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<p style="margin: 0px;">Random events (as we understand them here) are completely</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">unrelated to one another.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"> </p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">So the answer is to pre-load your system with 1,</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">and have all the other values be random.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">[random 5]</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">|</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">[t b f]</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"> X</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">[f 1]</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"> </p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"> </p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">will always start with 1, and then give you random numbers.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"> </p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">BUT:</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"> </p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">It might also give you, 1, 1, 1, 1....</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"> </p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">I suspect what you really want is to replace the random</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">with an urn.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"> </p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">a.<span></span></p>
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On 13 June 2010 at 20:53 Ben Carney <bfcarney@gmail.com> wrote:<br />
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> Im trying to set up a simple system where, each time a metro is triggered<br />
>    on, 5 sound files are played, but they always start with sound file 1.<br />
>    It has been a while since i have used pd regularly and it seems I once<br />
> knew<br />
>    the answer to this.<br />
>    can any one shed any light?<br />
>    best,<br />
><br />
><br />
> --<br />
> benfcarney<br />
> www.benfcarney.com<br />
> Chicago, IL<br />
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