what about using rnd31 instead of birnd?
	joachim

Am 22.03.2011 22:37, schrieb Adam:
> The opcode Seed effects the results of Linrand, but not 
> of Birnd,  and I find this a little strange. 
> 
> My desire was an orchestra whose performance could be 
> repeatable or effected completely by the one Seed value.  
> 
> FYI  I am filling ftables with the output of Linrand, then drawing 
> numbers from the tables for various purposes.  This is satisfactory, 
> however I have no bipolar form of Linrand, as Birnd is uneffected 
> by Seed. 
> 
> The wonderful generators of Gen21 appear to be unseedable. 
> 
> Would it be desireable to alter Birnd to operate like Linrand, 
> and to be effected by Seed ?  I doubt this would not be 
> backward compatible or break existing pieces. 
> 
> Alternatively an option could be added to Linrand to coerce 
> a bipolar output.  
> 
> It would be interesting to hear the thoughts of others. 
> 
> http://www.csounds.com/manual/html/seed.html
> http://www.csounds.com/manual/html/linrand.html
> http://www.csounds.com/manual/html/birnd.html
> 
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