A-Z INDEX OF CDP FUNCTIONS

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

The use of brackets in a name indicates the CDP function group to which that process or function has been allocated within the reference documentation.

[MCTOOLKIT] ABFPAN: Apply fixed or orbiting 1^st order B-Format pan to a mono soundfile
[MCTOOLKIT] ABFPAN2: Apply fixed or orbiting 2^nd order B-Format pan to a mono soundfile
FOCUS ACCU: Sustain each spectral band, until louder data appears in that band
SUBMIX ADDTOMIX: Add soundfiles to an existing mixfile
[SYSUTILS] ALIAS: Create a shortcut to a soundfile (PC only)
GRAIN ALIGN: Synchronise grain onsets in 2^nd grainy sound with those in the 1^st
PITCH ALTHARMS: Delete alternate harmonics
[PVOC] ANA2PVX: Convert CDP analysis file to PVOC-EX file
PVOC ANAL: Convert soundfile to spectral file
REPITCH ANALENV: Extract the window-loudness envelope of an analysis file
[SPEC] ANALJOIN: Join analysis files together
REPITCH APPROX: Make an approximate copy of a pitchfile
HILITE ARPEG: Arpeggiate the spectrum
[SYSUTILS] ASCIIGET: Display the contents of a text file as a list of characters with ASCII decimal code
GRAIN ASSESS: Estimate best gate value for gain extraction
SUBMIX ATSTEP: Convert a list of soundfiles to a mixfile
ENVEL ATTACK: Emphasize the attack of a sound
SUBMIX ATTENUATE: Alter the overall level of a mixfile
DISTORT AVERAGE: Average the waveshape over N 'wavecycles'
BLUR AVRG: Average spectral energy over N adjacent channels
EXTEND BAKTOBAK: Join backwards copy to forwards original, in that order
HOUSEKEEP BAKUP: Concatenate soundfiles into one backup file, with silences between
SUBMIX BALANCE: Mix between 2 soundfiles, using a balance function
HILITE BAND: Split spectrum into bands and process these individually
FILTER BANK: Bank of filters, with time-variable Q
FILTER BANKFRQS: Generate a list of frequencies for use in a filter bank (add amplitudes to the text file for use with FILTER USERBANK)
SPEC BARE: Zero the data in channels that do not contain harmonics
HOUSEKEEP BATCHEXPAND: Expand an existing batchfile
HILITE BLTR: Blur the spectral data over time, and TRACE the partials
BLUR BLUR: Blur the spectral data over time
[EXTEND] BOUNCE: 'Bounce' a sound: accelerating repeats, decaying in level
MODIFY BRASSAGE: Granular reconstitution of a soundfile
MORPH BRIDGE: Make a bridging interpolation between two sound spectra by interpolating between 2 time-specified windows in the 2 infiles
ENVEL BRKTOENV: Convert (text) breakpoint envelope to binary envelope file
[REPITCH] BRKTOPI: Convert a breakpoint pitch data file to a binary pitch data file
[MULTICHAN] BROWNIAN: Generate texture of sampled elements following brownian motion in pitch and space
HOUSEKEEP BUNDLE: List filenames in textfile for sorting, backup or creating a dummy mixfile
[SFEDIT] CANTOR: Cut holes in a sound in the manner of a cantor set (holes within holes within holes)
[MULTICHAN] CASCADE: Successive segments are repeat-echoed, and the echosets are superimposed on the source
[SYSUTILS] CDPCONV: Utility to convert analysis files from PPC to Intel format (MAC only)
[EXTEND] CERACU: Repeat the source sound in several cycles that synchronise after specified counts
SNDINFO CHANDIFF: Compare channels in a stereo soundfile
SPECINFO CHANNEL: Returns PVOC channel number corresponding to frequency given
[MCTOOLKIT] CHANNELX: Extract all or selected channels from a multi-channel soundfile
[HOUSEKEEP] CHANPHASE: Invert phase of one channel of an input sound
HOUSEKEEP CHANS: Extract or convert channels of a soundfile
PSOW CHOP: Cut sound into sections between specified grain (chunks)
PITCH CHORD: Transposed versions of a sound are superimposed on the original
PITCH CHORDF: Transposed versions of the spectrum are superimposed within the existing spectral envelope
SYNTH CHORD: Generate a chord with a simple waveform
[MCTOOLKIT] CHORDER: Reorder soundfile channels in a multi-channel soundfile
BLUR CHORUS: Add random variation to amplitude or frequency in analysis channels
[MCTOOLKIT] CHXFORMAT: Modify WAVE_EX header to change GUID and/or speaker positions
SPEC CLEAN: Remove noise from PVOC analysis file
SPECNU CLEAN: Eliminate from the source file any persisting signal that falls below a threshold (defined by the noisfile)
[SYNTH] CLICKNEW: Make clicktrack using times listed in textfile
SYNTH CLICKS: Create a click track from tempo, meter & barring data
[DISTORT] CLIP: Clip a signal
[SYSUTILS] COLUMNS: Manipulate or generate columns of numbers
