# Domifare input

Entering code requires the ability to determine pitch and entering data requires both pitch and onset. Ergo, we need a synthdef to listen for both things. There is also two ways to determine pitch, one in the time domain and the other in the frequency domain.

The frequency domain, of course, refers to FFT and is probably the best method for instruments like flute. It has a pure tone, where the loudest one is the fundamental. However, brass instruments and the human voice both have formants (loud overtones). In the case of tuba, in low notes, the overtones can be louder than the main pitch. I’ve described time-domain frequency tracking for brass and voice in an old post.

The following is completely untested sample code…. It’s my wife’s birthday and I had to go out before I could try it. It does both time and frequency domain tracking, using the fft code to trigger sending the pitch in both cases. For time domain tracking, it could -and possibly should- use the amplitude follower as a gate/trigger in combination with a frequency change of greater than some threshold. The onset cannot be used as the trigger, as the pitch doesn’t stabilise for some time after the note begins. A good player will get it within two periods, which is still rather a long time in such a low instrument. A less good player will take longer to stabilise on a pitch.

Everything in the code is default values, aside from the RMS window, so some tweaking is probably required. Presumably, every performer of this language would need to make some changes to reflect their instrument and playing technique.

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 s.waitForBoot({ SynthDef(\domifare_input, { arg in=0, out=3, rmswindow = 200; var rms, xings, input, amp, peaks, sin, time_pitch, fft_pitch, onset, chain, hasfreq; input = SoundIn.ar(in, 1); amp = Amplitude.kr(input); rms = RunningSum.rms(input, window); peaks = input - rms; xings = ZeroCrossing.ar(peaks); time_pitch = xings * 2; chain = FFT(LocalBuf(2048), input); onset = Onsets.kr(chain, odftype:\wphase); #fft_pitch, hasfreq = Pitch.kr(input); //send pitch SendTrig.kr(hasfreq, 0, time_pitch); SendTrig.kr(hasfreq, 1, fft_pitch); // send onsets SendTrig.kr(onset, 2, 1); //sin = SinOsc.ar(xings/2); //Out.ar(out, sin); // audio routing //Out.ar(out, input); }).add; OSCdef(\domifare_in, {|msg, time, addr, recvPort| var tag, node, id, value; #tag, node, id, value = msg; case { id == 0 } { "time dom pitch is %".format(value).postln; } { id == 1 } { "freq dom pitch is %".format(value).postln; } { id == 2 } { "onset".postln; } }, '/tr', s.addr); s.sync; a = Synth(\domifare_input, [\in, 0 , \out, 3, \rmswindow, 200]); 

}) )