Re: [sc-users] loop in routine, causes SC hang

[James Harkins <jamshark70@xxxxxxxxx>]

Your .wait statement is outside the loop, so it never runs.
hjh

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Aaron Gervais <aaron.gervais@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I'm back on the list after being away for a few years... enjoying getting
> back into supercollider. :)
> I'm having trouble with a loop in a routine (below). It causes SC to hang
> and I'm not sure why. I basically want the loop to automatically start a new
> synth, and then eventually kill that synth and start another one after a
> time value chosen from a range. The function works if I take out the loop
> (but obviously it doesn't loop). I figure I'm probably missing something
> simple but I can't find it.
> Thanks,
> Aaron
> (
> ~myFunction = { arg buf, pan_range=0.6, pitch_range=0.2, grain_rate=25;
> // buf is an array of buffers formatted as [ [buffer, length], [buffer,
> length] ]
> var r, waitTime, thisBuf;
> r = Routine.new({
> loop {
> waitTime = 10.0.linrand;
> thisBuf = buf.choose;
> Synth.new(\sample_granulator, [
> \out_bus, 0,
> \sound_buf, thisBuf[0].bufnum,
> \pan_rng, pan_range,
> \pitch_rng, pitch_range,
> \trig_rate, grain_rate,
> \length, waitTime
> ]);
> };
> waitTime.yield;
> });
> SystemClock.play(r);
> };
> )



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