Pattern Series, Part 2 (Pwrand, Pshuf, and Pgeom)
15This demo is the second installment of exploring more deeply the Pattern class in SuperCollider. I use Pattern as an integral tool in my composition process, so it's worth experimenting more and discovering new things!
The three subclasses of Pattern demonstrated in this video are Pwrand (a sequence whose randomness is determined by a probability), Pshuf (a sequence whose result is a shuffled version of the list), and Pgeom (a sequence based on a geometric sequence).
At the start of this video, I mention that there is no difference in output between Pxrand and Prand. However, after further testing this, I see there is a difference. Pxrand selects a value from a list at random, like Prand. Unlike Prand, Pxrand does not output a value twice in a row.
However, I confused "in a row" with something like a 12-tone row, where all values in the list must be selected before a given value is repeated. Therefore, I couldn't see why Pxrand([0, 3, 5, 7], 1) might output the following: 0305. I thought all values (0, 3, 5, 7) needed to be selected before any could be repeated. (Please note that Pxrand can't output 0035, 0330, 0557, etc.)
That's where Pshuf comes in. It's not only a shuffled version of the list, but it works like serialism, where all values are selected and outputted.
Special thanks to Peter Eisenhauer for bringing this up in the comments below!
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| 2019-07-11 | Pattern Series, Part 5 (Pswitch and Pswitch1) |
| 2019-07-04 | Pattern Series, Part 4 (Pseries, Pslide, and Pwalk) |
| 2019-06-27 | Pattern Series, Part 3 (Pclump, Place, and Ppatlace) |
| 2019-06-20 | Pattern Series, Experiment #1 |
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| 2019-06-06 | Pattern Series, Part 1 (Pseq, Pser, and Prand) |
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