ONEFORM COMBINE: Generate a new sound from pitch information and a single-moment-formant
REPITCH COMBINE: Generate transposition data from 2 sets of pitch data,
or transpose pitch data with transposition data,
or combine 2 sets of transposition data to form new transposition data, producing a binary pitch data file output
REPITCH COMBINEB: Generate transposition data from 2 sets of pitch data,
or transpose pitch data with transposition data,
or combine 2 sets of transposition data to form new transposition data, producing a time value breakpoint file output
[SFEDIT] CONSTRICT: Shorten the length of any silences in a sound
PITCHINFO CONVERT: Convert a binary pitch data file to a time frequency breakpoint text file
MODIFY CONVOLVE: Convolve the first sound with the second
HOUSEKEEP COPY: Produce or delete copies of the infile
[MCTOOLKIT] COPYSFX: Copy soundfiles / convert from one format to another
GRAIN COUNT: Count grains found in a sound (at given gate and minhole values)
ENVEL CREATE: Create an envelope
SUBMIX CROSSFADE: Quick crossfade between soundfiles (with same number of channels)
[MULTICHAN] CRUMBLE: Project segments spatially over progressively smaller groups of channels
[MULTICHAN] CRYSTAL: Generate sound-events based on the position of vertices of a crystal, then rotate the crystal in 3-D space
ENVEL CURTAIL: Curtail a soundfile by fading to zero at some time within it
REPITCH CUT: Cut out and keep a segment of a binary pitch data file
SFEDIT CUT: Cut and keep a segment of a sound
SPEC CUT: Cut a section out of an analysis file, between starttime and endtime (seconds)
PSOW CUTATGRAIN: Cut at exact FOF-grain time
SFEDIT CUTEND: Cut and keep end portion of a sound
SFEDIT CUTMANY: Cut and keep several segments of a sound
DISTORT CYCLECNT: Count 'wavecycles' in soundfile
ENVEL CYCLIC: Create a sequence of repeated envelopes, in a binary envelope file
ENVEL DBTOENV: Convert a (text) breakpoint file with values in dB to an envelope file
ENVEL DBTOGAIN: Convert (text) breakpoint file with dB values to gain values (0-1)
TEXTURE DECORATED: Create a texture with decorations
HOUSEKEEP DEGLITCH: Attempt to deglitch a soundfile
DISTORT DELETE: Time-contract file by deleting 'wavecycles'
PSOW DELETE: Time shrink sound by deleting a proportion of the pitch-synchronised FOF-grains
COMBINE DIFF: Find (and retain) the difference between two spectra
SNDINFO DIFF: Compare two sound, analysis, pitch, transposition, envelope or formant files
[SYSUTILS] DIRSF: Soundfile directory listing
HOUSEKEEP DISK: Display available space on disk
[DISTORT] DISTCUT: Cut sound into elements with falling envelope
[DISTORT] DISTMARK: Interpolate between waveset-groups at marked points
[DISTORT] DISTMORE BRIGHT: Reorder sound segments in order of average zero-crossing rate
[DISTORT] DISTMORE DOUBLE: Double (quadruple etc.) frequency of each waveset
[DISTORT] DISTMORE SEGSBKWD: Reverse certain (sets of) segments
[DISTORT] DISTMORE SEGZIG: Zigzag across tail segments or across whole soundfile
[DISTORT] DISTORTT: Repeat wavesets within given duration
[DISTORT] DISTREP: Timestretch soundfile by repeating wavesets
[DISTORT] DISTSHIFT: Time-shift or swap wavecycles
[DISTORT] DISTWARP: Warp wavecycles by a multiplier
DISTORT DIVIDE: Distortion by dividing 'wavecycle' frequency
[MODIFY] DSHIFT: Add Doppler effect to a panned soundfile
EXTEND DOUBLETS: Divide a sound into segments that repeat, and splice them together
ENVEL DOVETAIL: Dovetail soundfile by enveloping the start and end of it
BLUR DRUNK: Modify sound by a drunken walk along analysis windows
EXTEND DRUNK: Splice segments of source file end-to-end: start times (in source file) of segments chosen by 'drunken walk' through source file; in Mode 2, Source file plays soberly at holds
SUBMIX DUMMY: Convert a list of soundfiles into a basic mixfile (for editing)
PSOW DUPL: Timestretch/ transpose a sound by duplicating the pitch-synchronised FOF-grains
GRAIN DUPLICATE: Duplicate grains in a grainy sound
[EXTEND] DVDWIND: Shorten a sound by read, skip, read, skip procedure
[EXTEND] SFECHO ECHO: Repeat a sound with timing and level adjustments between repeats
HOUSEKEEP ENDCLICKS: Remove clicks from start or end of file
[SFEDIT] ENVCUT: Cut sound into elements with falling envelope
DISTORT ENVEL: Impose envelope over each group of cyclecnt 'wavecycles'
ENVEL ENVTOBRK: Convert a binary envelope file to a (text) breakpoint envelope
ENVEL ENVTODB: Convert a binary envelope file to a (text) breakpoint envelope with dB values
