Just a thought.  It is not predictable but reproducible.

=John ff

Quoting joachim heintz <jh@joachimheintz.de>:

> sorry, but i do not agree. the manual (reference) states  
> (http://www.csounds.com/manual/html/seed.html):
> "Use of seed will provide predictable results from an orchestra  
> using with random generators, when required from multiple  
> performances.
> When specifying a seed value, ival should be an integer between 0  
> and 2^32. If ival = 0, the value of ival will be derived from the  
> system clock. "
>
> in other words: whenever you set the global seed to a value except  
> 0, you will get the same random values from an opcode like random,  
> randomi etc. it will still "look like random", but because the  
> pseudo-random-generator always starts at the same value (seed), the  
> sequence of pseudo-random numbers is always the same. this is meant  
> by "will provide predictable results".
>
> only when you set seed 0, you will seed from the current clock, so  
> it's very unlikely that you get the same seed when running csound  
> twice.
>
> 	joachim
>
>
>
> Am 20.04.2014 21:07, schrieb Askwazzup:
>> Ah yes, now i see, but then the description is pretty confusing with the
>> whole "predictable results" in the description.
>>
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