Ptime

superclass: Pattern

returns time in beats from moment of embedding in stream

Ptime(repeats)

s.boot;

// post time

(

Pbind(

\pfunc, Ptime.new.trace,

\dur, Pseries(0.5, 0.5, 5)

).play;

)

// change degree independant of number of events that have been playing

(

var a, b;

a = Pbind(

\degree, Pswitch(#[0, 2b, 3], Ptime(8).round(2) / 2),

\dur, Prand(#[0.2, 0.5, 1.1, 0.25, 0.15], inf)

);

b = Pbind(

\degree, Pseq(#[0, 2b, 3], 1),

\dur, 2,

\ctranspose, -7

);

Pseq([Event.silent(1.25), Ppar([a, b])], inf).play;

)

// test tempo changes

(

var a, b;

a = Pbind(

\degree, Pswitch(#[0, 2b, 3], Ptime(8).round(2) / 2),

\dur, Prand(#[0.2, 0.5, 1.1, 0.25, 0.15], 9)

);

b = Pbind(

\degree, Pseq(#[0, 2b, 3], 1),

\dur, 2,

\ctranspose, -7

);

Pn(

Pfset({ ~tempo = #[1, 2, 4].choose.postln },

Pseq([

Event.silent(1.25),

Ppar([a, b])

])

)

).play

)