ProTrackR (version 0.4.4)

periodToChar: Get the note and octave from period table

Description

These functions return the note and octave that is closest to the provided period value.

Usage

periodToChar(period)

Value

periodToChar returns a character representing the combination of octave and note that is closest to period in the ProTracker period table.

Arguments

period

integer value of a period value.

Author

Pepijn de Vries

Details

ProTracker uses a period_table to link period values to certain octaves and notes. This function serves to look up corresponding notes and octaves for specific period values.

See Also

Other character.operations: as.character(), name, rawToCharNull(), sampleRate

Other period.operations: noteToPeriod(), note(), octave(), period_table, sampleRate

Other note.and.octave.operations: noteToPeriod(), noteUp(), note(), octave(), sampleRate

Examples

## Note C# in octave 3 is closest to a period of 200 in the table:
periodToChar(200)
## try with a range of period values:
periodToChar(200:400)