examples\deep\shepard.ck
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
// name: shepard.ck
// desc: continuous shepard-risset tone generator; 
//       ascending but can easily made to descend
//
// author: Ge Wang (https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~ge/)
//   date: spring 2016
//--------------------------------------------------------------------

// mean for normal intensity curve
66 => float MU;
// standard deviation for normal intensity curve
42 => float SIGMA;
// normalize to 1.0 at x==MU
1 / Math.gauss(MU, MU, SIGMA) => float SCALE;
// increment per unit time (use negative for descending)
.004 => float INC;
// unit time (change interval)
1::ms => dur T;

// starting pitches (in MIDI note numbers, octaves apart)
[ 12.0, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96, 108 ] @=> float pitches[];
// number of tones
pitches.size() => int N;
// bank of tones
TriOsc tones[N];
// overall gain
Gain gain => dac; 1.0/N => gain.gain;
// connect to dac
for( int i; i < N; i++ ) { tones[i] => gain; }

// infinite time loop
while( true )
{
    for( int i; i < N; i++ )
    {
        // set frequency from pitch
        pitches[i] => Std.mtof => tones[i].freq;
        // compute loundess for each tone
        Math.gauss( pitches[i], MU, SIGMA ) * SCALE => float intensity;
        // map intensity to amplitude
        intensity*96 => Math.dbtorms => tones[i].gain;
        // increment pitch
        INC +=> pitches[i];
        // wrap (for positive INC)
        if( pitches[i] > 120 ) 108 -=> pitches[i];
        // wrap (for negative INC)
        else if( pitches[i] < 12 ) 108 +=> pitches[i];
    }

    // advance time
    T => now;
}
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