Description

Mutes/unmutes new instances of a given instrument.

Syntax

mute insnum [, iswitch]

mute "insname" [, iswitch]

Initialization

insnum -- instrument number. Equivalent to p1 in a score i statement.

“insname” -- A string (in double-quotes) representing a named instrument.

iswitch (optional, default=0) -- represents a switch to mute/unmute an instrument. A value of 0 will mute new instances of an instrument, other values will unmute them. The default value is 0.

Performance

All new instances of instrument inst will me muted (iswitch = 0) or unmuted (iswitch not equal to 0). There is no difficulty with muting muted instruments or unmuting unmuted instruments. The mechanism is the same as used by the score q statement. For example, it is possible to mute in the score and unmute in some instrument.

Muting/Unmuting is indicated by a message (depending on message level).

Examples

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

<CsoundSynthesizer>
<CsOptions>
; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform
; Audio out   Audio in    No messages
-odac           -iadc     -d     ;;;RT audio I/O
; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:
; -o mute.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform
</CsOptions>
<CsInstruments>

; Initialize the global variables.
sr = 44100
kr = 4410
ksmps = 10
nchnls = 1

; Mute Instrument #2.
mute 2

; Instrument #1.
instr 1
  a1 oscils 10000, 440, 0
  out a1
endin

; Instrument #2.
instr 2
  a1 oscils 10000, 880, 0
  out a1
endin


</CsInstruments>
<CsScore>

; Play Instrument #1 for one second.
i 1 0 1
; Play Instrument #2 for one second.
i 2 0 1
e


</CsScore>
</CsoundSynthesizer>

Credits

Example written by Kevin Conder.

New in version 4.22