rnd(x) (init- or control-rate only) birnd(x) (init- or control-rate only)
Where the argument within the parentheses may be an expression. These value converters sample a global random sequence, but do not reference seed. The result can be a term in a further expression.
rnd(x) - returns a random number in the unipolar range 0 to x.
birnd(x) - returns a random number in the bipolar range -x to x. rnd and birnd obtain values from a global pseudo-random number generator, then scale them into the requested range. The single global generator will thus distribute its sequence to these units throughout the performance, in whatever order the requests arrive.
Barry Vercoe
MIT
Cambridge, Massachussetts
1997