[PD] Random - Different seed each time the patch is loaded

[Charles Henry]

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Derek Holzer <derek at umatic.nl> wrote:
> Would $0 instantiation variables be of use here? Or would that make each
> random generator one value away from the one beside it?

not a bad idea--because each random generator would be far apart in
sequence--no correlation between the sequences.  However, it doesn't
solve the original problem, making them different between loads of the
patch.

>
> d.
>
> Charles Henry wrote:
>>
>> In a way~, it's not so straightforward.  Let's say the random
>> generators are identical and seeded by another identical random
>> generator with no further modifications.  Then, all the other random
>> generators are correlated--using the same sequence, but with slightly
>> different starting points within that sequence.
>>
>> so, you need to have a map of the range of random onto itself, which
>> is different from the random sequence mapping.  That way, you actually
>> obtain seed values which are spaced far apart in the sequence.
>>
>> This could be actually pretty simple, e.g.
>> seed=rand_max - input_from_1st_rand
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:39 PM, IOhannes m zmölnig <zmoelnig at iem.at>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Martin Peach wrote:
>>>
>>>> Or have a single random generator inside pd that feeds all the random
>>>> objects.
>>>
>>> yes of course, this would be the most straight forward solution.
>>>
>>>
>>> mfgasdr
>>> IOhannes
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