[EXTEND] ENVSPEAK: Process speech 'syllables'
FOCUS EXAG: Exaggerate the spectral contour
REPITCH EXAG: Exaggerate pitch contour
SFEDIT EXCISE: Discard specified chunk of sound, closing up the gap
SFEDIT EXCISES: Discard specified chunks of a sound, closing up the gaps
ENVNU EXPDECAY: Produce a true exponential decay to zero on a sound
ENVEL EXTRACT: Extract envelope from an input soundfile
HOUSEKEEP EXTRACT: Extract significant data from recorded soundfiles
PVOC EXTRACT: Analyse, then resynthesise sound with various options
PVOC EXTRACT: Analyse, then resynthesise with various options
SUBMIX FADERS: Mix several soundfiles using a time-changing level-balance function
[REVERB] FASTCONV: Multi-channel FFT-based convolution
PSOW FEATURES: Impose new features on vocal-type sound, preserving or modifying F0F-grains
SUBMIX FILEFORMAT: Returns information about mixfile fileformats
DISTORT FILTER: Time-contract sound by filtering out 'wavecycles'
HILITE FILTER: Hipass, lopass, bandpass and notch filters, on spectral data
[FILTER] FILTRAGE: Generate randomised VARIBANK filterbank files
REPITCH FIX: Massage pitch data in a binary pitchfile
GRAIN FIND: Locate timings of grain onsets in a grainy sound
SNDINFO FINDHOLE: Find largest low level hole in a soundfile
MODIFY FINDPAN: Find stereo pan-position of a sound in a stereo file
FILTER FIXED: Cut or boost, above, below or around a given frequency
[ENVEL] FLATTEN: Equalise level of sound elements
[MULTICHANNEL] FLUTTER: Add multi-channel distributed tremolo to a multi-channel file
[MCTOOLKIT] FMDCODE: Decode 1^st or 2^nd order B-Format soundfile to a choice of speaker layouts
FOCUS FOCUS: Focus spectral energy onto the peaks in the spectrum
[PSOW] FOFEX EXTRACT: Extract FOFs to a file or to separate soundfiles
[PSOW] FOFEX CONSTRUCT: Superimpose FOFs to make output FOF
FOCUS FOLD: Octave-transpose spectral components into a specified frequency range
DISTORT FRACTAL: Superimpose miniature copies of source 'wavecycles'onto themselves
[DISTORT] FRACTAL WAVE: Fractally distort an input sound or wavecyle
[SPECNU] FRACTAL SPECTRUM: Fractally distort spectrum by transposition
[MULTICHANNEL] FRACTURE: Disperese a mono signal into fragments spread over N-channel space
[MULTICHANNEL] FRAME SHIFT: Reorient or rotate a multi-channel file
EXTEND FREEZE: Freeze a segment of a sound by iteration in a fluid manner
FOCUS FREEZE: Freeze the spectral characteristics in a sound, at given times, for specified durations
SPECINFO FREQUENCY: Returns centre frequency of PVOC channel specified
[PVOC] FTURANAL ANAL – Extract spectral features from an analysis file and output to a textfile
[PVOC] FTURANAL SYNTH – Use spectral features data to reassemble MONO source file
ENVEL GAINTODB: Convert (text) breakpoint file with gain (0&150;1) values to dB values
SPEC GAIN: Amplify or attenuate the spectrum
[HOUSEKEEP] GATE: Remove low-level sound from signal
HOUSEKEEP GATE: Cut file at zero amplitude points
SPEC GATE: Eliminate channel data below a threshold amplitude
REPITCH GENERATE: Create binary pitch data from a textfile of time midi value pairs
FORMANTS GET: Extract evolving formant envelope from an analysis file
ONEFORM GET: Extract formant-envelope at a specific time in an existing CDP formant file
[SYSUTILS] GETCOL: Extract a column of numbers from a textfile
SUBMIX GETLEVEL: Test the maximum level of a mix, defined in a mixfile and suggest a gain factor to avoid overload, if necessary
[SPECINFO] GET_PARTIALS: Extract relative amplitude of partials in a pitched source
REPITCH GETPITCH: Extract pitch from spectrum to a pitch data file
FORMANTS GETSEE: Get formant data from an analysis file and write as a pseudo-soundfile for viewing
STRANGE GLIS: Create glissandi inside the (changing) spectral envelope of the original sound
[HILITE] GLISTEN: Randomly partition the spectrum into bins and play back in order
PSOW GRAB: Grab a pitch-synchronised grain from a file, and use it to create a new sound
SPEC GRAB: Grab a single analysis window at time point specified
HILITE GREQ: Graphic eq type filter on the spectrum
GRAIN GREV: Find and manipulate 'grains', using envelope troughs and zero-crossings
[GRAIN] GRAINEX: Find grains in a sound and extend the area that contains them
TEXTURE GROUPED: Create textures from groups of events
DISTORT HARMONIC: Harmonic distortion by superimposing 'harmonics' onto 'wavecycles'
PITCHINFO HEAR: Convert binary pitchfile to analysis test tone file (resynthesise to hear pitch)
