Trigger CHOP

Summary

The Trigger CHOP starts an audio-style attack/decay/sustain/release (ADSR) envelope to all trigger pulses in the input channels. A trigger point occurs whenever the first input's channel increases across the trigger threshold value. Most commonly, an ADSR starts when the input goes from 0 to 1.

Note: To get a channel with the full waveform, turn off the Time Slice parameter on the Common page, and don't connect an input.

The envelope consists of six major sections: delay, attack, peak, decay, sustain and release.

From the time the threshold is reached and while the channel's value is above the release threshold, the envelope is in its sustain phase during which it will delay, attack, peak-hold, decay and then maintain its sustain value.

After the inputs drops below the release threshold, the envelope start its release phase and will drop to 0.

The peak and sustain levels can be set independently, but peak value can never be less than sustain.

This CHOP works with both time-sliced inputs or with static input channels.

For jittery inputs, if you don't want it to trigger until its input has been On for some period, see the OP Snippets for the Trigger CHOP, example "trigger after a time threshold", which uses the Count CHOP.

Note: See examples in OP Snippets.

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Parameters - Trigger Page

Release = Trigger Threshold threshold - If on, the trigger and release thresholds are the same value.

Trigger Threshold threshup - The trigger threshold (see above).

Release Threshold threshdown - The release threshold (see above).

Re-Trigger Delay retrigger - The amount of time after a trigger point that a new trigger may occur.

Re-Trigger Delay Unit retriggerunit -

Min Trigger Length mintrigger - The minimum amount of time that the trigger will remain active.

Min Trigger Length Unit mintriggerunit -

Trigger On triggeron - ⊞ - Determines whether a trigger occurs on an increasing slope or decreasing slope when passing the trigger threshold. A release will occur on the opposite slope.

Increasing Values increase -

Decreasing Values decrease -

Multi Trigger multitrigger - ⊞ -

Ignore During Attack ignore -

Add add -

Restart Envelope restart -

Clamp at Peak Level clamppeak - Clamp the additive effect of Multi-Triggers Additive at the level set in Peak Level parameter.

Trigger Pulse triggerpulse - Instantly trigger an envelope (regardless of input).

Update Once per Cycle updateonce -

Complete Envelope complete - If on, a complete envelope is produced for each trigger point. If off, the envelope may be terminated at any time by a release point.

Remainder remainder - ⊞ - See Remainder Options. What to do with remaining samples at end of the interval:

Discard Remainder crop - Output interval = input interval.

Make Output Longer extend - Output longer if envelope unfinished.

Mix Remainder with Beginning mix - Add remainder to samples at the start.

Parameters - Attack Page

Delay Length delay - The amount of time to delay the envelope after the trigger point.

Delay Length Unit delayunit -

Attack Length attack - The amount of rise time from zero to the peak level.

Attack Length Unit attackunit -

Attack Shape ashape - ⊞ - The shape of the attack ramp.

Linear linear -

Ease In easein -

Ease Out easeout -

Ease in Ease out halfcos -

Peak Level peak - The peak level it will rise to in the attack phase.

Peak Length peaklen - The length of time of the peak is held before going into the decay phase.

Peak Length Unit peaklenunit -

Parameters - Sustain Page

Decay Length decay - The amount of decay time from the peak level to the sustain level.

Decay Length Unit decayunit -

Decay Shape dshape - ⊞ - The shape of the decay ramp.

Linear linear -

Ease In easein -

Ease Out easeout -

Ease in Ease out halfcos -

Sustain Level sustain - The sustain level. This level is held until a release point is reached (the input goes below the threshold).

Min Sustain Length minsustain -

Min Sustain Length Unit minsustainunit -

Release Length release - The amount of release time from the sustain level to zero.

Release Length Unit releaseunit -

Release Shape rshape - ⊞ - The shape of the release ramp.

Linear linear -

Ease In easein -

Ease Out easeout -

Ease in Ease out halfcos -

Parameters - Chan Page

Channel Name channame - Name of channels output.

Specify Rate specifyrate - Allows you to specify the sample rate in the Sample Rate parameter below.

Sample Rate rate - Sets the sample rate of the output. Only used when Specify Rate is turned on.

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. See Pattern Matching.

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 has geo1/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 Trigger 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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