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phasor~

Sawtooth wave generator

Description

phasor~ is a non-bandlimited sawtooth-waveform signal generator which can be used as an audio signal or a sample-accurate timing/control signal. For 'smoother' sounding sawtooth oscillator, but one which isn't as suitable for timing/control, use the saw~ object.
When specifying the behavior of a phasor~ by interval rather than frequency, you can use the tempo-relative Max time format syntax.

Arguments

Name	Type	Opt	Description
initial-frequency (Hz)	int or float	opt	Sets the initial frequency of the waveform. If a signal is connected to the left inlet, the argument is ignored.

Messages

int	frequency (Hz) [int]	In left inlet: Sets the frequency of the sawtooth waveform. If a signal is connected to this inlet, int and float messages are ignored. In right inlet: Sets the phase of the waveform (from 0 to 1). The signal output continues from this value.
float	frequency (Hz) [float]	In left inlet: Sets the frequency of the sawtooth waveform. If a signal is connected to this inlet, int and float messages are ignored. In right inlet: Sets the phase of the waveform (from 0 to 1). The signal output continues from this value.
list	transport/time-settings [list]	The phasor~ object accepts transport specific timing/synchronization messages in any of the time formats used in Max.
anything	transport/time-settings [list]	The phasor~ object accepts transport specific timing/synchronization messages in any of the time formats used in Max.
signal		In left inlet: Sets the frequency of the sawtooth waveform.

Attributes

Name	Type	g/s	Description
frequency	atom		Sets the frequency (rate) for the phasor~ object. The frequency can be specified in any of the time formats used in Max.
lock	int		Locks the frequency of the phasor~ object and prevents its frequency from being changed.

Information for box attributes common to all objects

Output

signal: Sawtooth waveform that increases from 0 to 1 repeatedly at the specified frequency.

Examples

A repeating ramp is useful both at audio and at sub-audio frequencies

See Also

Name	Description
2d.wave~	Two-dimensional wavetable
cycle~	Table lookup oscillator
line~	Linear ramp generator
saw~	Antialiased sawtooth oscillator
sync~	Synchronize MSP with an external source
techno~	Signal-driven step sequencer
transport	Control a master clock and report time values.
trapezoid~	Trapezoidal wavetable
triangle~	Triangle/ramp wavetable
wave~	Variable size wavetable
MSP Tutorial 3: Wavetable Oscillator	MSP Tutorial 3: Wavetable Oscillator
MSP Tutorial 15: Variable-length Wavetable	MSP Tutorial 15: Variable-length Wavetable