[Csnd] k-while-loops

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Hello Everybody!

I use the while-loop extensively. But only at i-time.
I wonder how the k-variant is working.

So, when the program is at k-time in a while loop, is the whole while loop, with all iterations, executed in one k-cycle?
Or is every iteration one k-cycle?

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Hey hey Philipp,
a complete while-loop is executed in one k-cycle. There are a few opcodes which work well with that. Some were specifically ddesigned for it. I think the phasorbank was designed with changes in while-loops in mind. Table reading and writing works. -- Just for your own peace of mind, in case you don't know about that already: DON'T try to use a while loop to stack multiple oscillators or pass a signal repeatedly through some opcode. If you need repeated processing, use a recursive UDO. If you knew that already: just don't mind me. :slight_smile:

Best wishes,

Jeanette