class:: Psync
summary:: synchronise and limit pattern duration
related:: Classes/Pfindur
categories:: Streams-Patterns-Events>Patterns>Repetition

Description::

Psync behaves somewhat like link::Classes/Pfindur:: -- it has a teletype::maxdur:: argument that limits the total duration of the event stream.

The difference is in what happens if the event pattern stops on its own before teletype::maxdur:: is reached. If the total duration of the event pattern is shorter than the given maximum duration:

list::
## Pfindur simply ends: no further time manipulation.
## Psync inserts a rest to round the total duration up to the nearest multiple of the given teletype::quant::.
::

table::
## strong::Pbind's natural duration:: || code::Pfindur(16, Pbind(....)):: strong::behavior:: || code::Psync(Pbind(....), 4, 16):: strong::behavior::
## 6 beats || Pfindur plays only 6 beats || Psync rounds up to 8 beats (adds a two-beat rest)
## 18 beats || Pfindur cuts off after 16 beats || Psync cuts off after 16 beats
::

teletype::maxdur:: may be omitted. If the Pbind stops by itself, the rest will be inserted according to teletype::quant::, but the total duration will be unlimited.

ClassMethods::

method::new

argument::pattern
a pattern that returns events.

argument::quant
rounding factor for total duration (effectively a "bar length")

argument::maxdur
maximum duration

argument::tolerance
threshhold that the stream must exceed maxdur to be ended.

argument::mindur
guarantees that the total duration is no less than a given limit, independent of the quant value.

Examples::

code::
(
SynthDef(\help_sinegrain,
	{ arg out=0, freq=440, sustain=0.05, pan;
		var env;
		env = EnvGen.kr(Env.perc(0.01, sustain, 0.3), doneAction: Done.freeSelf);
		Out.ar(out, Pan2.ar(SinOsc.ar(freq, 0, env), pan))
	}).add;
)

(
// a fixed duration pattern:

f = Pbind(
	\dur, 0.5,
	\degree, Pn(4,1),
	\instrument, \help_sinegrain
);

// this pattern has indetermined length:
a = Prand([
	Pbind(
		\dur, Pseq([0.02, 0.002, 0.1, 0.1],2),
		\degree, Pseq([9, 7, 5],inf),
		\instrument, \help_sinegrain
	),
	Pbind(
		\dur, Pseq([1, 0.35],2),
		\degree, Pseq([0, [2b,5b]],inf),
		\instrument, \help_sinegrain
	),
	Pbind(
		\dur, Pseq([0.15, 0.25, 1.3],2),
		\degree, Pseq([2b,4,5b],inf),
		\instrument, \help_sinegrain
	)
]);
)

Pseq([f, f, a, a], inf).play; // play a sequence


// Psync allows to limit the duration of a stream relative to a beat grid

b = Psync(a, 1, 1); // create a sequence of exactly 1 beat elements
Pseq([f, f, b, b], inf).play;


b = Psync(a, 1, 2); // create a sequence of elements of either 1 or 2 beats length
Pseq([f, f, b, b], inf).play;

(
b = Psync(a, 2);	// create a sequence of elements with a minimum of 2 beats,
			// but with undetermined upper limit
Ppar([
	Pseq([f, f, b, b], inf), // sequence
	Pbind(\instrument, \help_sinegrain, \freq, 1000, \sustain, 0.01, \dur, 2) // metronome
]).play;
)
::
