTim
kFLfo = kFLfo + 2
kBaseFund = (gkfund)*ktone ;Keeps the Fundamental frequencies relative to one another!
kfund = kBaseFund + kFLfo
/***************** PROCESS VOCAL TIMRAL PARAMATERS*****************/
/************************VOWGEN AREA*****************************/
;asig vowgen kfreq, kmorf, koct, kris, kdur, kdec, imode
aVox1 vowgen2 60+kfund, kmorf1, koct, kris, kdur, kdec, 0
aVox2 vowgen2 60+kfund, kmorf1, koct, kris, kdur, kdec, 1
aVox3 vowgen2 60+kfund, kmorf1, koct, kris, kdur, kdec, 2
aVox =(aVox1+aVox2+aVox3)/3 ;Keep the Avox Signal Useable
/***********************************************************************/
aVox butterlp aVox, 3000
asigl= aVox
asigr= aVox
/********************************REVERB*********************************/
;aoutL, aoutR freeverb ainL, ainR, kRoomSize, kHFDamp[, iSRate[, iSkip]]
aL, aR freeverb asigl, asigr, .01, .1, sr
/* Post-Processing**/
asigl= asigl*.1
asigr= asigr*.1
aoutL = asigl+aL
aoutR= asigr+aR
aL1, aR1 pan2 aoutL, 1-ky,0
aL2, aR2 pan2 aoutR, 1-ky,0
aleft = aL1+aL2
aright = aR1+aR2
outs aleft, aright
/**********************************************************************/
endin
/**********************************************************************/
instr 3 ;EMIGRATION
;GLOBAL VARIABLES
gkfund =148
/* IN ORDER TO SONIFY THE DATA MUST FIRST ANALYSE IT FOR HIGH AND LOW POINTS |AND ENTER HERE*/
/*********************************************************************/
;DATA PROCESSING
iDatHi = 87.1
iDatLo = 46.3
iDatReadRate = p3
iDatLen ftlen giEMI
kDatRead line 0, iDatReadRate, iDatLen
kDatIn tablei kDatRead, giEMI
;**DATA SCALING**
ky = ((1)*(kDatIn - iDatLo))/(iDatHi - iDatLo) ; 0-1
printk 0,ky
/**********************************************************************/
/************************CHOIR MODELLING************************/
;0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
;a e i a o u e o i u a o a
koct =0
/************************AMBIENT VOICE PROCESSIG*************************/
kmorf1= (1*ky) ; starts at 3(a) and moves signal up another 3 to reach 6(e)
;0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
; a e i a o u e o i u a o a
/************************PROCESS VOCAL TIMRAL PARAMATERS************************/
kris =.003
kdur = .002
kdec = .007
kRndLfoTim randomi 1,6,3
ktone = .125*ky
kFLfo lfo 1,kRndLfoTim
kFLfo = kFLfo + 2
kBAseFund = (gkfund)*ktone ;Keeps the Fundamental frequencies relative to one another!
kfund = kBAseFund + kFLfo
/************************ PROCESS VOCAL TIMRAL PARAMATERS************************/
/************************VOWGEN AREA************************/
;asig vowgen kfreq, kmorf, koct, kris, kdur, kdec, imode
aVox1 vowgen2 60+kfund, kmorf1, koct, kris, kdur, kdec, 0
aVox2 vowgen2 60+kfund, kmorf1, koct, kris, kdur, kdec, 1
aVox3 vowgen2 60+kfund, kmorf1, koct, kris, kdur, kdec, 2
aVox =(aVox1+aVox2+aVox3)/3 ;Keep the Avox Signal Useable
/***********************************************************************/
aVox butterlp aVox, 3000
asigl= aVox
asigr= aVox
;aoutL, aoutR freeverb ainL, ainR, kRoomSize, kHFDamp[, iSRate[, iSkip]]
aL, aR freeverb asigl, asigr, .01, .1, sr
/************************ Post-Processing ************************/
asigl= asigl*.1
asigr= asigr*.1
aoutL = asigl+aL
aoutR= asigr+aR
aL1, aR1 pan2 aoutL, .5+(.5*ky),0
aL2, aR2 pan2 aoutR, .5-+(.5*ky),0
aleft = aL1+aL2
aright = aR1+aR2
outs aleft, aright
endin
/************************************************/
</CsInstruments>
<CsScore>
; sine wave
f 1 0 4096 10 1
; sigmoid wave
f 2 0 1024 19 0.5 0.5 270 0.5
i1 0 30
i2 0 30
i3 0 30
e
</CsScore>
</CsoundSynthesizer>