kill

kill — Stops a given instrument instance.

Description

Given a valid instrument instance, this opcode stops it.

Syntax

kill kinstance

Performance

kinstance -- a valid instrument instance. Whether of finite duration or held, the instance currently being performed is immediately removed from the active instance list. No other instances are affected.

Examples

The following example uses the kill opcode. It uses the file kill.csd.

Example 409. Example of the kill opcode.

See the sections Real-time Audio and Command Line Flags for more information on using command line flags.

<CsoundSynthesizer>
<CsOptions>
; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform
; Audio out   Audio in
-odac           -iadc    ;;;RT audio I/O
; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:
; -o kill.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform
</CsOptions>
<CsInstruments>

; Initialize the global variables.
sr = 44100
kr = 4410
ksmps = 10
nchnls = 1

giHandleinstance 1, 0, 4
; Instrument #1.
instr 1
  k1 expon 440, p3/10,880     ; begin gliss and continue
  if k1 < sr/2  kgoto contin  ; until Nyquist detected
    kill giHandle ; then quit

contin:
  a1 oscili 10000, k1
  out a1
endin


</CsInstruments>
<CsScore>
</CsScore>
</CsoundSynthesizer>


See Also

ihold, turnon