Adding time warping capabilities

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## Time Warping
Time is cool. But it's even cooler when you can manipulate it to your liking. Think about jumping back or forward in time. Think about looping a specific part of your current pattern or song. This is all possible thanks to two simple functions: <ic>warp(n: number)</ic> and <ic>beat_warp(n: number)</ic>. They are both very easy to use and very powerful. Let's see how they work.
- <ic>warp(n: number)</ic>: this function jumps to the _n_ tick of the clock. <ic>1</ic> is the first pulsation ever, and the number keeps increasing to the infinite.
${makeExample(
"Jumping back and forth in time",
`
// Obscure Shenanigans - Bubobubobubo
mod([1/4,1/8,1/16].div(8)):: sound('sine')
.freq([100,50].div(16) + 50 * ($(1)%10))
.gain(0.5).room(0.9).size(0.9)
.sustain(0.1).out()
mod(1) :: sound('kick').out()
mod(2) :: sound('dr').n(5).out()
div(3) :: mod([.25,.5].div(.5)) :: sound('dr')
.n([8,9].pick()).gain([.8,.5,.25,.1,.0].div(.25)).out()
// Time is elastic now!
mod(.25) :: warp([12, 48, 24, 1, 120, 30].pick())
`,
true
)}
- <ic>beat_warp(beat: number)</ic>: this function jumps to the _n_ beat of the clock. The first beat is <ic>1</ic>.
${makeExample(
"Jumping back and forth with beats",
`
// Resonance bliss - Bubobubobubo
mod(.25)::snd('arpy')
.note(30 + [0,3,7,10].beat())
.cutoff(usine(.5) * 5000).resonance(10).gain(0.3)
.end(0.8).room(0.9).size(0.9).n(0).out();
mod([.25,.125].div(2))::snd('arpy')
.note(30 + [0,3,7,10].beat())
.cutoff(usine(.5) * 5000).resonance(20).gain(0.3)
.end(0.8).room(0.9).size(0.9).n(3).out();
mod(.5) :: snd('arpy').note(
[30, 33, 35].repeatAll(4).div(1) - [12,0].div(0.5)).out()
// Comment me to stop warping!
mod(1) :: beat_warp([2,4,5,10,11].pick())
`,
true
)}
## Larger time divisions
Now you know how to play some basic rhythmic music but you are a bit stuck in a one-bar long loop. Let's see how we can think about time flowing on longer periods. The functions you are going to learn now are _very fundamental_ and all the fun comes from mastering them. **Read and experiment a lot with the following examples**.