[PD] To divide a number in random parts

[Markus Demmel]

So, then use [randomF], put the values into an list/array and shuffle that. It
would still be not fully random, because the numbers won't be bigger than 10,
but still it would be quite random :)

On 04.03.2011 04:01, Caio Barros wrote:
>         You could try this approach(I also attached a patch with it):
>         48 = 4 * 10 + 1 * 8
>         so you use
>         n1=random(10)
>         n2 = 10 - n1
>         n3 = random(10)
>         n4 = 10-n3
>         .
>         .
>         n9 = random(8)
>         n10 = 8 - n9
> 
> 
>     But this makes the odd-ordered chords to start at every 10 seconds. I
>     believe that Caio wants something more random than that.
> 
> 
> Yes that's right. And another problem is that all the durations are integers. I
> want something without the feeling of (regular) pulsations.
> 
>  
> 
>     BTW I have another idea :
> 
>     initialise all of them to equal or almost equal amounts, then modify the
>     delays gradully : pick a donor randomly among delays that aren't already
>     minimum ; pick a acceptor randomly among delays that aren't already
>     maximum ; give one unit of delay from the donor to the acceptor.
> 
> 
> I was trying to figure out something like that. Now that I think about it, is
> more important to have a minimum duration than a maximum because depending on
> the minimum I chose, the probability of a chord too long is low (and bottom line
> I can always change the result to fit in what I want to hear).
> 
> I'll need to experiment a bit. If I have the time to make a cool patch with
> general paramethers I'll share with the list. Unfortunately today I could not
> compose.
> 
> Caio Barros