MeanTriggered Mean of recent values, triggered

MeanTriggered.kr(in, trig, length, mul, add)

Calculates the mean of the most recent length values, but only paying attention to values input while the trigger is greater than zero. One application of this is to calculate a running mean of values coming from FFT analysis.

While trig<=0, the last-measured mean is held constant.

The length argument is set at initialisation, and cannot be modulated. The length is directly reflected in the amount of real-time memory taken by this UGen, so please think carefully before using large values of length. Values in the low single- or double-figures are expected.

Examples

s.boot;

// Simple polling of mean values - you could do this without a UGen!

x = {|val=1, t_trig=0| MeanTriggered.kr(val, t_trig, 3).poll(t_trig, "Mean of recent 3 values"); }.play;

x.set(\val, 10.rand.postln, \t_trig, 1); // Execute this repeatedly

x.free;

// Using it as an audio filter - compare the sounds of these:

x = {WhiteNoise.ar(0.1)}.play;

x.free;

x = {MeanTriggered.ar(WhiteNoise.ar(0.1), 1, 3)}.play; // Note that ".sum" would be more efficient here...

x.free;

x = {MeanTriggered.ar(WhiteNoise.ar(0.1), 1, 11)}.play; // Note that ".sum" would be more efficient here...

x.free;