FOCUS HOLD: Hold sound spectrum, at given times
[EXTEND] HOVER: Move through a file, zig-zag reading it at a given frequency
[EXTEND] HOVER2: Move through a file, zig-zag reading it at a given frequency, with inverted copies
ENVEL IMPOSE: Impose an envelope on an input soundfile
[SYNTH] IMPULSE: Create a stream of impulses
PSOW IMPOSE: Impose vocal FOFs in 1^st sound onto the 2^nd sound
SUBMIX INBETWEEN: Generate a set of sounds inbetween the 2 input sounds (same number of channels) through weighted mixes of the input sounds, from mostly sound 1 to mostly sound 2
SUBMIX INBETWEEN2: Generate a set of sounds inbetween the 2 input sounds (same number of channels) through interpolation pegged to zero-crossings
PITCHINFO INFO: Display information about pitch data in pitchfile
SFEDIT INSERT: Insert a 2^nd sound into an existing sound
REPITCH INSERTSIL: Mark areas as silent in a pitch data file
REPITCH INSERTZEROS: Mark areas as unpitched in a pitch data file
SFEDIT INSIL: Insert silence into an existing sound
DISTORT INTERACT: Time-domain interaction of sounds
COMBINE INTERLEAVE: Interleave (groups of) windows of several spectra
PSOW INTERLEAVE: Interleave FOF-grains from two different soundfiles
SUBMIX INTERLEAVE: Interleave mono infiles to make a multi-channel outfile
[MCTOOLKIT] INTERLX: Interleave mono or stereo files into a multi-channel file
PSOW INTERP: Interpolate between 2 pitch-synchronised grains, to produce a new sound
REPITCH INTERP: Replace noise or silence by pitch interpolated from existing pitches
DISTORT INTERPOLATE: Timestretch file by repeating 'wavecycles' and interpolating between them
REPITCH INVERT: Invert pitch contour of a pitch data file
STRANGE INVERT: Invert the spectrum
[SFEDIT] ISOLATE: Disjunct portions of soundfile are specified by textfile or dB loudness
EXTEND ITERATE: Iterate an input sound in a fluid manner
FILTER ITERATED: Iterate sound, with cumulative filtering by a filterbank
[EXTEND] ITERLINE: Iterate an input sound, following a transposition line
ITERLINEF: Iterate an input sound set, following a transposition line
SFEDIT JOIN: Join files together, one after another
SFEDIT JOINDYN: Join soundfiles in loudness-patterned sequence
SFEDIT JOINSEQ: Join soundfiles in patterned sequence
SPECINFO LEVEL: Convert (varying) level of analysis file to a pseudo-soundfile, for viewing (1 window -> 1 sample)
SNDINFO LEN: Display duration of a soundfiling-system file
SNDINFO LENS: List durations of several soundfiling-system files
[SYSUTILS] LISTAUDEVS: List available audio devices
PSOW LOCATE: Locate exact start time of the nearest grain
FILTER LOHI: Fixed low-pass or high-pass filter
EXTEND LOOP: Loop inside a soundfile
SNDINFO LOUDCHAN: Find loudest channel in a stereo soundfile
MODIFY LOUDNESS: Adjust loudness of a soundfile
[EXTEND] MADRID: Spatially syncopate repetitions of the source soundfile(s)
SPEC MAGNIFY: Expand (in duration) a single analysis window
COMBINE MAKE: Generate an analysis file from data in a formant data file and a pitch data file
COMBINE MAKE2: Generate a spectrum from only pitch, formant & envelope data
[SFEDIT] MANYSIL: Insert many silences into a soundfile
[SPECNU] MATRIX: Matrix manipulation of spectrum of sound
COMBINE MAX: Retain loudest channel components per window amongst several spectra
SNDINFO MAXI: List levels of several soundfiles
SNDINFO MAXSAMP: Find maximum sample in soundfile or binary data file
SNDINFO MAXSAMP2: Find maximum sample within a specified timerange in a soundfile
[MULTICHANNEL] MCHANPAN: Pan sounds around a multi-channel space
[MULTICHANNEL] MCHANREV: Create multi-channel Echoes or Reverb
[MULTICHANNEL] MCHITER: Iterate the input sound in a fluid manner, scattering around a multi-channel space
[MULTICHANNEL] MCHSHRED: Multi-channel shred: cut sound into random segments and re-assemble them in random order within the original duration
[MULTICHANNEL] MCHSTEREO: Combine two sereo files in a multi-channel output
[MULTICHANNEL] MCHZIG ZAG: Extend by reading back and forth in the soundfile, while panning to a new channel at each 'zog' or 'zag'
COMBINE MEAN: Generate the mean of two spectra
SUBMIX MERGE: Quick mix of 2 soundfiles (with same number of channels)
SUBMIX MERGEMANY: Quick mix of several soundfiles (with the same number of channels)
SUBMIX MIX: Mix sounds as instructed in a mixfile
SUBMIX MODEL: Replace soundfiles in an existing mixfile
[EXTEND] MOTOR: Create faster pulse-stream within slower pulsed envelope
TEXTURE MOTIFS: Create a texture with motifs
