Hey hey,
I'm working on a small conversion tool between different formats and I'd like to write Csound tables ready for ftload(k) as well. Is there a simple documentation on the header format? I can' understand quite a few bits, but others I'm completely unclear about.
If it helps I want to write a single one-channel table, no extras at all. No guard points, loops or CPS information.
I'd be grateful for any pointer.
Best wishes and thanks,
Jeanette
Depends on whether you are writing text or binary.
From Opcodes/ftgen.s function ftsave
BINARY
FUNC *ftp;
//csound->Message(csound, "saving table %f \n", **argp);
if ( *argp && (ftp = ft_func(csound, *argp)) != NULL) {
MYFLT *table = ftp->ftable;
int32 flen = ftp->flen;
int32_t n;
n = fwrite(ftp, sizeof(FUNC) - sizeof(MYFLT) - SSTRSIZ, 1, file);
if (UNLIKELY(n!=1)) goto err4;
n = fwrite(table, sizeof(MYFLT), flen + 1, file);
if (UNLIKELY(n!=flen + 1)) goto err4;
}
else goto err;
TEXT
FUNC *ftp;
if ((ftp = ft_func(csound, *argp)) != NULL) {
int32 flen = ftp->flen;
int32 j;
MYFLT *table = ftp->ftable;
/* IMPORTANT!! If FUNC structure and/or GEN01ARGS structure
will be modified, the following code has to be modified too */
fprintf(file,"======= TABLE %d size: %d values ======\n",
ftp->fno, ftp->flen);
fprintf(file,"flen: %d\n", ftp->flen);
fprintf(file,"lenmask: %d\n", ftp->lenmask);
fprintf(file,"lobits: %d\n",ftp->lobits);
fprintf(file,"lomask: %d\n",ftp->lomask);
fprintf(file,"lodiv: %f\n",ftp->lodiv);
fprintf(file,"cvtbas: %f\n",ftp->cvtbas);
fprintf(file,"cpscvt: %f\n",ftp->cpscvt);
fprintf(file,"loopmode1: %d\n", (int32_t) ftp->loopmode1);
fprintf(file,"loopmode2: %d\n", (int32_t) ftp->loopmode2);
fprintf(file,"begin1: %d\n",ftp->begin1);
fprintf(file,"end1: %d\n",ftp->end1);
fprintf(file,"begin2: %d\n",ftp->begin2);
fprintf(file,"end2: %d\n",ftp->end2);
fprintf(file,"soundend: %d\n",ftp->soundend);
fprintf(file,"flenfrms: %d\n",ftp->flenfrms);
fprintf(file,"nchnls: %d\n",ftp->nchanls);
fprintf(file,"fno: %d\n",ftp->fno);
fprintf(file,"gen01args.gen01: %f\n",ftp->gen01args.gen01);
fprintf(file,"gen01args.ifilno: %f\n",ftp->gen01args.ifilno);
fprintf(file,"gen01args.iskptim: %f\n",ftp->gen01args.iskptim);
fprintf(file,"gen01args.iformat: %f\n",ftp->gen01args.iformat);
fprintf(file,"gen01args.channel: %f\n",ftp->gen01args.channel);
fprintf(file,"gen01args.sample_rate: %f\n",
ftp->gen01args.sample_rate);
/* WARNING! skips ftp->gen01args.strarg from saving/loading in
text format */
fprintf(file,"---------END OF HEADER--------------\n");
No guaranty that this may not change. I think that &%f shoud be %a for example
Hi John,
thanks a lot for that. I still have some questions, if I may, about the
text format, which I'd like to write.
May 12 2021, john has written:
...
int32 flen = ftp->flen;
I assume this is the full length, i.e. number of values in the ftable?
...
fprintffile,"lenmask: %d\\n", ftp\->lenmask;
fprintffile,"lobits: %d\\n",ftp\->lobits;
fprintffile,"lomask: %d\\n",ftp\->lomask;
What are they? Any safe values to put there?
fprintffile,"lodiv: %f\\n",ftp\->lodiv;
fprintffile,"cvtbas: %f\\n",ftp\->cvtbas;
fprintffile,"cpscvt: %f\\n",ftp\->cpscvt;
fprintffile,"loopmode1: %d\\n", \(int32\_t ftp->loopmode1);
fprintffile,"loopmode2: %d\\n", \(int32\_t ftp->loopmode2);
fprintffile,"begin1: %d\\n",ftp\->begin1;
fprintffile,"end1: %d\\n",ftp\->end1;
fprintffile,"begin2: %d\\n",ftp\->begin2;
fprintffile,"end2: %d\\n",ftp\->end2;
fprintffile,"soundend: %d\\n",ftp\->soundend;
Can I assume that the above can be 0 or 0.0f for a simple, non audio
data table?
fprintffile,"flenfrms: %d\\n",ftp\->flenfrms;
For one channel/one value table the same as flen?
...
fprintffile,"gen01args\.gen01: %f\\n",ftp\->gen01args\.gen01;
fprintffile,"gen01args\.ifilno: %f\\n",ftp\->gen01args\.ifilno;
fprintffile,"gen01args\.iskptim: %f\\n",ftp\->gen01args\.iskptim;
fprintffile,"gen01args\.iformat: %f\\n",ftp\->gen01args\.iformat;
fprintffile,"gen01args\.channel: %f\\n",ftp\->gen01args\.channel;
fprintf(file,"gen01args.sample_rate: %f\n",
ftp->gen01args.sample_rate);
The above can be 0, except for the samplerate, which could be something
inoffensive?
...
Thanks again and best wishes,
Jeanette