[sdiy] Popcorn Noise Generator?

[Magnus Danielson]

From: Ian Fritz <ijfritz at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Popcorn Noise Generator?
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 10:00:54 -0600
Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20050709095845.033a9af0 at mail.earthlink.net>

> At 09:02 PM 7/8/05, Glen wrote:
> >At 10:43 PM 7/8/2005, harrybissell wrote:
> >
> >>I don't think the blinky neon would work either, that would really be more
> >>of a sawtooth wave.  The pops would be too regular.
> >>
> >>Geiger-Mueller tube would be a pricey way to go... :^P
> >
> >A sawtooth? The blinky neon would be one of the old neons that blinks at 
> >random intervals. You think this would give a sawtooth?
> >
> >Yes, the Geiger-Mueller tube idea wasn't meant to be practical. I have no 
> >idea what surplus tubes sell for, or hard it would be to build the 
> >circuitry. Still, if I ever came across a really cheap tube, it might be 
> >fun to play with.  ;)
> >
> >Of course, there are other disadvantages. Somehow, I don't think it would 
> >be a good idea to enter an airport carrying a suitcase modular synth, 
> >which uses a Geiger-Mueller tube and a small source of radiation as a 
> >noise generator module.   :)
> 
> Wouldn't a geiger tube give a random output?  Nuclear decay is stochastic, 
> AFAIK. 

We are talking random processes here, it's all random but the slope of the
powerlaw differ between the processes, that's about it.

A Geiger-Müller tube detecting a radioactive source is not very different from
other similar sources.

Cheers,
Magnus