TEXTURE MOTIFSIN: Create a texture with motifs forced onto a harmonic field
[MULTICHANNEL] MTON: Create a multi-channel equivalent of a mono soundfile
[MULTICHANNEL] MULTIMIX: Create a multi-channel mixfile
[SYNTH] MULTIOSC: nested FM-style oscillations
[SYNTH] MULTISYNTH: Synthesize several sound-streams from a score
DISTORT MULTIPLY: Distortion by multiplying 'wavecycle' frequency
[MODIFY] NEWDELAY: Delay with pitch-defined output sound
[MULTICHANNEL] NEWMIX: Mix from a multi-channel mixfile to give a multi-channel soundfile output
[MODIFY] NEWMORPH & NEWMORPH2: Morph between dissimilar spectra
[SYNTH] NEWSCALES: Synthesise a series of short tones with defined frequency and timbre
[GRAIN] NEWTEX: Generate a texture of grains made from a source sound or sounds
[SYNTH] NEWSYNTH: Synthesize complex spectra
[MCTOOLKIT] NJOIN: Concatenate multiple soundfiles, with optional CUE list for CD burning
[MCTOOLKIT] NMIX: Simple mix of two multi-channel soundfiles, with optional offset
BLUR NOISE: Add noise to spectrum
SYNTH NOISE: Generate noise
SFEDIT NOISECUT: Suppress noise in a (mono) soundfile, replacing with silence
GRAIN NOISE_EXTEND: Find and timestretch noise component in a sound
REPITCH NOISETOSIL: Replace unpitched windows by silence
PITCH OCTMOVE: Octave transpose without a formant shift
SPECINFO OCTVU: Text display of time varying amplitude of spectrum, within octave bands
DISTORT OMIT: Omit A out of every B 'wavecycles', replacing them by silence
GRAIN OMIT: Omit a proportion of grains from a grainy sound
SUBMIX ONGRID: Convert listed soundfiles to a basic mixfile on timed grid (for editing)
[SNDINFO] ONSET: Return the succession of sound-onsets in each channel of a multichannel file
TEXTURE ORNATE: Create a texture with ornaments
DISTORT OVERLOAD: Clip the signal with noise or a (possibly timevarying) waveform
[SFEDIT] PACKET: Isolate or generate a sound packet
[HOUSEKEEP] PAIREX: Extract any pair of channels from a multichannel sound
SUBMIX PAN: Pan a mixfile
[MULTICHANNEL] PANORAMA: Distribute N source files in a panorama across a specified angle of a sound-surround loudspeaker array
[MCTOOLKIT] PAPLAY: Playback of multi-channel soundfiles
[SFEDIT] PARTITION: Partition a mono soundfile into disjunct files in blocks defined by groups of wavesets
REPITCH PCHSHIFT: Transpose pitches in a pitch data file by a constant number of semitones
REPITCH PCHTOTEXT: Convert binary pitch data to textfile
SPECINFO PEAK: Locate time varying energy centre of spectrum (text display)
ENVNU PEAKCHOP: Isolate peaks and rearrange by changing the tempo (Mode 1) OR:
Output a peak-isolating envelope (Mode 2)
[SPECINFO] PEAK EXTRACT: Extract peaks from an analysis file and write to a text file
[SNDINFO] PEAKFIND: Find the times of the loudness peaks in a sound
[MODIFY] PHASE: Invert phase or enhance stereo separation of a sound
FILTER PHASING: Phase shift a sound, or produce a 'phasing' effect
PHASOR: Introduce phasing into (mono) signal
PITCH PICK: Only retain channels which might hold specified partials
DISTORT PITCH: Pitchwarp 'wavecycles' of sound
REPITCH PITCHTOSIL: Replace pitched windows by silence
ENVEL PLUCK: Pluck start of sound (mono files only)
HILITE PLUCK: Emphasise spectral changes (use e.g. with HILITE ARPEG)
TEXTURE POSTDECOR: Create a texture with decorations following events
TEXTURE POSTORNATE: Create a texture with ornaments following events
TEXTURE PREDECOR: Create a texture with decorations preceding events
[SFEDIT] PREFIX SILENCE: Add silence to the beginning of a soundfile
TEXTURE PREORNATE: Create a texture with ornaments preceding events
SPECINFO PRINT: Print data in an analysis file as text to file
SNDINFO PRNTSND: Print sound sample data to a textfile
SNDINFO PROPS: Display properties of a soundfiling-system file
[PSOW] PTOBRK: Convert binary pitch trace file (.frq) to breakpoint textfile format for PSOW
[EXTEND] PULSER: Iterate a sound to create a stream of enveloped & pitched sound-packets
[EXTEND] PULSER MULTI: Iterate a number of sounds, randomly permutated, to create a stream of enveloped and pitched sound-packets
[SYNTH] PULSER SYNTH: Iterate synthesized wave-packets defined by partials data
DISTORT PULSED: Impose regular pulsations on a sound
ONEFORM PUT: Impose the formant-envelope in a single-moments-formant datafile onto the sound in an analysis file
FORMANTS PUT: Impose formants in a formant data file on the spectrum in a PVOC analysis file
[SYSUTILS] PUTCOL: Place a column of numbers into a textfile
PVOC ANAL: Convert soundfile to spectral file
