S Curve CHOP
Summary
This CHOP generates S curves.
Parameters - S Curve Page
Curve Type
type
- ⊞ - What Curve Type to Generate.
- Half Cosine
halfcosine
-
- Logistic
log
-
- Arctangent
atan
-
Length
length
- Set the number of samples for this CHOP.
Prepend
prepend
- Add this number of samples to the beginning of the curve.
Append
append
- Add this number of samples to the end of the curve.
Steepness
steepness
- Controls the steepness of the S Curve.
Linearize
linearize
- Control the amount of cruvature in the curve.
Bias
bias
- Move the curve's bias backward or forward.
From Range
fromrange
- ⊞ - Specify the low and high range of the input index.
fromrange1
-
fromrange2
-
To Range
torange
- ⊞ - Specify the low and high range of the curve.
torange1
-
torange2
-
Parameters - Channel Page
Channel Names
channelname
- You can creates many channels with simple patterns like "chan[1-20]
", which generates 20 channels from chan1 to chan20. See the section, Common CHOP Parameters for a description of this and all Options. See Scope and Channel Name Matching Options.
Sample Rate
rate
- The sample rate of the channels, in samples per second. Default: me.time.rate
Extend Left
left
- ⊞ - The left extend condition (before range).
- Hold
hold
- Hold the current value of the channel.
- Slope
slope
- Continue the slope before the start of the channel.
- Cycle
cycle
- Cycle the channel repeatedly.
- Mirror
mirror
- Cycle the channel repeatedly, mirroring every other cycle.
- Default Value
default
- Use the constant value specified in the Default Value parameter.
Extend Right
right
- ⊞ - The right extend conditions (after range).
- Hold
hold
- Hold the current value of the channel.
- Slope
slope
- Continue the slope after the end of the channel.
- Cycle
cycle
- Cycle the channel repeatedly.
- Mirror
mirror
- Cycle the channel repeatedly, mirroring every other cycle.
- Default Value
default
- Use the constant value specified in the Default Value parameter.
Default Value
defval
- The value used for the Default Value extend condition.
Parameters - Common Page
Time Slice
timeslice
- Turning this on forces the channels to be "Time Sliced". A Time Slice is the time between the last cook frame and the current cook frame.
Scope
scope
- To determine which channels get affected, some CHOPs use a Scope string on the Common page.
Sample Rate Match
srselect
- ⊞ - Handle cases where multiple input CHOPs' sample rates are different. When Resampling occurs, the curves are interpolated according to the Interpolation Method Option, or "Linear" if the Interpolate Options are not available.
- Resample At First Input's Rate
first
- Use rate of first input to resample others.
- Resample At Maximum Rate
max
- Resample to the highest sample rate.
- Resample At Minimum Rate
min
- Resample to the lowest sample rate.
- Error If Rates Differ
err
- Doesn't accept conflicting sample rates.
Export Method
exportmethod
- ⊞ - This will determine how to connect the CHOP channel to the parameter. Refer to the Export article for more information.
- DAT Table by Index
datindex
- Uses the docked DAT table and references the channel via the index of the channel in the CHOP.
- DAT Table by Name
datname
- Uses the docked DAT table and references the channel via the name of the channel in the CHOP.
- Channel Name is Path:Parameter
autoname
- The channel is the full destination of where to export to, such hasgeo1/transform1:tx
.
Export Root
autoexportroot
- This path points to the root node where all of the paths that exporting by Channel Name is Path:Parameter are relative to.
Export Table
exporttable
- The DAT used to hold the export information when using the DAT Table Export Methods (See above).
Operator Inputs
- Input 0: -
Info CHOP Channels
Extra Information for the S Curve CHOP can be accessed via an Info CHOP.
Common CHOP Info Channels
- start - Start of the CHOP interval in samples.
- length - Number of samples in the CHOP.
- sample_rate - The samplerate of the channels in frames per second.
- num_channels - Number of channels in the CHOP.
- time_slice - 1 if CHOP is Time Slice enabled, 0 otherwise.
- export_sernum - A count of how often the export connections have been updated.
Common Operator Info Channels
- total_cooks - Number of times the operator has cooked since the process started.
- cook_time - Duration of the last cook in milliseconds.
- cook_frame - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the component timeline.
- cook_abs_frame - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the absolute time.
- cook_start_time - Time in milliseconds at which the operator started cooking in the frame it was cooked.
- cook_end_time - Time in milliseconds at which the operator finished cooking in the frame it was cooked.
- cooked_this_frame - 1 if operator was cooked this frame.
- warnings - Number of warnings in this operator if any.
- errors - Number of errors in this operator if any.
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