white()

Category

Oscillator / Waveshaper

Description

White noise generator. It produces bright random noise, useful for hats, snares, wind, breath, and noisy attacks.

Waveform

Example: white()

Arguments

Typical Values

Use moderate values first, then increase modulation depth while listening for clipping, aliasing, or excessive filter resonance.

Example

0.12*white()*attack(10)*release(900)

Notes

For pitched oscillator functions, X already contains the current MIDI note pitch and transpose information. Prefer saw(X), sin(X), or pwm(X, 0.4) unless you intentionally want an octave or ratio shift such as 0.5*X or 2*X.