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sva_engine/
meaning.rs

1// Concern: what each builtin's named arguments mean, their unit and the model part each moves | Non-concern: which names a builtin takes (vocabulary.rs) | IO: (builtin, name) -> Meaning
2
3use sva_ast::{FINITE_DIFFERENCE, MODAL};
4
5/// `unit` is `none` for a pure number.
6#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
7pub struct Meaning {
8    pub text: &'static str,
9    pub unit: &'static str,
10    pub part: Option<&'static str>,
11}
12
13const fn m(text: &'static str, unit: &'static str, part: &'static str) -> Meaning {
14    Meaning {
15        text,
16        unit,
17        part: Some(part),
18    }
19}
20
21const fn plain(text: &'static str, unit: &'static str) -> Meaning {
22    Meaning {
23        text,
24        unit,
25        part: None,
26    }
27}
28
29/// `None` for a name `builtin` does not take, by name or, for a solver or a bank, by position.
30pub fn meaning(builtin: &str, key: &str) -> Option<Meaning> {
31    if crate::vocabulary::shape(builtin).is_some() {
32        return filter(key);
33    }
34    if FINITE_DIFFERENCE.contains(&builtin) {
35        return solver(builtin, key);
36    }
37    if MODAL.contains(&builtin) {
38        return modal(builtin, key);
39    }
40    Some(match (builtin, key) {
41        ("saw" | "square" | "triangle", "hz") => plain("the fundamental's frequency", "Hz"),
42        ("saw" | "square" | "triangle", "phase") => plain(
43            "the fundamental's phase offset; the nth harmonic turns n times as far, so the \
44             whole wave is read phase/(2*pi*hz) later",
45            "rad",
46        ),
47        ("saw" | "square" | "triangle", "tol") => plain(
48            "admitted and unused: the series is truncated where the profile's floor ends",
49            "none",
50        ),
51        ("sat", "drive") => plain("gain applied before the clip to [-1, 1]", "none"),
52        ("crop", "start") => plain("where the window opens, the second positional", "s"),
53        ("crop", "end") => plain("where the window closes, the third positional", "s"),
54        ("crop", "rise") => plain("raised-cosine fade-in from the window's start", "s"),
55        ("crop", "fall") => plain("raised-cosine fade-out into the window's end", "s"),
56        ("rand", "seed") => plain("which hash the key is drawn through", "none"),
57        ("delta", "k") => plain("derivative order of the impulse", "none"),
58        ("stft", "window") => plain(
59            "frame length, a whole number of steps of the rate in use",
60            "s",
61        ),
62        ("stft", "hop") => plain(
63            "frame advance, a whole number of steps of the rate in use",
64            "s",
65        ),
66        ("noise", "period") => plain("repeat time; the lines fall every 1/period Hz", "s"),
67        ("noise", "color") => plain("spectral tilt of the lines", "dB/octave"),
68        _ => return None,
69    })
70}
71
72fn filter(key: &str) -> Option<Meaning> {
73    Some(match key {
74        "cutoff" => plain("corner or centre frequency", "Hz"),
75        "q" => plain("resonance: centre frequency over bandwidth", "none"),
76        "gain" => plain("boost or cut of a shelf or peak", "dB"),
77        _ => return None,
78    })
79}
80
81/// A finite-difference model's losses act on its own grid: `damp_dc` on velocity,
82/// `damp_freq` on the rate of curvature, except the bore's, which scale two loss families.
