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Randomizer MIDI plug-in
The Randomizer plug-in randomizes incoming MIDI events in real time.
Randomizer parameters
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Event Type pop-up menu: Choose the MIDI event type that you want to randomize.
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Input Range sliders: Drag to set the upper and lower limit of the range of values that are
aected. Only parameter values that fall within the range are processed. All values outside the
range pass through the plug-in.
Note: You can position the lower Input Range slider above the upper Input Range slider and
vice versa, which inverts the input range behavior: events that fall within the range are not
processed and events outside the range are randomized.
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Amount slider: Drag to set the intensity of randomization. The colored box shows the range of
possible output values in comparison with the unprocessed input signal shown in the middle.
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Weight slider: Drag to increase or decrease the likelihood that an event will be randomized
within the set Amount range. The colored box reects the weight setting: a darker gradient
means less chance and a brighter color means more chance to produce values in the
respective area.
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Drag toward the left (Low) to increase the chance of low values being randomized.
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Drag toward the right (High) to increase the chance of high values being randomized.
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In the centered position, neither low or high values are favored, resulting in the entire range
of values being randomly altered.
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Output Oset slider: Drag to oset the (random) MIDI output of the plug-in. Osets can be
negative or positive.
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Seed slider (extended parameter): Species a starting point (or seed) for randomization.
An example is when using the Randomizer plug-in to randomize a piano melody. If you
bounce the piano part, your randomized melody is saved as an audio le. If you bounce the
song again, with Seed set to Random, the two bounces sound dierent. If Seed is set to the
same specic value for both bounces, they are identical.