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sw_pyalsaaudio/isine.py
Julian Porter f244a70111 tidied up
2020-03-06 20:06:59 +00:00

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''' Use this example from an interactive python session, for example:
>>> from isine import change
>>> change(880)
'''
from __future__ import print_function
import sys
from threading import Thread
from multiprocessing import Queue
if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
from Queue import Empty
else:
from queue import Empty
from math import pi, sin
import struct
import alsaaudio
sampling_rate = 48000
format = alsaaudio.PCM_FORMAT_S16_LE
framesize = 2 # bytes per frame for the values above
channels = 2
def nearest_frequency(frequency):
# calculate the nearest frequency where the wave form fits into the buffer
# in other words, select f so that sampling_rate/f is an integer
return float(sampling_rate)/int(sampling_rate/frequency)
def generate(frequency, duration = 0.125):
# generate a buffer with a sine wave of `frequency`
# that is approximately `duration` seconds long
# the buffersize we approximately want
target_size = int(sampling_rate * channels * duration)
# the length of a full sine wave at the frequency
cycle_size = int(sampling_rate / frequency)
# number of full cycles we can fit into target_size
factor = int(target_size / cycle_size)
size = max(int(cycle_size * factor), 1)
sine = [ int(32767 * sin(2 * pi * frequency * i / sampling_rate)) \
for i in range(size)]
return struct.pack('%dh' % size, *sine)
class SinePlayer(Thread):
def __init__(self, frequency = 440.0):
Thread.__init__(self)
self.setDaemon(True)
self.device = alsaaudio.PCM()
self.device.setchannels(channels)
self.device.setformat(format)
self.device.setrate(sampling_rate)
self.queue = Queue()
self.change(frequency)
def change(self, frequency):
'''This is called outside of the player thread'''
# we generate the buffer in the calling thread for less
# latency when switching frequencies
if frequency > sampling_rate / 2:
raise ValueError('maximum frequency is %d' % (sampling_rate / 2))
f = nearest_frequency(frequency)
print('nearest frequency: %f' % f)
buf = generate(f)
self.queue.put(buf)
def run(self):
buffer = None
while True:
try:
buffer = self.queue.get(False)
self.device.setperiodsize(int(len(buffer) / framesize))
self.device.write(buffer)
except Empty:
if buffer:
self.device.write(buffer)
isine = SinePlayer()
isine.start()
def change(f):
isine.change(f)