83fn solver(builtin: &str, key: &str) -> Option<Meaning> {
84    let part = match builtin {
85        "chaigne_askenfelt" | "willemsen_bilbao_serafin" => "string",
86        "darabundit_scavone" => "bore",
87        "rhaouti_chaigne_joly" => "membrane",
88        "chaigne_doutaut" => "bar",
89        "botteldooren" => "room",
90        _ => return None,
91    };
92    if let Some(n) = numbered(key, "string") {
93        return match n.1 {
94            "_cents" => Some(m(
95                "string's offset from its unison placing",
96                "cents",
97                "string",
98            )),
99            "_hammer_k_ratio" => Some(m(
100                "felt stiffness this string meets, as a multiple of hammer_k",
101                "none",
102                "hammer",
103            )),
104            _ => None,
105        };
106    }
107    if let Some(n) = numbered(key, "hole") {
108        return match n.1 {
109            "_pos" => Some(m("tone hole position along the bore", "none", "tonehole")),
110            "_open" => Some(m("1 leaves the hole open, 0 closes it", "none", "tonehole")),
111            "_radius" => Some(m("tone hole radius", "m", "tonehole")),
112            "_height" => Some(m("tone hole chimney height", "m", "tonehole")),
113            _ => None,
114        };
115    }
116    Some(match (builtin, key) {
117        ("darabundit_scavone", "length") => m("bore length", "m", part),
118        (_, "f0") => m("fundamental frequency", "Hz", part),
119        ("darabundit_scavone", "damp_dc") => m("scale on the viscous wall loss", "none", part),
120        ("darabundit_scavone", "damp_freq") => m("scale on the thermal wall loss", "none", part),
121        (_, "damp_dc") => m("frequency-independent loss", "1/s", part),
122        (_, "damp_freq") => m("frequency-dependent loss", "m^2/s", part),
123        (_, "b") => m("string stiffness (inharmonicity)", "none", "string"),
124        (_, "strike_pos") => m(
125            "where the hammer strikes, along the length",
126            "none",
127            "hammer",
128        ),
129        (_, "strike_x") => m("where the hammer strikes, across x", "none", "hammer"),
130        (_, "strike_y") => m("where the hammer strikes, across y", "none", "hammer"),
131        (_, "vel") => m("hammer velocity at contact", "m/s", "hammer"),
132        (_, "hammer_mass") => m("hammer mass", "kg", "hammer"),
133        (_, "hammer_k") => m("felt stiffness K in F = K compression^p", "N/m^p", "hammer"),
134        (_, "hammer_p") => m("felt stiffness exponent p", "none", "hammer"),
135        (_, "unison_count") => m("strings struck together, 1 to 3", "none", "string"),
136        (_, "detune") => m(
137            "frequency ratio across the unison's outer strings",
138            "none",
139            "string",
140        ),
141        (_, "bridge_coupling") => m(
142            "bridge resistance, in string wave impedances",
143            "none",
144            "bridge",
145        ),
146        (_, "bridge_mass") => m("bridge mass; 0 is massless", "kg", "bridge"),
147        (_, "damper_pos") => m("where the felt presses, along the length", "none", "damper"),
148        (_, "damper_r") => m(
149            "felt dashpot pressing every string; 0 is lifted; may move every sample",
150            "N*s/m",
151            "damper",
152        ),
153        (_, "damper_k") => m(
154            "felt spring pressing every string; may only jump",
155            "N/m",
156            "damper",
157        ),
158        (_, "bow_pos") => m("where the bow touches, along the length", "none", "bow"),
159        (_, "bow_vel") => m("bow velocity; may move every sample", "m/s", "bow"),
160        (_, "bow_force") => m(
161            "force pressing the bow on the string; may move every sample",
162            "N",
163            "bow",
164        ),
165        (_, "mu_s") => m("static friction coefficient", "none", "friction"),
166        (_, "mu_c") => m("sliding (Coulomb) friction coefficient", "none", "friction"),
167        (_, "stribeck_vel") => m(
168            "slip speed over which static friction falls to sliding",
169            "m/s",
170            "friction",
171        ),
172        (_, "bristle_stiffness") => m("bristle stiffness s0", "N/m", "friction"),
173        (_, "bristle_damping") => m("bristle damping s1", "N*s/m", "friction"),
174        (_, "viscous_friction") => m("viscous friction s2", "N*s/m", "friction"),
175        (_, "radius_in") => m("bore radius at the excited end", "m", "bore"),
176        (_, "radius_out") => m("bore radius at the far end, a cone between", "m", "bore"),
177        (_, "excite_pos") => m("where the pulse enters, along the length", "none", "source"),
178        (_, "pulse_amp") => m("pressure pulse peak", "Pa", "source"),
179        (_, "pulse_width") => m("pressure pulse duration", "s", "source"),
180        (_, "aspect_ratio") => m("side ratio lx/ly at a fixed area", "none", "membrane"),
181        (_, "aspect_y") => m("room depth, in room lengths", "none", "room"),
182        (_, "aspect_z") => m("room height, in room lengths", "none", "room"),
183        (_, "listener_x") => m("listener position along the length", "none", "listener"),
184        (_, "listener_y") => m("listener position along the depth", "none", "listener"),
185        (_, "listener_z") => m("listener position along the height", "none", "listener"),
186        _ => return None,
187    })
188}
189
190/// `string2_cents` is `(2, "_cents")`.
