[chuck-users] random seed

[Kassen]

Hi Lars!

if we use a random seed, f.e. Std.srand(120);
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> will this affect all the random function inside the sketch?
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Yes, it will. And this does mean that periodically resetting the seed (say
at audio-rate) will turn the UGens that use noise into a sort of wavetable
players; it will affect all random functions and noise-generators.




> and if so, how can we turn it off?
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Well, you can't. The whole point of ,srand() is affecting the various random
functions to create repeatable pieces.

A alternative would be simply not setting it, though I do seem to remember
some issues with the initial seed under Windows not being particularly
random. In that case you could set the seed using a amplified signal from
the adc. A source like hiss from your mixer should be as random a signal as
you are likely to encounter in day to day life and mak things utterly
unpredictable.

Hope that helps,
Kas.
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