The Csound Quick Reference

Signal Input and Output

Signal Input and Output: Input

ar1	in
ar1, ar2	ins
ar1, ar2, ar3, ar4	inq
ar1, ar2, ar3, ar4, ar5, ar6	inh
ar1, ar2, ar3, ar4, ar5, ar6, ar7, ar8	ino
ar1	soundin	ifilcod[, iskptim[, iformat]]
ar1, ar2	soundin	ifilcod[, iskptim[, iformat]]
ar1,...ar24	soundin	ifilcod[, iskptim[, iformat]]
ar1[,ar2 [,ar3,ar4]]	diskin	ifilcod, kpitch[, iskiptim[, iwraparound[, iformat]]]
ar1, ar2, ar3, ar4, ar5, ar6, ar7, ar8, ar9, ar10, ar11, ar12, ar13, ar14, ar15, ar16	inx
ar1, ar2, ar3, ar4, ar5, ar6, ar7, ar8, ar9, ar10, ar11, ar12, ar13, ar14, ar15, ar16 ar17, ar18, ar19, ar20, ar21, ar22, ar23, ar24, ar25, ar26, ar27, ar28, ar29, ar30, ar31, ar32	in32
ar	inch	ksig1
	inz	ksig1

Signal Input and Output: Output

	out	asig
	outs1	asig
	outs2	asig
	outs	asig1, asig2
	outq1	asig
	outq2	asig
	outq3	asig
	outq4	asig
	outq	asig1, asig2, asig3, asig4
	outh	asig1, asig2, asig3, asig4, asig5, asig6
	outo	asig1, asig2, asig3, asig4, asig5, asig6, asig7, asig8
	soundout	asig1, ifilcod[, iformat]
	soundouts	asig1, asig2, ifilcod[, iformat] (Not implemented*)
	outx	asig1, asig2, asig3, asig4, asig5, asig6, asig7, asig8, asig10, asig11, asig12, asig13, asig14, asig15, asig16
	out32	asig1, asig2, asig3, asig4, asig5, asig6, asig7, asig8, asig10, asig11, asig12, asig13, asig14, asig15, asig16, asig17, asig18, asig19, asig20, asig21, asig22, asig23, asig24, asig25, asig26, asig27, asig28, asig29, asig30, asig31, asig32
	outc	asig1[, asig2,...]
	outch	ksig1, asig1, ksig2, asig2, ...
	outz	ksig1

Signal Input and Output: File I/O

	dumpk	ksig, ifilname, iformat, iprd
	dumpk2	ksig1, ksig2, ifilname, iformat, iprd
	dumpk3	ksig1, ksig2, ksig3, ifilname, iformat, iprd
	dumpk4	ksig1, ksig2, ksig3, ksig4, ifilname, iformat, iprd
kr	readk	ifilname, iformat[, ipol]
kr1, kr2	readk2	ifilname, iformat[, ipol]
kr1, kr2, kr3	readk3	ifilname, iformat[, ipol]
kr1, kr2, kr3, kr4	readk4	ifilname, iformat[, ipol]
	fout	"ifilename", iformat, aout1[, aout2, aout3,...,aoutN]
	foutk	"ifilename", iformat, aout1[, aout2, aout3,...,aoutN]
	fouti	ihandle, iformat, iflag, iout1[, iout2, iout3,....,ioutN]
	foutir	ihandle, iformat, iflag, iout1[, iout2, out3,....,ioutN]
ihandle	fiopen	"ifilename",imode
	fin	"ifilename", iskipframes, iformat, ain1[, ain2, ain3,...,ainN]
	fink	"ifilename", iskipframes, iformat, kin1[, kin2, kin3,...,kinN]
	fini	"ifilename", iskipframes, iformat, in1[, in2, in3,...,inN]
	vincr	asig, aincr
	clear	avar1[,avar2, avar3,...,avarN]

Signal Input and Output: Sound File Queries

ir	filelen	"ifilcod"
ir	filesr	"ifilcod"
ir	filenchnls	"ifilcod"
ir	filepeak	"ifilcod"[, ichnl]

Signal Input and Output: Printing and Display

	print	iarg[, iarg, ...]
	display	xsig, iprd[, inprds[, iwtflg]]
	dispfft	xsig, iprd, iwsiz[, iwtyp[, idbouti[, iwtflg]]]
	printk	kval, ispace[, itime]
	printks	"txtstring", itime, kval1, kval2, kval3, kval4
	printk2	kvar[, numspaces]
	flashtxt	inum, "text string"

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