Tone.js/Tone/signal/Abs.js

define(["../core/Tone", "../signal/WaveShaper", "../signal/SignalBase"], function(Tone){

	"use strict";

	/**
	 *  @class Return the absolute value of an incoming signal.
	 *
	 *  @constructor
	 *  @extends {Tone.SignalBase}
	 *  @example
	 * var signal = new Tone.Signal(-1);
	 * var abs = new Tone.Abs();
	 * signal.connect(abs);
	 * //the output of abs is 1.
	 */
	Tone.Abs = function(){
		Tone.SignalBase.call(this);
		/**
		 *  @type {Tone.LessThan}
		 *  @private
		 */
		this._abs = this.input = this.output = new Tone.WaveShaper(function(val){
			if (Math.abs(val) < 0.001){
				return 0;
			} else {
				return Math.abs(val);
			}
		}, 1024);
	};

	Tone.extend(Tone.Abs, Tone.SignalBase);

	/**
	 *  dispose method
	 *  @returns {Tone.Abs} this
	 */
	Tone.Abs.prototype.dispose = function(){
		Tone.SignalBase.prototype.dispose.call(this);
		this._abs.dispose();
		this._abs = null;
		return this;
	};

	return Tone.Abs;
});