[PD-dev] Random method in noise~ question....

chun lee leechun at leechun.freeserve.co.uk
Mon Oct 25 16:10:48 CEST 2004


On 25/10/04 10:08 am, "Tim Blechmann" <TimBlechmann at gmx.net> wrote:

>> It's a simple, homebrew pseudo-random number generator.  I'm not
>> sure where you can find the theory of pseudorandom number generators,
> nummerical recipes in c ... the pdf's are online ...

Found it, thanks!
> 
>> but basically the val = val * 435898247 + 382842987 step mixes up
>> the set of odd 32-bit integers in a very complicated way.
> as described in nr as "an even quicker generator" ...

unfortunately, I am having a fever with splitting headache at the moment, so
it might take me a while to get through it.

Apologies for opened up 2 thread on Pd's RNG questions..

Cheers

CHUN





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