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    • craigw
      craigw last edited by mark

      Hi, The simple random act output is 0-100. If I set the output to 1-9, it stays on the number 9 for most of the triggers. Shouldn't the the range of that output change?

      Meaning there are no pauses, it would constantly be making number changes within that 1-9.

      OS 10.15.7 Catalina 2017 MacPro, 32g Ram ,AMD FirePro D700 6144 MB. Isadora v3.2.5 Los Angeles CA

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      • mark
        mark @craigw last edited by

        @craigw

        I think you just have a small misunderstanding here: setting the 'limit min' or 'limit max' does not change the random numbers that are being generated. Instead, it limits the result to the range you specify. Becasuse of this, you never want to use the 'limit min' and 'limit max' on the output of the Random generator -- otherwise the result won't be random.

        Consider these five random numbers generated by the Random generator and limited to a maximum of 9

        46.69 -> 9
        91.02 -> 9
        1.3 -> 1.3
        89.41 -> 9
        44.53 -> 9

        As you can see, four of the five were limited to 9.

        Instead, you want to use either the 'scale min' and 'scale max' of the input to which the Random actor is connected, or else use a Limit-Scale Value actor to convert the Random actor's output range (0-100) to whatever range you desire.

        Best Wishes,
        Mark

        Media Artist & Creator of Isadora
        Macintosh SE-30, 32 Mb RAM, MacOS 7.6, Dual Floppy Drives

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        • JJHP3
          JJHP3 last edited by

          the shuffle actor works for me in similar situations.  - John

          iMac'19; rMBP'21; OS-15.7; Isadora: 3.2 (ARM) ---- artwork: terragizmo.net

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          • Woland
            Woland Tech Staff @JJHP3 last edited by

            @jjhp3 said:

            the shuffle actor works for me in similar situations.  - John

             I also recommend using the Shuffle actor

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