a seemingly simple problem that isn't simple at all...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorandom_number_generator
there's random, and then there's *RANDOM*. even the definition of random
can be debated among physicists, philosophers, engineers, cryptographers,
mathematicians, computer scientists...
suffice it to say that a lookup table of 256 "randomly shuffled" values
(as currently used in the HAWK-800) should be "random enough" for *most*
musical applications.
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instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorandom_number_generator
there's random, and then there's *RANDOM*. even the definition of random
can be debated among physicists, philosophers, engineers, cryptographers,
mathematicians, computer scientists...
suffice it to say that a lookup table of 256 "randomly shuffled" values
(as currently used in the HAWK-800) should be "random enough" for *most*
musical applications.
--
...atom
________________________
http://atom.smasher.org/
762A 3B98 A3C3 96C9 C6B7 582A B88D 52E4 D9F5 7808
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"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers
exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will
instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more
bizarrely inexplicable. There is another theory which states
that this has already happened."
-- Douglas Adams