Portfolio Items

This chapter provides lists of item types and system items. The following table is a brief description of each item.

Attachment The binding of a sample or an envelope to an instrument.
Bitmap Frame buffer into which rendering may be performed.
Cue Audio cue item.
Envelope Audio envelope.
ErrorText A table of error messages.
File A handle to a data file.
File alias A character string for referencing the pathname to a file or a directory of files.
FolioA family of function calls.
Instrument DSP instrument item.
IOReq An item used to communicate between a task and an I/O device.
Knob An item for adjusting an instrument's parameters.
Locale A database of international information.
Message The means of sending data from one task to another.
Message port An item through which a task receives messages.
Probe An item to permit the CPU to read the output of a DSP instrument.
Sample A digital recording of a sound.
ScreenGroup A collection of one or more screens.
Semaphore An item used to arbitrate access to shared resources.
Task A process.
Template A description of an audio instrument.
Tuning An item that contains information for tuning an instrument.
VDL A display control object.