Pause, Wait, Sleep?

[d.healey]

Is there a way to pause the execution of a script for a given number of milliseconds? I want to play note in a loop when two keys are held but there doesn't seem to be a function to slow down the script.

[Christoph Hart]

Pausing a script like in KONTAKT is not possible, but there are two options how to handle stuff in the future:

1. Add a time stamp to generated messages
2. Use the onTimer callback.

I think for your use case the second option suits better. If you give me more information, I could sketch out an example script for you.

Allowing the user to yield callbacks introduces all kinds of problems so I'd like to avoid adding this.

[d.healey]

I'd forgotten about the timer callback, I think it will do the job perfectly.

[d.healey]

Is there a way to alter the timer frequency on the fly?

[Christoph Hart]

Synth.startTimer() changes the speed and can be called at any time (even in the onTimer callback itself)

[d.healey]

Thanks, really easy :)