[PD] noise~ inlet?

[Matteo Sisti Sette]

Martin Peach escribió:
> Matteo Sisti Sette wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sorry for the stupid question, but does [noise~]'s inlet have any use?
> 
> No. There is nothing in the code to handle anything arriving on that inlet.
> Also there is no way to change the random sequence -- it's the same 
> every time.
> So with a teeny bit more code, the inlet could potentially be used to 
> initialize to a different starting point, but it would not change the 
> sound, except for example if you were multiplying two [noise~]s.
> 

Yeah, it would be interesting to have the ability to seed the random 
generator.


Now, just out of curiosity: is there some reason why all dsp objects 
must have at least an inlet even if it is "useless"?
[adc~] also has one inlet that I don't think accepts any method.



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