PVOC EXTRACT: Analyse, then resynthesise sound with various options
PVOC SYNTH: Convert spectral file to soundfile
[PVOC] PVOCEX2: Stereo phase vocoder based on CARL pvoc (Mark Dolson)
[SYSUTILS] PVPLAY: Play back (audition) an analysis or soundfile
REPITCH QUANTISE: Quantise pitches in a pitch data file
[DISTORT] QUIRK: Distort signal by raising sample values to a power
SPECNU RAND: Randomise the order of spectral windows
SNDINFO RANDCHUNKS: Cut chunks from a soundfile, randomly
SNDINFO RANDCUTS: Cut a soundfile into pieces, with cuts at random times
REPITCH RANDOMISE: Randomise pitch line
MODIFY RADICAL: Radical changes to the sound
[SYSUTILS] RECSF: Record, creating a soundfile (PC only)
DISTORT REFORM: Modify shape of 'wavecycles'
PSOW REINFORCE: Reinforce the harmonics in a FOF-grain soundfile
[SFEDIT] REJOIN: Remix segment-files originating in ISOLATE process
GRAIN REMOTIF: Change pitch and rhythm of grains in a grainy sound
HOUSEKEEP REMOVE: Remove existing copies of a soundfile
SPECNU REMOVE: Remove a pitched component from the spectrum of a sound
[HOUSEKEEP] REPAIR: Join a list of mono sounds into stereo or multi-channel outputs
GRAIN REORDER: Reorder grains in a grainy sound
DISTORT REPEAT: Timestretch file by repeating 'wavecycles'
[EXTEND] REPEATER: Play source, with specified elements repeating
EXTEND REPETITIONS: Repeat source at given times
GRAIN REPITCH: Repitch grains in a grainy sound
DISTORT REPLACE: Strongest 'wavecycle' in each cyclecnt replaces others
ENVEL REPLACE: Replace the existing envelope of an input soundfile with a different envelope
PSOW REPLACE: Combine FOFs of 1^st sound with the pitch of the 2^nd sound
SFEDIT REPLACE: Insert a 2^nd sound into an existing sound, replacing part of the original
DISTORT REPLIM: Timestretch by repeating 'wavecycles' (below a specified frequency)
ENVEL REPLOT: Warp the envelope in a (text) breakpoint envelope file
SPECINFO REPORT: Text report on location of frequency peaks in the evolving spectrum
GRAIN REPOSITION: Reposition grain onsets in a grainy sound
GRAIN RERHYTHM: Change rhythm of grains in a grainy sound
ENVEL RESHAPE: Warp the envelope in a binary envelope file
HOUSEKEEP RESPEC: Alter the specification of a soundfile
[SFEDIT] RETIME: Rearrange and retime events within a soundfile
MODIFY REVECHO: Create reverb, echo or resonance around a sound
[REVERB] REVERB: Multi-channel reverberation
DISTORT REVERSE: Cycle-reversal distortion, 'wavecycles' reversed in groups
GRAIN REVERSE: Reverse order of grains in a grainy sound, without reversing the grains themselves
GRAIN R_EXTEND: Extend sounds that are iterative
[MCTOOLKIT] RMSINFO: Scan file and report RMS and average power level statistics
[REVERB] ROOMRESP: Create early reflections data file for REVERB, ROOMVERB and TAPDELAY
[REVERB] ROOMVERB: Multi-channel reverberation with room simulation
[EXTEND] ROTOR: Generate note-sets that grow and shrink in pitch-range and speed
MODIFY SAUSAGE: Granular reconstitution of several soundfiles scrambed together
ENVEL SCALED: Impose envelope, scaling envelope times to soundfile duration
MODIFY SCALEDPAN: Distribute sound in stereo space, scaling pan data to soundfile duration
BLUR SCATTER: Randomly thin the spectrum
[DISTORT] SCRAMBLE: Scramble waveset order randomly or by size and level
EXTEND SCRAMBLE: Cut random chunks from soundfile and splice end to end; Or, Cut file into random chunks and rearrange; repeat differently, etc.
FORMANTS SEE: Convert formant data in binary formant data file to a pseudo soundfile for viewing
PITCHINFO SEE: Convert binary pitchfile or transposition file to a pseudo-soundfile, for viewing
[BLUR] SELFSIM: Replace spectral windows with the most similar, louder window(s)
EXTEND SEQUENCE: Produce a sequence from one sound, with timed transpositions
EXTEND SEQUENCE2: Produce a sequence from several sounds, with timed transpositions
[MCTOOLKIT] SFPROPS: Display soundfile details, with WAVE_EX speaker positions
STRANGE SHIFT: Linear frequency shift of (part of) the spectrum (becomes inharmonic)
[EXTEND] SHIFTER: Generate simultaneous repetition cycles, shifting focus from one to another
[EXTEND] SHRINK: Repeat a sound, shortening it on each repetition
MODIFY SHUDDER: Shudder a soundfile
BLUR SHUFFLE: Shuffle analysis windows according to a specific scheme
DISTORT SHUFFLE: Distortion by shuffling 'wavecycles'
SUBMIX SHUFFLE: Shuffle the data in a mixfile
SEARCH SIGSTART: Find earliest time at which there is signal in two or more soundfiles.
