rnd nums

[Kim Cascone <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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on 11/8/02 7:25 PM, ben wrote:

so although some people
may create instruments that incorporate "random" behaviour - our
beloved Kim C, for example - it is only an illusion based on very, very
long cycles of repeating numbers.  randomness in this case is derived
from an input, specifically whatever is used to seed the random number
generator.)

true and why the algorithm is referred to as pseudo random number
generation...

as for the decoupling of "the physical gestures of a performer and the noise
that is created"
this is not a bad thing and I see no reason to make up for it with more lame
"gestural interfaces"...aren't the academic music technology departments
bulging with discarded/lame MIDI controllers/interfaces?

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