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perlin3

Abstract

gradient noise sound generator

Description

Perlin noise is a type of gradient noise devised by Ken Perlin, and commonly used to add texture to objects rendered in computer graphics. It is deterministic: for a given input co-ordinate it always returns the same output value. To make audible noise you will typically need to define some trajectory through the co-ordinate space.

perlin3 is a csound port of Supercollider's Perlin3

Syntax

aout  perlin3 ax, ay, az
kout  perlin3 kx, ky, kz

Arguments

  • kx, ky, kz: the coordinates of a point in 3D space. In the current implementation the space wraps at 255 so any value is actually possible.

Output

  • aout / kout: the perlin noise corresponding to the given coordinates

Execution Time

  • Performance

Examples

<CsoundSynthesizer>

<CsInstruments>
/* to be run in csoundqt >= 0.9.8 */

sr     = 44100
ksmps  = 64
nchnls = 2
0dbfs  = 1

; an empty table to plot
giplot1 ftgen 0, 0, 2000, 2, 0
giplot2 ftgen 0, 0, 2000, 2, 0

opcode tabplot, 0, Sik
    Schan, itab, kvalue xin
    ; init
    outvalue Schan, itab

    tablew kvalue, accum:k(1), itab, 0, 0, 1

    ; update the plot
    if metro(30) == 1 then
        outvalue Schan, k(-1)
    endif
endop

instr perlin3
  kspeed = line:k(0.1, 10, 2)
  ax = accum:a(kspeed/sr)
  az = ax*0.5
  aper1 = perlin3(ax, a(0), az)
  aper2 = perlin3(a(0), ax, az)
  asig = pinker() * 0.4

  ; remap to 0-1
  aper1 = (aper1 + 1) * 0.5
  aper2 = (aper2 + 1) * 0.5

  ilagtime = 0.1
  a1 = asig*lag(aper1, ilagtime)
  a2 = asig*lag(aper2, ilagtime)
  a1, a2 reverbsc a1, a2, 0.92, 12000
  outch 1, a1, 2, a2

  ; plot the trajectory in csoundqt
  tabplot "plot1", giplot1, aper1[0]
  tabplot "plot2", giplot2, aper2[0]

endin


</CsInstruments>

<CsScore>
i "perlin3" 0 300


</CsScore>
</CsoundSynthesizer>


<bsbPanel>
 <label>Widgets</label>
 <objectName/>
 <x>0</x>
 <y>0</y>
 <width>0</width>
 <height>0</height>
 <visible>true</visible>
 <uuid/>
 <bgcolor mode="nobackground">
  <r>255</r>
  <g>255</g>
  <b>255</b>
 </bgcolor>
 <bsbObject version="2" type="BSBTableDisplay">
  <objectName>plot1</objectName>
  <x>6</x>
  <y>11</y>
  <width>500</width>
  <height>150</height>
  <uuid>{b75d16b1-05b3-4358-974e-f2dfa85d3d34}</uuid>
  <visible>true</visible>
  <midichan>0</midichan>
  <midicc>-3</midicc>
  <description/>
  <color>
   <r>255</r>
   <g>193</g>
   <b>3</b>
  </color>
  <range>0.00</range>
 </bsbObject>
 <bsbObject version="2" type="BSBTableDisplay">
  <objectName>plot2</objectName>
  <x>5</x>
  <y>170</y>
  <width>500</width>
  <height>150</height>
  <uuid>{9a8bac1d-2234-450c-8807-37f9902bfb74}</uuid>
  <visible>true</visible>
  <midichan>0</midichan>
  <midicc>-3</midicc>
  <description/>
  <color>
   <r>255</r>
   <g>193</g>
   <b>3</b>
  </color>
  <range>0.00</range>
 </bsbObject>
</bsbPanel>
<bsbPresets>
</bsbPresets>

See also

Credits

Eduardo Moguillansky, 2020