SYNTH SILENCE: Make a silent soundfile
[SFEDIT] SILEND: Add silence to end of file
TEXTURE SIMPLE: Create textures from single events
SPECNU SLICE: Divide an anlysis file into individual frequency bands, saving each as a separate analysis file
REPITCH SMOOTH: Smooth pitch contour in a pitch data file
SNDINFO SMPTIME: Convert sample count to time in soundfile
HOUSEKEEP SORT: Sort files listed in a textfile
[EXTEND] SORTER: Chop sound into elements, then reorganise by loudness or duration
MODIFY SPACE: Create or later the distribution of sound in stereo space
PSOW SPACE: Distribute the alternate FOFs in the sound over a stereo space
MODIFY SPACEFORM: Create a sinusoidal spatial distribution data file
SUBMIX SPACEWARP: Alter spatial distribution of a mixfile
SPECFNU: Modify spectral shape in relation to formant peaks, or show formant data
[FOCUS] SPECFOLD: Fold, invert or randomise the spectrum
[SPECINFO] SPECGRIDS: Partition the spectrum into parts, over a grid
[COMBINE] SPECROSS PARTIALS: Interpolate partials of pitched inanalfile1 towards those of pitched inanalfile2
[COMBINE] SPECSPHINX: Impose the channel amplitudes of analfile2 onto the channel frequencies of analfile1
SYNTH SPECTRA: Generate both channels of a stereo spectral band
STRETCH SPECTRUM: Stretch/compress the frequencies in the spectrum
[STRETCH] SPECTSTR: Time-stretch analysis file, suppressing artefacts when stretch > 1
[PITCH] SPECTUNE: Find most prominent pitch and transpose file to it
[SPECNU] SPECULATE: Generate versions of source with channel data progressively permutated
[COMBINE] SPECTWIN: Combine the formant and/or total spectral envelopers of two spectra
MODIFY SPEED: Change the speed and pitch of the source sound
SFEDIT SPHINX: Switch between several files, with different switch times, to make new sound
[ENVEL] SPIKE: Envelope the sound to spike at the peak
[MULTICHAN] SPIN STEREO: Spin a wide stereo image across stereo / multichannel space, with possible doppler-shift
[MULTICHAN] SPIN QUAD: Spin two wide stereo-images across a 5-channel-wide sound image, with possible doppler-shift
[DISTORT] SPLINTER: Create splinters by repeating & shrinking selected waveset-group
PSOW SPLIT: Split vocal FOFs into subharmonic and upwardly transposed pitch regions
BLUR SPREAD: Spread spectral peaks
SPECNU SQUEEZE: Squeeze the spectrum into a frequency range, around a specified centre frequency
MODIFY STACK: Create a mix that stacks transposed versions of the source on top of one another
FOCUS STEP: Step-frame through a sound by freezing the spectrum at regular time intervals
[MULTICHANNEL] STRANS MULTI: Change the speed or pitch of a multi-channel sound, or add vibrato
PSOW STRETCH: Timestretch/transpose a sound by repositioning the pitch-synchronised grains. The grains themselves are not time-stretched
[STRETCH] STRETCHA: Utility to calculate timestretch factor for use with STRETCH TIME
PSOW STRTRANS: Timestretch/transpose a sound by repositioning the pitch-synchronised grains, with overlap
[EXTEND] STUTTER: Randomly repeat segments cut from elements
[SFEDIT] SUBTRACT: Subtract one file from another
SPECNU SUBTRACT: Eliminate from the source file any persisting signal that falls below a threshold (defined by the noisfile) AND subtract the amplitude of the noise in the noisfile from any source file signal that is passed
COMBINE SUM: Add one spectrum to another
SNDINFO SUMLEN: Sum durations of several soundfiling-system files
[FOCUS] SUPERACCU: Sustain each spectral band until louder data appears in that band
BLUR SUPPRESS: Suppress the most prominent channel data
[BLUR] SUPPRESS PARTIALS: Suppress the most prominent partials in the frequency band indicated
PSOW SUSTAIN: Sustain a pitch-synchronised FOF-grain within a sound – a freeze effect with optional vibrato
PSOW SUSTAIN2: Sustain a time-specified (start-end) FOF within a sound – a freeze effect with optional vibrato
FILTER SWEEPING: Filter whose focus-frequency sweeps over a range of frequencies
ENVEL SWELL: Cause sound to fade in and out from a peak moment
SFEDIT SYLLABLES: Separate out vocal syllables
SUBMIX SYNC: Synchronise soundfiles in a mixfile, or generate such a mixfile from a list of soundfiles
SUBMIX SYNCATTACK: Synchronise attacks of soundfiles in a mixfile, or generate such a mixfile from a list of soundfiles
[SYNTH] SYNFILT: Noise filtered by time-varying filterbank, with time-variable Q
