Added sync and wait

src/API.ts

@@ -383,6 +383,11 @@ export class UserAPI {
 
     player.updateLastCallTime();
 
+    if(id !== "") {
+      // Sync named patterns to z0 by default
+      player.sync("z0");
+    }
+
     return player;
   };
 

src/classes/AbstractEvents.ts

@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ export abstract class Event {
     return this.modify(func);
   };
 
-  duration = (value: number): Event => {
+  length = (value: number): Event => {
-    this.values["duration"] = value;
+    this.values["length"] = value;
     return this;
   };
 }

src/classes/RestEvent.ts

@@ -2,20 +2,20 @@ import { type Editor } from "../main";
 import { Event } from "./AbstractEvents";
 
 export class RestEvent extends Event {
-  constructor(duration: number, app: Editor) {
+  constructor(length: number, app: Editor) {
     super(app);
-    this.values["duration"] = duration;
+    this.values["length"] = length;
   }
 
   _fallbackMethod = (): Event => {
-    return RestEvent.createRestProxy(this.values["duration"], this.app);
+    return RestEvent.createRestProxy(this.values["length"], this.app);
   };
 
   public static createRestProxy = (
-    duration: number,
+    length: number,
     app: Editor
   ): RestEvent => {
-    const instance = new RestEvent(duration, app);
+    const instance = new RestEvent(length, app);
     return new Proxy(instance, {
       // @ts-ignore
       get(target, propKey, receiver) {

src/classes/ZPlayer.ts

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ export type InputOptions = { [key: string]: string | number };
 export class Player extends Event {
   input: string;
   ziffers: Ziffers;
-  initCallTime: number = 1;
+  initCallTime: number = 0;
-  startCallTime: number = 1;
+  startCallTime: number = 0;
-  lastCallTime: number = 1;
+  lastCallTime: number = 0;
   waitTime = 0;
   startBeat: number = 0;
   played: boolean = false;
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ export class Player extends Event {
       this.startCallTime = 0;
       this.index = 0;
       this.waitTime = 0;
+      this.skipIndex = 0;
     }
 
     // Main logic
@@ -207,6 +208,23 @@ export class Player extends Event {
     return this;
   }
 
+  sync(value: string|Function) {
+     if(this.atTheBeginning() && this.notStarted()) {
+      const origin = this.app.clock.pulses_since_origin;
+         const syncId = typeof value === "function" ? value.name : value;
+         if(origin>0) {
+             const syncPattern = this.app.api.patternCache.get(syncId) as Player;
+             if(syncPattern) {
+                 const syncPatternDuration = syncPattern.ziffers.duration;
+                 const syncPatternStart = syncPattern.startCallTime;
+                 const syncInPulses = syncPatternDuration*4*this.app.clock.ppqn;
+                 this.waitTime = syncPatternStart + syncInPulses;
+             }
+        }
+    }
+    return this;
+ }
+
   out = (): void => {
     // TODO?
   };

src/documentation/ziffers.ts

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Ziffers provides shorthands for **many** numeric and algorithimic operations suc
 * **List operations:** Cartesian operation (_e.g._ <ic>(3 2 1)+(2 5)</ic>) using the <ic>+</ic> operator. All the arithmetic operators are supported.
 
 ${makeExample(
-  "Cartesian operation for melodic generation",
+  "Element-wise operations for melodic generation",
   `
 z1("q 0 s (3 2 1)+(2 5) q 0 s (4 5 6)-(2 3)").sound('sine')
   .scale('minor').fmi(2).fmh(2).room(0.5).size(0.5).sustain(0.1)
@@ -192,7 +192,38 @@ mod(1, 1.75) :: snd(['kick', 'hat'].div(1)).out()
 
 ## Synchronization
 
-Ziffers numbered methods **(z0-z16)** can be used to parse and play patterns. Each method is individually cached and can be used to play multiple patterns simultaneously. They can be synchronized together by using a **cue** system. By default, each Ziffers expression will have a different duration. This system is thus necessary to make everything fit together in a loop-based environment like Topos.
+Ziffers numbered methods **(z0-z16)** can be used to parse and play patterns. Each method is individually cached and can be used to play multiple patterns simultaneously. By default, each Ziffers expression can have a different duration. This system is thus necessary to make everything fit together in a loop-based environment like Topos.
+
+Numbered methods are synced automatically to **z0** method if it exsists. Syncing can also be done manually by using either the <ic>wait</ic> method, which will always wait for the current pattern to finish before starting the next cycle, or the <ic>sync</ic> method will only wait for the synced pattern to finish on the first time.
+
+${makeExample(
+  "Automatic sync to z0",
+  `
+z0('w 0 8').sound('peri').gain(3.0).out()
+z1('e 0 4 5 9').sound('bell').gain(6.0).out()
+`,  
+  true
+)}
+
+${makeExample(
+  "Sync with wait",
+  `
+z1('w 0 5').sound('pluck').release(0.1).sustain(0.25).out()
+z2('q 6 3').wait(z1).sound('sine').release(0.16).sustain(0.55).out()
+`,  
+  true
+)}
+
+${makeExample(
+  "Sync on first run",
+  `
+  z1('w __ 0 5 9 3').sound('bin').out()
+  z2('q __ 4 2 e 6 3 q 6').sync(z1).sound('east').out()
+`,  
+  true
+)}
+
+
 
 
 ## Examples