Key shortcuts

We can take this shortening job one step further by shortening the key names used in Pbinds. I am not covering all of them but only the most common. Note that you can still use the regular keys. The shortcuts are just replaced with their long version when the code is being evaluated.

Instrument selection

This is the key that you have to use to select the synthesizer that your pattern will be controlling. This key can also be patterned, something that people often forget about.

Key Name	Shortcut	Purpose
\instrument	i	Synthdef name

Amplitude envelope

I have covered the basic ADSR shortcuts but not much more.

Key Name	Shortcut	Purpose
\attack	a	Attack time (in seconds)
\decay	d	Decay time (in seconds)
\sustain	s	Sustain level (relative)
\release	r	Release time (in seconds)

Pitch

The pitch model used by the default Event type is pretty complex and I will not try to sum it up here. It is better to just read about it. To print the list of available scales, use hte Scale.directory command.

Key Name	Shortcut	Purpose
\root	rt	Root note
\midinote	mn	MIDI Note number
\note	n	Note number (O to `inf`)
\degree	deg	Degree of the scale
\octave	o	Octave number
\freq	f	Frequency
\detune	det	Detune amount
\scale	scl	Scale selection

Duration

Key Name	Shortcut	Purpose
\dur	d	Event duration (in beats)
\stretch	st	Event time stretching (multiple)
\legato	l	Time gap between events
\timingOffset	off	Offset in beats

Amplitude

Key Name	Shortcut	Purpose
\velocity	vel	MIDI Velocity

Key Name	Shortcut	Purpose
\midichan	c	MIDI Channel (0 to 15)
\midiout	mo	MIDI Output

Other keys

Key Name	Shortcut	Purpose
\pan	p	Stereo Panning (-1 to 1)

I will probably add some more keys in the future. They are to be found in the BuboArray.sc file if you ever get curious about this small mechanism. It is just replacing values in the list we use to generate our Pbinds.

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