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Constant channel node

Create up to forty new channels.

This chop allows you to create up to forty new channels. Each channel can be named and assigned a different value. To create a channel, enter a channel name in any left parameter in the 0, 10, 20 or 30 pages, then adjust the value to its right.

The interval is one sample by default (at index 0). An interval range can be optionally set in the Channel page.

A simple Constant chop with no inputs is the most common use of the chop. However, the channels names and values can be set up by connecting any chop to its input and clicking the Snapshot Input button (Snap page). This allows you to get some channels from another chop and adjust them with sliders in the Constant chop.

The second input can be used to add offsets to the constant values. When the second input (Active) is greater than zero, any change to the first input will be added to the output of the chop. This is useful for adjusting Constant chop values from external input devices like a midi slider box. For example you can connect the mouse or a midi slider box to a Mouse or midi In chop, and you can raise/lower the Constant chop values by holding the Active input on, while moving the mouse or sliders.

Parameters

0-9

Channel 0-9

User-defined channels 0 to 9

10-19

Channel 10-19

User-defined channels 10 to 19

20-29

Channel 20-29

User-defined channels 20 to 29

10-19

Channel 30-39

User-defined channels 30 to 39

Snap

Snapshot Input

Click this button to capture the input channels' values at the current frame.

First Channel

Specify the starting channel index to snap from.

Active Needs Current

When on, the second input, the Active input only has an effect if this CHOP is the current CHOP. When off, it doesn’t matter if this is the current CHOP. Used by the Channel Editor when editing keyframes.

Channel

Single Frame

Only create one-sample channels, at the Start position.

Start

The start position of the CHOP.

End

The end position of the CHOP.

Sample Rate

The sample rate of the CHOP.

Extend Left

The left extend condition (before the CHOP’s start).

Extend Right

The right extend condition (after the CHOP’s end).

Default Value

The value to use for the “Default Value” extend condition type.

Examples

The following examples are specifically designed to demonstrate this node:

Constant01

$HFS/mozilla/documents/examples/nodes/chop/constant/Constant01.cmd

Constant02

$HFS/mozilla/documents/examples/nodes/chop/constant/Constant02.cmd

The following examples use this node:

Blend

$HFS/mozilla/documents/examples/nodes/chop/blend/Blend.cmd

Delete01

$HFS/mozilla/documents/examples/nodes/chop/delete/Delete01.cmd

Delete02

$HFS/mozilla/documents/examples/nodes/chop/delete/Delete02.cmd

InterpolateBasic

$HFS/mozilla/documents/examples/nodes/chop/interp/InterpolateBasic.cmd

MathBasic

$HFS/mozilla/documents/examples/nodes/chop/math/MathBasic.cmd