Re: playing more than 2 sounds with synth option

["Måns Rullgård" <mans@mansr.com>]

Noah Essl <arche1@gmx.at> writes:

> On 8/10/20 7:36 PM, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>> Noah Essl <arche1@gmx.at> writes:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> I am playing 2 frequencies like this:
>>>> play -qn synth $a_number_variable sine $sound_1 sine $sound_2 fade h
>>> $some $random $numbers
>>>
>>> and I am trying to play even more sounds like:
>>>> play -qn synth $a_number_variable sine $sound_1 sine $sound_2 sine
>>> $sound_3 sine $sound_4
>>> or like:
>>>> play -qn synth $a_number_variable sine $sound_1 sine $sound_2 synth
>>> sine $sound_3 sine $sound_4
>>>
>>> but that doesn't work. How would I do it to play 4 frequencies parallel
>>> with the same command? Is there no support for that and if so, why limit
>>> it to 2?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for any help!
>> Your commands create a new channel for each tone.  If you want to mix
>> them you can do that in a few ways.  One is like this:
>>
>> $ play -n synth 10 sine 1k synth sine mix 2k synth sine mix 3k
>>
>> Another way:
>>
>> $ play -n synth 10 sine 1k sine 2k sine 3k remix -
>>
>> If that's not what you're looking for, you'll have to describe in more
>> detail what you're trying to achieve.
>>
> Thanks for your input!
> I tried several ways and I liked the "remix -" option the most.
>
> What am I doing: I am programming a 4-voiced random music generator (in
> bash) that endlessly plays in the background bc I am fed up with
> available music.
> Wanna try it: https://github.com/noahsmindfuck/random_music_generator
>
> Is there a way to make the sounds sound like a piano instead of a pure
> sine? Or can i actually import/use preexisting curves of existing
> instruments (e.g. the 'pluck' that plays a guitar)?

Try 'pluck' instead of 'sine' in the synth command.

-- 
Måns Rullgård


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