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
