maths.lib

Mathematic library for Faust. Its official prefix is ma.

References

Functions Reference


(ma.)SR

Current sampling rate given at init time. Constant during program execution.

Usage

SR : _

(ma.)T

Current sample duration in seconds computed from the sampling rate given at init time. Constant during program execution.

Usage

T : _

(ma.)BS

Current block-size. Can change during the execution at each block.

Usage

BS : _

(ma.)PI

Constant PI in double precision.

Usage

PI : _

(ma.)deg2rad

Convert degrees to radians.

Usage

45. : deg2rad

(ma.)rad2deg

Convert radians to degrees.

Usage

ma.PI : rad2deg

(ma.)E

Constant e in double precision.

Usage

E : _

(ma.)EPSILON

Constant EPSILON available in simple/double/quad precision, as defined in the floating-point standard and machine epsilon, that is smallest positive number such that 1.0 + EPSILON != 1.0.

Usage

EPSILON : _

(ma.)MIN

Constant MIN available in simple/double/quad precision (minimal positive value).

Usage

MIN : _

(ma.)MAX

Constant MAX available in simple/double/quad precision (maximal positive value).

Usage

MAX : _

(ma.)FTZ

Flush to zero: force samples under the "maximum subnormal number" to be zero. Usually not needed in C++ because the architecture file take care of this, but can be useful in JavaScript for instance.

Usage

_ : FTZ : _

Reference


(ma.)copysign

Changes the sign of x (first input) to that of y (second input).

Usage

_,_ : copysign : _

(ma.)neg

Invert the sign (-x) of a signal.

Usage

_ : neg : _

(ma.)not

Bitwise not implemented with xor as not(x) = x xor -1;. So working regardless of the size of the integer, assuming negative numbers in two's complement.

Usage

_ : not : _

(ma.)sub(x,y)

Subtract x and y.

Usage

_,_ : sub : _

(ma.)inv

Compute the inverse (1/x) of the input signal.

Usage

_ : inv : _

(ma.)cbrt

Computes the cube root of of the input signal.

Usage

_ : cbrt : _

(ma.)hypot

Computes the euclidian distance of the two input signals sqrt(xx+yy) without undue overflow or underflow.

Usage

_,_ : hypot : _

(ma.)ldexp

Takes two input signals: x and n, and multiplies x by 2 to the power n.

Usage

_,_ : ldexp : _

(ma.)scalb

Takes two input signals: x and n, and multiplies x by 2 to the power n.

Usage

_,_ : scalb : _

(ma.)log1p

Computes log(1 + x) without undue loss of accuracy when x is nearly zero.

Usage

_ : log1p : _

(ma.)logb

Return exponent of the input signal as a floating-point number.

Usage

_ : logb : _

(ma.)ilogb

Return exponent of the input signal as an integer number.

Usage

_ : ilogb : _

(ma.)log2

Returns the base 2 logarithm of x.

Usage

_ : log2 : _

(ma.)expm1

Return exponent of the input signal minus 1 with better precision.

Usage

_ : expm1 : _

(ma.)acosh

Computes the principle value of the inverse hyperbolic cosine of the input signal.

Usage

_ : acosh : _

(ma.)asinh

Computes the inverse hyperbolic sine of the input signal.

Usage

_ : asinh : _

(ma.)atanh

Computes the inverse hyperbolic tangent of the input signal.

Usage

_ : atanh : _

(ma.)sinh

Computes the hyperbolic sine of the input signal.

Usage

_ : sinh : _

(ma.)cosh

Computes the hyperbolic cosine of the input signal.

Usage

_ : cosh : _

(ma.)tanh

Computes the hyperbolic tangent of the input signal.

Usage

_ : tanh : _

(ma.)erf

Computes the error function of the input signal.

Usage

_ : erf : _

(ma.)erfc

Computes the complementary error function of the input signal.

Usage

_ : erfc : _

(ma.)gamma

Computes the gamma function of the input signal.

Usage

_ : gamma : _

(ma.)lgamma

Calculates the natural logorithm of the absolute value of the gamma function of the input signal.

Usage

_ : lgamma : _

(ma.)J0

Computes the Bessel function of the first kind of order 0 of the input signal.

Usage

_ : J0 : _

(ma.)J1

Computes the Bessel function of the first kind of order 1 of the input signal.

Usage

_ : J1 : _

(ma.)Jn

Computes the Bessel function of the first kind of order n (first input signal) of the second input signal.

Usage

_,_ : Jn : _

(ma.)Y0

Computes the linearly independent Bessel function of the second kind of order 0 of the input signal.

Usage

_ : Y0 : _

(ma.)Y1

Computes the linearly independent Bessel function of the second kind of order 1 of the input signal.

Usage

_ : Y0 : _

(ma.)Yn

Computes the linearly independent Bessel function of the second kind of order n (first input signal) of the second input signal.

Usage

_,_ : Yn : _

(ma.)fabs, (ma.)fmax, (ma.)fmin

Just for compatibility...

fabs = abs
fmax = max
fmin = min

(ma.)np2

Gives the next power of 2 of x.

Usage

np2(n) : _

Where:

  • n: an integer

(ma.)frac

Gives the fractional part of n.

Usage

frac(n) : _

Where:

  • n: a decimal number

(ma.)modulo

Modulus operation.

Usage

modulo(x,y) : _

Where:

  • x: the numerator
  • y: the denominator

(ma.)isnan

Return non-zero if x is a NaN.

Usage

isnan(x)
_ : isnan : _

Where:

  • x: signal to analyse

(ma.)isinf

Return non-zero if x is a positive or negative infinity.

Usage

isinf(x)
_ : isinf : _

Where:

  • x: signal to analyse

(ma.)chebychev

Chebychev transformation of order N.

Usage

_ : chebychev(N) : _

Where:

  • N: the order of the polynomial, a constant numerical expression

Semantics

T[0](x) = 1,
T[1](x) = x,
T[n](x) = 2x*T[n-1](x) - T[n-2](x)

Reference


(ma.)chebychevpoly

Linear combination of the first Chebyshev polynomials.

Usage

_ : chebychevpoly((c0,c1,...,cn)) : _

Where:

  • cn: the different Chebychevs polynomials such that: chebychevpoly((c0,c1,...,cn)) = Sum of chebychev(i)*ci

Reference


(ma.)diffn

Negated first-order difference.

Usage

_ : diffn : _

(ma.)signum

The signum function signum(x) is defined as -1 for x<0, 0 for x==0, and 1 for x>0.

Usage

_ : signum : _

(ma.)nextpow2

The nextpow2(x) returns the lowest integer m such that 2^m >= x.

Usage

2^nextpow2(n) : _

Useful for allocating delay lines, e.g.,

delay(2^nextpow2(maxDelayNeeded), currentDelay);

(ma.)zc

Indicator function for zero-crossing: it returns 1 if a zero-crossing occurs, 0 otherwise.

Usage

_ : zc : _

(ma.)primes

Return the n-th prime using a waveform primitive. Note that primes(0) is 2, primes(1) is 3, and so on. The waveform is length 2048, so the largest precomputed prime is primes(2047) which is 17863.

Usage

_ : primes : _