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## bexprnd

bexprnd — Exponential distribution random number generator.

## Description

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

## Syntax

    ares bexprnd krange

    ires bexprnd krange

    kres bexprnd krange

## Performance

krange -- the range of the random numbers (-krange to +krange)

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 bexprnd opcode. It uses the file bexprnd.csd.

Example 98. Example of the bexprnd opcode.

See the sections Real-time Audio and Command Line Flags for more information on using command line flags.

    <CsoundSynthesizer>
    <CsOptions>
    ; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform
    -odac     ;;;RT audio out
    ;-iadc    ;;;uncomment -iadc if RT audio input is needed too
    ; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:
    ; -o bexprnd.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform
    </CsOptions>
    <CsInstruments>

    sr = 44100
    ksmps = 32
    nchnls = 2
    0dbfs = 1

    instr 1  	; every run time same values

    kexp	bexprnd 100
    	printk .2, kexp			; look
    aout	oscili 0.8, 440+kexp, 1		; & listen
    	outs	aout, aout

    endin

    instr 2		; every run time different values

    	seed 0
    kexp	bexprnd 100
    	printk .2, kexp			; look
    aout	oscili 0.8, 440+kexp, 1		; & listen
    	outs	aout, aout
    endin

    </CsInstruments>
    <CsScore>
    ; sine wave
    f 1 0 16384 10 1

    i 1 0 2
    i 2 3 2
    e

    </CsScore>
    </CsoundSynthesizer>

Its output should include a line like:

     i   1 time     0.00267:    99.27598
     i   1 time     0.20267:    74.97176
     i   1 time     0.40267:   -35.67213
     i   1 time     0.60267:     1.10579
     i   1 time     0.80267:   -18.08816
     i   1 time     1.00000:    28.93329
     i   1 time     1.20267:   320.63733
     i   1 time     1.40267:  -332.05614
     i   1 time     1.60267:  -212.66361
     i   1 time     1.80000:   -92.57433
     i   1 time     2.00000:   140.70939
    Seeding from current time 4055201702
     i   2 time     3.00267:   190.30495
     i   2 time     3.20267:   -58.30677
     i   2 time     3.40267:   192.39784
     i   2 time     3.60000:    12.72448
     i   2 time     3.80267:    79.91503
     i   2 time     4.00000:    34.44258
     i   2 time     4.20000:   167.92680
     i   2 time     4.40267:  -117.10278
     i   2 time     4.60267:   -70.99155
     i   2 time     4.80267:   -23.24037
     i   2 time     5.00000:  -226.35500

## See Also

seed, betarand, cauchy, exprand, gauss, linrand, pcauchy, poisson, trirand, unirand, weibull

## Credits

Author: Paris Smaragdis
MIT, Cambridge
1995

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