guiro is a semi-physical model of a guiro sound. It is one of the PhISEM percussion opcodes. PhISEM (Physically Informed Stochastic Event Modeling) is an algorithmic approach for simulating collisions of multiple independent sound producing objects.
idettack -- period of time over which all sound is stopped
inum (optional) -- The number of beads, teeth, bells, timbrels, etc. If zero, the default value is 128.
idamp (optional) -- the damping factor of the instrument. Not used.
imaxshake (optional, default=0) -- amount of energy to add back into the system. The value should be in range 0 to 1.
ifreq (optional) -- the main resonant frequency. The default value is 2500.
ifreq1 (optional) -- the first resonant frequency.
kamp -- Amplitude of output. Note: As these instruments are stochastic, this is only an approximation.
Here is an example of the guiro opcode. It uses the files guiro.orc and guiro.sco.
Example 177. Example of the guiro opcode.
/* guiro.orc */
sr = 44100
kr = 4410
ksmps = 10
nchnls = 1
instr 01 ;example of a guiro
a1 guiro p4, 0.01
out a1
endin
/* guiro.orc */
/* guiro.sco */
i1 0 1 20000
e
/* guiro.sco */