191fn numbered<'k>(key: &'k str, stem: &str) -> Option<(u32, &'k str)> {
192    let rest = key.strip_prefix(stem)?;
193    let digits = rest.find(|c: char| !c.is_ascii_digit())?;
194    Some((rest[..digits].parse().ok()?, &rest[digits..]))
195}
196
197/// A strike's hammer, and the decay every mode shares: `1/tau = damp_dc + damp_freq f^2`.
198fn modal(builtin: &str, key: &str) -> Option<Meaning> {
199    Some(match (builtin, key) {
200        ("hammer_pulse", "vel") => m("strike velocity", "m/s", "hammer"),
201        ("helmholtz", "volume") => m("cavity volume", "m^3", "cavity"),
202        ("string", "f0") => m("fundamental frequency", "Hz", "string"),
203        ("membrane" | "room", "lx") => m("side along x", "m", builtin_part(builtin)),
204        ("membrane" | "room", "ly") => m("side along y", "m", builtin_part(builtin)),
205        ("room", "lz") => m("side along z", "m", "room"),
206        ("bar" | "bore", "length") => m("length", "m", builtin_part(builtin)),
207        (_, "damp_dc") => m("decay rate every mode shares", "1/s", "damping"),
208        (_, "damp_freq") => m("decay rate per squared hertz", "s", "damping"),
209        (_, "modes") => plain("how many modes the bank holds", "none"),
210        (_, "vel") => m(
211            "strike velocity; omitted, an impulse rings the bank",
212            "m/s",
213            "hammer",
214        ),
215        (_, "at") => m("when the strike lands", "s", "hammer"),
216        (_, "contact") => m("contact time at 3.2 m/s", "s", "hammer"),
217        (_, "p") => m("felt stiffness exponent", "none", "hammer"),
218        (_, "force") => m("peak force at 3.2 m/s", "N", "hammer"),
219        ("string", "inharmonicity") => m("string stiffness B", "none", "string"),
220        ("string", "strike") => m("where the strike lands, along the length", "none", "hammer"),
221        ("membrane", "tension") => m("membrane tension", "N/m", "membrane"),
222        ("membrane", "density") => m("membrane areal density", "kg/m^2", "membrane"),
223        ("membrane", "strike_x") => m("where the strike lands, across x", "none", "hammer"),
224        ("membrane", "strike_y") => m("where the strike lands, across y", "none", "hammer"),
225        ("bar", "thickness") => m("bar thickness", "m", "bar"),
226        ("bar", "young") => m("Young's modulus", "Pa", "bar"),
227        ("bar", "density") => m("bar density", "kg/m^3", "bar"),
228        ("bore", "radius") => m("bore radius", "m", "bore"),
229        ("bore" | "room" | "helmholtz", "speed") => m("speed of sound", "m/s", "air"),
230        ("bore", "closed") => m("1 closes one end, 0 leaves both open", "none", "bore"),
231        ("helmholtz", "neck_area") => m("neck cross-section", "m^2", "neck"),
232        ("helmholtz", "neck_length") => m("neck length", "m", "neck"),
233        ("helmholtz", "radius") => m("neck radius, for the 1.7 r end correction", "m", "neck"),
234        _ => return None,
235    })
236}
237
238fn builtin_part(builtin: &str) -> &'static str {
239    match builtin {
240        "membrane" => "membrane",
241        "room" => "room",
242        "bar" => "bar",
243        _ => "bore",
244    }
245}