[SYNTH] SYNSPLINE: Synthesise waveforms by smoothly joining randomly generated points
PSOW SYNTH: Impose vocal FOFs on a stream of synthesised sound
PVOC SYNTH: Convert spectral file to soundfile
REPITCH SYNTH: Create spectrum of vowel sounds, following pitch contour in pitch data file
[REVERB] TAPDELAY: Stereo multi-tapped delay line with feedback
[MULTICHANNEL] TANGENT group: Place one or more mono soundfiles along a tangent path to an 8-channel array
DISTORT TELESCOPE: Time-contract sound by telescoping cyclecnt 'wavecycles' to 1
[EXTEND] TESSELATE: Create repeating patterns with shift in space and time
SUBMIX TEST: Test the syntax of a mixfile
[MULTICHANNEL] TEXMCHAN: Create textures over a multi-channel frame
STRETCH TIME: Stretch/ compress a sound in time without changing the pitch
TEXTURE TIMED: Create a texture with timed single events
SNDINFO TIMEDIFF: Find difference in duration of two sound files
ENVEL TIMEGRID: Partition a soundfile into a sequence of 'windows' separated by silence
SNDINFO TIMESMP: Convert time to sample count in soundfile
GRAIN TIMEWARP: Stretch (or shrink) the duration of a grainy sound, without stretching the grains themselves
SUBMIX TIMEWARP: Timewarp the data in a mixfile
TEXTURE TGROUPED: Create a texture with timed event groups
TEXTURE TMOTIFS: Create a texture with timed motifs
TEXTURE TMOTIFSIN: Create a texture with timed motifs forced onto a harmonic field
[ENVEL] TOPANTAIL2: Gated sound extraction with end trims and backtracking
[HOUSEKEEP] TOSTEREO: Diverge from mono to stereo, in a stereo file
HILITE TRACE: Highlight n loudest partials, at each moment (window) in time
[MULTICHANNEL] TRANSIT group: Place one or more mono soundfiles on a path into and across an 8-channel array
PITCH TRANSP: Shift pitch of (part of) the spectrum, keeping harmonic relationships
REPITCH TRANSPOSE: Transpose spectrum (spectral envelope also moves)
REPITCH TRANSPOSEF: Transpose spectrum: but retain original spectral envelope
[ENVEL] TREMENV: Tremolo a sound, with width narrowed after peak
[ENVEL] TREMOLO: Apply width-controlled tremolo to a soundfile
ENVEL TREMOLO: Tremolo a sound
[SYNTH] TS OSCIL: Create sound from time-series text data
[SYNTH] TS TRACE: Create sound from time-series data treated as a pitch-trace
[SYNTH] TSCONVERT: Convert input data to specified range and format
PITCH TUNE: Replace spectral frequencies by harmonics of specified pitch(es)
[PITCH] TUNEVARY: Replace spectral frequencies with the harmonics of specified pitch(es), in a time-varying manner
[PSOW] TWEET: Replace FOFs in vocal sound by synthetic tweets or noise
SFEDIT TWIXT: Switch between several files, to make a new sound
SNDINFO UNITS: Convert between different units
FILTER USERBANK: User-defined filterbank, with time-variable Q
FILTER VARIABLE: Lo-pass, high-pass, band-pass or notch filter, with variable frequency
FILTER VARIBANK: User-define time-varying filterbank, with time-variable Q
[SYSUTILS] VECTORS: Numerical operations between two columns of figures
[MODIFY] VERGES: Play source, with specified brief moments glissing up or down
FILTER VFILTERS: Make (text) datafiles for fixed-pitch FILTER VARIBANK filters
REPITCH VIBRATO: Add vibrato to pitch in a pitch data file
FORMANTS VOCODE: Impose spectral envelope of one 2^nd sound onto 1^st sound
HILITE VOWELS: Impose vowels on a sound
REPITCH VOWELS: Create spectrum of vowel sounds, following pitch contour in a pitch data file
ENVEL WARP: Warp the envelope of a soundfile
SYNTH WAVE: Generate simple waveforms
[SFEDIT] WAVEFORM: Generate a wavetable from existing sound
STRANGE WAVER: Oscillate between harmonic and inharmonic state
BLUR WEAVE: Weave amongst the analysis windows in a specified pattern
SPECINFO WINDOWCNT: Returns the number of analysis windows in infile
[GRAIN] WRAPPAGE: Granular reconstitution of one or more soundfiles over multi-channel space
SNDINFO ZCROSS: Display fraction of zero-crossings in a soundfile
SFEDIT ZCUT: Cut and keep a segment of a MONO soundfile, cutting at zero crossings (no splices)
SFEDIT ZCUTS: Cut and keep segments of a MONO soundfile, cutting at zero crossings (no splices)
PITCHINFO ZEROS: Shows whether a pitch file contains uninterpolated zeros (unpitched windows)
EXTEND ZIGZAG: Read back and forth inside a soundfile

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