Re: [sc-users] more on synthdef variants

[newton armstrong <newton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 26, 2004, at 12:35 AM, James McCartney wrote:

> the purpose of a variant is to provide defaults for things that are 
> not normally in an event. they are the preset. presets in synths don't 
> usually include the note.

the problem i'm having is actually with \bufnum -- i was just using the 
\freq example for simplicity. but anyway i'll find another way to do 
what i'm trying to do.

one other thing that seems kind of weird:

(
x = SynthDef("vartest", {
	|dur=1, freq=200, legato=0.8|
	var envgen;
	envgen = EnvGen.kr(Env.linen(0, 1, 0), 1, 0.1, 0, dur * legato, 2);
	Out.ar(0, SinOsc.ar(freq) * envgen);
}).variants = (alpha: [\freq, 400]);
x.store;
)

Pbind(\instrument, "vartest", \legato, 0.1).play; // legato works

Pbind(\instrument, "vartest.alpha", \legato, 0.1).play; // legato 
doesn't work