There are several classes that support functions of 1 variable such as envelopes or waveforms. These objects can be created (e.g.,) using linear or exponential interpolation between break-points, Fourier sine summation, cubic splines, or as raw sampled data.

In addition to the instance-creation methods, Functions understand array-like accessing method atX: to get at their values.

Examples

Basic ramp up/down
   [(LinearFunction from: #((0 0) (0.5 1) (1 0))) atX: 0.25]
   [(ExponentialFunction from: #((0 0 5) (0.5 1 -5) (1 0))) atX: 0.25 ]

ADSR-line envelopes
   [(LinearFunction from: #((0 0) (0.1 1) (0.2 0.7) (0.9 0.5) (1 0))) edit]
   [(ExponentialFunction from: #((0 0 5) (0.1 1 -3) (0.8 0.5 -2) (1 0))) edit]
   [FunctionView multiFunctionExample]

Sine Summation
   [(FourierSummation from: #((1 1 0) (3 0.3 0) (5 0.2 0) (7 0.15 0) (9 0.11 0) (11 0.09 0))) edit]

Others

   [(Function randomOfSize: 128 from: 0.2 to: 0.9) edit]
   [FunctionView onFunction:
      (Function from: #( 0 1 0 0.5 1.0 0.5 0 1 0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1 0.5 0.25 0.125 0.0625 0 1 0))]

Using Functions

Apply a function to a property of an event list--make a crescendo/decrescendo

   [ | list fcn |
   list := EventList newNamed: #test3.
   (0 to: 4000 by: 100) do:    "4 seconds, 10 notes per second"
         [ :index |         "add the same note"
         list add: (MusicEvent dur: 100 pitch: 36 ampl: 120) at: index].
   fcn := ExponentialFunction from: #((0 0 2) (0.5 1 -2) (1 0)).
   list applyFunction: fcn to: #loudness.
   list play ]

Spectra and Signal Analysis (Not yet ported)

Create a swept sine wave and take its fft.
   [Display restoreAfter: [Spectrum sweepExample]]

Read a file ("unbelichtet," etc. in German) and show the spectrogram
   [Display restoreAfter: [Spectrum fileExample]]