Ack

Simple sample player

Features

• 8 voice sample playback of mono or stereo samples.
• Sample start / end and loop positions.
• Resonant multimode filter.
• AR envelopes for volume and filter cutoff.
• Master delay and reverb.

Commands

Note: channels are indexed 0-7 in commands.

Triggering

• trig i - triggers single channel.
• multiTrig iiiiiiii - triggers multiple channels. one 1/0 argument for each channel. 1 means trigger.
• kill i - mute single channel.
• killTrig iiiiiiii - mutes multiple channels. one 1/0 argument for each channel. 1 means mute.

Channel Settings

First argument is always channel.

• loadSample is - load sample given an absolute path.
• sampleStart if - set position at which sample starts to play, expressed in 0-1. position is fixed after a sample has been triggered.
• sampleEnd if - set position at which sample ends playing or starts to loop, expressed in 0-1. position is fixed after a sample has been triggered. if sample end is lower than sample start sample will playback reversed.
• loopPoint if - set position within sample start - end at which loop will start, expressed in 0-1.
• enableLoop i - enables loop.
• disableLoop i - disables loop, sample is played as a oneshot.
• speed if - playback speed. 0-5 where 1 is normal playback.
• volume if - playback volume expressed in dB.
• volumeEnvAttack if - volume AR envelope attack time.
• volumeEnvRelease if - volume AR envelope release time.
• pan if - pan -1…1.
• filterCutoff if - filter cutoff expressed in Hz.
• filterRes if - filter resonance 0-1.
• filterMode ii - 0=lowpass, 1=bandpass, 2=highpass, 3=notch, 4=peak.
• filterEnvAttack if - filter AR envelope attack time.
• filterEnvRelease if - filter AR envelope release time.
• filterEnvMod if - filter AR envelope cutoff modulation -1…1.
• sampleRate if - sample rate 0-44100.0
• bitDepth if - sample bit depth 0-32.0
• dist if - distorsion amount 0…1.
• includeInMuteGroup ii - 0 or 1. 1 means channel will be muted if other channel in mute group is played.
• delaySend if - delay send expressed in dB.
• reverbSend if - reverb send expressed in dB.

Effects Settings

• delayTime f - delay time in seconds 0.0001 .. 5.
• delayFeedback f - reverb feedback 0 .. 1.25.
• delayLevel f - reverb level expressed in dB.
• reverbRoom f - reverb room 0 .. 1.
• reverbDamp f - reverb damp 0 .. 1.
• reverbLevel f - reverb level expressed in dB.

Other Settings

• mainLevel if - main output level expressed in dB.

Using the Ack Lua Module

Note: channels are indexed 1-8 in the ack lua module.

Default Ack parameters to control channel and effects settings can be added to the global paramset using the Ack lua module.

Require the Ack module:

local Ack = require 'ack/lib/ack'

To add all params:

function init()
  --- ...
  Ack.add_params()
  --- ...
end

To add params for the first channel:

function init()
  --- ...
  Ack.add_channel_params(1)
  --- ...
end

Default Parameters

Parameters are self-explanatory. See details and ranges below.

Settings per channel:

• sample - sample to play
• sample start - position in sample where playback will start
• sample end - position in sample where playback will end (if oneshot sample) or loop (if loop is enabled)
• loop point - position within sample start / end where sample will retrigger if loop is enabled
• loop - loop enable / disable
• speed - 5-500%
• volume - expressed in dB
• volume env atk - 0-1000 ms
• volume env rel - 0-3000 ms
• pan - L100 to MID to R100
• filter mode - lowpass/bandpass/highpass/notch/peak
• filter cutoff - 20-20000 Hz
• filter res - 0-100%
• filter env atk - 0-1000 ms
• filter env rel - 0-3000 ms
• filter env mod - bipolar -100..100%
• sample rate - 0-44100.0
• bit depth - 0-32.0
• dist - unipolar 0..100%
• in mutegroup - mutegroup enable / disable
• delay send - expressed in dB
• reverb send - expressed in dB

Effects settings:

• delay time - 0-5000 ms
• delay feedback - 0-125%
• delay level - expressed in dB
• reverb room size - 0-100%
• reverb damp - 0-100%
• reverb level - expressed in dB

Other settings:

• main output level - expressed in dB