Time in seconds is available with times. This would return 0.5 after half a second.
times can both produce a k-rate variable for output. There are no input parameters.
times can also operate at the start of the instance of the instrument. It produces an i-rate variable (starting with i or gi) as its output.
Here is an example of the times opcode. It uses the files times.orc and times.sco.
Example 15-1. Example of the times opcode.
/* times.orc */
; Initialize the global variables.
sr = 44100
kr = 4410
ksmps = 10
nchnls = 1
; Instrument #1.
instr 1
; Print out the value from times every half-second.
k1 times
printks "k1 = %f seconds\\n", 0.5, k1
endin
/* times.orc */
/* times.sco */
; Play Instrument #1 for two seconds.
i 1 0 2
e
/* times.sco */
k1 = 0.000227 seconds k1 = 0.500000 seconds k1 = 1.000000 seconds k1 = 1.500000 seconds k1 = 2.000000 seconds