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<p>trirand —
Triangular distribution random number generator
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<h2>Description</h2>
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Triangular distribution random number generator. This is an x-class noise generator.
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<pre class="synopsis">ares <span class="command"><strong>trirand</strong></span> krange</pre>
<pre class="synopsis">ires <span class="command"><strong>trirand</strong></span> krange</pre>
<pre class="synopsis">kres <span class="command"><strong>trirand</strong></span> krange</pre>
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<span class="emphasis"><em>krange</em></span> -- the range of the random numbers (-<span class="emphasis"><em>krange</em></span> to +<span class="emphasis"><em>krange</em></span>).
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For more detailed explanation of these distributions, see:
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<p>C. Dodge - T.A. Jerse 1985. Computer music. Schirmer books. pp.265 - 286</p>
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<p>D. Lorrain. A panoply of stochastic cannons. In C. Roads, ed. 1989. Music machine . Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT press, pp. 351 - 379.</p>
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Here is an example of the trirand opcode. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/trirand.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">trirand.csd</em></a>.
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<b>Example 636. Example of the trirand opcode.</b>
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<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>
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<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 trirand.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">; Generate a random number between -1 and 1.</span>
<span class="comment">; krange = 1</span>
i1 <span class="opc">trirand</span> 1
<span class="opc">print</span> i1
<span class="oblock">endin</span>
<span class="comment">; Instrument #2.</span>
<span class="oblock">instr</span> 2
<span class="comment">; Generate a random number between -1 and 1.</span>
<span class="comment">; krange = 1</span>
<span class="ohdr">seed</span> 0
i1 <span class="opc">trirand</span> 1
<span class="opc">print</span> i1
<span class="oblock">endin</span>
<span class="csdtag"></CsInstruments></span>
<span class="csdtag"><CsScore></span>
<span class="comment">; Play Instrument #1 for one second.</span>
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 0 1
<span class="comment">; Play Instrument #2 for one second.</span>
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 2 1 1
<span class="stamnt">e</span>
<span class="csdtag"></CsScore></span>
<span class="csdtag"></CsoundSynthesizer></span>
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Its output should include a line like this:
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instr 1: i1 = 7506.261
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<div class="refsect1" title="See Also">
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<h2>See Also</h2>
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<a class="link" href="betarand.html" title="betarand"><em class="citetitle">betarand</em></a>,
<a class="link" href="bexprnd.html" title="bexprnd"><em class="citetitle">bexprnd</em></a>,
<a class="link" href="cauchy.html" title="cauchy"><em class="citetitle">cauchy</em></a>,
<a class="link" href="exprand.html" title="exprand"><em class="citetitle">exprand</em></a>,
<a class="link" href="gauss.html" title="gauss"><em class="citetitle">gauss</em></a>,
<a class="link" href="linrand.html" title="linrand"><em class="citetitle">linrand</em></a>,
<a class="link" href="pcauchy.html" title="pcauchy"><em class="citetitle">pcauchy</em></a>,
<a class="link" href="poisson.html" title="poisson"><em class="citetitle">poisson</em></a>,
<a class="link" href="unirand.html" title="unirand"><em class="citetitle">unirand</em></a>,
<a class="link" href="weibull.html" title="weibull"><em class="citetitle">weibull</em></a>
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<td>Author: Paris Smaragdis</td>
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<td>MIT, Cambridge</td>
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<td>1995</td>
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<p>Example written by Kevin Conder.</p>
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