<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>randomh</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="csound.css" type="text/css" /> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2" /> <link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Canonical Csound Reference Manual" /> <link rel="up" href="OpcodesTop.html" title="Orchestra Opcodes and Operators" /> <link rel="prev" href="random.html" title="random" /> <link rel="next" href="randomi.html" title="randomi" /> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center">randomh</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="random.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center">Orchestra Opcodes and Operators</th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="randomi.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="refentry" title="randomh"> <a id="randomh"></a> <div class="titlepage"></div> <a id="IndexRandomh" class="indexterm"></a> <div class="refnamediv"> <h2> <span class="refentrytitle">randomh</span> </h2> <p>randomh — Generates random numbers with a user-defined limit and holds them for a period of time. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="Description"> <a id="id3152122"></a> <h2>Description</h2> <p> Generates random numbers with a user-defined limit and holds them for a period of time. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="Syntax"> <a id="id3152333"></a> <h2>Syntax</h2> <pre class="synopsis">ares <span class="command"><strong>randomh</strong></span> kmin, kmax, acps</pre> <pre class="synopsis">kres <span class="command"><strong>randomh</strong></span> kmin, kmax, kcps</pre> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="Performance"> <a id="id3152363"></a> <h2>Performance</h2> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>kmin</em></span> -- minimum range limit </p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>kmax</em></span> -- maximum range limit </p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>kcps, acps</em></span> -- rate of random break-point generation </p> <p> The <span class="emphasis"><em>randomh</em></span> opcode is similar to <a class="link" href="randh.html" title="randh"><em class="citetitle">randh</em></a> but allows the user to set arbitrary minimum and maximum values. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="Examples"> <a id="id3152990"></a> <h2>Examples</h2> <p> Here is an example of the randomh opcode. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/randomh.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">randomh.csd</em></a>. </p> <div class="example"> <a id="id3153006"></a> <p class="title"> <b>Example 515. Example of the randomh opcode.</b> </p> <div class="example-contents"> <p>See the sections <a class="link" href="UsingRealTime.html" title="Real-Time Audio"><em class="citetitle">Real-time Audio</em></a> and <a class="link" href="CommandFlags.html" title="Csound command line"><em class="citetitle">Command Line Flags</em></a> for more information on using command line flags.</p> <pre class="programlisting"> <span class="csdtag"><CsoundSynthesizer></span> <span class="csdtag"><CsOptions></span> <span class="comment">; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform</span> <span class="comment">; Audio out Audio in</span> -odac -iadc <span class="comment">;;;RT audio I/O</span> <span class="comment">; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:</span> <span class="comment">; -o randomh.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform</span> <span class="csdtag"></CsOptions></span> <span class="csdtag"><CsInstruments></span> <span class="comment">; Initialize the global variables.</span> <span class="ohdr">sr</span> <span class="op">=</span> 44100 <span class="ohdr">kr</span> <span class="op">=</span> 4410 <span class="ohdr">ksmps</span> <span class="op">=</span> 10 <span class="ohdr">nchnls</span> <span class="op">=</span> 1 <span class="comment">; Instrument #1.</span> <span class="oblock">instr</span> 1 <span class="comment">; Choose a random frequency between 220 and 440 Hz.</span> <span class="comment">; Generate new random numbers at 10 Hz.</span> kmin <span class="op">=</span> 220 kmax <span class="op">=</span> 440 kcps <span class="op">=</span> 10 k1 <span class="opc">randomh</span> kmin, kmax, kcps <span class="opc">printks</span> "k1 <span class="op">=</span> <span class="op">%</span>f\\n", 0.1, k1 <span class="oblock">endin</span> <span class="csdtag"></CsInstruments></span> <span class="csdtag"><CsScore></span> <span class="comment">; Table #1, a sine wave.</span> <span class="stamnt">f</span> 1 0 16384 10 1 <span class="comment">; Play Instrument #1 for one second.</span> <span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 0 1 <span class="stamnt">e</span> <span class="csdtag"></CsScore></span> <span class="csdtag"></CsoundSynthesizer></span> </pre> </div> </div> <p><br class="example-break" /> Its output should include lines like: </p> <pre class="screen"> k1 = 220.000000 k1 = 414.232056 k1 = 284.095184 </pre> <p> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="See Also"> <a id="id3153051"></a> <h2>See Also</h2> <p> <a class="link" href="randh.html" title="randh"><em class="citetitle">randh</em></a>, <a class="link" href="random.html" title="random"><em class="citetitle">random</em></a>, <a class="link" href="randomi.html" title="randomi"><em class="citetitle">randomi</em></a> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" title="Credits"> <a id="id3153085"></a> <h2>Credits</h2> <p>Author: Gabriel Maldonado</p> <p>Example written by Kevin Conder.</p> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="random.html">Prev</a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="u" href="OpcodesTop.html">Up</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="randomi.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">random </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> randomi</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>