gauss

gauss --  Gaussian distribution random number generator.

Description

Gaussian distribution random number generator. This is an x-class noise generator.

Syntax

ar gauss krange

ir gauss krange

kr gauss krange

Performance

krange -- the range of the random numbers (-krange to +krange). Outputs both positive and negative numbers.

For more detailed explanation of these distributions, see:

  1. C. Dodge - T.A. Jerse 1985. Computer music. Schirmer books. pp.265 - 286

  2. D. Lorrain. A panoply of stochastic cannons. In C. Roads, ed. 1989. Music machine . Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT press, pp. 351 - 379.

Examples

Here is an example of the gauss opcode. It uses the files gauss.orc and gauss.sco.

Example 1. Example of the gauss opcode.

/* gauss.orc */
/* Written by Kevin Conder */
; Initialize the global variables.
sr = 44100
kr = 4410
ksmps = 10
nchnls = 1

; Instrument #1.
instr 1
  ; Generate a random number between -1 and 1.
  ; krange = 1

  i1 gauss 1

  print i1
endin
/* gauss.orc */
        
/* gauss.sco */
/* Written by Kevin Conder */
; Play Instrument #1 for one second.
i 1 0 1
e
/* gauss.sco */
        
Its output should include a line like this:
instr 1:  i1 = 0.252
      

See Also

betarand, bexprnd, cauchy, exprand, linrand, pcauchy, poisson, trirand, unirand, weibull

Credits

Author: Paris Smaragdis
MIT, Cambridge
1995